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Paideia, The Thoughts of Douglas Wilson

This essay focuses on the position of theologian Douglas Wilson in regards to "paideia," which means education in Greek. The conte...

Medea, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

Ancient Works of Art

far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Social Values

extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...

Aloofness and Human Disinterest of the Greek Gods

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...

Greek Literature as Reflective of Greek Culture

to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...

Tragedy That is Not Tragic in 'Night Mother'

forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...

'Big Questions The Greeks' as Part of the For the Love of Wisdom PBS Series

yet differentiated between having a form and embodying that form. Aristotle, on the other hand, proposed that a form, with the exc...

Romans as Doers and Greeks as Thinkers

In four pages this paper examines how Greek thought propelled Roman action in a consideration of the influences of Greek art and p...

The Christian Church and Greek Temple Compared

The contemporary church and Greek Temple are compared and contrasted. The Rock Church of Montgomery, Alabama is compared with the...

Hellenistic Culture, Greeks, and Jews

time when Cleopatra passed away (127). Cleopatra in fact was one of the last to live from that dynasty. What were the relationshi...

Comparison of the Romans and the Greeks

In six pages this paper discusses the similarities between the Greeks and the Romans in a consideration of how the Greek Empire wa...

Chicago's Greek Community

In eight pages this paper discusses Chicago's Greek culture and community in an historical overview that includes such topics as t...

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the Depiction of Greek Culture

In eight pages this paper discusses how in the plot and characterizations featured in Zorba the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis dep...

Conflict Between College Athletics and Academics

In six pages the conflict that inherently exists between college academic and athletic programs is examined in support of the stat...

Sports Gambling Legalization

age routine. It matters not where they live, in regards to gambling being legal or not, they get involved in gambling and the amou...

Rocky Athletics and International Diversification

but also a higher leverage ratio because of a trade-off between expected bankruptcy costs and the tax shelter of debt. However, B...

Importance of Performance Profiling

individual typically has limited understanding of the problem, as well, or is "reluctant, at least initially, to discuss such thin...

Women's Athletics and Equity

later, it would be reasonable to assume that all educational institutions had eliminated gender-oriented discriminatory practices ...

Branding of American Universities and Colleges

sight of a product comes replete with a number of diverse associations in the customers, or in this case the students, mind. Thes...

Growing Incidences of Violence in Sports

In five pages this paper discusses what can be done to deter the increasing violence in athletics. Ten sources are cited in the b...

Three Decades of Title IX

of Title IX in their sports and athletics programs (Block, 2002). After 30 years, it would be reasonable to assume that all educ...

Athletics, Self Esteem, and Drugs

drugs will enhance performance while others will deteriorate performance. Performance-enhancing drugs have been used by athletes i...

Interscholastic Coaching Issues

In six pages this paper discusses interscholastic athletics in a consideration of various programs and coaching issues. Five sour...

SCD and Athletics

Cardiovascular testing The technology exists to unmask certain heart abnormalities in young athletes. But when it comes to mass-s...

Athletics and Behavioral Leadership

behavioral theory, anyone has the potential to become an effective leader if he or she is willing to examine what behaviors are co...

Overview of TItle IX

men in regards to receiving a college education, that is, it eliminated limited admissions quotas for female students and offered ...

Beer and Circus by Murray Sperber

nations universities, in order to stay viable financially, have placed undue emphasis on their sports programs, utilizing a perspe...

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE AND SPORTS

to withdraw from the 1999 world championship after 13 vials of HGH were discovered in her suitcase (McHugh et al, 2005). T...

Women's Athletics, Success, and Motivation

motivation and success in regards to womens sports, it is first helpful to perceive these elements within an historical and cultur...