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the novel, the term city is used interchangeably with the term citizen to reinforce this unity: "Our city, my city... Without a ci...

on history, on ancient people and cultures. Pressfield has obviously researched the types of weapons the people used, the struggle...

"device" through which he tells not only the story of the battle, but the story of Spartan life as well. Pressfield structures the...

the importance of such things in their society. The reader is presented with infantry battle that denotes honor and valiant beha...

Spartas men were its walls. Training: Pressfield divulges that training for Spartan "high-born" males begins at age thirteen. ...

dropping bombs from 30,000 feet or sitting in a headquarters building and pushing a button to annihilate soldiers thousands of mil...

the often did not take part in battles. It was assumed that the homefront was theirs to protect while the men moved forward. As...

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

In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....

In five pages Ancient Greek society is compared with the Medieval society represented in the epic 'Beowulf' in terms of citizen ex...

cultures. In addition, the kind of difficulties and trials faced by different ancient communities will also tend to be similar. On...

This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

fully clothed to completely nude was a symbol in and of itself: Aphrodite had begun a journey exemplifying female physical beauty,...

males. In both "Enuma Elish" and in Hesiods mythology, the Earth goddess is described in terms of motherhood. Tiamet first rages a...

One of the leaders who is always mentioned when discussing leaders in general and military leaders, in particular, is George S. Pa...

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

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

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...

In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

In five pages the political issue involving identification of gender roles is examined within the context of the play and a compar...

In five pages this essay examines what is revealed about ancient Greek history in Homer's poetic epics 'The Iliad' and 'The Odysse...

This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...

In a paper consisting of four pages the ways in which Pope mocks feuding families, the ancient Greek epic, and the aristocracy wit...

much as they are in todays society. Therefore, the philosophies and laws created chaos, but democracy was enjoyed as a fact of ex...

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

announces to all listeners that this warrior has the skill to battle the monster that has terrorizing Heorot. Beowulf battles Gren...

past, which is now gone, and his son is the future (the founding of Rome), and he is the transitionary figure destined to bring th...

In five pages the epic's final chapter is analyzed with the banquet scene and its significance thoroughly considered....