Vestibule: Old Greece

Ἀρχαίας Ἑλλάδος Βικιπύλη
Vestibule of old Greece

Hélade, the Earth of the helenos, as it were designated to Old Greece, included a geographic vast area that included/understood from the western Mediterranean (Marseilles), to the borders of the Middle East, incluídas the Greek islands. This civilization, that had like origin the cultures minoica and micénica, conformed the assembly of political, economic, social episodes and cultural that were pronounced both in the Mediterranean basin in the course of last millenia before ours it was.

If the Greek civilization, like so, appears during millenia V and IV a. C., in their archaic stage, their last expression is placed in the heart of Egypt Ptolemaico in the course of century I a. C., before succumbing under the Roman domination.

To this civilization they most of must the political and cultural innovations that laid the foundations our modern society.

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Sparta (in Greek Σπάρτη), or Lacedemonia (in Greek Λακεδαιμων) was city-been of the old Greece located in the peninsula of the Peloponnese to borders of the Eurotas river. It was the capital of more important Greek Laconia and one of polis along with Athens and Tebas.

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Pericles (495 a. Cs. - 429 a. C.) (in gr. Περικλης, “surrounded by glory”), important and influential politician and athenian speaker at the moments of the golden age of the city (in particular, between the Medical wars and those of the Peloponnese).

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Aspasia de Mileto (c. 470 a. C. - c. 400 a. C.) (in Greek, Ἀσπασία), daughter of Axíoco, was a famous woman by having been united to the athenian politician Pericles from approximately 450-445 a. C. until the death of this in 429. Teacher of rhetoric and logógrafa, had considerable influence in the cultural and political life in the Athens of the Century of Pericles.

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The century of Pericles is the term with which the historical period included between the site of Samos on the part of athenians (439 is designated a. C.) and the defeat of the Greeks in Queronea before the Macedonian army of Filipo II (338 a. C.).

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Alcibíades Clinias Escambónidas (Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης Κλεινίου Σκαμβωνίδης; c. 450 a. Cs. - 404 a. C.) was a prominent statesman, speaker and athenian, member general of an aristocratic family, who had a leading role in second half of the war of the Peloponnese like strategic adviser, commander and politician.

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Demóstenes (Greek Δημοσθένης, Dêmosthénês; Athens, 384 a. C. - Calauria, 322 a. C.) was a one of the most excellent speakers of history and important athenian politician.

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Hellenistic period (also called alejandrino) to an historic stage of the Seniority is denominated, whose chronological limits come marked by two important political events: the death of Great Alexander (323 a. C.) and the suicidal one of the last hellenistic sovereign, Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and its loving Antonio Frame, after its defeat in the battle of Accio (30 a. C.).

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Epaminondas (Greek: Ἐπαμεινώνδας) (c. 418 a. Cs. - 362 a. C.) was a general and Greek politician of century IV a. C. that transformed the city been of Tebas into the hegemonic power of Greece.

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In Greek mythology and Roman Apolo (in ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων Apóllōn or Ἀπέλλων Apellōn), the ideal of the kouros (young beardless), was the God of the treatment, the light, the truth, the shot with arc and also who brought the mortal plagues.

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The Poetic one is one of main works of Aristotle, written in century IV a. C., between the foundation of its school in Athens, the 335 a. C., and their definitive game of the city, in the 323 a. C. a year before its death. Its main issue is the esthetic reflection through the characterization and description of the tragedy.

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