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Analysis of the Ancient Near East Room, Metropolitan Museum of Art

holdings of a museum; the works that the museum owns and takes care of (The permanent collection, 2008). The Metropolitan owns mor...

Egyptian Object/Catalogue Entry

Nespeqashuty died prior to its completion. At this time, some of the reliefs were finished, but many consisted of just an outline ...

Figurines of Ancient Mycenae

This research paper discusses the figurines produced in ancient Mycenaean civilization and their possible uses, including the inte...

Mark 4:1-9

but also offers insight into how the passage pertains to present-day Christian life. Background on Marks Gospel, Literary Interpre...

Dante’s Inferno/Canto XX

because pity carries with it the connotation that divinely imposed punishment is less than just. He tells Dante to lift his eyes a...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

Livy's History of Rome/Heroes & Villains

king also ordered killed. They were subsequently left to die of exposure and were discovered by a she-wolf. Discovered by the king...

Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, and Women's Roles

time expresses: "Rank creates its rules: A woman is asked about her husband, A man is asked about his rank" (Callender 12). By fa...

Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

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

Art of Ancient Greek Civilization

It is for this reason that Greek art conveyed abstract ideas such as "beautiful" concepts of the human body through a dichotomous ...

Tension Between Individual and Group in Sophocles’ Oedipus Trilogy

Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...

Athenian Justification for Empire

of his reforms (King, 2005). Three of his reforms are of special importance: " the ban on loans made on the security of the person...

155 BCE Rome and a Letter Written by an Athenian

of unrest and another war. There is also concern regarding Catheledge, which may also lead to more war. The main area at this time...

An Article on the Influences of Shakespeare Summarized

Rather Dionysus, Falstaff is his "Silenus, the fat, old drunken companion...(who) lends humor to Dionysian celebration" (367). Acc...

Act I and Act II Analysis of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

inasmuch as social interaction implies interacting with other persons; thus, the meaning of that interaction is always to be a joi...

Classic Woman of Athens

can choose not to marry, by and large, that is an unpopular choice. While the term spinster is no longer bandied about, certainly ...

Machiavelli and Modern Writers on the Athenian Thesis

In six pages this paper examines how Machiavelli and contemporary writers would regard the Athenian Doctrine or Thesis. Four sour...

Overview of the Athenian Doctrine

In eight pages this paper examines the Athenian doctrine or thesis in a consideration of Athens' and Sparta's motivations and virt...

Definition and Differences in Democracy

In seven pages democracy is defined along with differences noted between such types as representative and direct with a student su...

Individual Citizen and the Golden Age of Athens

In six pages this paper discusses Athenian democracy in an assessment of the system with evidence offered by writers Thucydides an...

Athenian Democracy and the Lessons It Taught

In seven pages this paper discusses Athenian democracy in terms of concept, the 'Constitution' of Aristotle, the criticisms of Pla...

Medea Characterization by Euripides

In three pages this research paper contends that the playwright conceived of Medea as a character that would inspire sympathy in a...

Athenian Democracy and its Influence

In eight pages this research paper discusses how Athenian democracy exerted a significant influence upon contemporary democracy. ...

The Height of Athenian Society

In a paper consisting of six pages Athenian society at its peak of popularity and achievementsare considered and include a discuss...

Oedipus's Athenian Traits

In five pages this paper examines how Oedipus exemplifies the Athenian male ideal. There are no other sources cited....

World History Questions

In twenty four pages several questions pertaining to world history are answered and include Catal Huyuk and Jericho Neolithic citi...

Critically Reviewing the City State of Athens in Ancient Greece

In a paper consisting of seven pages the Athenian democracy represented by this Greek city state is considered along with an asses...

'Just' Guilty Verdict for Socrates in Plato's Apology?

This paper consists of four pages and evaluates the guilty verdict Socrates received in terms of whether or not it represented the...

'Noble Myth' or 'Myth of Metals' in The Republic by Plato

In three pages this paper discusses how the Athenians made class distinctions in a consideration of Socrates' noble myth depicted ...

Socrates' Trial and a Juror's Fictitious Report

In five pages this paper explores an Athenian juror's perspective of Socrates with 'Spirulinus' presenting his trial observations ...