83 Ancient Gr Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
A Brief Discussion of the History of Europe
The History of Europe describes the passage of time from humans inhabiting the European continent to the present day. The first evidence of people living in Europe dates back to 35,000 BC. Europe's ancient classical antiquity dates from Homer's Illiad in Ancient Greece of around 700 BC. The Roman Re....
A comparison between Emily Dickinson and Sappho
An antiquated Grace
An antiquated Grace
Becomes that cherished Face
As well as prime
Enjoining us to part
We and our pouting Heart
Good friends with time
(Next Slide) Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830. She was the daughter of a respected Amherst lawyer....
A Critique of �Global warming is good for you�
A Critique of Global warming is good for you
In Global warming is good for you (Duncan Steel, 2002), the author contends that global warming is a good thing. He supports his argument by claiming that global cooling caused both widespread disease and the downfall of civilisat....
A sense of urgency in Romeo & Juliet
In this essay, I will examine how Shakespeare emphasises a sense of urgency in his most famous play: Romeo & Juliet. I will use 4 passages as support for what I say: the Prologue, II.2, II.5 and IV.1; and also a scene from Baz Lurhmanns film.
The action of the play covers a period of five ....
African Americans in Eurocentric Societies
America is known as the land of opportunity or a place where one can build something from nothing. It is a collaboration of profound ideas based on equality. These ideas formed the Declaration of Independence, where all men are created equal. However this equality was constructed upon European e....
Ancient Egyptian: Ways of Life
The Egyptians were the first to make bread that is soft, light and filled with air. They also made the first ovens, because they need a different way to bake the larger mass of dough used for this new kind of bread. The Egyptians used mud bricks that have been dried in the sun to make houses. Th....
Ancient Greece
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION The Ancient Greek civilization was located on today’s Greek land, Ionian Islands, Asia Minor, South Italy, and Sicily. It is surrounded by mountains and in the north by water. The Ionian and the Aegean seas, together with natural islands and bays, gave the Greeks the op....
Ancient Greece
After Greece made great migrations from 1100-1000 BC, there was a period called the Greek "dark ages" because little is known about it. At this time, many city-state settlements were emerging. They fortified it at the foot of a hill, so inhabitants could take refuge from any attacks. This city-st....
Ancient Greece
Sparta, one of the powerful city-states, retains this name for good reason. They took over Messenia and used the land wisely, by making a government using the Code of Lycurgus. The Spartan women were given a lot more freedom compared to other Greek city-states; thus, every person provided a part i....
Ancient Greek Art
Greek civilization thrived from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century B.C., noted for its advances in philosophy, government, science, and, of course, art and architecture.
The Greeks created hundreds of vase types, but most modern scholars have compiled them into smaller sub- group. T....
Ancient Greek Athletics
Dr. Chapman
Humanities 10H
September 25, 2005
Ancient Greek Athletics
Today, many Americans use various forms of entertainment to relax and take their focus off the stresses of everyday life. One example of entertainment can be found in the form of athletic or sporting events. Athletic....
Ancient Greek Theater
In ancient Greece, Greek comedy, tragedy, drama, and theater were essential parts of the Greek peoples everyday life. Greek drama impacts today universally very much the same way it did in the 4th-6th century BC. Controversial and yet entertaining at the same time, the origins of Greek theater int....
Ancient Olympics
One difference between the ancient and modern Olympic Games is that the ancient games were played within the context of a religious festival.
One of the more intriguing true stories about ancient Greece and the Olympics of ancient Greece would have to be that during the Olympic Games, all fighting ....
Ancient Rome vs. Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece and Rome are commonly associated as similar classical civilizations. Both of these empires seemed to have shared comparable elements in their societies; however, a closer examination into two historic works reveal that these two magnificent civilizations might not have been as alike.....
Ancient times political views and systems
Ancient times political views and systems
The general picture of political views and systems of ancient times can be easily seen through works of Plato, Aristotle and Polybius, which reflect the situation, existing in Ancient Greece of their time. Thus in order to have a conclusion on politica....
Archeology Affecting Literature
Archeology Affecting Literature
Since the beginning of time men have wondered about the lives of people who came before. Numerous archeologists have discovered various objects made and used by past civilizations which have supplied us with vital information about our past. Many of those disco....
Art and Arch on Ancient Greece
The Classical period of Ancient Greece produced some of the most exquisite sculptures the world has ever seen. The art of the Classical Greek style is characterized by a happy freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and it celebrates mankind as an independent person. During this period, artists ....
Astronomy and medical science
It was during the 16th and 17th centuries when man's view of the unvierse and himself
changed drastically. This came after a millenium of repetition and stagnation in the
development of science. People finally began questioning what they were told, and they
went out to find proof rather than....
Athens and Sparta
During the times of Ancient Greece, two major forms of government existed, democracy and oligarchy. The city-states of Athens and Sparta are the best representatives of democracy and oligarchy, respectively. The focus of the times was directed towards military capabilities, while the Athenians were ....
Basic Greek History
The Ancient Greek civilization was located on the same land Greece is now, Ionian Islands, Asia Minor, South Italy, and Sicily. It is surrounded mountains and in the north by water. The Ionian and the Aegean seas, together with natural islands and bays, gave the Greeks the opportunity to develop the....
Battle of Thermopylae
Work Cited
The Greek and Persian Wars 506-323." Gentlemans Military Interest Club. 2005
Hooker, Richard. SPARTA. World Civilizations. 1996.
Sack....
Breakthroughs in Astronomy and Medicine in the 16th and 17th Centuries
It was during the 16th and 17th centuries when man's view of the unvierse and himselfchanged drastically. This came after a millenium of repetition and stagnation in thedevelopment of science. People finally began questioning what they were told, and theywent out to find proof rather than assuming....
Chaotic systems and Determinism
The belief that the world runs as a machine, and is merely a result of cause and effect, has been the underlying assumption of physical science for the last several centuries. The recent discovery of chaotic systems that seem to contradict this assumption has forced modern scientists to reevaluate ....
Chemical Reactions
Chemical reactions are the heart of chemistry. People have always known that they exist. The Ancient Greeks were the firsts to speculate on the composition of matter. They thought that it was possible that individual particles made up matter. Later, in the Seventeenth Century, a German chemist named....
Chemical Reactions
Chemical Reactions
Chemical reactions are the heart of chemistry. People have always known that they exist. The Ancient Greeks were the firsts to speculate on the composition of matter. They thought that it was possible that individual particles made up matter.
Later, in the Seventeenth Cent....
Civilization
Our civilizations are merely a wrinkle in time. Billions of years ago, during the Paleolithic Culture people had only knowledge for basic survival. The Stone Age was a time for hunting and gathering, building tools, and making fire. As the human race evolved, so did the culture. This is when the....
Consumer behaviour
Final Year Research Dissertation BE3006
Module Title: Final Year Research Dissertation: The Influence of Advertising on Consumer Behaviour
Module Code: BE3006
Submitted by: Stephen Rowlands
Submission Date: 7th July 2004
Dissertation Tutor: Susan Rennie
Campus: Priorslee Telford
This docume....
Customs of the Ancient Greeks
What is the first thing that comes to mind when one mentions ancient Greece? Is it the Olympics, or legendary myths? Or maybe its the Parthenon. Ancient Greece influenced the world in so many different ways, from their ruthless armies to their ingenious architecture. They were a strong-willed p....
Dance
A series of set of movements to music, either alone or with a partner. That is the definition of dancing. Dancing is a way to express one's feeling and to get active. Dance has been a part of human history since the earliest records of human life. Cave paintings found in Spain and France dating from....
Dance
A series of set of movements to music, either alone or with a partner. That is the definition of dancing. Dancing is a way to express one's feeling and to get active. Dance has been a part of human history since the earliest records of human life. Cave paintings found in Spain and France dating fr....
Dance
A series of set of movements to music, either alone or with a partner. That is the definition of dancing. Dancing is a way to express one's feeling and to get active. Dance has been a part of human history since the earliest records of human life. Cave paintings found in Spain and France dating fro....
Do Oedipus and Jason get what they deserve? Discussion based on Sophocles Oedipus the King and Euri
Newtons third law of motion states that for every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction (Nigg & Herzog, 1999). While applicable in physics, to be applied in life the law needs a little revision. While the reaction may not be equal and it may not be opposite, there still will always be ....
Early Archaic Period
The start of Ancient Greece was 776BC. History books record this as the first Olympiad, more commonly known as the Olympic Games. Kings ruled the Greek states and cities and the political structure had only just formed. Before 776BC, there had been a lot happening and most of it had not been written....
Ecofeminism and Animal Rights
Womens spirituality is connected to goddess mythology. In mythology goddesses are women who are shown as strong and creative, with the ability to create change and make a difference. In modern times it is a male centered system which has the power and there is nothing for women to take on spirit....
Evaluating the arguments for and against a Black Athena
Evaluate Martin Bernals Argument for a Black Athena
Rachael Kurtz.
Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that began in 1000BC and concluded with the rise of Christianity in the third century AD, it is considered by most historians to be the foundational culture of western civilisation.....
Female Breasts
In many works of art throughout history, female breasts have been featured prominently and in the nude. The symbolic meaning credited to the breast was usually associated with fertility and nourishment, both spiritual and physical, and in the wider sense, with life. Eroticism, nourishment, abundance....
Gaia Mother of All
Oh Goddess, Source of Gods and Mortals,
All-Fertile, All-Destroying Gaia,
Mother of All, Who brings forth the bounteous fruits and flowers,
All variety, Maiden who anchors the eternal world in our own,
Immortal, Blessed, crowned with every grace,
Deep bosomed Earth, sweet plains and fields frag....
Government Systems
Many democracy-governed countries, like Australia are based on the laws and policies of the Ancient Greek democracy. The word democracy originated from the Greek words; demos meaning people and crata meaning rule, together meaning people rule. Ancient Greece and Australia, are very similar, but also....
Greek Civilization Encapsulated
To the extent that "Western Civilization" can be said to have an origin, it is the Ancient Greeks that have claim to it. Whereas the history of the Roman Empire is a chronology of its generals and emperors, the history of the Greeks is, with the exception of Alexander and his legacy in Egypt, one o....
Greek Life and Its Origin
The Greeks were one the most important societies in history due to their influences on the future and their importance to us today. However, it is also significant to know that they were preceded by the Minoans and Mycenaeans. Another interesting thing to think about is how different history would....
Greek Poetry & Poets
Ancient Greek Poets and Poetry
At the beginning of Greek literature stand the two monumental works of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Though dates of composition vary, these works were fixed around 800 BC. The other great poet of the preclassical period was Hesiod. His two surviving works are Wo....
Greek theatre
Drama Essay- Greek Theatre
At first in dithyrambous, there were no actors. Thespis was the poet who imported the first hypocrit, Aeschylos the second and Sophocles the third one. Besides these actors, who were playing the leading parts, there were also some other persons on the orchestra (=stage)....
guitars
Figurines playing the ancestor of the Guitar. Excavated in Susa, Iran. Dated 3rd Millennium BC.
Instruments almost identical to what we know as the "guitar" have been popular for at least 5,000 years. The "guitar" that is so popular in the Western World has derrived from ancient mother instruments ....
High School History or Stab At Ethnicity?
The United States is a country where all are welcome and very few are turned away. Each year since this beautiful country has been established, more and more people have traveled from all over the world to live in a country that offers unlimited freedom and provides equal rights to all.
Due to th....
Homers The Odyssey: The Hospitality Code
During Ancient Greek times there were several great warriors, one of these warriors was Odysseus. Odysseus traveled for 10 years trying to get home after the battle of Toy. There were many obstacles on his way, but there was also kindness from others along the way. This kindness he received from ....
Homosexuality
No one knows exactly how homosexuality entered into human history. I would imagine that the practices associated with the erotic attraction of people to one's own gender have been around since the dawn of humanity. The earliest accounts of homosexual behavior seem to be found in ancient pagan religi....
Homosexuality in Ancient Greece & Rome
Artistic Themes from Ancient Cultures: Greece and Rome
Homosexuality in Ancient Greece & Rome
Kathy J. Ruff
HUM 100/Introduction to the Humanities
Jill Holslin
April 1, 2007
Views of Ancient Greek Homosexuals
Unlike our current society, sexuality was not used to identify an....
Industrial Revolution
There was sudden change, new technology, and a completely new way of life. We know this as the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution transformed economic life in the West during the 19th century and throughout the rest of the world in the 20th century. It began in England near the en....
Is there a place for direct democracy in the contemporary political world?
Direct Democracy is a political system in which policy decisions are made by the electorate itself and not by elected officials. This particular model of democracy has been known to have been in use since as early as the 5th Century BC in Athenian Democracy and is still widely used today in all par....
Law, without force, is impotent
Universal truths are the epitome of truth, and universal truths are a profound quote written by a person such as B. Pascal. Pascal was a French mathematician, philosopher and religious figure. He wrote the famous quote Law, without force, is impotent.Pascal is talking about laws that are set by ....
lysystrata
Lysistrata
Aristophanes Lysistrata is the classic tale of the war of the sexes. The women in the play are portrayed as independent and wanting the war between Sparta and Athens to end. The men are portrayed as belligerent, war-crazy men who seldom used logic. Aristophanes uses his dialog....
Old Olympics Vs New Olympics
Old Olympics Vs New Olympics
The Olympics have evolved over the centuries. The rules, requirements, frequency and more have undergone significant change since they were first held in Olympia, Greece in the year 776 B.C.E. It is believed Olympics were held earlier than that as well although nothin....
Philosophy - The Dialectical Method
There are a lot many descriptions for the word dialectic. By viewing all of them what I have ended up concluding in the given context, i.e. Socrates’ Dialectical Method, is that:Dialectic is a variety of languages, conceivably a sort of a composition of the languages in this variety. The word ....
Religion: The Way of Life
History plays a major part in society because of its influence on the present. The knowledge gained from ancient societies has been retrieved from first hand accounts and personal records. These first hand accounts have helped us to realize the culture and beliefs of these ancient civilizations. The....
Role of women in ancient greek society
In the ancient Greek city states for most with the exception of Spartan the role of the woman in society was that of being controlled and dominated by their male counter parts. With the exception of ancient Sparta, Greek women had very limited freedom outside the home. They could attend weddings, fu....
roles of Women in Sophocles
Ancient Greece was a male-dominate society, we can see this through out his plays. âNo, no: good lives are made so by discipline. We keep the laws then, and the lawmakers, and no woman shall seduce us. If we must lose, letâs lose to a man, at least! Is a woman stronger than ....
Roman Literature
THE ROLE OF GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE
Over the years, literature of ancient Greece and Rome has affected art, religion, philosophy, science and mathematics, medicine, drama, and poetry profoundly. It has served as a basic model for the development of later European literatures and, consequentl....
rome history
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew around the city of Rome. It was founded on an Italian peninsular in 800 BC. The Roman civilization started off as a monarchy, then changed into a republic, then to a mighty empire. It was one of the most dominating empires i....
Sex and Man's Struggle Against Nature
In "Sex and Violence, or Nature and Art," Camille Paglia claims nature is inherently stronger than society. "Society is an artificial construction, a defense against nature's power.a system of inherited forms reducing our humiliating passivity to nature." (Writing in the Discipl....
Sexuality in Ancient Greece
There are many ideas about sexuality in ancient Greece. In the 20th Century historians tried to ignore the evidence of ancient sexuality that made them uncomfortable, like homosexuality, lesbianism, and bisexuality. Ancient Greece was a sexually charged country with a very tolerant view towards sex....
Shame Culture/ Guilt Culture and The Iliad
Shame Culture/ Guilt Culture and The Iliad
Honor, is the link between Altruistic heroism and egoistic. The warrior, finding that others approve him, approves himself. He is therefore driven to act, as others would approve. Honor felt is honor claimed, honor claimed is honor paid. -Anonymo....
Sophocles and the Female Role
The drama of Sophocles reveals the Athenian sensibility and understanding of life and human nature during the middle of the Golden Age. Athenian society was very dynamic in many areas while it was strict in regard to the treatment of women. Women obtained power only when they became the wife of an i....
Spartan Women v Athenian Women
Spartan Women vs. Athenian Women
Throughout history, women have had to struggle to obtain the equality that men were inherently given. Before the 1900s women in the United States were not allowed to vote or own property. It was widely believed that men were stronger and more competent than women....
St. Thomas Aquinas political thought influenced by Aristotle?
QUESTION: To what extent was St. Thomas Aquinas political thought
influenced by Aristotle?
The Greek philosopher Aristotle (284 -322) was a student of Plato. In
335 BCE Aristotle formed his own school (known as the peripatetic
school) of philosophy in Athens as cited by Heywood (1999).....
Steroids in Sports
The presence of drugs in sport is a worldwide issue. The World Anti Doping Agency is working hard to come up with a plan that will see all sports and all countries accept it. There is nothing new about doping in sport. Even the Ancient Greeks used drugs and herbs from natural plants to help their en....
Tales of Greek Heroes Chapter 13: The Golden Apples and the Hound of Hell
Tales of Greek Heroes
Chapter 13: The Golden Apples, and the Hound of Hell
"Round and round the apples of gold,
Round and round we dance;
Thus do we dance from the days of old?
About the enchanted tree;
Round, and round, and round we go,
While the spring is green, or the stream shall fl....
Technology both a curse and a blessing
Technology today is a great innovation to the development of culture. Technology has always been around since the earliest years and is constantly improving and becoming more and more advanced. Technology has helped us greatly in the past and continues to today but the fact that we choose to oversee....
The History of Greek Theater
Theater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th century BCE, with the Sopocles, thegreat writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life weredepicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action wascourageo....
The Iliad
The Iliad by Homer
Translated by Robert Fagles
Andy Bolton
February 23, 2006
The Iliad is an epic attributed to being written by Homer. Homer wrote The Iliad as an outside source in a third person omniscient perspective. In a poetic manner, the author t....
The Lost City of Atlantis
Stories of mythical places exist within many cultures today and are used as sources of entertainment and research. One mythical place whose story has traveled through centuries and is still popular today is the myth of the Lost City of Atlantis. The concept of Atlantis entraps people's minds and im....
The Representation of Women in Greek Society
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed.
If I fail, no one will say, She doesnt have what it takes. They
will say, Women dont have what it takes.
- Clare Boothe Luce
In the United States, women have been looked upon as an inferior sex to men for cen....
Thoreau, A Spartan Only At Heart
Thoreau, A Spartan Only At Heart
Dennis Yosco
3-22
05/12/05
Henry David Thoreau was a trancendentalist in the mid to late 1800s. He once said I wanted to live deep and suck at all the marrow of life, to live sturdily amd spartan like (Thoreau,....
To Dye For: Blonde and Beautiful
This blonde walks into a hardware store and asks the guy at the cashier, "Can I buy that microwave?" He replies, "No Im sorry we don't sell to blondes." So she goes home and dyes her hair green. She goes back and asks, " Can I buy that microwave?" "No Im sorry we don't sell to blondes" So she go....
To what extent is Macbeth a tragedy
Works of fiction explore fundamental and universal ideas often magnified under a writers pen. The genre of tragedy, as established by Aristotle in Ancient Greece deals with serious human actions, relationships between people and their gods and the meaning of human existence. As fiction reflects an....
viewpoints of life from different perspectives
Authority, meaning the power to influence thought or behavior, is a word that is repeatedly used in the play Antigone. Women in Ancient Greek Mythology were rarely seen as public figures and they had virtually no legal rights women wre denied the basic rights and freedoms that were allowed to men. T....
Western civilization
Western Civilization
Mid-term
Section A:
#3:
Describe classical Greek
Achievements in politics,
Philosophy and sports.
Ancient Greece is one of the most important civilizations in all of history. They have changed the world in so many ways. Still to this day, we use t....
What is the role and function of the Messenger in Antigone and Medea?
Antigone, by Sophocles, and Medea, by Euripides, present the conventional figure of a Messenger at climatic junctures in each play. Each Messenger brings shocking and shattering news that is deeply disturbing for the audiences. In Antigone, the Messengers narrative presents a dramatic recount of t....
Willy Loman: The Modern Day Tragic Hero
Aristotle defined tragedy as "the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself." It incorporates "incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish the catharsis of such emotions." These were some of the basic standards of tragedy that remained unt....
Women in Ancient Greece: Athens and Sparta
Most people think of ancient Athens as the city of freedom and democracy, while they think of Sparta as a highly restricted society. The schools teach us that modern democracies are modeled on Athens, while military dictatorships are modeled on Sparta. However, history shows us that women had much....
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