I'm Laura Carlson, historian, food writer, and host of the Feast Podcast.

And every episode we're taking you on a culinary adventure exploring the great stories behind the meals of the past.

From Thomas Jefferson's 1200 pound cheddar cheese to King Midas's killer recipe for beer.

Each episode of the feast uncovers the hidden stories of how history was made at the dinner table.

We'll show you how empires have been built on nothing but sugar, how people have lost more than

their cool thanks to a fallen soufflet, and why neighborhoods have endured thanks to a shared

love of smoked salmon.

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or wherever quality podcast can be here. I'm going to do. The The Hello and welcome back to the history of ancient Greece.

Episode 56, classical sculptures. The archaic Classical Sculptures

The archaic Greek era in both historical terms and in art architecture ends conventionally around 480 BC

primarily because that year marks the critical moment in Greek history

when both the Persian and Carthaginian invasions of Greece and Sicily,

respectively, were halted.

It is followed by a 31 year period of transition from

around 480 to 450 BC known as the early classical period that is most easily recognized in the archaeological record

by a distinctive sculptural style that has been termed the severe style.

The classical period saw a revolution of Greek sculpture, which is sometimes associated by historians with the popular culture surrounding the introduction of democracy, and the end of the aristocratic culture associated with the Kureoi.

The classical period also saw changes in the style and function of sculpture, along with the dramatic

increase in the technical skill of Greek sculptors in depicting realistic human anatomical forms.

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