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MYTHOLOGY AND HUMAN HARDSHIP

no lack of literature about how gods and goddesses (goddesses, especially) are linked with death. The Greeks - Artemis, Niobe, Fer...

Ancient Egypt, Belief in the Afterlife

of Osiris. Nevertheless, over time, entry to the afterlife was expanded and nobles were given permission from the pharaoh to make ...

Cellular Evolution and Aaron Goldman

to produce different needed effects in the process of cell growth and cell division; according to Goldman, this is an evolution of...

Overview of Book of Songs

a whole" (Yu 380). These natural images are used to open each stanza, as Yu notes that there are "three tetrasyllabic stanzas of f...

The Depiction of Women in Ancient Literature

political actions. Stories of Cleopatras focus on Julius Caesar and her use of Caesars images to maintain a relationship with Oct...

Hospitality in the Telemachy

(Thorburn 370). This is the custom that plays a prominent role throughout the Telemachy and the Odyssey as a whole. The Telemach...

Political Theme in Zhang's Hero

film Hero, released in 2002 and costing $30 million to produce, is the most expensive film in the history of the Chinese film indu...

Wine and Civilization

This paper goes back to ancient times to examine wine as a commodity. There are two sources in the bibliography of this three page...

Crocus sativus Saffron

Saffron has been used by mankind for centuries. It represents, in fact, one of the worlds most valuable substances. Consequently...

Historical and Cultural Differences in Photography and Printing in the East and West

how large. Interestingly enough, it is also the case that the artistic documentation of culture also serves as the instrument thro...

Comparing Apuleius' Golden Ass to Raiders of the Lost Ark

also his lover, that the antidote is to eat some roses. However, when he goes out into the garden to do so, he is beaten by the ga...

Ancient Kingship in the Sasanid Empire

by C.E. Bosworth, offers a considerable insight into how the ancient Sasanid civilization of Persia (modern day Iran) perceived ki...

Turning Points from Ancient History to Now

There are numerous so-called turning points in history. The way that turning points should be defined,...

Fire and the Development of the Fire Service

mean firefighting in all its permutations, from urban areas to forest fires; it includes training and equipment as well. This pape...

Ancient Artworks

deal about the civilization that created it. This paper discusses three antiquities found at the Art Institute in Chicago, and wha...

The Communist Emperor of China, Mao Zedong

on the planet. It had a number of dynasties and emperors in its long history, until the 20th century, when it became a Communist n...

There’s Something About Mary

fool has a wondrous capability of truly providing many different elements of human nature to the audience. They can be ridiculous ...

The Benin Empire

boxes and finger harps. Intricate jewelry, ritual items, masks and bronze work of all kinds were its main trade. Business/...

Security Then and Now

importantly, perhaps, the Code described what punishment would be used against someone who violated these laws: "The old saying an...

Myths From Ancient India and Mesopotamia

The controversy over the federal funding of stem cell research is outlined in an article titled "Stem-Cell...

Rome's Fall Does History Repeat Itself?

perceived both by its citizens, those of other countries, and the government of other countries. There have been numerous...

Theories of Justice, Ancient and Modern

even harder to achieve. This paper considers some of the principles of justice theories, how they differ from utilitarianism, how ...

Discovering the Ancient World

be a study of the process of recording history, may be as important as history itself (Crawford, 1983). In other words, we might w...

Cultural Diffusion from the Ancient World

it was as a democracy that Athens "won and lost an empire...built the Parthenon" and produced "Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and...

Amarna Letters/Egyptian Foreign Relations

c. 1386-1321 BCE (Lorenz). Akhenaten is renowned for the religious revolution he initiated during this reign, which attempted t...

Hero’s Quest in the Film The Fisher King and in Epic of Gilgamesh

quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...

Non-Literary Evidence from the Ancient World

considered to be a study of the process of recording history, may be as important as history itself (Crawford, 1983). In other wor...

Would Aristotle Label Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman as a Tragedy?

audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...

Garland's "Daily Life Of The Ancient Greeks"

impression made infinitely clearer with truths rather than myths. The evolutionary value of Garlands (2008) research provides a b...

Hebrew, Greek and Roman Values in Ancient and Medieval Literary Works

of specific interest, and which concern morality in the context of war, are those that argue for and against putting the Mitylene ...