to do something a little adventurous and to remember. Since graduating high school is only five months away randy being the lean on me type of guy that he is made a call to his fellow wing mates. Upon answering their cell phones hi Allen randy said is nick around he ask, yes he said he sitting right here with me. After finding that out randy explain to the guys how he have been planning a hiking trip up the hills in Athens, Georgia. Allen and Nick thought that this was exciting because they have always
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Raphael, and The Stanza Della Segnatura Raphael Sanzio was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance. Raphael painted and designed many brilliant pieces of work and the stanzas inside the Vatican. He was a master at such necessities of modern art such as depth and perspective and the use of light and shadow, and was the turning point styles of paintings like the use of Madonnas in paintings. Through his short life, Raphael would make some of the most awe-inspiring, beautiful
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The Ancient Greek Civilization Can you imagine 7,000 Spartans holding off 150,000 Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae? It is true. The Ancient Greeks held off one of the most powerful armies of that time so Greece would survive. Greek geography, the city-states, the concept of acropolis, government, military strategy, philosophy, and religion were all contributing factors in the creation and survival of the Greek city-state lifestyle. The geography and climate of Ancient
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religion, and art. Ancient Greece was split into many different states, each one was ruled in its own way. Each state had its own laws, government and money but they shared the same language and religion. The two most important city states were Athens and Sparta. Legacy of the Ancient Greeks - (How Ancient Greece influenced modern day culture.) The influence of the Ancient Greeks are still felt by us today. The major impact in our lives today are in the arts, in philosophy, and in science
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on these artworks for instruction. Raphael, born in April 6, 1483 when he moved to Rome in 1508; Raphael became a High Renaissance artist regarding fresco cycles. During the time period he was in Rome, he depicted the Stanza della Segnatura (School of Athens), where a congregation of the great philosophers and scientists of the ancient world are shown.
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but is believed he was born sometime around 470 B.C. in Athens, Greece. He is believed to have earned a living as a mason and was married with three children. Socrates was also a philosopher but there is debate on whether he did or didn’t receive payment from teaching students. Socrates was considered poor by Greek standards and showed little or no interest in his own children. He was devoted to philosophizing with other boys of Athens. By all accounts, there are no writings by Socrates so
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Comparing Athens and Sparta: Where Would You Rather Live, and Why? Source: PBS.org | ATHENS | SPARTA | Population & Map | Approximately 140,000; Approximately 40,000 men were citizens; and slaves (about 40,000). By 432 BC, Athens had become the most populous city-state in Hellas. In Athens and Attica, there were at least 150,000 Athenians, around 50,000 aliens, and more than 100,000 slaves. | Approximately 8,000 Spartiates (adult male citizens) ruled over a population of 100,000 enslaved
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KW HIS Ancient Greece In 1880, Arthur Evans, a gentleman who knew Greek language, classics, and mythology scholarly, went to a flea market in ancient city of Athens. He saw an old lady was selling coins with strange markings; it was not normal Greek language on coin and coin wasn’t wedge shape. Evans asked where she got it, she repeats “Minos” a lot to him; actually, she meant “The Legend of King Minos”: the wife had bestiality with a bull, people sent people as sacrifices
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(“Life in Two City” 260). The Greek cities, Athens and Sparta both treated women exceedingly different. Most of the other city-states were more similar to Athens. There was about 2-3 that were like Sparta, but, these other city-states had a bigger population than Sparta (Fleck & Hanssen 2007). They may have done this because of where they live, but not only that they had different views on subjects and opinions on how to run their region. Athens was located near the Aegean Sea, which led them
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Plato was born around the year 428 BC in Athens. His father died while Plato was young, and his mother remarried to Pyrilampes, in whose house Plato would grow up. Plato's birth name was Aristocles, and he gained the nickname Platon, meaning broad, because of his broad build. His family had a history in politics, and Plato was destined to a life in keeping with this history. He studied at a gymnasium owned by Dionysios, and at the palaistra of Ariston of Argos. When he was young he studied music
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