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"The Iliad" of Homer and a Greek Warrior's Characteristics Considered in Hector and Achilles

only by the military might of his chief Trojan rival Hector. Achilles courage was unwavering perhaps due in part to his connectio...

Religion and Issues of Privacy

lawsuit, the disclosure must be public, that is, disclosure to a limited number of people or to those who have a legitimate need t...

Augustine Wept for Dido

text. Augustine is explaining that he was more emotionally in tune with Greek classic literature than he was with his own spirit...

Oedipus Rex in Performance

to work to include everyone. Now lets consider a scene from Oedipus Rex and how it could be staged, and what that tells us about...

Religion and its Influence on the Law

Catholic canon law, after all, has a long history of development, a history stretching back some two thousand years in fact (Hartm...

Social Institutions and Criminology

gangs, organized crime families, and crime in general, sometimes the family is what instigates it. Travis Hirschi for example cl...

U.S. Church and State Relationship

2006). The statement is attributed to the father of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson, who feared that if such a ...

The Greeks and Romans and the Creation of Western Civilization

the head of the Persian Gulf" (Poiycratis, 1991). But even Alexander couldnt stop history and another power was rising in the regi...

Theme of Conflict/Iliad and Medea

more day and this is granted. Jason lamely agues that his abandonment of her and their children is for the best. After formulating...

Amish Teenagers and Their Distinct Subculture

beliefs of the Amish revolve around the Bible, the major tenets of which include adult baptism, separation from the world, simplic...

Uranya/A Film Analysis

funny. The boys arrive at Uranyas beach shack, which is "straight out of Fellini," on their bicycles (Young). One boy ventures for...

Ancient Art Analysis

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

Art and Reality

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

Thoughts on Music and Worship

This essay pertains to the debate in Christian churches over what sort of music should be played during services, traditional hymn...

Divorce and Remarriage, A Christian Perspective

This essay offers an overview of the issues associated with divorce and remarriage from the perspective of scripture and the Chris...

Paideia, Werner Jaeger

This essay focuses on the scholarship of Werner Jaeger regarding the Greek term "paideia" [education]. Three pages in length, one ...

Homer's World, Similarities and Difference with Present Day

This essay pertains to "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer, the ancient Greek poet and the worldview and cultural values that a...

The Fight Against Slavery and the Bible

This paper traces the importance of religion in the fight against slavery. Ironically, although the African Methodist Episcopal C...

Third Sacrament in Christian Initiation

A Sacrament is a Christian rite recognized as of particular importance and significance. Not all denominations recognize the same ...

The Thirteenth Century French Greyhound St Guineforte

Although the tale of St. Guineforte revolved to a large degree around Christian iconography and teachings, it was condemned by the...

Greek God Apollo's Influence on Ancient Greece

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...

Overview, Ancient Greek Amphora

This research paper presents a discussion that focuses on an ancient Greek amphora from the Attic period that depicts Herakles and...

Mythology and Iliad, Aeneid

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

Sacred and Secular Music: Al Green's Path to God

This 8 page paper gives an overview of the position of both secular and sacred music within the African American Church. This pape...

Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at Paul's epistle to the Galatians. It examines the corporate structure of the church a...

The Blurring of the Lines in Policymaking

to the scientific merit of this process or to the belief that scientists would violate the rights of human subjects. In fact, int...

Middle Ages

Ages were a time of intense emotion. Every event brought intense feelings and the people expressed those feelings as a child might...

Koinonia, Views of L.F. Fuchs

This essay pertains to the perspective of theologian L.F. Fuchs on koinonia, a defining concept that characterizes the early Chris...

Koinonia, the Perspective of Jeffrey Gros

This essay pertains to theologian Jeffrey Gros's views on the biblical concept of koinonia, which translates as "fellowship" Gros ...

Metochos, the Views of Wayne A. Grudem

This essay discusses Wayne A. Grudem's views and interpretations of the Greek word "metochos," referring to the way in which it is...