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Essays 1981 - 2010
epic is a rendition of the ancient flood narrative that predates that of the biblical Noah. The Babylonian flood narrative pictu...
match for the ultimate prize, "possession of the earth" (Lovett, 1997, p. ix). The exact date of the competition also varies, and...
piece. Rhyton were generally very ornate and are thought by most experts to have been mostly for ritual ceremonies, or perhaps u...
2003). Because these boxes were so magnificent and rare, they were often popular booty or war prizes claimed by Assyrian kings (C...
sense of comfort and knowingness when one is met with something that they can understand. Yet, when faced with the unfamiliar work...
This 6 page paper compares and contrasts two Greek vases, one from the Archaic period and the other from the Late Geometric period...
region to another. The Mesopotamians produced The Epic of Gilgamesh entirely in cuneiform while the Egyptian hieroglyphics on pyr...
him names and just generally egging Pericles on. Pericles said nothing as this man followed him all around town until, upon reachi...
of pattern and design. Just as modernity favors certain fabric, colors and patterns, the people of an earlier era wanted to beauti...
from the Olmec cradle could have entered its grave. But the Mesoamerican ethos survived. It contracted, and then began to spread a...
changed, shaped by events which have unfolded. Greek society was also shaped by the events which unfolded. In Ipthigenia at Auli...
education (267). One might say that the stance is rather snobbish, but many do separate vocational and academic curriculums. They ...
happening with the sun and waves; a tiny, "bloody" sun arises at noon, and at night the water "burnt green, and blue and white" (C...
economic metropolis, the remains of which are still evident to this day" (Nunes, 2001; alex1.html). Ancient Alexandria was appr...
There was not just one "Prince of Lagash" since Lagash existed as one of the ancient city-states of southern Mesopotamia. As the s...
In three pages three student posed questions pertaining to mythical Greek and Roman gods and goddesses are answered in a heroic co...
viewer to imagine what it must have felt like to stand in the presence of such a work. How would it feel to look up to a religiou...
In five pages this report discusses how Homer, Sophocles, and Hesiod would have conceptualized justice regarding the 911 terrorist...
given to the primary gods and goddesses; this was true from Homeric times on but perhaps it goes back to the Minoan and Mycenaean ...
in manipulating that world. It can also be contended, however, that each new technological development directly impacted the econ...
Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...
still just one being who is in constant struggle with his own existence. When determining who truly exercises power in an a...
deal about the civilization that created it. This paper discusses three antiquities found at the Art Institute in Chicago, and wha...
The controversy over the federal funding of stem cell research is outlined in an article titled "Stem-Cell...
In a report consisting of twelve pages the setting of Christie's fiction and the portrayal of families remarkably similar to those...
instead about the ancient mariner and his tale of woo. This is where the Mariner story and Heart of Darkness begin to draw s...
In a paper consisting of seven pages the Athenian democracy represented by this Greek city state is considered along with an asses...
In twelve pages this paper examines these two classical philosophers in a comparative analysis of their thoughts and achievements....
far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...
Greek life was impacted in many ways by its art and architecture (Dickinson, 2008). Two of the most visible of these ways were th...