Essays on Greek Language

In What Ways Were the Romans Heirs to the Greek Civilization?

Introduction There is a consensus among scholars that the major influences of the Roman culture were the Greeks. Among the major proponents for this theory are authors, Roy Matthews, Dewitt Platt and Thomas Noble; and the renowned historian, Eugen Weber. In their book, ‘The Western Humanities, Volume 1: Beginnings through the Renaissance,’ Matthews, Platt and Noble developed the idea that Western culture, which developed from the Romans, was actually a product of the Hellenistic culture that dominated the Mediterranean region in the past (Matthews, Platt, & Noble, 2010). Similarly, in his video instructional series, ‘The Western Tradition,’ Eugen Weber presented ...

Greece, officially known as Hellenic Republic, is located in south-eastern Europe. The culture in the country is a combination of diverse old and modern cultures influenced by its historic significance. In fact, the Greek culture defines the true patriotic and ethnic association of its people to their land adorned by an amalgamation of unique civilization, religion, customs, language, music, food, and architecture (Adare, 2008). As far as language is concerned, it is an extremely significant component of the culture. The Ancient Greek language has truly influenced the modern-day Greek language in the country. Religion is acknowledged as a distinctive ...

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Synopsis

Egypt after the Pharaohs revolves around the period through which Egypt witnessed the coming of the Greeks as well as the Hellenistic culture. It also covers the empire of the Ptolemy -from Ptolemy I to the rule of Cleopatra. The book also explains Egypt’s conquest by Rome, along with scientific and cultural achievements of Alexandria. It also covers the rise of Christianity I Egypt. Moreover, it explains the rich cultural, social, and intellectual formation within the period that comes light through the narrative by Alan Bowman.

Themes

There are four major themes displayed from this book. Firstly, ...

Introduction

History is an important aspect for any one’s life as history matters a lot. In the past, many conquerors and kings marked their names due to their achievements, power, bravery, and glory. As a result, it is important to uncover the history and learn more about people such as Alexander III of Macedonia referred to as “Alexander the great” known as the most genius and intellectual military leader. Alexander takes the credit of conquering various territories that extend from Greece to Egypt. In addition to that, being a king of Macedonia he also conquered the entire from Balkans to modern day ...

English

Education in the United States has forever been in the limelight for varying reasons. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind), which was made a federal law by the then President, George W. Bush, in 2002; Children with Learning Disabilities; Technology-Assisted Learning, English for Foreign Learners; and Role of Parents in Education, to name a few, has been making headlines in the education sector for a number of years. The number of children leaving school education is growing alarmingly because of their inability to learn, or for personal reasons. It is for this reason that I have taken a special ...

The Greek and Roman Influences on Culture, Science, and Religion

The Greek and Roman Influences on Culture, Science, and Religion The Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, and the Protestant Reformation were the most important cultural, scientific, and religious movements between 1400 and 1700 in Europe. However, those movements were not based exclusively on the observations and reasoning of scholars and artists, but the influence of ancient Greek and Roman teachings, which was forgotten during the Middle Ages between the 5th and 15th century, played a significant role in inspiring those movements. The revival of knowledge in science, art, and technology from those ancient civilizations was the trigger for implementing changes in ...

Assignment 1.

The same is the case with logic; the logical way of thinking or rationale way of thinking is a corner stone of the Western culture. While Eastern world perception is based on spiritual belief, the Western is based on rational/logical justifications and proves. Without logical way of thinking science as we know it would not exist, it would be based on assumptions, which would be proved by belief. Thus, logic provides the Western culture with its foundation - rationalism. The modern example of this is that, without logical laws of truth and false, it would not be possible to build ...

Every schoolchild remembers distinctly alphas, betas and gammas the letters from geometry, used to denote angles, triangles and squares, and it is a common knowledge that these letters refer to one of the most ancient alphabets in the history of the Indo-European languages. However, not everyone is aware of the fact that the Greek alphabet took its origin from the Phoenicians, who used the consonantal Semitic alphabet to create their manuscripts. The Greeks added vowels to the existing variant and converted it into the truly phonetic alphabet. Apart from being the oldest alphabet in the Indo-European history, Greek alphabet had ...

Roman Historiography

One of the ways to understand a civilization is to explore the way it was writing about itself and how viewed particular events. In this regard, exploration of historiography of specific civilization is self-justified. On the other hand, exploration of historiographic evolution also contributes to comprehension of tendencies in the development of human civilization in general and understanding of how history had evolved since the ancient times. In the framework of all mentioned above, the main aim of the present essay is to follow the evolution of historiography in the Ancient Rome and its contribution to the early scholarship in ...