Pergamon Altar Essays

Hellenistic Greek era would be the Altar of Zeus at Pergamon in western Turkey. The altar was commissioned in the first half of the second century (166- 156 BC) during the rule of King Eumenes II or Attalos II to commemorate territorial victories over Pontos and Bithynia. The Altar was also dedicated to Zeus and Athena in gratitude for their help in the war against the Galatians (aka: barbarians) that were threatening the Pergamane Empire from the east. The Altar of Zeus is very well known for its

My powerful empire is known as Amygdalia. We have been able to conquer Greece and now Rome. I have decided to take the Parthenon, Nike of Samothrace, and the Pergamon Altar from Greece as well as the Pantheon, Market of Trajan, and Augustus of Primaporta from the Romans. Built between 447-432 BCE, the Parthenon is located in Athens, Greece as a temple for the city’s goddess, Athena. Athena is the goddess of wisdom and military victory. It is made of carved stone, with marble statues which were painted

The Hellenistic period traditionally began after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Hellenistic art focused on being increasingly diverse, stylistic and with a strong subject matter. The Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon, created between 166-156 B.C.E-- within the Hellenistic eras prime, reflects the shifted focus from the Classical period to Hellenistic on how artists sought different ways to appeal to the senses through the adaptation of earlier styles as well as the use of new

1. Oedipus Rex was tragedy play written in 430 B.C.E. by Sophocles then translated by F. Storr. Oedipus the King takes place in Thebes and the Oedipus at the Colonus happens nears Athens. The environment for these characters is in the Heroic Age. This time period the Greek gods have left plant Earth and relocated to Mount Olympus. Now the world is left with heroes like Oedipus. Life for a lot of people was starting to look bleak as the pelage was upon them. Daily life for the people of Thebes were

Sanctuary cities, which can be found as certain cities and states in the United States, are places where the local government has agreed to work with low-priority illegal immigrants to shield them from the federal immigration laws. To some Americans, sanctuary cities may seem as if they are doing nothing but good deeds, and vice versa. However, there are many other factors at work that help a person decide whether or not they support the concept of sanctuary cities. For example, republicans, (who

Pergamon museum The Pergamon is [Germany]’s most visited museum and one of [Berlin]’s most prized attractions. A conglomerate of three outstanding collections: Classical Antiquities, Near Eastern Antiquities and Islamic Art, the Pergamon is revered for its life-sized replicas of some of our world’s most priceless structures, including the 2nd century BC [w=Pergamon Altar], the 2nd century AD [w=Market Gate of Miletus] and the 6th century BC [w=Ishtar Gate]. Although the museum’s showpiece- long considered

mountain top in Turkey, lies the West Front of The Altar From Pergamon (page 126). A seven-foot-high frieze is wrapped around an ionic colonnade that enclosed an altar to Zeus. It is thought to have been constructed during the reign of Eumenes II, from 175-150 BCE. This piece depicts a mythical battle between the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, and the giants. The giants are fighting the gods for sovereignty over the Earth and universe. The Pergamon frieze is carved with a deep undercutting, by

Greeks worshipped many gods, each god had a different personality and domain. Greek myths explained the origins of the gods and their individual relations with mankind. The sculptures illustrates many mythological episodes,including an established image of attributes that identify each god. There were twelve principal deities in the Greek pantheon. Foremost was Zeus, the sky god and the father of the gods, to whom the ox and the oak tree were sacred.Meaning that in the Greek world “Zeus was the…

Western culture is a hodge podge of ancient cultures, Greece being one. I feel the most obvious similarity is in their agora. As a place for the citizens to purchase their food and supplies due to a trade system, they basically established the 1st Walmart Superstore. The only difference is we give cash for our purchases, while they traded supplies and goods. Grecians also used the agora as a place to meet up with others, discussing current events to the meaning of life. While we don’t do this at

Ancient Greece was devided in two periods: Hellenistic and Classical Greece. The Hellenistic period covers the time of ancient Greek (Hellenic) history and Mediterranean history between the passing of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the rise of the Roman Empire as connoted by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the consequent triumph of Ptolemaic Egypt the next year. Classical Greece was a time of around 200 years ( 5th and 4th centuries BC) in Greek culture. This Classical period saw the addition

classical statues such as the Lansdowne Bust of Athena of Velletri created in Italy, Rome, Roman, 2nd-century copy after a Greek original of circa 430–420 B.C. by Kresilas and also Athena Battling Alkyoneos which is from the Altar of Zeus, erected about 175 BCE on the Pergamon acropolis. These statues of Athena all appear to be similar because of the way they are dressed, their stance, and their stylization, even when they have different sculptors and time periods that they were made. The Hope Athena

Some of the most famous art pieces are: Fallen Warrior from Temple of Aphaia, The Pergamon Altar, and God from The Sea Poseidon. Men ran the government, and spent almost all of their time away from home. If they were not part of politics, the men spent time in the fields, overseeing or working the crops, sailing, hunting, in manufacturing

Architecture is very closely tied to power, most commonly to political power. Architecture is the design of space, providing “a model for the system of structural thought used by a society to conceptualize the world.”3 Architecture is able to establish and signify power, especially with monumental architecture. It exhibits the power of people who created it, together with the nature of that power. In the reformation of Germany, Nazi architecture was very often dismissed or derided although it was

Task 1 - Place Pericles and the rebuilding of the Acropolis in context explain the following. Who was Pericles, his background, political/military training, family situation, and aims for Athenian society. Birth and Death Pericles was born in Halorgos, Greece around 495BC and he died around 429BC in Athens. Pericles was one of the most influential Greek orator, statesman and general of Athens during the Golden Age – in between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Family Pericles family had found