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Antigone and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

Euripides' Hippolytus, Iphigenia in Tauris” and Alcestis and Aeschylus The Oresteia, Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers and The Eumenides and Tragic Drama

specifically tailored their works to suit the tastes of their Athenian audiences, mirroring the "fears, tensions, and potential vi...

Contemporary Influence of the Myth of Pandora's Box

has "opened Pandoras Box." In addition to the nomenclature of Pandoras Box that has entered into todays society as a descr...

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations

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

Ancient Greek Economics

in manipulating that world. It can also be contended, however, that each new technological development directly impacted the econ...

Civilization and Progress

Olympic Games that the Greeks initiated. On the other hand, most of the Greek citizens were obliged to labor for the purpos...

The Architecture of the Arkansas State Capitol Building in Little Rock

down to the first floor. The solid brass chandelier reaches twelve feet across as it hangs amidst the marbleized interior from wa...

Teiresias' Importance in Antigone and Oedipus

grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...

Overview of a Greek Parthenon

Doric colonnade" (The Parthenon, 2003). As such the statue all but required new design and structure elements: "This relatively ne...

The Medicine of the Ancient Greeks

to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...

The Aeneid by Virgil and Views of the Greeks by the Trojans

he is told that he must marry a girl named Lavinia so that Trojan and Latin blood will be mixed. A war soon breaks out after Jun...

1982 Trial of Political Activist Mumia Abu Jamal

In twelve pages this paper discusses Mumia Abu Jamal's 1982 trial as a tragedy worthy of a Greek epic. Ten sources are cited in t...

Tragic Hero in Electra by Euripides

In five pages Euripides' tragic protagonist is examined in an application of Aristotle's Greek tragedy formula. There are no othe...

Tutorial on Dionysus

In seven pages the Greek God Dionysus is discussed in a study tutorial about his disposition and form duality. Seven sources are ...

'Zorba and the Boss' in Drew Hurley's Distraction

In five pages this play is examined in terms of its eclectic qualities and also examines such characters as 'the Boss' and Zorba t...

'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning

recognize that Aristotles use of "spectacle" and "song" refer to the way in which the work has been aesthetically arranged. Spect...

Oedipus by Sophocles and its Structure

In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...

Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and Thucydides on Government, Human Development, and the Soul

In eight pages the philosophies of these great ancient Greek thinkers on these topics are examined with terms including peitho, ag...

Thomas Aquinas' Theology and Philosophy

Thomas Aquinas' distinctive theology and philosophy and how it differed from the ancient Greek thinkers are examined in seven page...

Ancient Greece and Medieval Societies Compared

In five pages Ancient Greek society is compared with the Medieval society represented in the epic 'Beowulf' in terms of citizen ex...

Greece's 2000 Stock Exchange Decline

In fifteen pages this paper examines the reasons behind the rapid 2000 decline of the Greek stock exchange. Eight sources are cit...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Characters Penelope and Athena

more fidelity than did her missing husband. However, while Penelope is keeping Odysseus home fires burning, it is Athena to whom ...

Plato's Life and Philosophical Dialogues

in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...

Pericles' Funeral Oration

In an essay consisting of five pages the comment that city is the best teacher of man by ancient Greek poet Simonides is examined ...

Lysistrata's Character

In five pages Lysistrata as featured in the famous ancient Greek play is the focus of this character analysis. Three sources are ...

Ancient World and Art

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

Ancient Greece's Pre-Socratic Philosophy

In five pages this report discusses the pre Socratic ancient Greek philosophy of seventh century BC Ionia. Three sources are cite...

Opposite Characters Zorba and the Narrator in Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis The Antithetical Characters, the Narrator and Zorba in ' “Zorba the Greek”

as action vs. inaction, doer vs. writer and philosopher, and primitivism vs. modernism. The erudite English narrator of Zorba the...

Images and Energies of Apollo and Dionysus

the purpose of allowing the repressed feminine or nurturing side of man to come forth and for the brutal or aggressive side of wom...

Roman and Greek Art Eroticism

with a quote from Stewart who states the following: "They saw the custom as a concrete manifestation of such desirable manly attri...