YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Kenneth Dovers The Greeks
Essays 31 - 60
fully clothed to completely nude was a symbol in and of itself: Aphrodite had begun a journey exemplifying female physical beauty,...
he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...
of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...
This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...
This essay focuses on the position of theologian Douglas Wilson in regards to "paideia," which means education in Greek. The conte...
the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...
time when Cleopatra passed away (127). Cleopatra in fact was one of the last to live from that dynasty. What were the relationshi...
The contemporary church and Greek Temple are compared and contrasted. The Rock Church of Montgomery, Alabama is compared with the...
In four pages this paper examines how Greek thought propelled Roman action in a consideration of the influences of Greek art and p...
In six pages this paper discusses the similarities between the Greeks and the Romans in a consideration of how the Greek Empire wa...
In eight pages this paper discusses Chicago's Greek culture and community in an historical overview that includes such topics as t...
In six pages this paper examines how Greece influenced and inspired Lord Byron in a consideration of his Greek poems and his parti...
modern age. In so doing, he created a poem that speaks across time and space to those who are still caught within the marvels of t...
condition by evoking a beautiful, timeless picture of natural beauty. In the second stanza, he uses the sea as a metaphor to con...
the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...
impression made infinitely clearer with truths rather than myths. The evolutionary value of Garlands (2008) research provides a b...
which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...
king. In many ways Branagh is quite believable as such a man. He seems to have the looks of a young man who would be seen in a t...
that we must act not only to preserve world peace but to aggressively protect our own integrity. Kagan (2003) contends that the U...
own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...
to a head. To understand those differences it is instructive to look at writing from the early years of our history. Tocqueville ...
has been a central feature of the company, demonstrating the culture and values as well as increasing brand awareness and informin...
1836. The beginning of this coincides wit the revival of the economy and the return to prosperity. The end of this increase is see...
or not they are expected to use it. Meetings at IBM years ago contained references to some meeting factor being off- or online. ...
would have earned during this same period in the average actively managed fund (2000). In determining these figures, Malkiel even ...
emotion we most often find in Western culture. Just three decades ago, however, literature on Japan would take a different tactic...
was the Director of the Office of Economic Security Policy and the State Department (1945) and was the Ambassador to India (1962-1...
an extremely abbreviated version of the play. Well over half the dialogue of the original play has been condensed or eliminated i...
news item which it is likely that the vast majority of those in the audience will recognize. For example, recent news stories of c...
reason. No one may be able to recall any specific reason, except perhaps that "things" have been done in a specific way for longe...