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Compare and Contrast Public School and Christian School Administrators

determines both the content and the means of instruction" (Bob Jones University, 2001). Thus, we conclude that a Christian educati...

2 Interpretations of Gender in Islam

come from western society and not conform to the lifestyle of the Muslims there. Not wearing veils was seen as immoral (1969). If ...

Nineteenth Century and Greek Revival Architecture

"National Style" got its start - and finally ended during the latter part of the 19th century - in Philadelphia (Pollock, 2002)....

Ancient Greece's Pre-Socratic Philosophy

In five pages this report discusses the pre Socratic ancient Greek philosophy of seventh century BC Ionia. Three sources are cite...

Lysistrata's Character

In five pages Lysistrata as featured in the famous ancient Greek play is the focus of this character analysis. Three sources are ...

God's Existence and the Perspectives of David Hume, William Paley, Rene Descartes, and Augustine of Hippo

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

Ancient World and Art

called herself the Goddess (1989). In ancient Egypt it seemed as if dynastic power had passed through females even when the Pharao...

Popularity of Herakles or Hercules

In five pages the enduring popularity of this ancient Greek myth is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Status and Role of Women in 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

so "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" are rare glimpses into the feminine status in what was essentially a strict Greek patriarchy. Wh...

Overview, Ancient Greek Amphora

This research paper presents a discussion that focuses on an ancient Greek amphora from the Attic period that depicts Herakles and...

Ancient Greece to the New Testament and Dreams, Oracles, and Prophecy

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and Thucydides on Government, Human Development, and the Soul

In eight pages the philosophies of these great ancient Greek thinkers on these topics are examined with terms including peitho, ag...

Thomas Aquinas' Theology and Philosophy

Thomas Aquinas' distinctive theology and philosophy and how it differed from the ancient Greek thinkers are examined in seven page...

Adams's Essay 'Should God Create Good?'

In five pages the arguments presented in this essay in terms of God's and man's obligations to potential life are compared to soci...

Oedipus by Sophocles and its Structure

In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...

Pericles' Funeral Oration

In an essay consisting of five pages the comment that city is the best teacher of man by ancient Greek poet Simonides is examined ...

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...

Mortal Women in the Iliad

and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...

A Civic Project

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

Greek, Mycenaean and Minoan Civilization

was one of "battle and conquest" (Hooker, 1996). These people are the Mycenaeans; they are named after the "best-preserved of thei...

Athena, The Virgin Goddess

("Athena"). Clearly, the ancient Greek patriarchs considered Athenas virginity to be a salient and powerful factor in her mytholog...

Revenge in Medea by Euripides

by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...

Dying and Death Readings

he defends himself well, Socrates is still found guilty and stoically accepts his fate, indicating that since only the gods are aw...

Cultural Values in History

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

Ancient World Letters

wife, and particularly Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom. Our beautiful city is named after her, and Melitta wants to honor her and as...

Jean Paul Sartre's 'The Flies' and Aeschylus's 'Oresteia'

Electra, another daughter, lives on with her mother, but despises her for her awful deed. Orestes returns and is goaded by Electra...

Dylan Lyrics & Greek Philosophy

the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...

Christian Viewpoint - War In Iraq

aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...

Lysistrata and Laughter According to Bergsonian Criteria

representation did not lack a more serious undercurrent, it was the manner in which it was approached that, according to Bergson, ...

Gender Portrayals in Homer's 'The Iliad' and Sophocles' Antigone

of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...