Today's interactive session: What do the following diagrams have in common?
The logo of Starbucks Coffee is the Siren Banshee
Versace's logo is Medusa
The hermès logo is Hermes
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Pick at the world-famous brands, you will find that their logos are mostly based on characters from ancient Greek mythology, which is both retro and special, which makes a deep impression.
Greek mythology is only a microcosm of Greece's rich cultural heritage, if we pay attention to life, we will find that there are Greeks in the fields of literature, science, philosophy and so on...
Statue of Victory in Samothrace
Plato
Ancient Greek architecture in Armenia
Why ancient Greece became one of the ancient civilizations with a profound impact on modern times, and how many unknown historical fragments it has, the author tells in this book -
Pick up a small shovel and "deeply" the secrets buried in the smoke and dust of the ancient civilization of Greece
A book that will make you understand Greece
When it comes to Greece, many people are not strangers.
Greece is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature, history, political science, scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama.
To this day, understanding the rich and active cultural knowledge of Greece can also bring us pure happiness, and the connection between us and the Greeks will form a cultural DNA that allows us to unconsciously open a dialogue with ancient Greece.
Akr. 674), circa 520–500 BC, marble, 92 cm high
Knossos restoration
From the origins of Minoan and Mycenaean to the Roman conquest, the book offers a profound account of the history of ancient Greece:
The history of ancient Greece is a cultural story that changed the Western world, and the successes and failures of the ancient Greeks, the cultural heritage constructed by ideals and reality, constitute the core of our modern life.
See all three thousand years of Greece here!
Early Greeks and Minoans: Labyrinth and Minotaurs
Mycenae: a place rich in gold
Iron Age
Archaic period: Sparta
Archaic period: Athens
Persia
Democracy and Empire
Inclusion and Exclusion: Athenian Life in Pericles
Religion and Philosophy: Beliefs and Knowledge in the Classical Period
Peloponnesian War
Panhellenicism and the Rise of Philip
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World
Let's go back to Neolithic Greece —
When exactly does the prehistory of ancient Greece date back? A recent Greek-American team studied the stone tools of South Crete and found that ancient humans reached Crete by sea as early as 13,000 years ago, thousands of years before the results of the study 10 years ago.
During the Paleolithic Period of 18,000 BC, the ruins of the Franchi Caves in Algoleed in southern Greece were settled.
Before starting to grow food and domesticate animals, people mainly relied on abundant venison for their livelihood, such as deer skins, deer tendons, antlers, and deer bones. After 11,000 BC, people began to eat lentils, wild peas, pistachios and almonds; after 7000 BC, wild oats and barley also began to appear in plant records.
People living in caves gradually began to develop deep-sea species such as tuna in the nearby waters. Humans inhabited the cave until the end of the Neolithic period around 3200 BC, a process that lasted nearly 15,000 years.
Let's go back to the Mycenaean world before 2500 BC .
Beginning in 2500 BC, Mycenae gradually developed into a complex society that controlled much of central and southern Greece. Forts were built in the central Greeks of Thebes and Gera, and Algolides became the main center of power of the Mycenaeans in Mycenae, Thebes, and Medea.
At the center of these forts is a central hall of the same style consisting of three parts: the front yard leads to the front hall, and further inside is the main hall, where four pillars supporting the roof surround the central fireplace (the throne is also in the main hall).
Restoration of the Mycenaean fortress, circa 1250 BC
According to the reconstruction of the Mycenaean fortress, we can see the houses, religious buildings, and areas where luxury goods were made of alabaster, gold, and silver under the central hall. In Mycenae, a circular defensive wall built in 1250 BC surrounds the entire summit.
Pietre De Jong, Restoration of the Interior of the Central Hall of the Nestor Palace, Watercolor
The bronze age Minoan and Mycenaean origins at the Stone Age Francis Cave site were conquered by Rome in 146 BC, and more than 3,000 years of Greek history are condensed in this book, revealing the tip of the iceberg of this fascinating and complex culture.
If you have the heart, you can also pluck the hidden traces of the great Greek civilization from modern culture, and have a historical exploration
Greek version of "Everyday Life of the Ancients"
In this book, you can not only see the academic expertise, but also "touch" the walls of ancient Greece from the first-hand archaeological materials.
The content of the text and archaeological evidence are equally important, and the 270,000-word vivid narrative and more than 270 color pictures show the culture, architecture, art of ancient Greece, and the food and entertainment of the residents in many ways.
Immerse yourself in how the Greeks lived a thousand years ago, Let's go!
reside
A bird's-eye view of the recent discovery by the Joint Hellenic-American Archaeological Team in Ikalena
Located 5,000 meters south of the Nestor Palace (but separated by mountains and valleys), the joint Greek-American archaeological team began excavations there in 2006 and unexpectedly found a site with a huge cluster of terraced buildings and very advanced urban facilities (with paved roads, squares, complex drainage systems and stone drainage, water distribution systems and ceramic pipes).
Peter Connelly's drawing of the Acropolis Hill Gate (center), which appeared on the Panathena Festival in the late 5th century BC. You can also see the Fortress of the Goddess Nick (lower right) and the Parthenon (upper right). The picture shows the Acropolis from the west, and those who leave the picture can also see Salamis in the distance.
drama
See the Theater of Athenian Dionysus from the Acropolis Perspective, the original theater dates back to the 6th century BC, and was rebuilt in the 4th century BC and later in the Roman era. You can still see the semicircular marble orchestra pit performed by the choir, the throne of the priest and high-ranking officials, and some of the buildings on the scene.
A key place of Athenian life was the theater, and through tragedy, comedy, sheep-man drama, the Athenians showed a complex worldview, sometimes sad, sometimes joyful, but always directly showing the whole experience of man.
Modern drama works can make us re-appreciate the cruel truth of tragedy and the noise of comedy joy, but it is very different from ancient drama in social function.
Athenian drama is part of a festival commemorating Dionysos, the god of wine, and can be watched by most citizens, as civic life, religious activities, and public events.
perfume
Prisoner of Pelessett, relief of the Temple of Hab, circa 1180 BC, stone
Mycenaean's main industries are perfume and textile manufacturing, and clay plates that document the processing of aromatic oils are of great help in studying the scale of the local industry. Below is the transaction record between the rich Arkdas and the perfume maker Thiestes.
Arkdas makes raw materials for the aromatic oils supplied by Thierstes
Coriander flavor 576 liters
Sedge flavor 576 liters
Fruit 240 liters Wine 576 liters Honey 58 liters
Wool 6 kg 58 liters of unfermented grape juice
(Pylos Un 267 Clay Tablets, translated by Christis)
Olive oil needs to be boiled with the above ingredients before soaking spices such as rose and sage. This record not only shows the process of making perfumes, but also the scale of their production. The oil recorded is produced in the hundreds of raised and then shipped to places such as Pylos in thousands of stirrup tanks.
Pick up this book and feel the day of the ancient Greeks: food, clothing, shelter, decoration, entertainment, literary and artistic activities... Their lives may be richer than we think.
Turning the page, we ushered in a dialogue of the times spanning thousands of years.
Focus sectors stimulate interest,
Guided learning
The book begins with a chronology of Greek history, concise and clear, with a small timetable for each chapter, supplementary introductions, and also adds maps and planning maps for easy understanding, in addition to history lovers, ordinary readers can also read without threshold.
At the end of each chapter, a "focus" section is added to introduce important or interesting content, such as the monster Kamala from Greek mythology, which also appears in the novel Harry Potter and in games based on the Chronicles of Narnia.
Kamala Binla
Arezzo's Camera, circa 400 BC, bronze, 1.29 meters long
In the "Focus" section of the tenth chapter, the author attempts to uncover the secrets of the Oracle of Delphi.
The specific operation of the oracle is one of the important mysteries of Greek religion. Many historical sources believe that there was a crack there, and lava flowed out of it, so that the priestess of Apollo, Pitias, was deceived by the spirit of the gods and said his will, but until now there is no relevant geological evidence.
Albert Tournaire, Reconstruction of the Temple of Delphi, 1894, watercolor
Twenty years ago, a team of Geographers, chemists and ancient historians in the United States proposed that Delphi was at the intersection of two fault lines, one running north-south and the other east-west. These fault lines release substances such as ethylene, ethane, methane, etc., which have an anesthetic effect on Pitia.
Nitrogen!
There is no clear result of this question, other related content, go to the book to find the answer!
The Rise and Fall of Greek Civilization
By Jeremy McKinnani
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press, 2022-2