CULTURES OF EUROPE 1 Greece and Rome the

‘Western’ /European culture • Sources: ’Greco-Roman’ and ’Jewish-Christian’ (the Bible) • Europe and religion:

PERIODS • Ancient Greece and Rome, the Bible (776 BC-476 AD) • Middle Ages:

CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY • First Olympic Games (776 BC) • The city of Rome (753

The Bible: The Old Covenenat (Moses and the law) and the New (Jesus Christ)

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CULTURES OF EUROPE 1. Greece and Rome, the Bible

‘Western’ /European culture • Sources: ’Greco-Roman’ and ’Jewish-Christian’ (the Bible) • Europe and religion: – Medieval Europe: Christianity everywhere – Early Modern Age, 16 th c. : Protestantism, reforms/changes in religious matters – 18 th c. : Enlightenment – scepticism, deism, atheism – late 19 th c. Nietzsche: ’God is dead’ – 20 th-21 st c. religious faith is more and more a private issue

PERIODS • Ancient Greece and Rome, the Bible (776 BC-476 AD) • Middle Ages: Age of Chivalry (5 th c- 15 th c. ) • Renaissance (15 th-16 th c. ) • Baroque (17 th-18 th c. ) • The Enlightenment – 18 th c. • 19 th c. Romanticism and Realism • Late 19 th c. Art Nouveau, decadence, etc. • 20 th c. Modernism • Postmodernism (late 20 th-21 st c. )

CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY • First Olympic Games (776 BC) • The city of Rome (753 BC) • Mythology: gods and goddesses (Greek → Roman) • Greek culture: warriors and merchants – Troy vs Greek army (Homer’s Iliad), - Odysseus’ travels (Homer’s The Oddyssey) • Democracy (5 th c, BC, Athens), drama, philosophy, science • The Roman Republic → The Roman Empire (most of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East): art, philosophy, law • Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD)

Ancient Greece

The Roman Empire

GREEK GODS/GODDESSES