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Hellenistic Period

            After the reign of Alexander the Great there was a period in time in the ancient world known as the Hellenistic period. During this time nearly everything had changed for the Greeks. There was no petty bickering between the city-states as there was during the Hellenic era. Instead there was a rich blend of other civilizations that fused their culture with that of Greece. This created many new things for the people. Philosophy started to turn away from the beliefs of such men as Plato and art started to evolve from straight body figures to an emotional piece that captured the essence of what it was portraying. The government was much more capable of handling things than the Hellenic society was. There are also many other factors that show that the Hellenistic civilization was much more "productive" than that of the Hellenic period.
             Among other factors that made this society more "efficient" was their military. The new empire, built between the time period of 334-326 BC was constructed by one of the most effective armies ever known to the ancient world. This in itself is saying something about the kind of people who were in this army. Obviously other empires were frightened by them and the power they wielded. It was also clear that if they did not have an army such as this, then there would never have been this page in history today. More evidence illustrates that the military was not easily threatened by another. They had stood up to the Persians, who, just years earlier, had overtaken the Greeks and had controlled the people. For a small while at least. Along with the Persians, there was the Macedonians, both of which Alexander had his men mix blood with. Thanks to these conquerings there was now few cultural barriers and the belief system was beginning to intertwine with that of the many ethnic groups that inhabited this land. The same cannot be said for the Hellenic army.


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1. Drunken Herakles

During the Archaic Period, through the Classical Period, all the way to the Hellenistic period, art in Greece was constantly changing. The Hellenistic Period, which stretches from Alexander to Augustus, shows the most change because the art begins to take on a new function. ... This style of sculpture was found in many Hellenistic sculptures including Drunken Herakles which was discovered in Aitolia (the artist is unknown). ... Herakles was used commonly in early Archaic art, but died down in popularity during the Classical Period. During the Hellenistic Period, Herakles was again portrayed ...

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2. Greek Sculptures

Towards the end of the Hellenistic period (400-323B.C.), the sculptures that were being produced were more mature, we started seeing beards, mustaches, and even scars from battle. ... The Hellenistic period started even showing death as shown in the "Dying Gaul," showing a man with expressions that you cannot explain, seeing the pain, the agony on his face. ... At the end of the Archaic and for the most part of the Classical the bodies were changed into a muscular body, then at the end of the Classical (430B.C.), going all the way through the Hellenistic period (400-323B.C.), the body became...

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3. Periods In Greek Art

In the Classical period, the figure of Nike adjusting her sandal is an extreme evolvement from the period before. ... Modesty was thrown out the window in the Hellenistic period. ... The Archaic period depicted women as strong and sturdy. ... The Hellenistic period brought about a semi-sexual revolution. ... Before, the clothing's details were exquisite and unique, in the Hellenistic period the actual body had details that were extremely lifelike....

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4. Greco-Roman Influences on Major World Religions

The first Temple period for the Jews came to an abrupt halt when the first Temple was destroyed. With the rise and spread of Hellenistic culture looming in in the shadows, the Maccabean Revolt broke out in order to preserve Jewish culture and religious practice. During the second Temple period, however, scholars proclaim fundamental changes taking place within Jewish society, which appears to begin incorporating Hellenistic cultural characteristics into everyday Jewish life. ... In pre-Hellenistic Judea, the city gate was used for public gatherings, judicial hearings, and business transactio...

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5. A Formal Analysis of the Sleeping Hermaphrodite

The recent public knows this piece as copies of the original done during the Hellenistic Period of Ancient Greece. ... This element of Idealism, stemming from the Archaic period led into the later Hellenistic period and its initiative of Realism, or the form of a human true to their natural appearance including age and imperfections. ... During this Hellenistic period ! ... The Hellenistic period also fell in a time when the woman figure was being discovered and revealed in art. ... The Sleeping Hermaphrodite is a direct example of these Hellenistic ideas. ...

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6. Roman and Greek Kingdoms

Rome became heir to the legacy of the Hellenistic world of the Greeks. The Hellenistic period which lasted 300 years in is noted by the death of Alexander in 323 B.C. ... The late art of the Roman republic is synonomous to the last stage of the Hellenistic art period of Greece. ... Imitations were common at that time, due to the Roman admiration of Hellenistic artistry. Roman art greatly resembled Hellenistic art in both style and convention. ...

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7. Three Great Philosophers of Ancient Greece

The Hellenic period, also called the "classical period, lasted from 1200 B.C. to 334 B.C. and were the years noted for the rising and falling of the Greek city-states. The Hellenistic period lasted from 334 to 146BC, and is most commonly known as the period of Alexander the Great. ... The Hellenistic period brought out the the best of artists, athletes, scientists and other great thinkers. ... During the Hellenistic Period, science were the mathematicians, Alexandrian Euclid created the study of geometry. ... In conclusion, Hellenic and Hellenistic Periods had lots of contributions towards w...

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8. Stele

In comparing an example from each civilization, it is possible to see the evolution of the stele from one period to another and the different influences each civilization had on a single element. ... One example of a Funerary Stele during the period of the First Intermediate was that of an official named Dendereh (ca. 2150 BCE, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology). ... Since this stele was created during the Hellenistic period, it has the Hellenistic features as well. ... The deep cuts, the naturalism of the drapery and bodies, and the portraiture of the decease...

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