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Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
of his reforms (King, 2005). Three of his reforms are of special importance: " the ban on loans made on the security of the person...
Four political works in ancient history are examined. Athenian democracy is part of the inquiry but many issues pertinent to polit...
and cunning. As Lysistrata so desperately asserts: "The nations fate is in our hands alone!" (Aristophanes, 1994). Lysist...
Some values to emanate from democratic societies include the right to be heard, the right to the pursuit of happiness, and all the...
of unrest and another war. There is also concern regarding Catheledge, which may also lead to more war. The main area at this time...
in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...
can choose not to marry, by and large, that is an unpopular choice. While the term spinster is no longer bandied about, certainly ...
Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...
Rather Dionysus, Falstaff is his "Silenus, the fat, old drunken companion...(who) lends humor to Dionysian celebration" (367). Acc...
dilemma for his children, Orestes and Electra, who have to choose between not avenging their father and murdering their mother (18...
revenge, but she is primarily using the only tools she has, those of her position as a woman and a mother. With Lysistrata we a...
way to a jousting tournament rematch with the mysterious Green Knight, Sir Gawain is the houseguest of the absent Lord Bercilak, a...
it any longer and sign a peace treaty. "The Merchant of Venice" is much more complex and somber: there are many subplots, but th...
what they want, remains universal and could easily fit into a contemporary drama or comedy. Lysistrata tells her fellows that "We ...
In 5 pages, this paper considers how the tragedy of Oedipus differs from the comedy Lysistrata. There are 3 additional sources in...
In six pages this paper examines how Machiavelli and contemporary writers would regard the Athenian Doctrine or Thesis. Four sour...
as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...
In five pages this paper examines how Oedipus exemplifies the Athenian male ideal. There are no other sources cited....
This paper contrasts and compares various female characters throughout the history of literature which includes Lysistrata, Jane E...
The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...
In a paper consisting of seven pages the Athenian democracy represented by this Greek city state is considered along with an asses...
In twenty four pages several questions pertaining to world history are answered and include Catal Huyuk and Jericho Neolithic citi...
In eight pages this research paper discusses how Athenian democracy exerted a significant influence upon contemporary democracy. ...
In a paper consisting of six pages Athenian society at its peak of popularity and achievementsare considered and include a discuss...
In five pages this paper discusses irony and lack of vision in such works as The Canterbury Tales, The Decameron, Lysistrata, and ...
In eight pages this paper examines the Athenian doctrine or thesis in a consideration of Athens' and Sparta's motivations and virt...
inasmuch as social interaction implies interacting with other persons; thus, the meaning of that interaction is always to be a joi...
illustrate what the modern urban woman is, and then turn to discussing the two stories, arguing that today, the modern urban woman...
or reader cannot help but smile when Lysistrata demands the women repeat the oath: "To husband or lover Ill not open my thighs th...