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writing was the mainstay of civilised life. A seated scribe holding a papyrus roll was one of the most popular subjects in their e...

expected to appear in the public sphere, being confined to the household, Blundell notes that they do appear in the artwork and li...

he seized the element of surprise and mobilized his army to attack Kadesh" (Carney, 2006). There were many armies stationed near M...

of vase painting was the Protogeometric Style wherein Wikipedia (2007) notes, "Indeed, it is one of the few modes of artistic expr...

brought there. Pip tells of this meeting in a calm voice, almost serene, but his powers of observation are acute. He describes th...

It possessed, and still does possess, the natural condition of flooding and then leaving very fertile land behind. It was a perfec...

Both are clearly made of very different materials. The Head of a Roman Patrician is carved from marble and is thus a three dimensi...

conceive was thus a serious problem" (Women in the Ancient World). Now, of course one could also argue that this was a patriarch...

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...

Groupthink refers to a psychological phenomenon in which people are so determined to reach consensus some will set aside their own...

until a water snake slithered by. Panicked and briefly forgetting about the traveler on his back, Puff-jaw dove, which threw the ...

of specific interest, and which concern morality in the context of war, are those that argue for and against putting the Mitylene ...

out what women were like because of the way in which history is written. Dependent on what is studied, it seems that some texts l...

According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...

2005). In the case of a dictator this individual ruler is elected, and a tyrant is not elected. "A tyrant is a person who came int...

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

Greece, 2004). Eleni supposed her husband would do the same, but given that she had never met him she couldnt be sure. She was d...

him names and just generally egging Pericles on. Pericles said nothing as this man followed him all around town until, upon reachi...

of Greek culture to glean hints as to how a woman interacted in this male-dominated world....

basically a war between Athens and Sparta (Thucydides, 1881). This came about as a result of the growth of the Athenian Empire, a...

exercise, even participating with men at times, indicating that there was not a great deal of difference in the way the men and wo...

the defeat of Troy and it is about the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and throughout his travels, the story "provides a pi...

store by astronomy, for example, and little by astrology, which is seen as having no scientific rationale and is therefore dismiss...

from each other...There are also a number of similarities that are evident with these two cultures as well" (Greek and Roman Art)....

to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts these various peoples who lived in different societies during different time perio...

In 5 pages, this paper considers how the tragedy of Oedipus differs from the comedy Lysistrata. There are 3 additional sources in...

In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

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...

In twelve pages this paper examines these two classical philosophers in a comparative analysis of their thoughts and achievements....