Art related to work

At first, we must know that ancient grecians worked in order to keep two things right: first one, their relationship with gods; second one, themselves (about science, philosophy and arts).

"Greecian Zeus&Jupiter cartoon"

Okay, now that we know the reason, let's check the way.

One of the most important grecian works are their buildings. These huge estructures were built to keep the gods and goddesses close to humans, and greecians named them "themples". But built a big themple wasn't enough, this structure must be beautiful because gods will live there; so ancient greecians weren't just an excelents builters, they were an incredible architects

Here is an example, this is the Temple of Hephaistos, located on Athens.

Takenf from: http://www.crystalinks.com/greeksacredsites.html

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Being a writter or a philosopher was one of the most respected jobs on Greece, and they used written forms different from "narrative" ones to publish they investigations/creations: poetry and play (and here we can find jobs like "actor").

Some famous philosophers like Socrates, Aristotle or Plato just wrotte things for they students, but another persons like Homer, Euripides and Sophocles wrote stories about their culture, and made it interesting by plays in honor to the god of wine: Dionysus.

*Important data: Women did not make part of grecian philosophy or plays, important women were princesses or mythical (like Goddesses or Nymphs). Normal women worked like midwifes or farmers, or were at home.

Here are "The muses", grecian say that they are the inspiration of artist and scientist

"Disney's muses version (c) Hercules 1997"

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Work for art, art for work, grecians understood that art isn't just a way to "dream" and being expressive, it can be a form to live, and live happy -with money-.

*By: Eliana Moreno*