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that Thucydides, along with several other original historians "simply transferred what was passing in the world around them, to th...
it was as a democracy that Athens "won and lost an empire...built the Parthenon" and produced "Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and...
audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...
of specific interest, and which concern morality in the context of war, are those that argue for and against putting the Mitylene ...
references that appear when "temple-state" is the prompt refer to Mesopotamia, which may indicate that it was the civilization whe...
Egyptians, whose fantastic death cult gave us some of the greatest monuments on earth. The Egyptians believed in an afterlife that...
be a study of the process of recording history, may be as important as history itself (Crawford, 1983). In other words, we might w...
c. 1386-1321 BCE (Lorenz). Akhenaten is renowned for the religious revolution he initiated during this reign, which attempted t...
quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...
Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...
similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...
these rulers. The huge labor force that was required to construct a pyramid was supervised by one man, the "overseer of all the k...
for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...
of these concepts were a part of the Jewish faith. And, it was not only Judaism that was affected. Many other world religions woul...
in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...
emotional aspects and familial storylines which had not been present in any great extent in either the Egyptian or the Mesopotamia...
many years, but started to become less open during the dark ages. It was at this time that the Christian church took control. The ...
rule of the emperors" that "Roman sarcophagi became elaborate, with mythological scenes carved on the sides and statues of the dec...
occurs near the end of the conflict. These two warriors fight over who has the greater claim to a captive woman who is also the d...
Fields(Pearce, 2002). From early Greek accounts, then, one could easily conclude several things about the ordinary Grecian...
of their bodies and exercise often, sometimes along with the men, and sometimes by themselves" (Anonymous Legal Status in the Gree...
not take a sedate woman? That would be more fitting than a little skittish thing of a girl." However, Ronan could not be stopped, ...
forms. This Snake Goddess--who shakes two snakes as an animal sits on her head--may have been used as part of this ritual" (Anonym...
city in that time frame is in order. Civilization based in Rome, lasted for some 800 years.4 The earliest period of Rome is merg...
the bird with his crossbow. With this act, which apparently was motivated by pure blood-lust, the Mariner sins not only ag...
relationship between a city or Nations government and a person is much like that of a parent/child relationship. The state nurture...
The bright-eyed Mariner"(Coleridge, 2002). The sailor (or Mariner) says that though they started on calm enough seas, the wind p...
"National Style" got its start - and finally ended during the latter part of the 19th century - in Philadelphia (Pollock, 2002)....
has obviously made her own way in life and has been well respected, her one goal throughout the entire play is to wed a man who is...
For entertainment, men tended to engage in a variety of activities, mostly involving drinking, wrestling, horseback riding, and ga...