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from the Olmec cradle could have entered its grave. But the Mesoamerican ethos survived. It contracted, and then began to spread a...
of pattern and design. Just as modernity favors certain fabric, colors and patterns, the people of an earlier era wanted to beauti...
him names and just generally egging Pericles on. Pericles said nothing as this man followed him all around town until, upon reachi...
2003). Because these boxes were so magnificent and rare, they were often popular booty or war prizes claimed by Assyrian kings (C...
piece. Rhyton were generally very ornate and are thought by most experts to have been mostly for ritual ceremonies, or perhaps u...
match for the ultimate prize, "possession of the earth" (Lovett, 1997, p. ix). The exact date of the competition also varies, and...
also the most violent, podium walls had to be erected to protect the audience from possible injury (Futrell, 1997). Because these...
changed, shaped by events which have unfolded. Greek society was also shaped by the events which unfolded. In Ipthigenia at Auli...
sense of comfort and knowingness when one is met with something that they can understand. Yet, when faced with the unfamiliar work...
epic is a rendition of the ancient flood narrative that predates that of the biblical Noah. The Babylonian flood narrative pictu...
woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...
The sculpture is comprised of marble. Subject Matter The subject matter of this particular sculpture is a kouros, or a Greek y...
the Romans. Through looking at gender conditions as it relates to the Greeks and Romans we can gain some understanding of pre-cl...
far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...
also comes with other ideals and towards the end of the eighteenth century, things changed immensely. Trade had already opened new...
feminine principle in its archetypal form." It is the archetypal myth that serves as Johnsons primary guidance in underscoring and...
to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...
(Encarta). The logic of having two leaders or "co-consuls" was based on the idea that having two men in charge would keep either o...
the cause (2003). Again, while today it seems that psychology has focused on physical causes, as history progressed from ancient t...
(Ancient Egyptian Religion, 2003). In terms of origin tales, the Egyptians had several ideas about how the world began (...
addresses the divine" (Smith PG). Greek mythology is replete with examples of how anthropomorphic gods influenced cultural behavi...
Warren in his famous essay on "Mariner" stated the primary theme is that humanity needs to, somehow, live in harmony with Nature, ...
"unibrow" today--and wide, blue eyes. One is almost reminded of the wide eyed paintings of the 1960s when viewing this ancient pie...
Ancient Mariner is perhaps the greatest Romantic statement about the consequences of psychic separation of an isolated individual ...
According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...
Crete ("Barbarians," 1999). The region was very peaceful. In fact, there has been only scant evidence of a military force ("Barbar...
(Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). But it declined from the end of the Ming Dynasty until 1949, when the Chinese government "b...
of the "old Roman people," as well as the reign of Augustus, "till growing sycophancy scared them away."4 Already hes suggesting t...
and isolation of contagious patients would save lives and slow the transmission of illness. Sterilization and disinfection of mi...
provides the details that are lacking in the classical accounts of the Celts. Cunliffe wrote "The Ancient Celts" with the f...