What did ancient greece achilles want to be remembered for?
To remind all descendants of Adam that nobody is bulletproof. Even if we think we are indestructible - we all have some weak point, somewhere.
Ancient Germanic warriors?
The first recorded Germanic tribes were the Teutons and Cimbri of the Northern Plain . The German chieftan Herman defeated a Roman army in AD 9 . Many German tribes , including the Alemanni, Lombards , Goths and Franks , joined the Teutons and Cimbri in the land between the Elbe and Rhine . They fought each other repeatedly , and in the 4th century, as Roman power began to wane , they began crossing the Rhine into France and eventually established the Frankish kingdom there. The great Charlemange united the German tribes in the 8th century as part of his attempt to re - establish the Roman Empire . He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in AD 800 , but after his death in AD 814 , the kingdom broke up , and Germany became a loose federation of principalities . Magyar and Slav invasions began in the 10th century .But Otto 1st was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962 , and began to colonize the Slav lands to the east , and a German - Slav confrontation has been a theme of German history ever since .
Examples of arete, dike, and hubris in ancient greek culture?
Arete is especially prominent in Homer. It referred, after all, originally to the "excellence" of the warrior, sharing a common root with the name of the war-god Ares. Later, it became a more generalized concept of excellence, as seen in Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. But if you want depictions of arete, try Homer first. Perhaps you might also find sculptures of great warriors useful? (I know little about Greek art). Dike -- how do you understand "dike" as a value? (The word has a number of meanings, 'custom', 'justice', 'penalty', 'trial'). If you're taking it as "custom", Herodotus would be a valuable source. He is fascinated with cultural contrasts, and in a famous passage quotes Pindar as saying that "custom is king of all" (in reference to an experiment to determine whether nations will change their customs). I'm not sure if the underlying Greek there is actually "dike", but it's worth checking out. Possibly the contrast between Eastern and Greek cultures in Aeschylus' Agamemnon (with Cassandra) might be interesting. Hubris -- the go-to place for hubris is definitely tragedy. Pentheus (in Bacchae); Hippolytus (in Hippolytus); arguably Creon, Antigone, *and* Oedipus in the Theban Cycle; others -- hubris is the classic flaw of the tragic hero.
Which ancient warriors would be best at modern MMA fighting?
Greek hopliteA Greek hoplite was of middle class status during ancient Greek times. These men would purchase their own armor and weaponry and march into battle to protect the city they loved. These warriors were skilled and trained in close hand-to-hand combat.You could also consider the Aztecs, as they also were very skilled in hand-to-hand combat and may still be around if not for the invention of firearms.
I have a pottery piece, that is signed and numbered from Greece. I want to find out more about it. How do I?
The piece is approximately two and half inches tall, with a small plate on the bottom--not attached. It has paintings of warriors on it holding shields and weapons. It is yellow with black and brown. On the bottom it says "No o.18.F----Mad e in Greece--By D. Vassil.It also has one handle--something like a pouring vessel. Very detailed painting. I am very anxious to find out more about this piece.
Why is Alexander the Great remembered?
Alexander the Great…You may remember him as the guy you did a project on in second grade. I do. He’s just some historical figure right? One out of literally thousands of people you have to remember to be a history buff.Incorrect.Alexander’s life had incredible consequences on the history of the world.To really look at why he’s important, we have to look at the situation at the time of his birth. Philip of Macedon, his father, put a lot of time and energy into building Macedonia into a powerhouse.Macedonia was an obscure state on the very far outskirts of the Greek world. Hell, it was closer to Thracian barbarians than it was to Athens. But they were still Greeks.This is what Philip left Alexander. As you can see, the military buildup of Philip and his predecessors paid off pretty well. If nothing else had happened, Philip might be remembered today as a good ruler, but not a great one. That state may look big to you. Now look at this.(Yes, I know that’s from 500 B.C., but the borders didn’t change significantly between then and this time).Ok, not only is that thing at least 20 times the size of Philip’s kingdom, it was the biggest empire in the world. Some estimates say it had 44% of the world’s population just 100 years before Philip and Alexander.Can you name me any empire in history that has had that many people relative to the rest of the world population in it? This was THE empire. The ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Asia Minor all combined to form this behemoth. (Although they didn’t willingly unify, long story *coughs* Cyrus).Anyways, who’s this guy?Oh! It’s the guy who conquered the above empire.Well, that’s awkward. But his life was tragically cut short just a few years after he conquered Persia. Then it broke up. So why is he important?He set the stage for the rise of the Roman Empire by dismantling something that certainly would’ve stopped it in its tracks, which then set the stage for the entire history of the Middle East since then (did someone say the Rise of Islam???).Ya, big deal. I could go into more detail but you can look into it more if you want.
How did the ancient greeks view pride?
it depends on how you refer to 'pride'. Like the Eskimos and 'snow' the ancient greeks had a lot of different versions and variations of pride. Hubris for instance was 'outrageous behavior' but it was applied to Agamemnon when Athena spoke of it in the Iliad for his actions toward Achilles - not Achilles' actions afterward. The boasting the heroes do before battle and when they meet each other in battle is actually both talking trash as athletes sometimes do and also assuring their opponent that they were an honorable enemy to fight because in their times, it was who you defeated personally in battle that defined your glory, not whether your side won or lost the battle in whole. Kudos was fame or glory and so was kleos but one was assigned by society and one was what a man carried in himself. Both could be considered kinds of pride. Warriors didn't work and yet society supported them against the day that they would return the favor and give their lives to defend that exact same society. Therefore glory and pride in it were in a way paying back the expectations society had placed on a warrior as they supported him, fed him, clothed, him honored him, before he had actually done anything to deserve it. Pride also drove a warrior to do great things instead of simply being mundane in battle - Hector would have been ashamed to go back to the women of his city without a victory after he made what he considered a tragic misjudgement. Agamemnon, in taking Achilles' war prize from him, is making him smaller in the eyes of society by taking away some of his glory and Achilles responds with anger at the blow to his pride. But its also his pride in his postion in battle and in the eyes of society. Their fame or glory was what drove men to become heroes. To be remembered. More importantly to be remembered well. And it was as much for their fathers, their cities, and their children and wives, that they fought to earn that glory as for themselves. Pride was a tricky thing in ancient Greece. It was tied very tightly into their place in society. Nature and Culture in the Iliad by James Redfield is a dry but very complete book on this kind of thing. Otherwise just look up 'kleos' 'kudos' 'hubris' and 'aidos' (long line over the 'o') on the internet and sites specific to that kind of thing should pop up.
Considering that the ancient Spartans were Greeks, why modern Greeks don’t want to be called Spartans?
False premise and trollish intent.All Greeks are called (wait for it) Greeks. Then, if there’s need to be more specific, they may add their place of origin. Thus, there are Spartan Greeks, Athenian Greeks, Cretan Greeks, Rhodian Greeks, Theban Greeks, Epirotan Greeks, Thracian Greeks and, of course (that’s what you care about, isn’t it?), Macedonian Greeks. Not all Greeks are Macedonians, only those who come from the Greek region of Macedonia. That’s what you can’t or don’t want to realize: Macedonia is a region, a geographical entity.