During the period of Cleisthenes, Democracy started to change into a powerful political system it influenced the western political and stages various from the Greco/Roman philosophers and ethical judeo/christians teaching and in the feudalism in England. All of them have effect the change of Democracy in many ways you can imagination but this where the build blocks of our founding fathers. Greece and Roman philosophers help influence normal day democracy. Most of the philosophers did left have people talking about them but mostly had an effect on society after their death one of those philosopher who questioned everything where Socrates like everyday in a democracy country you have the right of free speech.
Regardless of the exclusivity of ancient Athenian democracy (excluding women and those of non-Hellenic descent), Pericles’ influence and actions of his time laid the
Partying has been a tradition for mankind since the beginning of time. In ancient Greece, the Festival of Dionysus was one of the largest annual celebrations. It took place during the Spring and lasted for six days. The festival honored Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility. Dionysus was particularly noteworthy for his influence in art, literature, and theatre.
Sophocles was born near Athens, Greece in 496 BC he was the son of Sophilus and Jocasta. Because his father was a wealthy member of their small community Sophocles had a educated and nice childhood. From a young age Sophocles's began to win awards for his many academic accomplishments. In his prime Sophocles entered competitions and his plays were brought to the attention of Athens where his playwriting career really took off. Some of his most popular plays and books include: Antigone (441 BC), Electra, Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (429 BC), Oedipus at Colonus, Ajax, Epigoni, and Philoctetes.
What is worth mentioning in Sophocles’ play is that he not only showed the weak side of women but also the strong ones. For example, Ismene is the traditional role of women in ancient Greek—coward, fear of men power and feeble. For Ismene, "we must remember we were born women, not meant to strive with men" (Antigone). She even chose to die with Antigone while hearing her sentence, for she was afraid that she would be alone, she could not be able to fight against Creon, this men-dominant society. In contrast, her sister Antigone presents the “women power”.
So how would an ancient Greek tragedy and comedy hold up to his standard? Sophocles’s Oedipus Tyrannus and Aristophanes’s Clouds are both great plays but which is the superior work? Whereas both Oedipus Tyrannus and Clouds are fantastic works in their adherence to Poetics in terms of the similarity of their characters
In Oedipus The King by Sophocles the horrible events that transpired were influenced by the characters. However, the main cause was ultimately the gods. Sophocles wrote this play around 429 BC in Athens, Greece and was one of the most celebrated playwrights of the era. The play centers around a royal family and the hidden horrors of their relations to each other with Oedipus having unwittingly killed his own father and married his mother. Without the gods there would be no horror and the land would
Thesis:In Sophocles play ‘Oedipus the king’,Oedipus is an example of a tragic hero because he changed from a hero at the beginning of the play into a tragic hero by the end by experiencing power,tragic flow,downfall and death. Oedipus changes into a person no can believe of,because in the beginning he was a hero for the city of thebes by solving a riddle to defeat the monster that was killing and taking over thebes. Claim:Before the play Oedipus defeats sphinx and becomes a powerful king,At the beginning of the play people rely on Oedipus’s power and help. Data:For example the priest says “Oedipus greatest in all men’s eyes We pray,find some strength again and rescue or city”. Warrant:From this quote readers can see that how empowered oedipus feels like and how people in thebes rely on him,Clearly this scene represents the power stage of the tragic hero.
Ancient Greek theatre and theatre today are very similar. Theatre is the Greek word for “viewing”. Jane Shuter tells us that Greek theatre included three parts: the orchestra, the skene and the audience. The audience would surround the stage by being in a semi-circle. The rows would be curved in so people at the top would be able to see.
In the play Antigone by Sophocles the Greek gods play a very important role. Discussion of the gods is present throughout the entirety of the play. Essentially the gods drive the plot of Antigone. The play is about a girl, Antigone, who lives in Thebes Greece. She is the niece of the king Creon.
Failure during the Peloponnesian War caused Greeks to question democracy and traditional Greek values. Plato disagreed with the way the state was run, especially after Athens’ loss at war. He discusses the meaning of justice and outlines how the ideal state should be governed in The Republic. He believes that the ideal state should be governed by a class of guardian rulers, who were trained as philosopher-kings. These rulers are the only members of society who could understand the Form of the Good and would be able to rule justly and logically.
Education in Ancient Greece was greatly influenced by the Sophist, Aristotle, Plato, and Isocrates. Greek educational purposes were to identify a person’s social status and to promote well rounded educated individuals. Each philosopher had different beliefs and methods to educate students. The Sophist believed education was based on time and circumstance. Their goals were to develop communication skills so students can be lawmakers.
Sophocles had an enormous impact on Greek theater due to three theatrical innovations he made: the addition of a third actor, ending the custom of presenting tragedies as linked trilogies, and the increase of the chorus from twelve to fifteen. The three greatest classical tragedians are Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides, but Sophocles is known as the greatest dramatist in Western literature. Due to innovations he made to Greek theater and the plays he wrote, Sophocles is a more successful dramatist than Aeschylus and Euripides. He wrote 123 plays during his lifetime and of those, seven survive to this day. Sophocles surviving tragedies are still known to this day because of “Sophocles' technical skill as a dramatist, unforgettable characters,
Democracy- the best form of governance; is evidently disputed in modern day politics. The disagreement has been carried on for centuries, as seen in Plato 's Republic and Pericles Speeches. According to The Republic, democracy cannot be implemented as the common man lacks the in-depth knowledge of vital spheres of bureaucracy such as economics, military stratagem, international conditions, and the niceties of law. However, this form of governance is viewed in a much more favorable light by Pericles in Thucydides ' History of the Peloponnesian Wars. He believes democracy is all beneficial to every sector of society and should be run for the general well-being, serving the ultimate goal of equality in justice.
Aristophanes and Sophocles both wrote similar arts that have been studied over the years. Antigone by Sophocles and Lysistrata by Aristophanes are two works of art that have many differences but they both assess an important point at the end. Out of all the differences between both of these plays, the one I consider most important is how each play ends according to the type of style it is. Even though the main characters of both of these plays were women, in Lysistrata, both the women and (eventually at the end) the men praise her for her beliefs, while in Antigone, almost everyone goes against what she feels is right which results in her death. The reason why this difference between Antigone (tragedy) and Lysistrata (comedy) is most important
