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Mortal Women in the Iliad

and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...

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, ...

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 ...

Greek Literature and Blindness Symbolism

other senses. Might the lack of sight signify a heightened sense of smell or taste? The list goes on and on about special attachme...

Ancient Greek Theatre, Sophrosyne and Hubris

According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...

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...

Greek, Mycenaean and Minoan Civilization

was one of "battle and conquest" (Hooker, 1996). These people are the Mycenaeans; they are named after the "best-preserved of thei...

Classical civilizations

classes of citizens, permitted behaviors within marriage and so on. Ancient Egyptian civilization also demonstrated a soci...

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...

Greek and Roman Culture: Understanding Sex Through Art

in those days...Admiration of the manly form at times verged on the cultlike; the more heroic bits of male sculpture, small penis ...

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 ...

What Oedipus Rex Means to Greek Culture

events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...

Evaluating Ancient Civilizations

of the civilizations are important. In fact, one source claims that the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Egyptians were consi...

Architecture of Early Greece and the Rational Perspective

gods" (Lansberry, 2005). However, as rational thought and rational perspective began to enter into human intellect "we could no lo...

Feminism and Lysistrata

and cunning. As Lysistrata so desperately asserts: "The nations fate is in our hands alone!" (Aristophanes, 1994). Lysist...

Differing Views of Tragedy by Assorted Philosophers

of the tragedy is that it is connected with the heros activities and it emphasizes human vulnerability (2005). To Aristotle, trage...

Greece's Tourism Policies

that is responsible for any bilateral agreements in this industry between Reece and other counties (Green, 2005, Europe Intelligen...

Greek Values in Homer's 'The Iliad'

withdraws from the battlefield, refusing to fight. This quarrel typifies how the Greeks valued personal honor above all other cons...

Lysistrata and Laughter According to Bergsonian Criteria

representation did not lack a more serious undercurrent, it was the manner in which it was approached that, according to Bergson, ...

Symbolism and Characteristics of the Pantheon and the Parthenon

bulk of the building, it also works with the inner dome to "add a sense of space and regeneration" (Brown, 2000). The whole vision...

Gender Portrayals in Homer's 'The Iliad' and Sophocles' Antigone

of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...

Lines 954 to 997 in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

Life and its Meaning Questioned

contrary, that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning." Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus. * Life is a tragedy fo...

Health Care and the Culture of Greece

without mentioning their love affair with olive oil, and the esteem which this precious ingredient holds in this culture (Miller, ...

The Secret History by Donna Tartt and Greek Themes

Civilizations/Myths. This work offers a greater understanding of Tartts work in that the implied use and meaning during the Greek ...

O'Neill and Aeschylus Comparative Analysis of Electra and Oresteia

seeks revenge against his brother, by killing two of his nephews (Thyrestis sons) and serving them up to their father in a royal b...

Ancient Cultural Development and Anthropomorphic Gods

addresses the divine" (Smith PG). Greek mythology is replete with examples of how anthropomorphic gods influenced cultural behavi...

Contrasts and Comparisons between Medea and Clytemnestra

In reaction, the nurse relates that Medea, "the hapless wife, thus scorned...lies fasting, yielding her body to her grief, wasting...

Washington D.C.'s Classical Architecture

building, the dome itself may have drawn its inspiration from the Romans. The statue that stands on the pinnacle is surrou...