The origins of Western theatre Pre-Classical antiquity. Notwithstanding its great diversity of styles, forms, themes, and functions, the theatre of today has its roots in a basic impulse to embody expression mimetically. Theatre is a social art based on explorations of the cycles of nature, the progression from birth to death, and the forces that compel our behaviour.

…to Exploring the Ruins, a blog dedicated to Classical Antiquity and its impact on human culture from then to now.. Each Blog post will choose a theme, an event, a social construct, a piece of art, technology or philosophy, and spin you a tale about it.Some posts will be long, others not. Some will be interlinked, some will stand independent. All will be underpinned by historiographical ...

One of classical antiquity’s greatest scientists: founded the mathematical discipline of trigonometry; measured the earth-moon distance accurately; discovered the precession of the equinoxes; and documented the positions and magnitudes of over 850 stars. His combinatorics work was unequalled until 1870.

Jun 06, 2017 · In 2004, the Union Cabinet created a new category of languages known as classical languages, which would be based on certain criteria. Tamil was the first to be included in this.

Epirus (/ ɪ ˈ p aɪ r ə s /) is a geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania.It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay of Vlorë and the Acroceraunian Mountains in the north to the Ambracian Gulf and the ruined Roman city of Nicopolis in the south. It is currently divided between the region of ...

Like the Greeks of classical antiquity, Islamic tradition understands Zoroaster to be the founding prophet of the Magians (via Aramaic, Arabic Majus, collective Majusya). The 11th-century Cordoban Ibn Hazm (Zahiri school) contends that Kitabi "of the Book" cannot apply in light of the Zoroastrian assertion that their books were destroyed by ...

Ptolemy, Latin in full Claudius Ptolemaeus, (born c. 100 ce—died c. 170 ce), an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent who flourished in Alexandria during the 2nd century ce. In several fields his writings represent the culminating achievement of Greco-Roman science, particularly his geocentric (Earth-centred) model of the universe now known as …

Painted between 1509 and 1511 in the Apostolic Palace by Raphael, the School of Athens is one of the most important and fascinating frescos in history. Dedicated to classical Greece and Rome, Raphael’s School of Athens painting depicts the birth of philosophy of almost every kind.. Being a tourist attraction for over centuries and having a vibrant portrayal of several classical …

Sappho was one of the most celebrated poets of the antiquity. She was often hailed as “The Poetess”, just as Homer was referred to as “The Poet”. Multiple ancient sources portray her as the “Tenth Muse”. Her life and poetry inspired generations of writers and poets who came after her.