Visual Evidence Part V

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Visual EvidencePart V

• Part V -- Greece

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Assyria -- relief (Ashurbanipal slays lion)
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Assyria -- relief (Ashurbanipal slays lion)

• The lion is a powerful animal, so its slaying at
  the hands of Ashurbanipal is meant to show him as
  a courageous and powerful leader

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Persia --- relief (Darius and Xerxes)
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Persia --- relief (Darius and Xerxes)

• Notice how Darius and Xerses are drawn much
  larger than their visitors. Also, the visitor
  facing Darius has his hand in front of his mouth,
  so as to not contaminate the air that Darius and
  Xerses breathe. The relief demonstrates the power
  of Darius and Xerses hold, and also the awe they
  inspire from their visitors.

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Persia --Temple at Persepolis
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Persia --Temple at Persepolis

• Darius built the famous Persian temple at
  Persepolis (Iran) as an administrative capital.

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Persia --stairway at Persepolis
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Persia --stairway at Persepolis

• The beautiful reliefs that adorn the staircase at
  Persepolis are the most striking architectural
  feature that remain.

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Ancient Greece
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Ancient Greece -- Lions Gate
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Persia --stairway at Persepolis

• The Lions Gate served as a prominent entryway to
  Mycenea, the capitol of the (ancient Greek)
  Mycenean civilization

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Ancient Greece -- Mask of Agamemnon
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• The Mask of Agamemnon was discovered by amateur
  archeologist Henrich Schliemann. Schliemann used
  Homers stories to lead him to the discovery of
  both Troy and Mycenea. The beautiful gold mask
  Schlieman discovered is not conclusively that of
  Agamemnon, but Schliemann believes that it is.

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Ancient Greece -- temple at Knossos
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Ancient Greece -- temple at Knossos

• Knossos temple on the island of Crete was the
  administrative and cultural center of Minoan
  civlization.

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Ancient Greece -- fresco at Knossos temple
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Ancient Greece -- fresco at Knossos

• The beautiful and colorful frescoes at Knossos
  are the most striking artistic features of the
  temples interior. Here, a young man soars
  acrobatically over a charging bull. Central to
  Minoan culture was the Minotaur, a ferocious
  animal half-bull human, half-human.

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Ancient Greece -- fresco at Knossos
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Ancient Greece -- fresco at Knossos

• The beautiful and colorful frescoes at Knossos
  are the most striking artistic features of the
  temples interior. The Minoans, a seafaring
  people, undoubtedly saw dolphins in their voyages.

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Ancient Greece -- Acropolis
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Ancient Greece -- Acropolis

• The Acropolis (city upon a hill) is home to
  Athens most famous architectural building, the
  Parthenon, and was the site of the agora
  (marketplace) as well as several temples. During
  the classical era of Pericles in the fifth
  century BCE it represented Greek society in an
  idealistic way.

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Ancient Greece -- Parthenon
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Ancient Greece -- Parthenon
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Ancient Greece -- Parthenon

• The Parthenon (the Temple of Athena) is the most
  famous surviving building of Ancient Greece and
  one of the most famous buildings in the world. It
  has stood atop the Acropolis of Athens for nearly
  2,500 years. It was built to give thanks to
  Athena, the city's protecting goddess, for the
  salvation of Athens and Greece in the Persian
  Wars. Inside the temple once stood a 40-foot
  statue of Athena.

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Ancient Greece -- Erechtheion temple
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Ancient Greece -- Erechtheion temple

• The Erechtheion is a temple located on the
  Acropolis. Its most noticeable feature is the
  famous "porch of the maidens", with six draped
  female figures as supporting columns.

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Ancient Greece -- Oracle at Delphi
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Ancient Greece -- Oracle at Delphi

• The first Oracle at Delphi was the most famous in
  Greece for her ability to predict the future.
  This oracle exerted considerable influence across
  the country, and was consulted before all major
  undertakings -- wars, the founding of colonies,
  and so forth.

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Ancient Greece -- Venus de Milo (sculpture)
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Ancient Greece -- Venus de Milo (sculpture)

• Venus de Milo is the most famous sculpture from
  ancient Greece. It depicts the Greek goddess
  Aphrodite. The piece is renowned for the skillful
  portrayal of the female torso.

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Ancient Greece -- trireme
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Ancient Greece -- trireme

• Triremes were swift and agile fighting ships that
  were the foundation of the Athenian navy. They
  could be used to ram or board enemy ships.

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Ancient Greece -- Theater of Dionysos
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Ancient Greece -- Theater of Dionysos

• The Theater of Dionysos was home to some of the
  earliest staged drama, specifically Greek
  tragedies. It is, historically, the most
  important theater in the Western world and was
  the birth place of the dramatic arts and our
  modern theater.

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Greek pottery
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Ancient Greece -- pottery
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• The impressive style of Greek painted pottery is
  another indication of the cultural advancement of
  ancient Greece. The pottery is sometimes used to
  depict historical scenes.