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way of life is unique when compared to that of our neighbors. Only in Athens can a citizen, no matter what class or social distinc...
In an essay consisting of five pages the comment that city is the best teacher of man by ancient Greek poet Simonides is examined ...
In six pages this paper discusses how the values of the societies of ancient Greece and Rome are reflected in such works of litera...
Athens up as the shining example of democracy saying: "Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institution of o...
no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...
they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...
At the beginning of this extended speech, the representative from Corcyra prefaces his narrative of events with an appeal that is ...
aid and had been made a part of the defensive alliance formed by the Athenians. Since Corinth was allied with Sparta, the foundati...
basically a war between Athens and Sparta (Thucydides, 1881). This came about as a result of the growth of the Athenian Empire, a...
a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...
of the funeral industry we turn to examining a few conditions presented by Mitford. This particular writer noted that in the fi...
This 5 page paper summarizes the major themes of Thucydides' accounts of the Peloponnesian War. The bibliography lists the primary...
In five pages this paper discusses the effects and involvement of Athens in the ancient Mitylenian debate with Thucydides' texts c...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...
This 5 page paper argues that Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War states that the reason for the conflict was the politic...
could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...
the objectivity he professed" (Lattimore xiii). As this postmodern revisionist view of Thucydides suggests, his historical accurac...
In five pages this paper assesses whether or not the media report or actually created news as it related to the events before and ...
In five pages this paper considers the text's structure and also discusses how the war is presented in terms of the primary themes...
In five pages this paper discusses the issue of the weak being subjugated by the strong that is presented in this ancient historic...
In a paper consisting of 10 pages the ways in which Thucydides depicted Sparta and Athens in terms of their cultural and social sy...
therefore created as basically protean, formless, and capable of making what he wishes of himself. The other creations are fixed w...
form of flattery. Socrates voices such strong opposition to the type of oration he attributes to men like Gorgias because knowl...
This paper consisting of five pages argues that William Shakespeare alone did not write Pericles but that it was a collaboration b...
In fifteen pages this research paper examines the time of Pericles and the status of gays and women in a contrast and comparison t...
indeed a city of art and beauty - at least for those among the wealthy who could afford both art and beauty. As with any urban are...
tragic reality. It comes as no surprise to note that one of the most powerfully, if not the most powerfully, tragic individual ...
him names and just generally egging Pericles on. Pericles said nothing as this man followed him all around town until, upon reachi...
unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment" (Pericles; funeral oration, 199...
speech offers a concise picture of the Athenian perspective on government, the social order and the citizens role in that order. H...