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in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...

occurs near the end of the conflict. These two warriors fight over who has the greater claim to a captive woman who is also the d...

he had come down with a deadly disease. The author states that "Habrocomes pulled his hair and tore his clothes; he lamented over ...

of course, was according to legend. However, the legends gained such popularity that in time many came to worship Isis, alone. Tem...

similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...

opens "Marriage" delivers a millenarian prophecy that identifies Christ, revolution and apocalypse and, in so doing, "satanizes" a...

and mother. At the age of 17, she eloped with Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, already a married father of two. She didnt rea...

merely oppressed and used the natives. Kurtz is a man who is very diverse and very intelligent. He is a powerful speaker, a poet, ...

If they did leave the confines of the house, they were required to be escorted by male slaves or by male members of the household....

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

of the history attached to the pictures. It is often argued that these murals were merely implemented to add to the oral tradition...

foresight that brought all of the various Hawaiian Islands together. He was to be the last of the great Hawaiian rulers, for after...

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

in World War II and those serving in the military in Vietnam. We have experienced this disease even more directly, however, right...

pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...

does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...

both the military and his citizens. This power was called jus vitae aut necis meaning the power of life or death. This is not a re...

dilemma for his children, Orestes and Electra, who have to choose between not avenging their father and murdering their mother (18...

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...

indeed a city of art and beauty - at least for those among the wealthy who could afford both art and beauty. As with any urban are...

have causes to which they can be traced, the causes in themselves can be classified into four principles of explanation: material...

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

wife, and particularly Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom. Our beautiful city is named after her, and Melitta wants to honor her and as...

he defends himself well, Socrates is still found guilty and stoically accepts his fate, indicating that since only the gods are aw...

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

"unique Temple City" was the religious center of the "first great prehistoric civilization" (Eichman). Taramsa Hill : This site ...

to house arrogant souls who are guilt of other things as well. While Aeneas may not be guilty of betrayal or other crimes, he may ...

of this section. He looks at marriage practices, such as how the "As a daughter, she took part in the religious acts of her father...

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...

by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...