Introduction:
The different orders of Greek architecture include: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The orders are defined by the particular type of column and the effective entablature that is consequently used as a basic unit. The Doric was the earliest and the simplest and on which the noblest monuments were erected. It was followed by ionic and Corinthian. These styles appeared in the temples in the Greece temples after 500 B.C.
Their importance is that they were used in the sense that they were used in the ancient Greek buildings. Examples buildings built even now have some Doric order. Their decorative importance is still visible in the sense that highlights the importance that they have. Even the Greek temples are decorated with the same order of Greek architecture.
The Olympic Games originated long ago in ancient Greece. The reason why they were created was in the honor of Zeus. He fought his father Kronos for the control of the world. This led to the building of the great temple at Olympia valley and consequently explains why the religious festivals were held in this valley. Hence these led to the development of the Olympic Games.
The Greek Architectural Sculpture that was applied in the vast number of buildings in the ancient Greek world communicated various reasons. The sculptures celebrated the Greek natural heritage and culture. In addition, it led to these people featuring and celebrating their religious affiliations.
Athenian Pottery explains the Athenian black and red figure pottery. They were made in the ancient Athens societies. It both represented the social and historical aspects that were being celebrated in the society. The art was made by hand in the arduous process.
On the other hand, Sappho was a Greek lyric poet. He was a great poet whose poems were admired through the much antiquity. His poems were focused on homoerotic factors of sexual activities. His poetic style focused on love that was based on both sexes.
Plato was a Greek philosopher and a mathematician. The important analogies in which he argued that, his mind is like the bird-cage. In which knowledge is like birds in which through fluttering one can reach where he/she feels like. He also used Socratic teachings to teach his students.
On the other hand Socrates was also a Greek philosopher who was an important figure in Athens. Through his teachings he believed that through critical thinking, an individual mind can choose what is good and wrong. He also had a method of meditation through thoughts. This led to his notion of assessing human life in his own original theory of the soul.
The Allegory of the Cave is also known as the Analogy of the cave. It is a Plato representation that contrast the way we believe on the real things. Hence this explains between what is true and reality.
Idealism clearly explains the group of philosophies that brings into the limelight the fact that, reality is mentally constructed. Hence it asserts that reality is immaterial.
