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Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula of modern Greece, but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled in ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Turkey (then known as Ionia), Sicily and southern Italy (known as Magna Graecia), and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, sout ...

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Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia II - Ancient Greece - Society The distinguishing features of ancient Greek society were the division between free and slave, the differing roles of men and women, the relative lack of status distinctions based on birth, and the importance of religion. The way of life of the Athenians was more common in the Greek world than Sparta's special system. Ancient Greece - Social Structure. Only free people could be citizens entitled to the full protection of the law in a city-state. In most city-states, unlike Rome, social promenece did not al ...

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Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - Arts of the ancient world

Arts of the ancient world refers to the many types of art that were in the cultures of ancient societies, such as those of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome Other related archivesEgypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Rome, ancient, art, cultures

Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - Anarchism

Schools Anarcho-capitalism Anarcho-communism Anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-syndicalism Christian anarchism Eco-anarchism Individualist anarchism Mutualism Anarchism in culture Anarchism and religion Anarchism and society Anarchism and the arts Anarcho-punk Anarchist theory Anarchism and capitalism Anarchism and Marxism Anarchist economics Anarchist law Anarchist symbolism Anarchism without adjectives Post-left a ...

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Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - Hetaera

Hetaera (Greek: singular: Εταίρα Hetaera, plural: Εταίραι Hetaere) In ancient Greece, hetaerae were courtesans, that is to say, sophisticated companions and prostitutes. In ancient Greek society, prostitutes were independent and sometimes influential women who were required to wear distinctive dresses and had to pay taxes. There is evidence that, unlike most other women in Greek society at the time, hetaerae were educated. It is remarkable that hetaere not only were the only females who would actively take part in the symposiums but also that the ...

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Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - Classical

The word classical has several meanings: Pertaining to the societies of the classical antiquity, ancient Greece or Rome. For example, the Greek and Latin languages, classical architecture and the cult of the Olympian gods. See also Greek mythology and Roman mythology. The study of all the foregoing may bear the name of the classics. The Term High Classical refers to Greek art associated mainly with Athens and the works atop the acropolis created during the time of Perikles. In parallel to

Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - Chewing gum

Chewing gum is a type of confectionery which is designed to be chewed, not swallowed. Traditionally, it was made of chicle, a natural latex product, although for reasons of economy many modern chewing gums use petroleum-based plastic instead of chicle. Chicle is nonetheless still the base of choice for some "upscale" gum brands, as well as some regional markets, such as in Japan. Chewing gum - History of gum. Chewing gum, in various forms, has existed since at least Ancient Greece. The Greeks chewed mastic ...

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Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - Hellenic polytheism

Hellenic polytheism refers to a polytheistic religion honoring the gods of the ancient Greek pantheon. Hellenic polytheism - Ancient Hellenic polytheism. Main article: Ancient Greek religion. Greek mythology, Polytheism, World Congress of Ethnic Religions, Separation of church and state in modern Greece, Religion in modern Greece Hellenic polytheism - Modern revivalist movements. See also: Greek reconstructioni ...

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Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - Religions of the Ancient Near East

The Religions of the Ancient Near East were mostly polytheistic, with some early examples of emerging Henotheism (Akhenaton, early Judaism). Especially the Luwian pantheon exerted a strong influence on Ancient Greece, see Greek Paganism, while the religion of Elam influenced the Zoroastrianism of the Achaemenid empire. Religions of the Ancient Near East - Overview. There were many different cultures in the Ancient Near East with different languages, different cultures, different religions, and differing myt ...

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Religions of the Ancient Near East - Neopagan movements

Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - Public speaking

Public speaking is speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner. It is a form of communication that adds to the knowledge and wisdom of listeners, or that influences their attitudes or behavior. In public speaking, as in any form of communication, there are five basic elements, often expressed as "who is saying what to whom utilizing what medium with what effects?" Public speaking is almost as ancient as speech itself. The first textbook on the subject was written ov ...

Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia - List of Ancient Rome-related topics

This is a List of Ancient Rome-related topics, that aims to include aspects of both the Ancient Roman Republic and Roman Empire. For an overview of the subject, see Ancient Rome. For other articles not listed below, see Category:Ancient Rome and its subcategories. An index of important figures in Ancient Rome can be found in List of ancient Romans. The topics in this list cover the culture, society and history of the ancient Roman Republic and the ...

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Ancient Greece - Society: Encyclopedia II - Republic dialogue - Reception and interpretation

Republic dialogue - Ancient Greece. The idea of writing treatises on systems of government was followed some decades later by Plato's most prominent pupil Aristotle. He wrote a treatise for which he used another Greek word "politika" in the title. The title of Aristotle's work is however conventionally translated to "politics": see Politics (Aristotle). Aristotle's treatise was not written in dialogue format: it systematises many of the concepts brought forward by Plato in his Republic, in some cases leading the author to ...

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