2. a building for such activities. 3. (cap.) a gymnasium near ancient Athens, where Aristotle established a school. 4. lycée. [1570–80; < Latin Lycēum, Lycīum < Greek Lýkeion place in Athens, so named from the neighboring temple of Apollo; n. use of neuter of lýkeios, ...
The main difference between the Greek and Roman attitudes is reflected in the words each culture used to describe its festivals: for the Greeks they were contests (agōnes), while for the Romans they were games (ludi). The Greeks originally organized their festivals for the competitors, the ...
Other structures include fortifications, altars, gymnasiums, stadiums, monumental gateways, mausoleums, fountain houses, palaestra, and a hippodrome. ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURE AND THEIR ARCHITECTS Parthenon, Acropolis This temple was built in honor of the goddess Athena. It served as a mosque and ...
Business activity and the exchange of ideas between the Greek city-states contributed to the spread of writing based on alphabetical characters, which made literacy possible for a comparatively broad social strata. All this facilitated the rapid growth of science, literature, and the fine arts, ...
The gymnasium was the venue where such relationships typically developed. As with the symposium, there was an almost ritual element to it all; certain gifts—such as, for example, the gift of a hare—were thought especially appropriate. The date, however, at which Greek homosexuality became a...
The Greek philosophical schools were free associations in which like-minded persons, or students, gathered around the head of the school. The first of such schools was the Milesian school (sixth century B.C.). founded by Thales, who taught that the unity of matter was the universal foundatio...
Components of Ancient Greek Education Ancient Greek education was divided into several key components, each contributing to the comprehensive development of young individuals. Physical fitnesswas highly prized in ancient Greece. The gymnasium, from which the term “gymnastics” is derived, played a centr...
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Hesiod serves as a major source for knowledge of Greek mythology, of farming techniques, of archaic Greek astronomy and of ancient time-keeping.As with Homer, legendary traditions have accumulated round Hesiod. Unlike Homer, some biographical detail has survived: the few details of Hesiod's life ...
“Doric dialect” in a narrative about ordinary military matters in the year 426. That is a surprisingly abstract way of looking at the subdivisions of the Greeks, because it would have been more natural for a 5th-century Greek to identify soldiers by home cities. Equally important to the ...