Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (ca. 600 AD). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the period of Classical Greece, which flourished during the 5th to 4th centuries BC. Classical Greece began with the repelling of a Persian invasion by Athenian leadership. Because of conquests by Alexander the Great, Hellenistic civilization flourished from Central Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea.
Classical Greek culture, especially philosophy, had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Europe, for which reason Classical Greece is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of modern Western culture.
The art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.

The Iliad

Well, I guess all we ever read the Iliad, or at least hear something from her, like in the movie Troy, so this time I have mostly pictures and a brief summary of that question.

The Iliad (sometimes Referred to as the Song of Song of Ilium or Ilion) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, Attributed to Homer Traditionally. During The Trojan War in September, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel Between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.

Chimera

He was a monster that had the lion's head, goat's body and tail of a dragon, and cast fire and flames from his mouth. She was the daughter of Echidna and Typhon. The first was a huge giant with a hundred heads, which created the evils Juno vapors of the earth out of spite, when her husband Jupiter created to Pallas, who as you know was armed with her head out. Echidna had to wife, who had the female bust and the rest of the body of a serpent. They had for children, as well as the Chimera, the dog Cerberus, the Hydra of Lerna, the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion. Bellerophon fought this monster and killed him. What led to this absurd fable, was a mountain called Quimerífera, crowning a volcano, around which roamed lions, whose skirt grazing goats and snakes whose foot is raised; disassembled and populated mountain Bellerophon.

Well, as in every post, I give my opinion or I think so, haha .. well .. I think the chimera is a mixture of fabulous animals, the lion with his nobility, the dragon with his strength .. while the story I found this a bit incomplete, I think we give a brief review .. I regret not having found a better, no time now :c

 

 

 

 

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