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| The Librarian of Alexandria (did all that stuff with the earth's radius), embodied the hellenistic spirit |
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| General Badass, won a ton of olympics, lived to be old, embodied the Hellenistic spirit of human determination |
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| archeologist who excavated both Troy and Myceanae. |
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| Unearthed the Minoan Civilization on Crete at Knossus |
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| The Ruler of Persia, tried to take over Greece in the first greco-persian war. Was thwarted at the Battle of Marathon |
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| Was chased by Alexander all the fuck through persia. Died by assassination. |
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| Ruler of Macedonia, Expanded Macedonia to all of Greece except for Sparta, set the stage for his son Alexander. |
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| General of Alexander's who ruled Egypt after Alexander's death. His line ruled Egypt for a long time: all the way until Cleopatra. Both embraced the local egyptian culture and maintained inherently greek customs. |
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| Mesopotamian Ruler after Alexander's Death. Him and Ptolemy were not the best buds. |
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| The hero of a greek myth, we can see the change in greek style of sculpture from changes in his depiction. |
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| genius behind "the cannon" of greek sculpture. Designed perfection during the classical greek period. Little emotion, but oh what abs. |
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| Introduced emotion and reality into sculpture. Embraced the real world and rejected the idea of perfection. Tres Hellenistic. |
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| Alexander's personal sculptor, coined many attributes of alexander that came to be seen as heroic and deified in sculpture. |
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| Snakes, Myth, shows struggle, human despair and emotion. |
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| Pergamon Doctor, first of his kind. |
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| Formerly Octavian, became the first emperor of rome, was the second coming of perfection in the rulers of this period. People after him tried to copy his iconic style. |
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| Painted the seven wonders, cemented their image, despite never seeing or hearing much about them. |
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| Leader of the Greek in the Trojan War |
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| An eastern god of fertility adopted in part by the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, integrated into artemis. |
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| Discovered the Temple of Artemis after looking for it for decades. Was a dick to his wife. |
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| Burned the Temple of Artemis on Alexander's Birthday |
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| Beautiful piece of pottery, exemplifies the best pottery ever made. |
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| Successor to Darius, also tried to crush the greeks in the Second Grecko-Persian War. Was stopped at the battle of Thermopylae, and the ensuing naval battle. Built a huge ass canal to get his ships through. |
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| Non-Greek but greek influenced people on the coast of anatolia (affiliated with both the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and the Colossus at Rhodes.) Given conditional independence from the persian empire. |
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| Bryaxis, Timotheus, Lechares, Scopas |
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| Each did a side of the mausoleum. |
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| Architect of the Colossus |
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| Octavian, Mark Antony, and one other dude, |
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| Roman emperor who saw "the Atrocities of War", built that column. |
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| What we take away from the Hellenistic Age; |
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| Internationalism, Individualism, and Inevitability |
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| Greek and Egyptian gods that saw carryover and hybridization between the two cultures. |
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| Translation of the hebrew bible into greek |
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| 188 BCE, Turkey, smack dab in the middle of the hellenistic era. Enlightened city, interesting shit. |
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| The Great Altar of Pergamon |
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| Accessible, Artwork at Eye Level, very hellenistic Friezes. HELLENISM. |
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| A hospital in Pergamon, by far the most advanced of its time. |
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| The Red Basilica at Pergamon |
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| dedicated to the gyptian god Isis, it shows the effects of internationalism on the greek world. |
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| The symbol of Agustus' rule. Hand raised, he goes back toward the severe style of perfection, casting off much of the helenistic spirit. |
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| A cycle that forced people from the Sahara into the nile river delta right as the Egyptians were solidifying their society. |
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| First Pyramid, was a step pyramid. |
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| Architect of first Pyramid |
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| Palace of Ashurbanipal at Ninevah |
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| Was the precursor to the Hanging gardens. Elevated Terraces, and use of wealth on nature, both new, both relevant. |
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| Built by Nebuchadnezzar the Second, incredibly intricate, incredibly strong. Often on the list of ancient wonders. |
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| Minoan Pottery, kind of incredible. (Think Inuit) |
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| Temple of Apollo at Corinth |
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| Earliest surviving classical temple. Panhellenic sanctuary in later years. |
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| King of the hill, the city state desire to one-up one another. Manifested well in the olympics. Led to panhellenism and the rise of the greek polis. |
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| The uniquely greek Identity |
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| First hellenistic statue (probs by skopas) Paved the way for... you guessed it, the Hellenistic art revolution. |
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| Where Alexander became the Pharaoh of Egypt, and dualized his role as a zeus and Ra. |
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| Alexander adopting local customs and marrying locally, understood the benefits of cross cultural intermingling. |
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| A Roman temple sacred to all the gods (the oculus) |
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| Constantine said: We coo christians. |
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| the reuse of building material in new projects, mainly monumental ones. (accepting past history as part of present state) |
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| City Killer, Rhodes, seige equipment. |
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| Turning Point in First Greco-Persian War |
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| Sculptor of the Statue of Zeus |
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