Monday, February 14, 2011
Famous People
Greek Famous People
These paragraphs are all about the famous people in Greece. The first person I will start out with is Maria Callas. Maria Callas was one of the most famous people in Greece. She was a famous opera singer. Maria Callas was born December 2, 1923 and died September 16, 1977. The state she was born in was in New York, but went to Greece to learn opera. After that she made a life there.She had wonderful wide raging voice ,and great dramatic techniques. Her remarkable singing and dramatic talents got known-ed her as La Divina. She made a career in
Italy, Greece. Maria Callas used to be over weight which made her voice nice and deep, but then she lost a lot of weight which made her voice less deep which ended her singing career. Years later Leonard Bernstein called her the bible of opera, and in 2007 she came in the article after she died and told about her. How she was a famous opera singer.
This next person is very famous in the U.S.. Hollywood. Her name is Jennifer Aniston. She has done a lot of movies. She was born in the U.S., but is Greek from her Dad’s side of the family . In every interview Jennifer Aniston has talked about her being Greek, and making traditional recipes at home. She was born February 11, 1969. Also she has gotten a lot of Golden Globe awards, and Emmy awards for best actress. Jennifer Aniston was acting in a lot of shows that got canceled. But throughout when she got famous people were asking her to be in their movie’s. One of the shows that got cut off was Farriss Bueller’s Day Off, but one of the famous movies was Marley. It was about a couple who owned a German Shepard that kept getting sick so they had to put the dog asleep. It was based on a true story. Rated PG.
Plato was a famous important person in Greece. He was born around 429 B.C. to 423 B.C. Plato was a classical Greek philosopher. He was known as a mathematician and fame writer in Greek. He had a lot of romodels in his time and played an important role to people. Also it was said he was one of the most Socrates’ developed followers.
Homer was a famous poet. He wrote the Odyssey. The Odyssey was a famous poem about the Argonaughts journey through the sea; about their perils and triuumphs.
Sappho was very famous because she was a woman poet. Most poets were men. Her poems were emotional and beautiful.
Aesop was famous for his fables; short stories that taught people life lessons.
Thank you for reading my paper about famous people from Greek or in Greece.
Jaciana Witte-Rivera
These paragraphs are all about the famous people in Greece. The first person I will start out with is Maria Callas. Maria Callas was one of the most famous people in Greece. She was a famous opera singer. Maria Callas was born December 2, 1923 and died September 16, 1977. The state she was born in was in New York, but went to Greece to learn opera. After that she made a life there.She had wonderful wide raging voice ,and great dramatic techniques. Her remarkable singing and dramatic talents got known-ed her as La Divina. She made a career in
Italy, Greece. Maria Callas used to be over weight which made her voice nice and deep, but then she lost a lot of weight which made her voice less deep which ended her singing career. Years later Leonard Bernstein called her the bible of opera, and in 2007 she came in the article after she died and told about her. How she was a famous opera singer.
This next person is very famous in the U.S.. Hollywood. Her name is Jennifer Aniston. She has done a lot of movies. She was born in the U.S., but is Greek from her Dad’s side of the family . In every interview Jennifer Aniston has talked about her being Greek, and making traditional recipes at home. She was born February 11, 1969. Also she has gotten a lot of Golden Globe awards, and Emmy awards for best actress. Jennifer Aniston was acting in a lot of shows that got canceled. But throughout when she got famous people were asking her to be in their movie’s. One of the shows that got cut off was Farriss Bueller’s Day Off, but one of the famous movies was Marley. It was about a couple who owned a German Shepard that kept getting sick so they had to put the dog asleep. It was based on a true story. Rated PG.
Plato was a famous important person in Greece. He was born around 429 B.C. to 423 B.C. Plato was a classical Greek philosopher. He was known as a mathematician and fame writer in Greek. He had a lot of romodels in his time and played an important role to people. Also it was said he was one of the most Socrates’ developed followers.
Homer was a famous poet. He wrote the Odyssey. The Odyssey was a famous poem about the Argonaughts journey through the sea; about their perils and triuumphs.
Sappho was very famous because she was a woman poet. Most poets were men. Her poems were emotional and beautiful.
Aesop was famous for his fables; short stories that taught people life lessons.
Thank you for reading my paper about famous people from Greek or in Greece.
Jaciana Witte-Rivera
Sunday, February 13, 2011
What did they wear?
What do the Argives wear? What do you think? Tunic probably. Well what are they and why do Argives wear them?
The women wear a long square cloth. They would fold it in a certain way and put pins to hold it. They usually put a rope as belt. The women's dresses would always come down to the floor.
The men wore a tunic called a chinton. They also used pins to hold up the square cloth. The men's clothing was shorter than the women's.
Wealthy people used colored cloth. The cloth was already expensive at the markets. At the markets people would sell cloth that was made by women or slaves.
People would usually wear no shoes. If they needed to they would wear sandals or boots made out of leather.
For women, they would keep their hair long and give it a detailed hairstyle. Metal headbands were very popular.
The women wear a long square cloth. They would fold it in a certain way and put pins to hold it. They usually put a rope as belt. The women's dresses would always come down to the floor.
The men wore a tunic called a chinton. They also used pins to hold up the square cloth. The men's clothing was shorter than the women's.
Wealthy people used colored cloth. The cloth was already expensive at the markets. At the markets people would sell cloth that was made by women or slaves.
People would usually wear no shoes. If they needed to they would wear sandals or boots made out of leather.
For women, they would keep their hair long and give it a detailed hairstyle. Metal headbands were very popular.
Greek Beliefs
Greek Beliefs
The Greeks believed in different gods. They believed that certain gods controlled something that happened in their everyday lives. For example, if there was a storm, they believed that it was the doings of Zeus, the god of the sky and the king of the gods.
There were more gods than just Zeus, though. There was also Hera, wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage, and queen of the gods.
The children of Zeus and Hera were Ares and Hephaestus. Ares was the god of war, and enjoyed causing unnecessary bloodshed, making friends become enemies and enemies go to war. Hephaestus, the other child of Hera, was the god of the forge. They believed that when he and his Cyclopes would work under mountains, the sparks were so big they would come out the top of the mountains, making, as we know today, volcanoes.
But Zeus had children with others, too. Metis was Zeus’s first wife. She was very wise and gave him advice often on being king. But when she expected a child, Zeus, having heard from an oracle that his child would overtake him, tricked his wife. He tricked her by playing with her and asking her to change her shape. At last, she turned into a fly and Zeus swallowed her. Metis’ child’s name was Athena. Athena was born out of Zeus’s head. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy.
Semele was another one of Zeus’s wives. Semele was tricked by jealous Hera to have Zeus reveal his true form, and was killed. Her child’s name was Dionysus. Dionysus was the only god to have a mortal mother. He was also the god of wine.
Leto, another of Zeus’s wives, gave birth to twins Artemis and Apollo. Artemis was the goddess of the moon and the hunt. When Artemis was born, she asked her father never to make her marry and to give her a pack of hunting dogs to hunt with. Zeus gladly granted these wishes. Apollo was the god of light, reason, and music. Helios was the real god of the sun, but would let Apollo and Apollo only drive his sun chariot.
Maia was yet another wife of Zeus. Maia’s child was Hermes, god of thieves and all those who lived by their wits. He was also the messenger of the gods.
Hades, Zeus’s brother, was the god of the underworld, where people would go when they died.
Demeter was Zeus’s sister and the goddess of harvest. She had a daughter named Persephone who one day was taken by Hades to the underworld. She was forced to stay there six months of the year because she had tasted the food of the dead. During these six months, her mother, Demeter grieved and nothing grew. This, as they believed, was the cause of the four seasons.
Poseidon was a moody god and a brother of Zeus. He was the god of the sea and was protective of all things in it. He would strike the earth with his trident, and an earthquake would occur.
Hestia was the goddess of the hearth. She gave up her throne for Dionysus.
Aphrodite had neither a mother nor a father, but was born from the foam of the sea. She was the goddess of love.
So, what did the Argives believe in?
The citizens of Argos believed in the great, queen of the gods, Hera. Although they believed in the other Greek gods, Hera was their focus.
Not only was Hera the queen of the gods, but she was also the goddess of marriage. She was Zeus's wife. Or one of his wives. Because Zeus would get married to other people behind Hera's back, Hera would get very jealous and would release her wrath on all of Zeus's wives and children. Sometimes her plans didn't work out. They would actually backfire. One of Hera's well known stories involved her trustful guard, Argus, who had one hundred eyes, Hermes, the messenger god, Zeus, king of the gods, and Io, one of Zeus's wives. The story went like this:
One day, Hera was getting a little suspicious about Zeus. He had been out of Mount Olympus with the humans for a while. Hera decided to go down and see what her husband was up to. As she was on her way down, she saw a dark cloud that seemed out of place. She went to go see why it was there. Zeus was on that cloud with his new wife. He didn't want Hera to see this so he quickly turned his wife, Io, into a snowy white cow. Hera knew that Zeus had turned Io into the cow, so she begged Zeus to give her the cow, pretending she had no idea that it was one of his wives. He finally gave in and gave Hera the cow regretfully. Hera tied Io to one of her beautiful trees and sent her trustful guard to watch her. Argus had one hundred eyes and only closed half of them to sleep. Zeus was getting a little worried, and sent Hermes, the messenger god to get Io. Hermes disguised himself as a shepherd. He walked up to Argus and played music for him on his lyre. Hermes started to tell Argus a long story that had no beginning and no end. Argus closed all of his eyes one by one. Argus was literally board to death. Hermes let Io go. Io quickly ran to her father. Her father couldn't tell who the cow was. Io scratched her name into the dirt and her father understood. Io's father was the river-god Inachos. He was so mad that he ran to Zeus. Zeus had to use his mighty thunder bolts to get rid of him. Hera was so mad that Argus had died and that Io escaped. She sent a gadfly to chase and sting Io, the cow. Hera didn't want Argus to be forgotten, so she took his one hundred eyes and delicately put them on her favorite bird's tail, the peacock Io was chased around Greece, until she went to Egypt. There, the Egyptian praised her and she became an Egyptian goddess. Hera made Zeus promise that he would never turn Io into a human. Zeus also had to promise never to see Io again.
That was just one of many stories that Hera was trying to get rid of Zeus's wives and children.
Not only was Hera the queen of the gods, but she was also the goddess of marriage. She was Zeus's wife. Or one of his wives. Because Zeus would get married to other people behind Hera's back, Hera would get very jealous and would release her wrath on all of Zeus's wives and children. Sometimes her plans didn't work out. They would actually backfire. One of Hera's well known stories involved her trustful guard, Argus, who had one hundred eyes, Hermes, the messenger god, Zeus, king of the gods, and Io, one of Zeus's wives. The story went like this:
One day, Hera was getting a little suspicious about Zeus. He had been out of Mount Olympus with the humans for a while. Hera decided to go down and see what her husband was up to. As she was on her way down, she saw a dark cloud that seemed out of place. She went to go see why it was there. Zeus was on that cloud with his new wife. He didn't want Hera to see this so he quickly turned his wife, Io, into a snowy white cow. Hera knew that Zeus had turned Io into the cow, so she begged Zeus to give her the cow, pretending she had no idea that it was one of his wives. He finally gave in and gave Hera the cow regretfully. Hera tied Io to one of her beautiful trees and sent her trustful guard to watch her. Argus had one hundred eyes and only closed half of them to sleep. Zeus was getting a little worried, and sent Hermes, the messenger god to get Io. Hermes disguised himself as a shepherd. He walked up to Argus and played music for him on his lyre. Hermes started to tell Argus a long story that had no beginning and no end. Argus closed all of his eyes one by one. Argus was literally board to death. Hermes let Io go. Io quickly ran to her father. Her father couldn't tell who the cow was. Io scratched her name into the dirt and her father understood. Io's father was the river-god Inachos. He was so mad that he ran to Zeus. Zeus had to use his mighty thunder bolts to get rid of him. Hera was so mad that Argus had died and that Io escaped. She sent a gadfly to chase and sting Io, the cow. Hera didn't want Argus to be forgotten, so she took his one hundred eyes and delicately put them on her favorite bird's tail, the peacock Io was chased around Greece, until she went to Egypt. There, the Egyptian praised her and she became an Egyptian goddess. Hera made Zeus promise that he would never turn Io into a human. Zeus also had to promise never to see Io again.
That was just one of many stories that Hera was trying to get rid of Zeus's wives and children.
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