CLassical vs. Hellenistic
[2023-03-23 07:06:43]
A series of sculptural styles appeared in Hellenistic times. For example, relief of Archelaos sculpture of Priene, tell the story through a series of iconic characters that are used in the Homer of reincarnation, very academic style (150 BC, British Museum, London). Relief is devoted to muse and Homer, the poet and the world, time, Homer's great epic, and Iriado and Odyssey of character, shows the other literary images and ideas. But perhaps the most unique Greek style is sometimes called Baroque style.
The famous department of ancient Greece was divided into several periods. The first relevant period was Greek Mycenae, followed by the Dark Age, Classical Greece, Alexander Age, and finally Hellenistic era. (Some, including Alexander's era of classical Greek era, but for the purposes of this article, it will be quite different from the thought.) This is, and East Persian empire is doing a central governance It is quite contrasting. This is why self-exaggerated Persians got angry when they could not conquer Greece in 490 BC.
With the rise of Macedonia and the conquest by Alexander the Great, classical Greece entered the Hellenistic era. Greek language has become a common language far beyond the Greek language, interacting with Persia, Kingdom of Israel, Kingdom of Judah, Central Asia, Egypt. Science (geography, astronomy, mathematics etc) has made great progress, especially for the followers of Aristotle (Aristotle School). The republican era of ancient Rome began with the overthrow of the monarchy. In 509 B.C. it lasted more than 450 years until a series of civil war, overturning the main forms of government and empire. During the half a century of the Republic, Rome rose from the regional power of Lazio to dominant power in Italy and elsewhere. The unification of Italy under Roman hegemony is a gradual process revealed in the series of conflicts of Samnite war, Latin war, and Pyrric war in the 4th and 3rd centuries.
In some areas, Hellenistic culture is growing rapidly, especially in the sense of protecting the past. The state of the Hellenistic era is closely related to the glory of the past and its seemingly lost. Preservation of many classical and ancient arts and literary works (including works of three classical tragedies, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides) is due to Greek efforts. The museums and libraries in Alexandria are the center of this conservation activity. With the support of the royal allowance, Alexander scholars collect, translate, copy, classify and critique all books they can find. Most of the great literary people of the Hellenistic period studied at the University of Alexandria where they studied. In addition to writing poetry, they write articles about Homer and other ancient and classical Greek literature.