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Introduction The tapestry of scientific discovery is woven not just with threads of data but also with the daring ideas of innovators who dared to challenge convention. In the heart of ancient Greece, Democritus stood as a luminary whose atomic model illuminated the path to our modern understanding of matter. Join us as we embark…

Crucifixion probably first began among the Persians. Alexander the Great introduced the practice to Egypt and Carthage, and the Romans appeared to have learned of it from the Carthaginans. Although the Romans did not invent crucifixion, they perfected it as a form of torture and capital punishment that was designed to produce a slow death…

Alexander the Great was born around July 20, 356 B.C in the Pella region of the Macedonia. He was the son of king Philip II and Queen Olympia, daughter of King Neoptolemus. While Alexander was growing up, he barely saw his father because most of the time he was engaged in military campaigns and extra-material…

Greek Mythology is a set of stories about the gods, goddesses, heroes and, rituals of Ancient Greeks. Let’s explain first the meaning of mythology in which a collection of myths is especially one belonging to a religious or cultural tradition. Myths tell the stories of ancestors and the origin of human and the world, the…

Athena was one of Greek mythology’s most prestigious names. Not only was she amid the most mighty of the twelve gods of Olympus, but she was also the goddess of arts and crafts, wisdom, law and justice, courage, strategic warfare, civilization, skill, and mathematics (“Athena.” Myths Encyclopedia). Having been born by emerging fully grown and…

When we contemplate on the conditions that women are living on in a society in the modern era, we find and witness differences and better living styles, which enable them to live their lives voluntarily. Now thinking back on women of Ancient Greek, a time when women were treated a lot different than now because…

Greek Mythology was extremely influential to the Greeks. They believed that if they prayed and worshiped the gods, their lives would be better and when they died, the gods would take care of them. There were different roles played in Greek Mythology. The major roles played were from the civilians, and the priests or higher…

In Sophocles “Oedipus Rex” and in the Homer ” The Odyssey”, the two main characters Odysseus and Oedipus both have similar traits like temperament, hastyness, and a reckless behavior. Both Odysseus and Oedipus are both arrogant, which lead them to their own demise. Odysseus and Oedipus’s emotions are what usually cause them to be hasty…

Competition was essential to the functioning of Greek society, both in terms of several individual poleis, and in terms of the Hellenistic whole. This can be seen in the role of military and athletic competition in the Spartan agoge, the use of the gymnasia as athletic and cultural competition-grounds for Greek youths, and the uniting…

One of the most powerful and worshipped gods of ancient Greek mythology is Zeus. Zeus had many titles and epithets written about him to illustrate his influence over ancient Greece. The ancient Greeks, in honor of Zeus, would build sacred sites such as the oracle sites to commemorate him, as well as, other magnificent temples…