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In four pages this paper examines the historical text on the Pelopponesian War by Thucydides in a consideration of the cultural di...

In five pages this paper considers the text's structure and also discusses how the war is presented in terms of the primary themes...

In five pages this paper discusses the issue of the weak being subjugated by the strong that is presented in this ancient historic...

even falling ill himself (Halsall Ancient History Sourcebook: 11th Britannica: Thucydides). During a heated campaign in 424, Thuc...

In five pages this paper compares these two works in terms of wartime reality portrayals. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...

ultimately started the war, Priam, his father and the king of Troy, and Hector, the other son of Priam. While there are other impo...

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

At the beginning of this extended speech, the representative from Corcyra prefaces his narrative of events with an appeal that is ...

aid and had been made a part of the defensive alliance formed by the Athenians. Since Corinth was allied with Sparta, the foundati...

This 5 page paper argues that Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War states that the reason for the conflict was the politic...

This 5 page paper summarizes the major themes of Thucydides' accounts of the Peloponnesian War. The bibliography lists the primary...

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...

the objectivity he professed" (Lattimore xiii). As this postmodern revisionist view of Thucydides suggests, his historical accurac...

after being cast into the water in a basket -- survived and ultimately grew up with the intent to seek revenge against the king (a...

In a paper consisting of six pages the writer argues that in History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides regards the Athens defeat...

has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

relationship to one complaint and event prior to the war: "the complaint of Corinth was that her colony of Potidaea, and Corinthia...

Ionian Greeks under Persian rule, with the other Greeks were free, a state of affairs that was going to cause trouble sooner or la...

dropping bombs from 30,000 feet or sitting in a headquarters building and pushing a button to annihilate soldiers thousands of mil...

individual is exposed to any type of experience there is the potential for that individual to be desensitized to any experiences t...

In ten pages three ancient historical texts are analyzed in terms of author's approach to history, the representation of the past,...

In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...

by, at least, a millennium. For them, they are merely being "realistic" and that such realism can serve as a basis for a social or...

argued that insecurity has been "one fundamental factor affecting Soviet policy" (Diplomatic Telegrams) since the beginnings of th...

throughout the novel. Although they try and maintain their cultural identity through music, they are morally lost in environmental...

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

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...

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...