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Classicism and Greek Culture

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

Opposite Characters Zorba and the Narrator in Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis The Antithetical Characters, the Narrator and Zorba in ' “Zorba the Greek”

as action vs. inaction, doer vs. writer and philosopher, and primitivism vs. modernism. The erudite English narrator of Zorba the...

Greek Tragedies and the Role of Sacrifice

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Characters Penelope and Athena

more fidelity than did her missing husband. However, while Penelope is keeping Odysseus home fires burning, it is Athena to whom ...

A Look at Early Civilizations

put to death" (King 4). Here, it seems as if the terms stealing and kidnapping are interchangeable. That is, at the time, stealing...

A Comparison of Greek Sculptures

in the afterlife. The two figures do not appear to be sculpted, but are rather painted on to the marble column. The figures look ...

Tragic Characteristics of Oedipus the King

others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...

Writing Instruction and TESOL

is paid to speaking and writing the language. English classes, on the other hand, are taught differently. English teachers will as...

Set Design for the Play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...

Responsibility and Fate According to Greek Perceptions

homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...

Aristotle's Definition of a 'Tragic Hero' and the Deviation of William Shakespeare in His Play Othello

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

Western Asia and Eastern Mediterranean Changes

It was inhabited by the Canaanites, a Semitic people, whom the Greeks called Phoenicians because of the purple (phoinikies) dye th...

U.S. Immigration by Greeks

privilege that had been established early on. "Throughout Americas history, White privilege allowed Blacks, Hispanics, American I...

Art According to Plato and Aristotle

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

Review of Homer's 'The Iliad'

which the argument that arises between the Greek heroes, Achilles and Agamemnon. The poem begins roughly ten years into the war an...

Animal Rights Debate

She says: "The question should not be: Do we have something in common-reason, self-consciousness, a soul-with other animals? (With...

Art from Greece and Egypt

the type of cup for funeral offerings and would be buried in a tomb. It possesses ornate and intricate images of the blue lotus, a...

Modern Theater and Greek Drama

role of the chorus: "[E]ach play had its chorus, or group of men, a dozen or so, who would observe the action from the orchestra, ...

Different Types and Regional Museum Pieces

liked to envision men, the primary subject of sculpture, as regal and noble and strong characters. There was nothing more powerful...

Contemporary Era and Antigone by Sophocles

The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...

Persephone and Demeter

an arrow and it landed directly in Hades heart (Forebel). Hades fell in love with Persephone and insisted that she marry him and ...

Greek Literature and Blindness Symbolism

other senses. Might the lack of sight signify a heightened sense of smell or taste? The list goes on and on about special attachme...

Metaphysics by Aristotle

In seven pages Aristotle's theories regarding metaphysics as described in his text are examined in terms of the ways one is chall...

Greece's 2000 Stock Exchange Decline

In fifteen pages this paper examines the reasons behind the rapid 2000 decline of the Greek stock exchange. Eight sources are cit...

Sigurd and Achilles and Their Deaths

destroy Sigurd. She says that she has a favor to ask and makes the king promise that he will keep his word. He does, and asks her ...

Tsakos Energy Navigation 2002 through 2005 Financial Performance

annual accounts. There are a number of ratios we can consider. We will start with profitability. The first ratio is the gross pr...

Virgil's 'Aeneid,' Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Divine Intervention

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

Exploring Textual Sources of “The Arabian Nights”

It appears to be based in part on Arabic, Persian and Indian folklore, and as a "unified collection, dates back at least one thous...

Greek and Roman Culture: Understanding Sex Through Art

in those days...Admiration of the manly form at times verged on the cultlike; the more heroic bits of male sculpture, small penis ...

Plath & Wharton/Society’s Expectations for Women

Jar was published in 1961 and Plath committed suicide just two years prompted a New York Times critic to question if it was even p...