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In five pages this paper discusses the Greek polis, gender ideals, and changes that led to the Hellenistic era as described by a b...
a great deal of art, was incredibly reflective of what was considered the good life. There was a change in the society at that tim...
In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....
and subvert purpose in ways deemed dysfunctional. The nature of the slave is slavish and subservience the natural consequence. A...
In eight pages classical Greek civilization is examined in a series of brief independent essays that include astrology and the Gre...
Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...
shown for "wives and women in general" (Vasillopulos 435). Christopher Vasillopulos observed in his literary criticism of Medea, ...
In ten pages this paper discusses how Euripides' plays depicted Clytemnestra in this consideration of the shift in women's portray...
the novel, the term city is used interchangeably with the term citizen to reinforce this unity: "Our city, my city... Without a ci...
This ten page paper explores the criticism Greek writers and philosophers such as Euripedes, Socrates, and Aeschylus had for the A...
a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...
This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...
forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...
the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...
of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...
In 6 pages this paper analyzes how women's roles in these works by Homer reflect the cultural perceptions of women in ancient Gree...
In five pages this paper examines the relationship between order and chaos within the context of these two classical literary work...
In seven pages this paper examines Minoan architecture and how it evolved into the classical Greek architecture style. Five sourc...
parallels between the relationship of the monarch to his people and the statesmen to the free citizen. Similarly, Aristotle also...
events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...
The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...
of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...
In seven pages this paper considers how the classical Greek dramatist critiqued heroism in a contrast of antiheroes Pentheus, Mede...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
In three pages this paper discusses Classical Greece's Parthenon in a consideration of the Greek and Roman architectural influence...
sun and moon; animals, birds and fish; and finally, people. This took six days, and on the seventh day God rested from all this wo...
inspiration and people tried their hands at columns, pilasters, and laurel wreaths as well as a system of ornamentation that had ...
one that was organic and holistic in which philosophy, politics, and literature were considered . . . Imperial Rome would prove th...
body" (Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art). This particular statue is 9 and 5/8 inches high and is made from bronz...
In six pages this research paper considers how the death concept was applied to the scheme of life through the classical Greek phi...