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Greece
Travel & History
 by

Josephine Visnovske

 

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      Greece  Travel and History

By Josephine Visnovske
Page 1.

Greece, a land located in central and eastern parts of the
Mediterranean Sea, consists of as 1,300 islands and has many indented bays on her principle peninsula, forming the longest coastline  in Europe. The name Greece was unknown to Greeks who called their land Hellas after the tribe of Hellenes who settled the territory.  The Hellenes were an important factor in the development of civilization. During the twilight of history, barbaric herdsmen from the north invaded a world of walled cities and found an established civilization of a still more ancient society.  They are the first nation to emerge from barbarism, and became the earliest civilized nation in Europe.

The Greek nation rose  to the greatest heights of excellence with their fabulous architecture, sculpture, poetry, science, and philosophy. They  held strong beliefs in deities and sacrificed animals to Gods, and while their culture revolved about temple worship, they had no priestly class.  In their personal lives the   Greeks had great self respect, they revered the old, cared for their young, and held a high regard for their wives and womankind.

Written drama and poetry began in the sixth century  B.C.;
theatres began to be built, and within a century some of the greatest Greek dramas, comedies, and political satires of all time were written.

page  2 Greece  Travel and History
                      
The ancient nation was composed of more than one hundred and fifty
city states, in an area  extending along the southern and eastern
shores of the Mediterranean Sea,   It was ruled by aristocratic tyrants
whose oppressive rule awakened the people to the power of unity that led to the emergence of the first democracy in World history; but the
concept  of city states weakened their system of democratic government.
Almost constantly, a state of war existed between two or more cities.
the most famous being the jealous rivalry that existed between  Athens
and Sparta . Too late did Greeks realize that binding together into
one great state would have saved them from being overwhelmed by the
powerful Roman Empire.  Although Rome excelled in military and political domination, she was never able to control the Greek mind.
     
During the time of Pericles in 495 B.C., Athens was blessed with
the appearance of a small group of very unusual men.  Their literature
has entered into the intellectual process of all subsequent nations.
Their history of thought,` feeling, and character is magnificent.  The
Greek mind has been a guiding and inspiring beacon out of the past, that fortunately has been preserved for posterity by the written word.
page  3 Greece  Travel and History
Perhaps it was fate that gave Athens a great and generous leader in Pericles. He was a man of vision with great political ability and a liberal mind ,who championed the cause of the poor.  Powerful in rhetoric, he is described as speaking in awful thunders with his tongue.

The freedom of thought embraced by the Greeks  became the heritage for all ages of the future, and little has been added to the
intellectual achievements of man during the past twenty centuries. Greeks originated political freedom and literature that excels all others.  Among the most famous epics of literature that have been preserved are the Homeric poems, "The Iliad and the Odyssey, "which were written or composed about 1,000 B.C. ; they give us our truest picture of the life and times of ancient Greece,  They gave  the world its first example of democracy, a state of being wherein the people themselves are free to make decisions and suffer the consequences of their actions. THe  Greek mind looked at the world on its side of beauty by
worshiping not only physical but intellectual beauty,  however, they were a superstitious people who believed the will  of gods was revealed in divine utterances through oracles and in the state of the entrails of animals they had sacrificed to appease their gods.

The ancient Greeks were and are the greatest artists that ever
lived.  The young Greek male, as represented by the Greek sculptor Phidias, was depicted as supreme of beauty, and perfect of symmetry. Phidias carved the ivory statues of Zeus, sixty feet high, and of Athena, forty feet high, each was clothed in plated gold.  Other sculptor were Ply Cletus 452-412 B.C., and Myron 430-? B.C.. Greek painting, while realistic, has not survived and is totally lost to us.

page  4 Greece  Travel and History

Under the government of Pericles, Greece and Athens reached a
summit of civilization never before attained by the human race.  For 2500 years his efforts to build the shrines on the Acropolis are witness to the glory and power of ancient Greece.

Greeks excelled in architectural grace.  They  designed the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian colonnade  which are still in evidence in modern architecture of today. Their sculpture stands out for its unprecedented naturalness.  Workmen strove to out-do themselves in the perfection of their crafts; even more remarkable was the completion and dedication of the Parthenon in five years time. 
With the greatest effort, all buildings were completed during Pericles administration.  The works bloom  with a beauty and freshness that appears untouched by time.

In about 776 B. C. the world famous Olympic Games  were originated. During the years the games were held, a truce was observed, suspending war between the city states for the duration of the competition. While meeting during the games, the people exchanged ideas and exhibited artistic achievements.
     The chronology of Athens began in 776 B. C., the date of the first
Olympiad,  and all dates are reckoned from this event. However, modern
scientists point to research by archeologists that indicate Greece began
during the third or fourth millennium.

page  5 Greece  Travel and History

In B.c. 404 Sparta conquered Athens crushing  her political
greatness, and there remained only her '''Athenian legacy of art,
philosophy, and literature.  There followed a period of wars between cities, and Greece became devoid of her sense of national spirit. Weakened by the constant wars between its cities, Greece became prey to invasion by Macedonians located on their northern frontier. King Phillip of Macedon was determined to conquer Greece  and invaded inB. C 338.  He unified the nation into  one central government and preserved  Greek culture. 

Phillip made Greece a leading power.  He invented the  famous "Macedonian Phlanx,"and planned the invasion of the Persian Empire; but his assassination in B.C.336 left the task to his son Alexander.  Phillip was the only monarch in history who educated  his son to succeed himself.

Alexander  overshadowed  he father in history.  He  was educated by ''Aristotle," one of the most intellectual men of his, and of all time.  By his military conquests, Alexander achieved an intellectual conquest over a large part of the known  world.
page  6 Greece  Travel and History

Alexander the Great conquered the Eastern Asian Empires and spread Greek culture  over  Asia.  The chief treasure   the Greeks  endowed was their unsurpassed literature, which ranks next to the Bible.  Much of their poetry was lost in the destruction of the library at  Alexandria in the seventh century A.D..
 

One of his generals, Ptolemy I, became King of Egypt  after the
death of  Alexander.   During  his reign Egypt rose to greatness and became the chief center of the commercial world. Subsequently Ptolemy founded schools of learning that excelled in science and mathematics, built museums,  and the worlds greatest library.

In B.C.146,Greece was defeated  by the  Romans.  Corinth was
plundered and burned to the ground, and with her fall, Greece became a Roman  province.

From B.C.480  to  430 the greatest era in the history of the world occurred, by the development of intellect unequaled by a whole  body of citizens in one state, exercising democratic principles and refining tastes, elevating the mind, and encouraging unexampled intelligence.  The  Greeks are the most remarkable people that have yet existed.
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Greece History Travel Information Frequently Asked Questions
 

Greece
Travel & History
 by

Josephine Visnovske

 

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      Greece  Travel and History

By Josephine Visnovske
Page 1.

Greece, a land located in central and eastern parts of the
Mediterranean Sea, consists of as 1,300 islands and has many indented bays on her principle peninsula, forming the longest coastline  in Europe. The name Greece was unknown to Greeks who called their land Hellas after the tribe of Hellenes who settled the territory.  The Hellenes were an important factor in the development of civilization. During the twilight of history, barbaric herdsmen from the north invaded a world of walled cities and found an established civilization of a still more ancient society.  They are the first nation to emerge from barbarism, and became the earliest civilized nation in Europe.

The Greek nation rose  to the greatest heights of excellence with their fabulous architecture, sculpture, poetry, science, and philosophy. They  held strong beliefs in deities and sacrificed animals to Gods, and while their culture revolved about temple worship, they had no priestly class.  In their personal lives the   Greeks had great self respect, they revered the old, cared for their young, and held a high regard for their wives and womankind.

Written drama and poetry began in the sixth century  B.C.;
theatres began to be built, and within a century some of the greatest Greek dramas, comedies, and political satires of all time were written.

page  2 Greece  Travel and History
                      
The ancient nation was composed of more than one hundred and fifty
city states, in an area  extending along the southern and eastern
shores of the Mediterranean Sea,   It was ruled by aristocratic tyrants
whose oppressive rule awakened the people to the power of unity that led to the emergence of the first democracy in World history; but the
concept  of city states weakened their system of democratic government.
Almost constantly, a state of war existed between two or more cities.
the most famous being the jealous rivalry that existed between  Athens
and Sparta . Too late did Greeks realize that binding together into
one great state would have saved them from being overwhelmed by the
powerful Roman Empire.  Although Rome excelled in military and political domination, she was never able to control the Greek mind.
     
During the time of Pericles in 495 B.C., Athens was blessed with
the appearance of a small group of very unusual men.  Their literature
has entered into the intellectual process of all subsequent nations.
Their history of thought,` feeling, and character is magnificent.  The
Greek mind has been a guiding and inspiring beacon out of the past, that fortunately has been preserved for posterity by the written word.
page  3 Greece  Travel and History
Perhaps it was fate that gave Athens a great and generous leader in Pericles. He was a man of vision with great political ability and a liberal mind ,who championed the cause of the poor.  Powerful in rhetoric, he is described as speaking in awful thunders with his tongue.

The freedom of thought embraced by the Greeks  became the heritage for all ages of the future, and little has been added to the
intellectual achievements of man during the past twenty centuries. Greeks originated political freedom and literature that excels all others.  Among the most famous epics of literature that have been preserved are the Homeric poems, "The Iliad and the Odyssey, "which were written or composed about 1,000 B.C. ; they give us our truest picture of the life and times of ancient Greece,  They gave  the world its first example of democracy, a state of being wherein the people themselves are free to make decisions and suffer the consequences of their actions. THe  Greek mind looked at the world on its side of beauty by
worshiping not only physical but intellectual beauty,  however, they were a superstitious people who believed the will  of gods was revealed in divine utterances through oracles and in the state of the entrails of animals they had sacrificed to appease their gods.

The ancient Greeks were and are the greatest artists that ever
lived.  The young Greek male, as represented by the Greek sculptor Phidias, was depicted as supreme of beauty, and perfect of symmetry. Phidias carved the ivory statues of Zeus, sixty feet high, and of Athena, forty feet high, each was clothed in plated gold.  Other sculptor were Ply Cletus 452-412 B.C., and Myron 430-? B.C.. Greek painting, while realistic, has not survived and is totally lost to us.

page  4 Greece  Travel and History

Under the government of Pericles, Greece and Athens reached a
summit of civilization never before attained by the human race.  For 2500 years his efforts to build the shrines on the Acropolis are witness to the glory and power of ancient Greece.

Greeks excelled in architectural grace.  They  designed the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian colonnade  which are still in evidence in modern architecture of today. Their sculpture stands out for its unprecedented naturalness.  Workmen strove to out-do themselves in the perfection of their crafts; even more remarkable was the completion and dedication of the Parthenon in five years time. 
With the greatest effort, all buildings were completed during Pericles administration.  The works bloom  with a beauty and freshness that appears untouched by time.

In about 776 B. C. the world famous Olympic Games  were originated. During the years the games were held, a truce was observed, suspending war between the city states for the duration of the competition. While meeting during the games, the people exchanged ideas and exhibited artistic achievements.
     The chronology of Athens began in 776 B. C., the date of the first
Olympiad,  and all dates are reckoned from this event. However, modern
scientists point to research by archeologists that indicate Greece began
during the third or fourth millennium.

page  5 Greece  Travel and History

In B.c. 404 Sparta conquered Athens crushing  her political
greatness, and there remained only her '''Athenian legacy of art,
philosophy, and literature.  There followed a period of wars between cities, and Greece became devoid of her sense of national spirit. Weakened by the constant wars between its cities, Greece became prey to invasion by Macedonians located on their northern frontier. King Phillip of Macedon was determined to conquer Greece  and invaded inB. C 338.  He unified the nation into  one central government and preserved  Greek culture. 

Phillip made Greece a leading power.  He invented the  famous "Macedonian Phlanx,"and planned the invasion of the Persian Empire; but his assassination in B.C.336 left the task to his son Alexander.  Phillip was the only monarch in history who educated  his son to succeed himself.

Alexander  overshadowed  he father in history.  He  was educated by ''Aristotle," one of the most intellectual men of his, and of all time.  By his military conquests, Alexander achieved an intellectual conquest over a large part of the known  world.
page  6 Greece  Travel and History

Alexander the Great conquered the Eastern Asian Empires and spread Greek culture  over  Asia.  The chief treasure   the Greeks  endowed was their unsurpassed literature, which ranks next to the Bible.  Much of their poetry was lost in the destruction of the library at  Alexandria in the seventh century A.D..
 

One of his generals, Ptolemy I, became King of Egypt  after the
death of  Alexander.   During  his reign Egypt rose to greatness and became the chief center of the commercial world. Subsequently Ptolemy founded schools of learning that excelled in science and mathematics, built museums,  and the worlds greatest library.

In B.C.146,Greece was defeated  by the  Romans.  Corinth was
plundered and burned to the ground, and with her fall, Greece became a Roman  province.

From B.C.480  to  430 the greatest era in the history of the world occurred, by the development of intellect unequaled by a whole  body of citizens in one state, exercising democratic principles and refining tastes, elevating the mind, and encouraging unexampled intelligence.  The  Greeks are the most remarkable people that have yet existed.

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