Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece

As I began interpret this criminal record, I gear up that it is amazing how so legion(predicate) historians whether they may be researching Grecian history or any separate country. It seems that they exclusively or the majority has different opinions on their square strikeings. Therefore, it puzzles me to what is fable and what is fact. In any(prenominal)(prenominal) cases, nigh things argon yet to be seen. level the superannuateds them selves seem to be un accredited. Even by dint of glimpses of links connecting them with there past. They to argued near what was fact and what was fable.It appears that the country Helene that in imitation of the Romans came to be cognise as Hellas, we now c totally India. I found it amazing how the progress of time came through the names of the following. in the beginning the city Thessaly built by Hellen son of Deucalion next Phthiotis, Thessaly, all of Greece omit of Peloponnesos, sometimes of Macedonia, now thessaly it self som etimes of Epeirous, and then all of Greece was within Aegean, and all these countries were inhabited by Greeks. It would appear that the close annuitant Pelosgia left from the laundry whose first people occupied that part of Europe.There does seem to be unity fact established that the Hellenes were not the first who occupied Greece they came by and by a number of tribes of the Pelasgion origin. No one really knows there ar many arguments or so this as well. I found it funny or odd that these discussions would be dismissed when an agreement could be met however they would considerably remove the difficulty by coming to an agreement by inventing a hero or demigod that suited everyones purpose. So as preliminary mentioned, from Hellen they agreed on the name of Hellenes, in like manner Heracleidae came to be known as Heracles and Ionians as Ion and Pelasgos the son of Zeus.Up to this point, there was minute information to disembowel us, although there was always light poetr y that dawned around them. Although historians tell us there were, facts that couldnt be ignored such as the Thoacians universe solo of Pelasgian origin. Also, the Macedonians were plainly of the same stock as with the Thracians. It is obvious that there were many tribes and even different denominations and it seems to me that they all came from or descended from the same race. This brings me to the characteristics of the Greeks.As I drive read this too if one would think long, enough al some it how even our characteristics of today are not so different from a time long ago. When poetry places them before us, it is profound for the divinity and everything connected with service of religion. Gods and men moved together over the earth cooperated in bringing about compositors cases. Although we as a whole worship one God alternatively of many history shows us in many ways it has had to take men and God in bringing about events whether it be by what some call faith, and standardi sed history books some must(prenominal) have had it proven to them.As for the Greeks keeping up with a constant interchange of beneficence the Gods aiding the mortal repaying his aid with gratitude an example of this was the mortal submitting to the Gods guidance and to be directed. Sometimes as in the case of Odysseus and Athena, the flavour of grace and favor on the one side and of veneration and gratitude on the other was unexpected. Dont we in some since expect the same from our prayers? By that I mean bust gratitude to our God and by giving offering apiece Sunday, isnt this also a way we give gratitude for what God has done for us.I found it amazing as I read how much a like in characteristics we are in the twenty first deoxycytidine monophosphate to our ancestors who lived so many years ago. Many of us today are very merciful and caring for the poor. The Greeks also had a high take to be for their elders. I also found it exceedingly fascinating that the Greeks had beli eved that parents held or had no right to any type of higher honor. People who were blessed with children were regarded as instruments by which God had communicated the mysterious and sacred gift of life.These people rattling believed the parents were supposed(a) by their children to be forever invested with a high head of sanctity as ministers and representatives of the creator. Hence, the anxiety experienced to obtain a Fathers commendation and the indescribable dread of his curse. A peculiar set of events, the terrible Erins, all solely implacable and unsparing were entrusted with the guardianship of parents rights. Now, I cant back up but think about how the Greeks felt toward friendship almost as if their friendships were much(prenominal) grand than the wonderful blessing of parenting.Not that friendship is not extremely heavy especially true friendship, but nothing is more odd than the gift of being blessed with a child. The Greeks adored friendship surrounded by tw o men. There is no evidence shown in any other countrys history or traditions so many examples of this virtue as in those of the Greeks. In Greece, these people felt that when two men became friends it was more important than a marriage between a man and wife. The friendship through their eyes was as one they were comp allowely united as one. They were like twins, what one felt the other felt.Their thoughts were the same. One did not have and sovereign thought, if one was slashed than the other as well. They had the same opinions. They faced adventures, dangers, abruptly everything together, even death. As peculiar as I personally may find their friendships to be, I find it also peculiar of the configuration and productions. This was considered the most remarkable feature in Greece consisting in great many varieties of forms, which its fold assumes in the territories of the numerous states into which the country was divided.Of these, two resemble each other, whether in physical s tructure, climate, or production. It is said that the general atmosphere of Greece is mild, but not in every part. Greece is known to be one of the most bonny places in the world. They have palm trees and the myrtle flourishes in sight of the pine. Greece is known to have tropical birds of beauty that can not be found any other place in the world. Although they do have storms of 10times with what we might say is giant sized hail there is also eternal snow. In Macedonia, it is known to be rocky and bold.Speaking about the beauty of Greece and its surroundings a person can not help but think of Athens and Sprat, which are known to be representatives of Greece when it came to education. I can not help but think of what Apollo once commanded. If the citizen valued respect and intelligent children, they must put what is most beautiful in the ears of their sons. They bored one of the lobes and inserted a gold earring. Those people who wore a gold earring would become good men and be p reservers of the country. Whatever education had to give was also to be inclined to every citizen.With education mentioned, I must mention of what I read about the children, their birth, as well as the women who gave birth. The care of the children was taken care of even before they were born. The start outs were actually given rules while they were pregnant, although as I read many things women were made to do are what women today choose to do, such as eating certain foods and exercising. Wine was prohibited and only peeing was the drink allowed by the expecting mother. I for one did not drink wine when I was pregnant any and I still drink a great deal of water.During the effect of a womans pregnancy she was believed to have been watched over and protected by the goddess Eileithyia, who was considered the mother of love. Newborn infants in Greece bathed in cold water. In Sparta, they bathed in wine. In Athens, newborn children were laid on golden amulets in the form of dragons , which were supposed to commemorate Athenas delivery of Erichthonios to the care of the two guardians. Under certain circumstances, instead of joy and gladness, the birth of a child was, as in Thrice, and event of sorrow and misery. It supposedly announced the fact of an approaching enemy.I find it extraordinary that when it came to education the Greeks atlas tried to educate the poor as well as the wealthy in one form or another, but when it came to the birth of the poor womans child she many times would be driven to despair. Therefore, her hands would be filled with the blood of her child, with many boogies and rejoicing. On the fifth day from birth, a ceremony took place, which was called amphdromia. The child was named usually until about the tenth day, this was because if an infant was going to die they believed it would be within ten days.The child was usually named according to what derived from some circumstance that had been going on around the time of conception or the bi rth. For example, thus Mariposa, Homer being born away from Apollo attained the name of Halcyon, was inconsolable for the loss of her baby. Of charge when we mention children we have to think about what on earth kinds of toys did the children have and what kind of games did they play? I found it interesting that some vie with a rattle that was actually made from that of a rattlesnake.Some had little chariots built by their slaves of course these were probably the richer children. Boys when able would pretend they were at war. In Greece as everywhere else education took place in the nursery. At birth a child was furnished with ideas in his judicial decision, as his lore would seem to strengthen the five sluices, which let in, as they believed to be all the flood of companionship, this afterwards overflows his mind. Most education consists of observing the child. A most important part of the education for the boys consisted of physical discipline.Whether it was started by the men for neglect of something to do, instead of going to war in a far off place, or as a tribute to the Gods gymnastic exercise play an important role in every boys education. It was discouraged for a boy or a progeny man to make a profession of gymnastics, because as a warrior this person could not go very long without water or food. Although they were huge in stature and had enormous strength, they were susceptible to pitch-black attacks from disease if they departed form their usual habits and regime.It seems that dance also played an important part of gymnastics routine. In Athens, it was a mark of intolerant education to be ignorant of the various forms of dancing. It was considered an absolute necessity by all Greeks to excel in the accomplishment of dance. Whether it was for the preparation for the performance or the learning of the movements to help in battle dace was widely current as much as any phantasmal right. The Cretans, the Spartans, the Thessalians, and the Boeotia ns held this division of gymnastics in particular honor, chiefly with an outlook to war.The Athenians and Ionians most generally contemplated it more as a means of developing the beauty of the form, and conferring ease and cultivation on the motion and display Its really becomes clear in this chapter of the book that the Olympic games both winter and summer, track and field, and inside games were started by the ancient Greeks. I never really understood their importance until now, I knew they had a lot to do with the creation of the games, but it seems they covered all the bases.They disposed(p) them selves for war they were fulfilling their duties as citizens and at the same time brought to perfection their strength, their vigor, and their manlike beauty. They also knew that a healthy body created a healthy mind and improved learning performance. The healthy body was of great use during the hunt. The pursuance would often last for hours or days. To herdsman and shepherds, it was an occupation to them. The highly erudite and educated often run for the fun of the drag, while the poorer population hunted for food and clothing from their kills.Dogs or hounds were often used in the chase or hunt, and many great fables of that time were of fearless dogs that in the strawman of their master would even attack a lion. Their use of camouflage and noesis of traps and snares was used extensively for they were very intense hunters. It seems to me that a lot of their inquisition skills came from education and enrichment of their athletic abilities and they were able to use what they had learned in the gymnasium or on the field to track or hunt their game. kick the bucket but certainly not least in the education of the young was philosophy and poetry it was even considered a branch of the field sports and was enjoyed alternatively than studied. They were taken to small amounts of material and would go over and over it to let it sink in rather than to learn large a mount of friendship that they might soon forget. Philosophy in Greece comprehended religion, and to be religious was to act justly, benevolently, mercifully towards men, humbly and reverent toward God.It was necessary to possess knowledge of the whole theory of ethics, since virtue in their opinions was incompatible with ignorance. They believed like I do that if a man is a moral being he is accountable to the laws of God and his country and his duties to that country. And as in all barren states (I thought this was a powerful statement) reasoning and persuasion, not blind willing and brute force are the instruments of government. As I end this report, I cant end it without giving my feelings about what I have read. In my opinion, I found this book overwhelming at times. Many words as in emotions came to me as I read it.