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Looking at Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' and Homer's 'The Iliad', the author finds characters and situations that represent the ...

cultures. In addition, the kind of difficulties and trials faced by different ancient communities will also tend to be similar. On...

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...

A 15 page research paper that examines documents associated with the early Christian Church, such as "The Nicene Creed," as well ...

very opposing forces. There is an evident duality to Herakles. On the one hand, he has a compassionate side that truly wants to ...

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

As such one could clearly argue that the basic design of the Epidauros influenced the design and construction of the Colosseum. Th...

world to do well, get promoted, earn more money and gain more status. But those are temporal goals. There isnt anything wrong with...

flogged rather than killed (Acts 5:27-42). It is through the writings of early historians like Eusebius of Cesarea and Origen that...

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

Both are clearly made of very different materials. The Head of a Roman Patrician is carved from marble and is thus a three dimensi...

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

In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...

In three pages this report analyzes the power of the ancient Greek mythological gods in this consideration of Oedipus the King by ...

number of other gods who were chosen by each respective community depending upon their preference. "The mountains, which served ...

is made to truly feel for them, fear for them, and hope they survive. However, anyone who has watched both of the films will clear...

does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you." As this suggests, only animals that chewed its cue and possessed ...

called the Son of God" (Aherne). In John 1:49, Nathaniel, at their first meeting, referred to Jesus as the Son of God (Aherne). Wh...

"quiet zone of large mansions and parks."iv While a large tract of land was needed for the building of the cathedral, this locatio...

In six pages this essay contrasts and compares these early Meso American civilizations in terms of organizational, agricultural, r...

too closely: Roxana, for example, is written in a way which strongly implies that it is a true story, based on autobiographical el...

This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...

is primarily tied to their being a Slavic people. The author indicates that the Slavs settled "beside the Danube, where the Hungar...

the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...

males. In both "Enuma Elish" and in Hesiods mythology, the Earth goddess is described in terms of motherhood. Tiamet first rages a...

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

fully clothed to completely nude was a symbol in and of itself: Aphrodite had begun a journey exemplifying female physical beauty,...