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Homer
Feb 27, 2007 13:02:30 GMT -5
Post by Charity on Feb 27, 2007 13:02:30 GMT -5
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Homer
Feb 27, 2007 13:03:50 GMT -5
Post by Charity on Feb 27, 2007 13:03:50 GMT -5
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Homer
Feb 27, 2007 13:15:05 GMT -5
Post by Charity on Feb 27, 2007 13:15:05 GMT -5
Videos The Amphora of Eleusis Location: Greece Length: 4 min 56k 300k 700k 56k 300k 700k The story of Odysseus and the Cyclops, told in the Iliad of Homer, has fascinated people of all ages for millennia. A funerary proto-Attic amphora from 650 B.C., found at Eleusis, just west of Athens, Greece, and now housed at the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, tells the story in pictures. This video playfully combines the amphora's images with a traditional folk song from the Greek island of Crete to retell the story and capture the wonder of a child hearing it for the first time. www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/amphora.htmlAncient Greece: Pots Tell the Story Click on your connection speed Location: Greece Length: 12 min 56k 300k 700k 56k 300k 700k This film tells the story of ancient Greece in an engaging manner through hand-drawn images taken from ceramic vessels. Animator Karen Aqua and composer Ken Field worked during January 2003 with ninety sixth-grade students to make this animated film and soundtrack about ancient Greek mythology, sports, and culture. The students researched the topics and created the artwork and animation as well as the musical performances and sound effects. The result is a whimsical and kid-friendly overview of the ancient Greeks. www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/ancgreece.htmlThe Parthenon To view a video, click on your connection speed (56k or 300k) Location: Greece Length: 9 min. 56k 300k 56k 300k Recognized in Classical and modern times as the perfect synthesis of science and art, the Parthenon symbolizes the ideals of Athenian democracy and Classical Greek culture. This architectural and archaeological wonder stands today as one of the most renowned and visited structures in the world. The third structure to be built on the Acropolis of Athens in honor of the goddess Athena, it was used for 2000 years as a place of worship. This video is a pictorial essay that describes the Parthenon in detail, tracing its history through the ages. www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/parth.html
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Homer
Feb 27, 2007 16:25:57 GMT -5
Post by Charity on Feb 27, 2007 16:25:57 GMT -5
In 1760 Jefferson entered the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg at the age of 16; he studied there for two years, graduating with highest honors in 1762. At William & Mary, he enrolled in the philosophy school and studied mathematics, metaphysics, and philosophy under W&M Professor William Small, who introduced the enthusiastic Jefferson to the writings of the British Empiricists, including John Locke, Francis Bacon, and Sir Isaac Newton (Jefferson would later refer to them as the "three greatest men the world had ever produced"[2]). He also perfected his French, carried his Greek grammar book wherever he went, practiced the violin, and read Tacitus and Homer. A keen and diligent student, Jefferson displayed an avid curiosity in all fields and, according to family tradition, frequently studied fifteen hours a day. His closest college friend, John Page of Rosewell, reported that Jefferson "could tear himself away from his dearest friends, to fly to his studies." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson
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Homer
Feb 27, 2007 16:27:52 GMT -5
Post by Charity on Feb 27, 2007 16:27:52 GMT -5
WHY STUDY GREEK MYTHS AND CULTURE? At the high school where I teach, I have heard both students and teachers ask, is it really a priority to study the myths and culture of ancient Greece? The relevance of Greek culture may be demonstrated amply, even on a short walk through New Haven. I draw an illustration from recent American history. In AD 1967, before the United States Supreme Court, arguing against segregation, law-breaking and mob-violence, in the case “Cooper vs. Aaron”, Thurgood Marshall made the point. “Education”, he argued, “is not the teaching of three R’s. Education is the teaching of overall citizenship, to learn to live together with fellow citizens, and above all, to obey the law.” The court, the law, and the notion of citizenship, as well as the ideal of education itself are Greek. Even the architecture of the building, and the city in which it stands, though handed down through the Latin of Rome and over two millennia, are emblems of the “Age of Enlightenment”, a time of renascence, when Greek ideals of reason, symmetry, ethics, politics and philosophy all had profound influence. Thomas Jefferson, who read Greek and Latin from childhood, authored the fundamental document of American ideals, conscientiously patterning this country’s principles upon the Greek concepts of honor and citizenship. Thus to understand what it is to be an American citizen, and a citizen of the Western world, we mustn’t neglect what the Greeks thought, shaped, built and wrote. www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1998/2/98.02.09.x.html
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Homer
Feb 27, 2007 16:29:08 GMT -5
Post by Charity on Feb 27, 2007 16:29:08 GMT -5
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Homer
Feb 27, 2007 16:31:30 GMT -5
Post by Charity on Feb 27, 2007 16:31:30 GMT -5
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Homer
Feb 27, 2007 16:52:29 GMT -5
Post by Charity on Feb 27, 2007 16:52:29 GMT -5
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