Ancient Greece - CD-vel [antikvár]

The Greek workThe land of Greece is made up of mainland Greece and the numerous islands scattered throughout the Aegean and Adriatic Seas. It is a mountainous country with hot The British Museum in London was dry summers and rain only in winter. The TSirrSearly Greek settlements developed as completed in isi? and the buUding as it \ small independent communities cutoff from each other by the mountainsbook can be seen there,and often competing for the best land, because the fertile arable soil is in short supply. Each of thecity-states which developed out of these communities had a strong individual identity, and citizens were very loyal to their home state and to its patron deity. This miscellaneous collection of city-states sometimes joined together for mutual defence and did so most successfully against the Persians. The Greeks produced a glorious culture which has had a profound effect on western civilization, through succeeding centuries to the present day. They scaled the heights in literature, the visual and dramatic arts, in philosophy and politics, in sport, and in many other aspects of human life. Greek civilization reached its peak in Athens in the fifth century b.c.KOUROS Kouroi (marble statues of naked boys), were made mainly in the sixth century b.c. to decorate sanctuaries of the gods, especially ApoUo, but some may have been put up in memory of young soldiers who had died in battle. They stand with their arms by their sides and one foot in front of the other.