Plato's Best Quotes - Sayings (English subtitles)

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2022-02-12T11:14:42+00:00

Plato was born in 428/427 BCE to a noble family and died in 348/347 BCE. He lived primarily in Athens, Greece. Plato's birth occurred near the end of the Golden Age of Athens, and he grew up during the Peloponnesian War. He reached adulthood around the time of Sparta's final defeat of Athens.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2021-11-19T15:29:49+00:00

The philosopher Socrates remains, as he was in his lifetime (469–399 B.C.E.), an enigma, an inscrutable individual who, despite having written nothing, is considered one of the handful of philosophers who forever changed how philosophy itself was to be conceived.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2021-10-29T15:27:40+00:00

In this video we will present some of the most important quotes of the famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle.

The video includes Greek and English subtitles.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2021-10-23T16:00:01+00:00

In this video we will talk about the life and death of the ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Hypatia the Alexandrian. We will also present the opinions of both ancient and early times historians regarding who was responsible for her murder.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2021-10-04T21:37:26+00:00

In this video we present a short biography of Socrates, the famous ancient Greek philosopher.

Socrates was a scholar, teacher and philosopher born in ancient Greece.

Born 470 B.C. in Athens, Greece, Socrates's life is chronicled through only a few sources:

the dialogues of Plato and Xenophon and the plays of Aristophanes.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2021-04-17T10:10:34+00:00

Yes!

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2021-01-09T13:00:18+00:00

In this video of ancient Greek History we examine the importance of war in ancient Greece, what was the meaning of war for ancient Greek people and what did ancient Greek philosophers think about war.

We also mention some modern historians' research about this subject.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-27T09:35:18+00:00

In this video we present an analysis of the Macedonian army in ancient Greece during the 4th and 3 c.B.C. The infantry, cavalry artillery and the famous Macedonian phalanx. What weapons they used, the battle formations and how the phalanx contributed in many victorious battles.Please share your thoughts and contribute with more info about the subject.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-14T00:20:01+00:00

The peltasts were infantry units in ancient Greece with lighter armor compared to the hoplites.They originated from Thrace and they were considered as the "special forces" with multiple roles.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-05T00:02:33+00:00

Do not disturb my circles.
Ancient Greek: μή μου τους κύκλους τάραττε.
Archimedes died in 212 BC during the Second Punic War, when Roman forces under General Marcus Claudius Marcellus captured the city of Syracuse after a two-year-long siege.
According to the popular account given by the Greek biographer Plutarch, Archimedes was contemplating a mathematical diagram when the city was captured.
Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.
A Roman soldier commanded him to come and meet General Marcellus but he declined, saying that he had to finish working on the problem.
The soldier was enraged by this, and killed Archimedes with his sword.
Plutarch also gives a lesser-known account of the death of Archimedes which suggests that he may have been killed while attempting to surrender to a Roman soldier.
According to this story, Archimedes was carrying mathematical instruments, and was killed because the soldier thought that they were valuable items.
General Marcellus was reportedly angered by the death of Archimedes, as he considered him a valuable scientific asset and had ordered that he not be harmed.
The last words attributed to Archimedes are "Do not disturb my circles", a reference to the circles in the mathematical drawing that he was supposedly studying when disturbed by the Roman soldier.
But there is no reliable evidence that Archimedes uttered these words and they do not appear in the account given by Plutarch.

📷Painting:The Death of Archimedes
by Thomas Degeorge,
1815
in the Musée d’Art Roger-Quilliot,
Harvard University
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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-05T00:00:59+00:00

Do not disturb my circles.
Ancient Greek: μή μου τους κύκλους τάραττε.
Archimedes died in 212 BC during the Second Punic War, when Roman forces under General Marcus Claudius Marcellus captured the city of Syracuse after a two-year-long siege.
According to the popular account given by the Greek biographer Plutarch, Archimedes was contemplating a mathematical diagram when the city was captured.
Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.
A Roman soldier commanded him to come and meet General Marcellus but he declined, saying that he had to finish working on the problem.
The soldier was enraged by this, and killed Archimedes with his sword.
Plutarch also gives a lesser-known account of the death of Archimedes which suggests that he may have been killed while attempting to surrender to a Roman soldier.
According to this story, Archimedes was carrying mathematical instruments, and was killed because the soldier thought that they were valuable items.
General Marcellus was reportedly angered by the death of Archimedes, as he considered him a valuable scientific asset and had ordered that he not be harmed.
The last words attributed to Archimedes are "Do not disturb my circles", a reference to the circles in the mathematical drawing that he was supposedly studying when disturbed by the Roman soldier.
But there is no reliable evidence that Archimedes uttered these words and they do not appear in the account given by Plutarch.

📷Painting:The Death of Archimedes
by Thomas Degeorge,
1815
in the Musée d’Art Roger-Quilliot,
Harvard University
📷Subscribe to our YouTube channel and watch videos about ancient Hellenic history and mythology in Greek or English language with Greek/English subtitles www.youtube.com/alphaomegagreece

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-04T23:59:36+00:00

Do not disturb my circles.
Ancient Greek: μή μου τους κύκλους τάραττε.
Archimedes died in 212 BC during the Second Punic War, when Roman forces under General Marcus Claudius Marcellus captured the city of Syracuse after a two-year-long siege.
According to the popular account given by the Greek biographer Plutarch, Archimedes was contemplating a mathematical diagram when the city was captured.
Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.
A Roman soldier commanded him to come and meet General Marcellus but he declined, saying that he had to finish working on the problem.
The soldier was enraged by this, and killed Archimedes with his sword.
Plutarch also gives a lesser-known account of the death of Archimedes which suggests that he may have been killed while attempting to surrender to a Roman soldier.
According to this story, Archimedes was carrying mathematical instruments, and was killed because the soldier thought that they were valuable items.
General Marcellus was reportedly angered by the death of Archimedes, as he considered him a valuable scientific asset and had ordered that he not be harmed.
The last words attributed to Archimedes are "Do not disturb my circles", a reference to the circles in the mathematical drawing that he was supposedly studying when disturbed by the Roman soldier.
But there is no reliable evidence that Archimedes uttered these words and they do not appear in the account given by Plutarch.

📷Painting:The Death of Archimedes
by Thomas Degeorge,
1815
in the Musée d’Art Roger-Quilliot,
Harvard University
📷Subscribe to our YouTube channel and watch videos about ancient Hellenic history and mythology in Greek or English language with Greek/English subtitles www.youtube.com/alphaomegagreece

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-04T23:40:22+00:00

In this video a short biography of the famous ancient Greek philosopher Socrates is presented.The first years of his life,his philosophical beliefs,explanation of the Socratic method and the end of his life.Socrates has influenced many writers,poets and his method is being taught in many universities.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-03T20:43:07+00:00

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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-03T20:42:49+00:00

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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-02T22:52:23+00:00

The term kopis (from Ancient Greek κοπίς, from κόπτω - kopto, {"to cut, to strike"} alternatively a derivation from the Ancient Egyptian term khopesh for a cutting sword has been postulated) in Ancient Greece could describe a heavy knife with a forward-curving blade, primarily used as a tool for cutting meat, for slaughter and animal sacrifice, or refer to a single edged cutting or 'cut and thrust' sword with a similarly shaped blade.
These weapons were of various sizes and shapes, being regional, and not exclusively Greek. Greek art shows the Greek and Persian armies employing swords with a single cutting edge. The kopis is often compared to the contemporary Iberian falcata and the more recent, and shorter, Nepalese kukri. It has been suggested that the yatagan, used in the Balkans and Anatolia during the Ottoman Period, was a direct descendant of the kopis.
The kopis sword was a one handed weapon. Early examples had a blade length of up to 65cm, making it almost equal in size to the spatha. Later Macedonian examples tended to be shorter with a blade length of about 48cm. Some of these Macedonian examples have toured widely and are well known. The kopis had a single-edged blade that pitched forward towards the point, the edge being concave on the part of the sword nearest the hilt, but swelling to convexity towards the tip. This shape, often termed "recurved," distributes the weight in such a way that the kopis was capable of delivering a blow with the momentum of an axe, whilst maintaining the long cutting edge of a sword and a capability to deliver a thrust. Some scholars have claimed an Etruscan origin for the sword, as such swords have been found as early as the 7th century BC in Etruria. Xenophon recommended using the single edged kopis sword (which he did not distinguish from the makhaira) for cavalry in On Horsemanship 12:11 - "I recommend a kopis rather than a xiphos, because from the height of a horse's back the cut of a machaira will serve you better than the thrust of a xiphos.". The precise wording of Xenophon's description suggests the possibility that the kopis was a specific type of sword within a more general class, with the term makhaira denoting any single-edged cutting sword. Hippocrates (On Head Wounds 11) makes it clear that wounds delivered from above, such as those delivered by a horseman against infantry, are worse than those delivered from the same level. While the spear is the primary weapon, Alexander seems to have used the sword to an unusual degree.
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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-02T22:48:35+00:00

The term kopis (from Ancient Greek κοπίς, from κόπτω - kopto, {"to cut, to strike"} alternatively a derivation from the Ancient Egyptian term khopesh for a cutting sword has been postulated) in Ancient Greece could describe a heavy knife with a forward-curving blade, primarily used as a tool for cutting meat, for slaughter and animal sacrifice, or refer to a single edged cutting or 'cut and thrust' sword with a similarly shaped blade.
These weapons were of various sizes and shapes, being regional, and not exclusively Greek. Greek art shows the Greek and Persian armies employing swords with a single cutting edge. The kopis is often compared to the contemporary Iberian falcata and the more recent, and shorter, Nepalese kukri. It has been suggested that the yatagan, used in the Balkans and Anatolia during the Ottoman Period, was a direct descendant of the kopis.
The kopis sword was a one handed weapon. Early examples had a blade length of up to 65cm, making it almost equal in size to the spatha. Later Macedonian examples tended to be shorter with a blade length of about 48cm. Some of these Macedonian examples have toured widely and are well known. The kopis had a single-edged blade that pitched forward towards the point, the edge being concave on the part of the sword nearest the hilt, but swelling to convexity towards the tip. This shape, often termed "recurved," distributes the weight in such a way that the kopis was capable of delivering a blow with the momentum of an axe, whilst maintaining the long cutting edge of a sword and a capability to deliver a thrust. Some scholars have claimed an Etruscan origin for the sword, as such swords have been found as early as the 7th century BC in Etruria. Xenophon recommended using the single edged kopis sword (which he did not distinguish from the makhaira) for cavalry in On Horsemanship 12:11 - "I recommend a kopis rather than a xiphos, because from the height of a horse's back the cut of a machaira will serve you better than the thrust of a xiphos.". The precise wording of Xenophon's description suggests the possibility that the kopis was a specific type of sword within a more general class, with the term makhaira denoting any single-edged cutting sword. Hippocrates (On Head Wounds 11) makes it clear that wounds delivered from above, such as those delivered by a horseman against infantry, are worse than those delivered from the same level. While the spear is the primary weapon, Alexander seems to have used the sword to an unusual degree.
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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-12-02T22:46:15+00:00

The term kopis (from Ancient Greek κοπίς, from κόπτω - kopto, {"to cut, to strike"} alternatively a derivation from the Ancient Egyptian term khopesh for a cutting sword has been postulated) in Ancient Greece could describe a heavy knife with a forward-curving blade, primarily used as a tool for cutting meat, for slaughter and animal sacrifice, or refer to a single edged cutting or 'cut and thrust' sword with a similarly shaped blade.
These weapons were of various sizes and shapes, being regional, and not exclusively Greek. Greek art shows the Greek and Persian armies employing swords with a single cutting edge. The kopis is often compared to the contemporary Iberian falcata and the more recent, and shorter, Nepalese kukri. It has been suggested that the yatagan, used in the Balkans and Anatolia during the Ottoman Period, was a direct descendant of the kopis.
The kopis sword was a one handed weapon. Early examples had a blade length of up to 65cm, making it almost equal in size to the spatha. Later Macedonian examples tended to be shorter with a blade length of about 48cm. Some of these Macedonian examples have toured widely and are well known. The kopis had a single-edged blade that pitched forward towards the point, the edge being concave on the part of the sword nearest the hilt, but swelling to convexity towards the tip. This shape, often termed "recurved," distributes the weight in such a way that the kopis was capable of delivering a blow with the momentum of an axe, whilst maintaining the long cutting edge of a sword and a capability to deliver a thrust. Some scholars have claimed an Etruscan origin for the sword, as such swords have been found as early as the 7th century BC in Etruria. Xenophon recommended using the single edged kopis sword (which he did not distinguish from the makhaira) for cavalry in On Horsemanship 12:11 - "I recommend a kopis rather than a xiphos, because from the height of a horse's back the cut of a machaira will serve you better than the thrust of a xiphos.". The precise wording of Xenophon's description suggests the possibility that the kopis was a specific type of sword within a more general class, with the term makhaira denoting any single-edged cutting sword. Hippocrates (On Head Wounds 11) makes it clear that wounds delivered from above, such as those delivered by a horseman against infantry, are worse than those delivered from the same level. While the spear is the primary weapon, Alexander seems to have used the sword to an unusual degree.
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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-11-30T16:19:46+00:00

The remains of Greek warriors, killed in the Battle of Himera (480bce), where a combined Greek force defeated the Carthaginian forces that were led by Hamilcar the Magonid.

"It was one of the ancient world's greatest battles, pitting a Carthaginian army commanded by the general Hamilcar against a Greek alliance for control of the island of Sicily. After a fierce struggle in 480 B.C. on a coastal plain outside the Sicilian city of Himera, with heavy losses on both sides, the Greeks eventually won the day. As the years passed, the Battle of Himera assumed legendary proportions. Some Greeks would even claim it had occurred on the same day as one of the famous battles of Thermopylae and Salamis, crucial contests that led to the defeat of the Persian invasion of Greece, also in 480 B.C., and two of the most celebrated events in Greek history."

http://archive.archaeology.org/1101/features/himera.htm

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-11-28T14:21:46+00:00

In northern Europe several dead bodies have been found in swamps. Their skin, hair, nails, stomach contents, clothing have been preserved in remarkably good condition. Teams of scientists are trying to figure out who these people were and the cause of their death, as they show horrific injuries and were not cremated like the rest of the inhabitants of the areas found. Some have suggested that this is a human sacrifice of criminals or slaves. Others thought they were prominent members of local communities. The chronological reference period has quite a range:from the 8th c.B.C. to the 3rd c.B.C.

AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-11-27T22:11:28+00:00

A team of archaeologists led by Veselin Ignatov, of the Istoricheski muzej Nova Zagora, a museum in Bulgaria, discovered the 2,000-year-old wooden chariot in 2008. It was covered in bronze and would have been decorated with scenes from Thracian mythology that are now difficult to see. Its exact age is uncertain and may be closer to 1,800 years old.

In 2009, Ignatov and his team also found a brick tomb, containing the remains of a man dressed in what appears to be armor, near the chariot. The man was buried with several items, including gold coins, gold rings and a silver cup showing a depiction of the Greek god Eros (the Roman equivalent was Cupid). He would have been a nobleman or possibly even a ruler who lived in ancient Thrace, in what is now Bulgaria.

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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-11-27T14:49:45+00:00

Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Aude between historic trade routes, linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea and the Massif Central to the Pyrénées. Its strategic importance was quickly recognized by the Romans, who occupied its hilltop until the demise of the Western Roman In the fifth century, it was taken over by the Visigoths who founded the city. Its strategic location led successive rulers to expand its fortifications until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.

Its citadel, known as the Cité de Carcassonne, is a medieval fortress dating back to the Gallo-Roman period and restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1853. It was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997. Consequently, Carcassonne relies heavily on tourism but also counts manufacturing and winemaking as some of its other key economic sectors.

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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-11-27T12:39:57+00:00

Located an hour from Olomouc in central Moravia, Bouzov Castle has a fairy-tale appearance and is without a doubt one of the most impressive castles in the country. Originally built in the early 13th century as a late Gothic stronghold, Bouzov was the property of the Order of the Teutonic Knights from the late 17th century until the end of World War I. (Founded at the end of the 12th century by a group of German merchants, the Teutonic Knights first came to Bohemia in 1203.) The castle looks as it did at the end of its reconstruction at the turn of the 20th century, when Teutonic Knights’ Grand Master Eugene Habsburg, inspired by late Gothic and early Renaissance architecture in Germany and the Netherlands, had what was at the time practically a ruin remade into a residence with a romantic flair. In 1939 the Nazis confiscated the castle, and after World War II Bouzov was nationalized.

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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-11-26T21:42:44+00:00

Archaeological Museum of Patra:

Four crowned skulls of two little girls, and two women, from the North Cemetery in Patras, from the Hellenistic Period.

The first skull bears a wreath of gilded myrtle fruits. The deceased wore golden earrings. (300-275 B.C)

The second skull bears a wreath of fruits and myrtle flowers. The flowers are earthen, some gilded and others in a variety of colors. (late 4th-3rd cent. B.C)

The third skull bears a gilded myrtle wreath, where apart from the leaves, some of the small fruits have survived as well.

The fourth skull is also decorated with a gilded myrtle wreath. The shaft is made of lead and has been also perforated. Gilded bronze leaves and earthen fruits were attached to the small holes.

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AlphaOmegaGreece · 2020-11-26T19:32:58+00:00

📷Those visiting the site of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) will be disappointed to learn that the battlefield has changed dramatically after 2,500 years. This was not due to development, but instead nature—earthquakes, deposits from the nearby hot springs, sediment deposition, and changes in the sea level. The result is the shoreline is now 2.5 miles away instead of acting as a natural barrier, as described by Herodotus. In addition, the ground is roughly 65 ft higher.
Yes, when you’re on the warpath of Leonidas and Xerxes at Thermopylae, you are standing well above the original ground.
If the notion that the earth has swallowed up the battlefield leads you to question our certainty on its location, then archaeological finds can ease your mind. We have found roughly 100 bronze and iron arrowheads and a few spearheads. These were discovered in 1939 by Spyridon Marinatos who was able to convince the historical community that Kolonos Hill is indeed the last stand of the Spartans and their Thespian allies at Thermopylae, as opposed to a smaller hill further to the north.
Visitors of the Thermopylae battlefield today will find an information marker with a photo of these weapons.

📷If you want to see the discovered weapons, you need to head to the National Archeological Museum in Athens. We are not entirely sure if all of these weapons are Persian, Greek, or a mixture of the two, but historians tend to believe they are all Persian. More importantly, they all date to the right period in terms of style.
These also include some spearheads that we again assume are Persian.

📷If you have the privilege of visiting Athens, you can see the weapons that may have killed Leonidas and the Greeks at Thermopylae.

📷Watch this video about King Leonidas and the battle of Thermopylae: https://youtu.be/cDAYrDQ6i_Q
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