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Greek God Apollo's Influence on Ancient Greece

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...

Culture and the Olympics of Ancient Greece

match for the ultimate prize, "possession of the earth" (Lovett, 1997, p. ix). The exact date of the competition also varies, and...

Clothing of Ancient Sumer, Greece, and Egypt

their ankles (Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 2002). The exact quality of clothing depended on the wealth of the family; altho...

Ancient Greece and Roles for Women as Portrayed by Homer

and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and ...

The Cultures of Ancient China and Greece

gods in the form of logic, reasoning and wisdom (Chung, 2002). Homers work placed gods in a position that was superior to man. In...

How the Texts of Architects Vincent Scully and R.E. Wycherley Depict the Culture of Ancient Greece

city(Wycherley 1976). As reflected by the Senate, his study of it theorizes that those who were most affluent and powerful lived ...

Ancient Kingship in the Sasanid Empire

by C.E. Bosworth, offers a considerable insight into how the ancient Sasanid civilization of Persia (modern day Iran) perceived ki...

Importance of Oaths and Vows in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

This is the beginning of his journey in terms of the importance of vows and oaths. Gawain will do as he is told...

Comparing Two Ancient Civilizations

Crete ("Barbarians," 1999). The region was very peaceful. In fact, there has been only scant evidence of a military force ("Barbar...

Strong Women in Ancient Greek Theatre

the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...

Comparing and Contrasting Two Ancient Greek Vases

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts two Greek vases, one from the Archaic period and the other from the Late Geometric period...

Ancient Poems and Love Songs of Egypt and China Compared on Love and Sex Attitudes

war songs, marriage songs and love songs among many more. Throughout the ages, the poems came to known as not merely an example of...

Two Ancient Sculptures Compared

"unibrow" today--and wide, blue eyes. One is almost reminded of the wide eyed paintings of the 1960s when viewing this ancient pie...

Egyptian Religion and Ancient Hebrew Religion Compared

(Ancient Egyptian Religion, 2003). In terms of origin tales, the Egyptians had several ideas about how the world began (...

Comparing Marital Attitudes by the Hebrews and Ancient Greeks

allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...

Comparing Evil in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Paradise Lost

structures, with Colridge following an old sailor with a ship that has gone off course, and Milton depicts war between heave and h...

The Early Christians and the Ancient Greeks Comparing Their Gods

Looking at Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' and Homer's 'The Iliad', the author finds characters and situations that represent the ...

Rome as Perceived in the Modern World

still essentially the same (HBO, 2007). In this series, therefore, it seems as though the image of Rome is one that is historical ...

Ancient Civilizations' Religion and Politics

closely tied with politics, especially so in ancient times. In ancient times it was important that religion be followed, but at...

State and Society Relationships in The History of Herodotus and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In six pages this paper compares these two works of ancient Greek literature in a consideration of relations between state and soc...

Ancient Mayan Tradition and Breath on a Mirror and Popol Vuh of Tedlock

In 6 pages the Old Testament is compared and contrasted with the myths of the ancient Mayan civilization in a consideration of the...

Medea and Antigone

In a paper consisting of seven pages these ancient Greek plays and heroines are contrasted and compared. Four other sources are ...

Yoruba and Christian Religious Sacrifices

In eight pages this paper compares and contrasts sacrifice in Christianity and in the ancient Yoruba religion. Eight sources are ...

Cultural and Social Changes in Cities

This research report examines LA in particular but does look at general changes.A great deal of information is included in this re...

Philosophy and Imagination in William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

poets intended to discard the pompous idiom of eighteenth century verse, and to employ the real language of modern men and women -...

Chinese Philosophers Hsun Tzu, Mencius, and Confucius on Ethical Behavior

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the perspectives of these ancient Chinese philosophers on ethical behavior. Six so...

Comparing Two Early Greek Philosophers with Plato

The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...

Virtue as Perceived by Epictetus and Aristotle

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views of these ancient philosophers regarding the patience virtue. There are ...

Tragic Greek Heroes Oedipus and Prometheus

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

Mycenaean and Hittite Religious Cultures

In ten pages these two ancient cultures and their religious practices are contrasted and compared in terms of differences and simi...