Essays 271 - 300
"The crews are straining at the oars; the crowd on shore is cheering wildly. Each boat must sail out to sea, swing around...
region to another. The Mesopotamians produced The Epic of Gilgamesh entirely in cuneiform while the Egyptian hieroglyphics on pyr...
was the force that recovered the information (Mathematics, 2005). In essence, in ancient times, "Scholarship supported science in ...
Greek life was impacted in many ways by its art and architecture (Dickinson, 2008). Two of the most visible of these ways were th...
of injury or illness in the ancient world. Therefore, in ancient Greece and Rome, the practice of euthanasia, that is, intentional...
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...
In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...
Emperor Valentinian issued a written order to Pope Damasus I requiring the Christian missionaries to cease calling at the homes of...
given to the primary gods and goddesses; this was true from Homeric times on but perhaps it goes back to the Minoan and Mycenaean ...
And, in terms of using their sexuality, "They do not share their couches with their husbands but with the other men who happen to ...
city(Wycherley 1976). As reflected by the Senate, his study of it theorizes that those who were most affluent and powerful lived ...
gods in the form of logic, reasoning and wisdom (Chung, 2002). Homers work placed gods in a position that was superior to man. In...
who played an important role in how Greek and Roman society viewed women. The paper then discusses various mythological works and ...
death (Religion and Death). According to Greek philosophy, the god Hermes led the soul of the person to the river Styx which sep...
For entertainment, men tended to engage in a variety of activities, mostly involving drinking, wrestling, horseback riding, and ga...
In twelve pages the tales of Demeter, Cybele and Attis, Adonis and Aphrodite, Endymion and Selene are examined in a consideration ...
nothing terribly convincing (48). It might be prudent to look at some early poets. There is evidence of someone called Mimnermus ...
In eight pages classical Greek civilization is examined in a series of brief independent essays that include astrology and the Gre...
In six pages the ancient Grecian religion is discussed in terms of examining the different roles of the priests and the significan...
In three pages this essay contrasts and compares the similarities and differences that exist between these three ancient societies...
In a paper consisting of seven pages the Athenian democracy represented by this Greek city state is considered along with an asses...
In three pages three student posed questions pertaining to mythical Greek and Roman gods and goddesses are answered in a heroic co...
number of other gods who were chosen by each respective community depending upon their preference. "The mountains, which served ...
This paper examines how women in Ancient Greek society were portrayed in a comparative analysis of the plays Lysistrata by Aristop...
In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...
individual stories into the tapestry that became his famous epics. He did not create the stories; they had come from hundreds of y...
In this paper of six pages a broad comparison of thes classic heroes considers how they would fare in the contemporary world. The...
In thirty five pages this paper discusses Greece's Forever Living Products in a consideration of how to measure employee motivatio...
among four children in his family. The father was an intelligent, religious man, a hard-working storekeeper and an important leade...
In three pages this paper discusses Classical Greece's Parthenon in a consideration of the Greek and Roman architectural influence...