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Athena, The Virgin Goddess

("Athena"). Clearly, the ancient Greek patriarchs considered Athenas virginity to be a salient and powerful factor in her mytholog...

The Roman Empire: A Product of Absentmindedness?

under the rule of Trajan this expansion reached from Persia to England from the Sahara to the Rhine (The Roman World, 2007). "At t...

Sigurd and Achilles and Their Deaths

destroy Sigurd. She says that she has a favor to ask and makes the king promise that he will keep his word. He does, and asks her ...

Racial Disparity in Criminal Sentencing

bias in the system which seeks out blacks and instills upon them harsher sentences is a highly controversial topic. Inter...

Exploring Textual Sources of “The Arabian Nights”

It appears to be based in part on Arabic, Persian and Indian folklore, and as a "unified collection, dates back at least one thous...

The Franks

of the empire; Christianity. In light of this it appears as though the Franks worked towards a relationship with the papal power...

Pompey the Great

the Great in appearance. He was remembered as a popular young man and as someone who seized a cause and pursued it relentlessly. ...

THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND WESTERN EUROPE

Empire was Romes attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire, which was dissolving and being replaced by independent kingdoms in th...

Dylan Lyrics & Greek Philosophy

the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...

Life of a Roman Soldier: Persian Wars

a man with shield and spear and lance and ultimately all the metal protection they could possess. The cavalry was incredibly succe...

Historical Changes in the English Language

our purposes, its important to note that "... the Latin tongue did not replace Brittonic as the language of the general population...

Bless Me, Ultima & The Odyssey

reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...

The Greeks and the Olympics

History Channel, 2007). In terms of who actually participated it seems that the main players were the Athenians and Corint...

Hebrew and Greek Legacy

BC) of the Jews that they set about truly "purifying their religion" (Hooker, 1996). It was during this period that they worked to...

Scipio Africanus on the Nature of War

to be disappointed. He also humanizes Scipio for his readers, since this is a man who accomplished great things and is still not w...

What My Religion Means to Me

the Catholic Church is the one true church if the person really believes that it is (Beliefs, doctrines and practices, 2007). If t...

Iphigenia at Aulis and The Trojan Women As Seen Through the Eyes of Euripides

to Artemis... and not otherwise, we could sail away and sack Phrygia" (Euripides "Iphigenia at Aulis" 358). He writes to his wife...

"Ferris Bueller" and Four Ethical Traditions

when Jesus says that "He has not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it."4 Theologians argue over the correct interpretation ...

Painted Rooms: Rome

are so clearly defined that there is a lack of true illusionism that one would see in a painting that encompasses many overlapping...

Roman Catapults

that Archimedes and his engines were actually capable of throwing stones that were 3 times as heavy as that (Cuomo). And, their ap...

Republic to Empire, Rome's Transition

This research paper analyzes the reasons behind the structural political shift in ancient Rome from republic to empire. The writer...

Genesis and Hesiod on Creation

sun and moon; animals, birds and fish; and finally, people. This took six days, and on the seventh day God rested from all this wo...

Roman Empire in the Film Quo Vadis

In five pages this paper analyzes whether or not there is an accurate portrayal of the Roman Empire in the film Quo Vadis. Three ...

Malcolm Todd's The Early Germans

In 5 pages this paper examines the tribes of Germany and their post Roman Empire collapse importance as considered by Malcolm Todd...

Feminism and the Role of Clytemnestra

Agamemnon's actions led to his demise at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra. While Aeschylus shows her as a strong woman who exac...

Greece's Knossos Palace

In six pages this paper examines the myth and structure that comprise the Greek Knossos Palace. Seven sources are cited in the bi...

Ancient Greece to the New Testament and Dreams, Oracles, and Prophecy

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

Elementary School Students and Sexual Harassment

In nine pages this paper discusses the incidences of sexual harassment that occur among elementary school students. Five sources ...

Work in France of Roman Catholic Dominican Priest Yves Congar

Fr. Yves Congar and the impact of his France work upon the Roman Catholic church past and present are discussed in nine pages. Si...

Antigone by Jean Anouilh

In five pages this essay focuses upon Anouih's retelling of the classical Greek drama particularly in terms of the conflict betwee...