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Fertility Art of Ancient Times

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...

Nineteenth Century and Greek Revival Architecture

"National Style" got its start - and finally ended during the latter part of the 19th century - in Philadelphia (Pollock, 2002)....

Myth, Tragedy, and Romance

blind lord Dhritarashtra so much that she voluntarily bandaged her eyes, as she vowed that she would not enjoy anything that she c...

Greek Theater and Women's Role

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...

Ancient Greece and Death

death (Religion and Death). According to Greek philosophy, the god Hermes led the soul of the person to the river Styx which sep...

Men and Women of Ancient Greece

For entertainment, men tended to engage in a variety of activities, mostly involving drinking, wrestling, horseback riding, and ga...

Women of Ancient Greece and Rome

And, in terms of using their sexuality, "They do not share their couches with their husbands but with the other men who happen to ...

Edith Hamilton's Mythology

Chaos. Gaea, the first Titan, was the earth, itself. After she emerged from the Chaos, she gave birth to her own consort, Uranus, ...

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...

Chinese Calligraphy Art Form

and is known as the curly script for the form it adopts after each stroke (Calligraphy). Emperor Qin Shi Huang modified ancient z...

Ancient Greece and Women's Roles

Artemis, and her hair was cut. For the next several months the bride was taught the domestic duties she would perform for the rest...

Calculus' History

pass another mid point, and so on into infinity (OConnor and Robertson, 1996). The argument looks at this as proving that motion m...

Comparing Greek Classics 'The Aeneid' by Virgil, 'The Bacchae' by Euripides, and 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles

his rule to all those who regarded him as an interloper. He sought the assistance of his most trusted advisor, his brother-in-law...

Ancient Writings Like Epic of Gilgamesh and Ideology

purposes of taming Enkidu, the wild man (Radcliffe, 2001). Enkidu is important to the story as he exemplifies the average man in s...

Cinematic Portrayal of Greek Virtue and Philosophers

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

History of Land War Strategies

ideal for battle. In the late Middle Ages, two developments in respect to the conduct of warfare had been combined to reduce the c...

Epic Heroes in 'The Iliad, 'The Odyssey,' 'Beowulf,' 'The Aeneid,' and 'The Ramayana'

than life and serves as a role model for others to follow; they are brave, smart and good in battle; and, the hero embarks upon a ...

Mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome and Women

who played an important role in how Greek and Roman society viewed women. The paper then discusses various mythological works and ...

Comparative Analysis of 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how heroes are defined in these ancient epics. There are no other sources listed....

1922 Collection of the Treasures of Tutankhamun

early demise saw the tombs modification, and completion, to accommodate the pharaoh. The only part of the complex that contains wa...

Ancient Construction Form for Housing

Ancient people used a form of construction called cob construction. This paper examines the art and how it was useful to our ances...

New Designs from Ancient Forms

Originally, there were fifty-eight columns: seventeen on the sides, eight at each end, and six in the inner row of each porch. Th...

Venus de Milo's Sublime Sculpture

high point of sensuality and complexity of emotion; the expressions showed nuances of feeling. This period of sensuality saw the ...

Christian Theology and Greek Culture

In ten pages this research paper investigates how Christian theology and thought were influenced by the culture of ancient Greece....

Social Values Mirrored in Classic Literature

In nine and a half pages this paper considers how social values are reflected in the ancient literary works Phaedo, Euthyphro, Cri...

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 ...

The 12 Caesars by Suetonius

In three pages this paper examines elitism and patriarchal concepts as they relate to the society of ancient Rome featured in The ...

Social Status of Women in the Ancient Societies of Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia

Emperor Valentinian issued a written order to Pope Damasus I requiring the Christian missionaries to cease calling at the homes of...

Ancient Roman Spectacle of Gladiator Competition

In six pages this paper discusses how ancient Roman politics were represented in the gladiator spectacles as they were staged to e...

Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and Thucydides on Government, Human Development, and the Soul

In eight pages the philosophies of these great ancient Greek thinkers on these topics are examined with terms including peitho, ag...