Classical Humanism In Ancient Greece

Humanism is a philosophy, attitude, or way of life that is focused on human values or interests and stresses a person’s worth and dignity and capacity for self-realization by reason. (Fiero,2011) Humanism was first developed in ancient Rome and Greece. It is no coincidence which lots of our legal codes return to Rome and many technical and scientific terms and ideas return to ancient Greece. But Greece particularly has influenced doctrine that celebrates reason. We apply the term Classical Humanism to mention to the humanism of this primal period. It had an impact throughout the Renaissance Era. An example of classical humanism is showed by the Athens Acropolis. It is the trademark monument of Greece and of Athens (servi, 2011).

The Parthenon is the most significant and attribute monument of the civilization of ancient Greek and still persists its international symbol (Green, 1973). It was made between 447 and 438 B.C. and its sculptural decoration was finished in 432 B.C.

The Parthenon consists of metopes of quantity 92 which were carved in high relief with each was on an average of size 1200mm x 1250 mm square with relief of 250 mm with all four sides of the building with frieze running and all pediments covered with monumental sculpture.

It conflict between chaos and order was symbolised particularly through the sculptures on the metopes rollicking the temple’s exterior, 14 on each of the short and 32 on the long sides. These described the Olympian gods defending the giants, Greeks, likely including Theseus, the Fall of Troy (North metopes), fighting Amazons (West metopes), and Greeks fighting Centaurs, maybe at the king’s wedding of the Lapiths Perithous (South