Overpopulation In Ancient Greek

During the Archaic Age of Ancient Greece, circa 776-500 B.C.E., the population growth in Ancient Greece called a need for more food supplies, and this demand was met by trade, establishing colonies, and by warfare to seize more land (Making Europe 71). According to Kidner, the Archaic Age “brought a revival of culture, the economy, and political significance to Greece” (71). As Greece began to overpopulate, methods for dealing with the overpopulation had to be found, once of these methods was to import food, which caused an expansion of Greek commerce and production of trade goods (Making Europe 71). Another solution to the overpopulation of Greece was to find new land somewhere else, and during the colonization that lasted from 750-550 B.C.E.,

This sculpture is a handle, which was part of a jug, and it shows a nude male athlete with an Egyptian looking haircut with head dress. The man is standing holding two female lions by the tales in each of his hands right next to his head. He is standing atop the head of Medusa, and at the base of his feet next to his ankles are two rams, one on each side of his legs, staring in the same direction as him. His power over the lions, rams, and Medusa suggest that the man is a deity, possibly Apollo. The object appears to be half a foot tall of sculpted bronze, showing a strong upper build on the man, again signifying his power. The narrative that the object might be depicting is Apollo who has just battled and defeated Medusa, and the two lionesses that he is holding in each of his hands had to be defeated before he could reach Medusa. The relationship between the narrative and the values of Greek culture during the Archaic Age is through the works of Hesiod, who created a catalogue of the gods called Theogony. Another way that the narrative and sculpture show values of Greek culture during the Archaic age is through the use of lionesses and rams, which show the influence of Near Eastern cultures that came with the revival of Greek Trade, along with the nude man himself who looks similar to that of an Egyptian man rather than a

Apparently the two different artists would create “bilingual” vases by having one artist paint red-figure art on one side of the vase and the other artist paint black-figure art on the other side of the vase. The amphora is about two feet tall, and made out of ceramic, with the handles about two inches from the upper lip of the vase. The pattern on the amphora has the colors switching from a layer of orange to a layer black, two layers of about four to eight inches each, starting with an orange layer on the bottom. The handles of the vase are also orange with two lines of dots going from one end of the handle to the other end. The images that are painted on the amphora are on the second layer of orange, in between the first black layer and the second black layer that is the top of the vase. Each side of the amphora seems to portray two different narratives from the two different artists, and on one side the people seem to be well dressed while on the other side there are soldiers dressed in battle gear and helmets holding up their shields. The narrative that is on the side with the well-dressed people is Hermes, the messenger of the gods, who is bringing a women to the wine-god, Dionysus. On the other side with the soldiers, the narrative shows one armed soldier getting into his chariot while his fellow soldiers see him off. The amphora shows the values of Greek