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

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

The writer discusses the fact that in Beowulf, which is the oldest poem in English, many of Beowulf's enemies are non-humans. Thes...

The writer considers how we might learn about Beowulf's society by considering what sort of society might have developed if it had...

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

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

In eight pages this paper examines ancient sports in an historical overview that includes various types, Greek and Roman influence...

In five pages a comparative analysis of two sculptures from different cultures and time periods are examined with the ancient Gree...

In twelve pages the tales of Demeter, Cybele and Attis, Adonis and Aphrodite, Endymion and Selene are examined in a consideration ...

In ten pages this paper examines the ancient Greeks and Romans in terms of their enduring contributions to Western civilization ar...

called herself the Goddess (1989). In ancient Egypt it seemed as if dynastic power had passed through females even when the Pharao...

of the people. Being that storytelling was the way to pass along religion, this influenced the sculptures of the people and in tur...

presentation of the unrealistic but then it became more realistic in its portrayal of real animals, rather than mythical. And, the...

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...

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

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

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

by public desire. In consequence, new (homosexual) variants of existing myths, and in some cases new (homosexual) myths, were gen...

himself was portrayed as the incarnate of evil, whose ravenous attacks on King Hrothgars subjects were nothing more than examples ...

has received a considerable amount of attention. Eighteenth century critics argued in favor of viewing the poem as fundamentally p...

This paper examines the viewpoints of Juvenal as they pertain to Roman society. Juvenal writes from the perspective of his day ...

exercise, even participating with men at times, indicating that there was not a great deal of difference in the way the men and wo...

This research paper/essay discusses the "Iliad" and the "Aeneid" as two epic poems that mirror the values of Greek and Roman socie...

from each other...There are also a number of similarities that are evident with these two cultures as well" (Greek and Roman Art)....

of specific interest, and which concern morality in the context of war, are those that argue for and against putting the Mitylene ...

the fact that the Persian fighters outnumbered those from Greece (History of Ancient Greece, 2001). Interestingly enough, the vict...

In twenty four pages several questions pertaining to world history are answered and include Catal Huyuk and Jericho Neolithic citi...

In eight pages classical Greek civilization is examined in a series of brief independent essays that include astrology and the Gre...

the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...