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Beethoven vs. Bach

used two themes, which were contrasted by the composer within a homophonic texture. In other words, the fugue depended on theme ...

Greek Mythology and the Product Name Apollo

with recognizable characteristics often brings a product line into closer view for the average consumer within the demographic sco...

Classical Literature and the Hero

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...

Plato's Symposium and Euripides' Hippolytus on Eros or Love

In six pages this paper examines the Greek concept of eros or love as it is portrayed in these works by Plato and Hippolytus with ...

Greek Mythology's Significance, Function, and Meaning

natural world ("A Definition of Myth" mythdefi.html; Alden milltime.htm). Because the term myth is often easily misunderstood, au...

Classical Literature and The Role of World Leaders

This paper discusses three classic literary works, Gilgamesh, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and Oedipus Rex. The author draws comparisons from...

'The Economist' and Classical Monetarist Model

From the Classical-Monetarist Perspective Economic and business cycle theories are both generally classified into categori...

Classical Literature and the Portrayal of the 'Faustian Bargain'

In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...

The Theme of Tragedy in Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman

This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...

Greek Shipping Industry and Capital Markets

In thirty five pages the various changes that have occurred within the Greek shipping industry are examined as they relate to the ...

Alcestis by Euripides

simply what it is on the outside but cutting into it reveals layers of different contrasts and flavors. The "Foundation" of the Pl...

Greek Philosophers and Myth v. Knowledge

he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...

Roman and Greek Tragedies Compared

Thyestes and his brother were rivals for the throne of Mycenae. Atreus was married to Aerope. Thyestes seduced Aerope. He was a...

Roman Comedy and Greek Old Comedy Compared

that is skilled in hearing what Thasos, a proud soldier enjoys hearing. Phaedria has a slave, Parmeno. Parmeno is supposed to de...

Medea and Antigone

In a paper consisting of seven pages these ancient Greek plays and heroines are contrasted and compared. Four other sources are ...

Polybius's Philosophies

In five pages this paper examines the ancient Greek philosophies of Polybius and whether or not they are applicable to the contemp...

Comparing the Book of Job and Oedipus Rex

in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...

Astronomy and Greece

Since approximately 700 B. C., astronomy had a great deal to do with keeping time (PG). Natural periods of time were generated th...

State and Society Relationships in The History of Herodotus and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In six pages this paper compares these two works of ancient Greek literature in a consideration of relations between state and soc...

Classical Scientific Management Schools and Theorists

he is credited with fourteen principles of management he prescribed for sound management practices" (Sturges, 1999, PG). ...

Overview of 'Romanization'

this subject has been of great interest to many historians and scholars as Rome was obviously the power that took over to a great ...

Book of Genesis, 'The Odyssey,' and Order versus Disorder

In 5 pages tis paper discusses the conflict of order vs. disorder as depicted in these ancient Hebrew and Greek texts. There are ...

Greek Vase Analysis

In eleven pages this paper discusses the Niobid Painter's 'attic red figure amphora' Greek vase and how such works provide importa...

Sculpture Evolution

In five pages this research paper considers how sculpture from the Paleolithic to Greek periods developed and evolved. Five sourc...

Edward Albee's Tragic Play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

tortured marriage. The world of George and Martha is a closed, stagnant environment. It is filled with highly destructive element...

Medieval Art, Ancient Art, and Divine Nature

In five pages the depiction of divine nature in the Greek marble Girl with Doves and the German stained glass Six Scenes from a Tr...

Greek Architecture and Art Described

classical art is the low-relief frieze executed for the Parthenon sometime between 447 and 432 BC. Neils (1999) notes that: "In sp...

Evolution of Counting Systems

In seven pages the counting system evolution is examined as it is traced back through history and the contributions of Europeans, ...

Irony in the Greek Tragedy Oedipus the King

In four pages this paper discusses the dominance of the all powerful Greek mythological gods within the context of this tragedy by...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles and the Ancient Greek Gods

In three pages this report analyzes the power of the ancient Greek mythological gods in this consideration of Oedipus the King by ...