SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Comparison of the Romans and the Greeks

Essays 181 - 210

Virgil's 'Aeneid,' Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Divine Intervention

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

Persephone and Demeter

an arrow and it landed directly in Hades heart (Forebel). Hades fell in love with Persephone and insisted that she marry him and ...

Contemporary Era and Antigone by Sophocles

The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...

Eurasia Civilizations and Differences

1993). China or eastern Asia is so large and the population so great that China is considered to be a civilization all of its own....

Classical Greek Polis and Women

In five pages this paper discusses the Greek polis, gender ideals, and changes that led to the Hellenistic era as described by a b...

Fall of the Roman Empire and Contributing Factors

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the Roman Empire's rise and fall are considered in a discussion of contributing factors, includin...

Justice and Society in Orestes' Story

In five pages this paper examines how within Eumenides by Aeschylus within Orestes' story rests Greek perspectives on society and ...

Animal Rights Debate

She says: "The question should not be: Do we have something in common-reason, self-consciousness, a soul-with other animals? (With...

Brief Overview of 5 Monarchies of Western Civilization

territories" a process that wasnt stopped until the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 (Holy Roman Empire, 2005). As to the various empe...

Art from Greece and Egypt

the type of cup for funeral offerings and would be buried in a tomb. It possesses ornate and intricate images of the blue lotus, a...

Modern Theater and Greek Drama

role of the chorus: "[E]ach play had its chorus, or group of men, a dozen or so, who would observe the action from the orchestra, ...

Oedipus the King and Fate

In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

City of God by Saint Augustine

In three pages this paper answers student posed questions and examines City of God as it relates to Roman politics and society. T...

Attack on Plotinus, Artistotle, Plato, and Presocratics by David Hume

of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...

Roman Republic

primary motivator behind this move, inasmuch as the farmer-soldiers and farmer-veterans did not believe they were receiving their ...

Past and Present Hercules

In five pages this essay considers Hercules in an overview of his mythological life and compares the Greek version to the popular ...

Image of Zeus in the Culture and Art of Greek Society

This paper examines how Zeus's image is represented in ancient Greek society with art and culture the primary focus in eight pages...

4th Century A.D. Religious and Political Influences Upon the Art and Architecture of Rome

of German and Roman culture just as there had been a blending of Roman cultures with the other cultures which she engaged in warfa...

Causes of Rome's 5th Century Collapse

This research paper examines the role played by military leadership ineffectiveness in the 5th century collapse of the Roman Empir...

Critically Reviewing the City State of Athens in Ancient Greece

In a paper consisting of seven pages the Athenian democracy represented by this Greek city state is considered along with an asses...

Causes and Interventions Regarding Coronary Artery Disease

In twelve pages coronary artery disease is examined in terms of causes, approaches, and methods of intervention, discussing causat...

Ancient Spain and the Romans and Visigoths

In six pages this report discusses the Romans and Visigoths that influenced the historical course of ancient Spain. Five sources ...

Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Fate

his mother." With these words in the introduction which gives us the background to the story (Sophocles, Argument). This tragic...

Differences Between Teacher Plato and Student Aristotle

In 5 pages these 2 Greek philosophers are contrasted in terms of their teaching differences. There are 4 sources cited in the bib...

Comparing Two Art Styles

In five pages thispaper compares the depth and emotion of Hellenistic Greek marble statues with the statue of Ramses the Second fr...

Romans Chapters IX through XI and the Concept of Predestination

the process of humanitys redemption. Since God is omnipotent, he knows even before an individual exists whether or not that pers...

Analyzing Romans 1: 18-32

In fifteen pages the letter St. Paul wrote to the Romans is considered within the context of whether today's society is sinful, if...

Roman Attitudes Depicted in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 Film Spartacus

facts are strictly accurate in the portrayal of his life and death. But we can argue that in the film, despite the inaccuracies th...

Virgil and Dante's 'Inferno'

In four pages the Virgil character is examined within the context of 'Inferno' and also considered as he actually existed as an ac...

How Constantine Changed the History of Rome

_The Roman emperor Constantine was responsible for more than making Christianity the law of the land. This paper examines his cont...