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| Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 – June 10/11, 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great by the age of thirty was the creator of one of the largest empires in ancient history, stretching from the Ionian sea to the Himalaya. He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of the most successful commanders of all time. Alexander was tutored by the famed philosopher Aristotle. Alexander's settlement of Greek colonists and culture in the east resulted in a new Hellenistic culture, aspects of which were still evident in the traditions of the Byzantine Empire until the mid-15th century. Alexander became legendary as a classical hero in the mold of Achilles, and features prominently in the history and myth of Greek and non-Greek cultures. He became the measure against which generals, even to this day, compare themselves and military academies throughout the world still teach his tactical exploits. In the Middle Ages he was created a member of the Nine Worthies, a group of heroes encapsulating all the ideal qualities of chivalry. In recent Jewish Hollywood, in their quest to ruin Christian gentile society, he was portrayed as a homosexual, but in ancient Greece as well as ancient Rome and other ancient societies, homosexuals were condemned to death.
At this early period, therefore, the Jews had come to be regarded with hostility, and they may have helped in the conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great, who, "by introducing Hellenic culture into Syria and Egypt, had probably more influence on the development of Judaism than any one individual not a Jew by race." Soon after the death of Alexander the Macedonian (b.c. 323) his empire was split up into the kingdoms of Macedonia, Syria, and Egypt. The Jews then passed under the rule of the Ptolemies, Macedonian rulers of Egypt, who, after the defeat of Pyrrhus, were in friendly relations with the Romans. Josephus gives an interesting account of the power wielded by one Joseph, who accumulated great wealth under the Ptolemies, and Jews may evidently have reached Rome before the outbreak of the First Punic War. They had been in close contact with Tyre, the metropolis of Carthage, in the time of David (circ. b.c. 1050), and they may have assisted the Carthaginians, as did the Greeks.  Greek Mythology:
The Five Ages in Greek mythology – First comes the Golden Age, when humans grew out of Gaia. This was a time of paradise, when old age, work, and pain were unknown. The Silver age was spawned by the Olympians. The people of that time were marked by pride and violence and the apron strings of their mothers. Zeus destroyed these people. The Bronze Age was the product of Zeus. The people of this age used metal to make weapons and war, and they died out. The fourth age, the Heroic age in which humans fathered by gods with human women, performed heroic deeds and were sent to the Elysian fields. (Elysian Fields, or the Elysian Plains, were the final resting places of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous.) The fifth age is ours an Iron age of hard work and problems. In Greek mythology, Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men" who ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father ruled the family. He was the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart was Jupiter. Zeus was the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. He is known for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many godly and heroic offspring, including Athena, Apollo and Artemis, Hermes, Persephone (by Demeter), Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen, Minos, and the Muses (by Mnemosyne); by Hera, he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus. For the Greeks, he was the King of the Gods, who oversaw the universe. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical "cloud-gatherer" also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the Ancient Near East, such as the scepter. Zeus is frequently depicted by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, with a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty. The Titans, also known as the elder gods, ruled the earth before the Olympians overthew them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-throned by his son Zeus. Most of the Titans fought with Cronus against Zeus and were punished by being banished to Tartarus. During their rule the Titans were associated with the various planets. Gaea ; Uranus ; Cronus ; Rhea ; Oceanus ; Tethys ; Hyperion ; Mnemosyne ; Themis ; Iapetus ; Coeus ; Crius ; Phoebe ; Thea ; Prometheus ; Epimetheus ; Atlas ; Metis. The Olympians are a group of 12 gods who ruled after the overthow of the Titans. All the Olympians are related in some way. They are named after their dwelling place Mount Olympus. Zeus ; Poseidon ; Hades ; Hestia ; Hera ; Ares ; Athena ; Apollo ; Aphrodite ; Hermes ; Artemis ; Hephaestus. The Lessor Gods- Demeter ; Persephone ; Dionysus ; Eros ; Hebe ; Eris ; Helios ; Thanatos ; Pan ; Nemesis ; The Graces ; The Muses ; The Erinnyes ; The Fates  Prometheus is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who in Greek mythology is credited with the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire for human use, an act that enabled progress and civilization. He is known for his intelligence, and as a champion of mankind. The punishment of Prometheus as a consequence of the theft is a major theme of his mythology, and is a popular subject of both ancient and modern art. Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, sentenced the Titan to eternal torment for his transgression. The immortal Prometheus was bound to a rock, where each day an eagle, the emblem of Zeus, was sent to feed on his liver, only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. In some stories, Prometheus is freed at last by the hero Heracles (Hercules). In the Western classical tradition, Prometheus became a figure who represented human striving, particularly the quest for scientific knowledge, and the risk of overreaching or unintended consequences. In particular, he was regarded in the Romantic era as embodying the lone genius whose efforts to improve human existence could also result in tragedy: Mary Shelley, for instance, gave The Modern Prometheus as the subtitle to her novel Frankenstein (1818).
 Charities/Graces: In Greek mythology, a Charis, goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility. They ordinarily numbered three, from youngest to oldest: Aglaea ("Splendor"), Euphrosyne ("Mirth"), and Thalia ("Good Cheer"). In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae, the "Graces". In some variants Charis was one of the Graces and was not the singular form of their name. The Charites were also associated with the Greek underworld and the Eleusinian Mysteries.
The Fates (Greek, but also Roman and Germanic) were the white-robed incarnations of destiny. Their number became fixed at three: Clotho (spinner, who spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle), Lachesis (allotter, who measured the thread of life with her rod) and Atropos (unturnable, who cut the thread of life and chose the manner of a person's death). They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from birth to death. The Roman Jupiter also was subject to their power.  ****The Muses in Greek mythology, poetry, and literature, are the goddesses who inspire the creation of literature, science and the arts. The Muses, the personification of knowledge and the arts, especially literature, dance and music, are the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (memory personified). Hesiod's account (7th century bc) and description of the Muses was the one generally followed by the writers of antiquity. It was not until Roman times that the following functions were assigned to them, and even then there was some variation in both their names and their attributes: Calliope -epic poetry; Clio -history; Euterpe -flutes and lyric poetry; Thalia -comedy and pastoral poetry; Melpomene -tragedy; Terpsichore -dance; Erato -love poetry; Polyhymnia -sacred poetry; Urania -astronomy.
Three ancient Muses were also reported by Plutarch. The Roman scholar Varro relates that there are only three Muses: one who is born from the movement of water, another who makes sound by striking the air, and a third who is embodied only in the human voice. They were Melete or Practice, Mneme or Memory and Aoide or Song. However the Classical understanding of the muses tripled their triad, set at nine goddesses, who embody the arts and inspire creation with their graces through remembered and improvised song and stage, writing, traditional music, and dance. In Renaissance and Neoclassical art, emblem books such as Cesare Ripa's Iconologia (1593) helped standardize the depiction of Muses in sculptures or paintings, who could be distinguished by certain props, together with which they became emblems readily identifiable by the viewer, enabling one immediately to recognize the art with which they had become bound. Calliope (epic poetry) carries a writing tablet; Clio (history) carries a scroll and books; Erato (love/erotic poetry) is often seen with a lyre and a crown of roses; Euterpe (lyric poetry) carries a flute, the aulos; Melpomene (tragedy) is often seen with a tragic mask; Polyhymnia (sacred poetry) is often seen with a pensive expression; Terpsichore (choral dance and song) is often seen dancing and carrying a lyre; Thalia (comedy) is often seen with a comic mask; and Urania (astronomy) carries a pair of compasses and the celestial globe. Many Enlightenment figures sought to re-establish a "Cult of the Muses" in the 18th century. As a side-effect of this movement the word "museum" (originally, "cult place of the Muses") came to refer to a place for the public display of knowledge. The tenth muse could be libretto, the relation of word and music in opera. The Greek culture was predisposed to accept Christianity. The widespread Greek culture was the dominant scholastic language and Arts and Sciences. Christianity was introduced into the known world through street-language Greek and scholastic words and ideas.  In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate structure designed and built for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur eventually killed by the hero Theseus. Daedalus had so cunningly made the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it. In colloquial English, labyrinth is generally synonymous with maze, but many contemporary scholars observe a distinction between the two: maze refers to a complex branching (multicursal) puzzle with choices of path and direction; while a single-path (unicursal) labyrinth has only a single path to the center. A labyrinth in this sense has an unambiguous route to the center and back and is not difficult to navigate. Labyrinths appeared as designs on pottery or basketry, as body art, and in etchings on walls of caves or churches. The Romans created many primarily decorative labyrinth designs on walls and floors in tile or mosaic. Many labyrinths set in floors or on the ground are large enough that the path can be walked. They have been used historically both in group ritual and for private meditation.
 medieval  Swastika labyrinth at Lyons 1769
The Bible and Greek Mythology: According to Greek mythology, the first woman was named Pandora. Curiosity got the best of Pandora and she eventually opened the jar allowing evil to fill the world. Both Samson and Hercules are well-known for their legendary strength. Hercules was a demigod (child of a god and human), while Samson’s mother was visited by God prior to her conception. Both men experienced tragic endings to their first marriages. Both men killed lions. Samson died by pushing two pillars in Dagon’s temple. The two peaks at the western end of the Mediterranean Sea are called the Pillars of Hercules. The time period in which Hercules is thought to have lived also corresponds well with the life of Samson. Both Greek mythology and the Bible speak of giants (nephilim), the mighty men of old. Directory: 2016 2016 -> Senate, No. 627 State of new jersey 217th legislature 2016 -> 2017 afoCo Landmark Scholarship Program 2016 -> Instructions for the Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to the Conference Proceedings 2016 -> Strategic Plan South Sudan Country Office Context 2016 -> Original: English 2016 -> Step student Scholarships for Year 10-13 2016 -> Resolution 2016 -> American bar association adopted by the house of delegates Download 8.06 Mb. Share with your friends:
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