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Ancient Greece Athenian Women
1,187 wordsAristophanes was a satirist who produced Lysistrata around 413 BC when the news of Athens warships had been destroyed near Sicily. For twenty-one years, while Athens was engaged in war, he relentlessly and witty attacked the war, the ideals of the war, the war party and the war spirit. This risked his acceptance and his Athenian citizenship. Lysistrata is probably the oldest comedy which has retained a place in modern theatre. It primarily deals with two themes, war and the power of sexuality......
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Plato Apology Death Penalty
1,440 words... phones; he is mentioned explicitly shortly after this. While it may seem Aristophanes was maliciously attacking Socrates, credible evidence points to the contrary. The Clouds was an attack on the Sophists, and its plot required somebody to represent the typical Sophist. While Socrates differed in many regards to the Sophists, the public did not make the distinction, and it was they who Aristophanes was writing for. To anybody who knew Socrates personally the portrayal was, as was it was inte...
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Attitude Toward Politics Devotion To Truth Socrates
1,463 wordsI. Socrates The most interesting and influential thinker in the fifth century was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning transformed the entire enterprise. Since he sought genuine knowledge rather than mere victory over an opponent, He familiarized himself with the rhetoric and dialectics of the Sophists, the speculations of the Login philosophers, and the general culture of Periclean Athens. Socrates employed the same logical tricks developed by the Sophists to a new purpose, the pursu...
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Years Ago Five Years
627 wordsI am Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia ruler of Greece. I have been king of Macedonia since my fathers assassination five years ago. Since his death I have conquered much of the world. I am ruthless, and should anyone attempt to defeat me in battle, they are sure to die. The year I became ruler of Macedonia I set out to the city of Thessaly to restore Macedonia rule. After Thessaly submitted to me I conquered many states, and many other states freely submitted without battles. Two years aft...
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Order To Save Socrates Believed
1,398 wordsIn Plato's dialogues, Euthyphro, Apology and Crito, Socrates demonstrates his belief that the most important thing is not life, but the good life (Crito 48 b). Socrates believed that a good life is equivalent to one that is just and honorable. The good life is also one where the beliefs and morals of a person are not put aside in order to save ones own life and wealth should not be desired. The true purpose of philosophy is not to give answers to questions but to raise more questions to the answ...
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Good Morals Law System
1,204 wordsAn essay on Plato's The Republic and Aristophanes the Birds It is evident, by Plato's The Republic and Aristophanes The Bird's, that one's vision of an ideal state is not the same mystical utopia. Plato's Republic is an well-ordered society that emphasizes the development of the community, which leads to its people believing in this philosophy. Cloudcuckooland, the idea of two lazy Athenians, is an unorganized society that lacks the substance to make it a workable society. I would much rather li...
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Religious Matters Greek City
1,020 wordsRoyal Stoa The ancient times it is a really times of mystery, strangeness and unknown. Now well try to look up to such times from nowadays. Agora originally meant "gathering place" but came to mean the market place and Public Square in an ancient Greek city. It was the political, civic, and commercial center of the city. Socrates spent most of his time at the agora in Athens discussing the serious issues of the day with anyone who was willing. Sited between 3 hills and a creek, along Panathenic ...
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Supernatural Beings Young Man
843 wordsThe charges against Socrates were brought upon him by a man names Meletus. Meletus was a young man that Socrates did not know very well. These charges brought on by Meletus caused the indictment of Socrates. One of the charges in the affidavit written by Meletus against Socrates is that he is corrupting the youth. Another charge that is brought upon Socrates is that of he is making up new Gods and disregarding the old Gods the Athenians believe in. These were the charges brought on Socrates. Soc...
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King Of Athens Returned To Athens Theseus
736 wordsGOT Theseus Theseus GOT A B+ (89 %) In Greek mythology, Theseus can truely be thought of as the greatest Athenian hero. He was the son of Aegeus, king of Athens, and Aethra, princess of Troezen, and daughter of Pittheus, king of Troezen. Before Theseus was born his father Aegeus left Aethra in Troezen of Argolis and returned to Athens before he was born. But before he left king Aegeus put his sword and his pair of sandals under a large rock and said to Aethra that when Theseus was old enough to ...
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Deserting His Children Pleads With Socrates Crito
784 words1. Crito's Arguments The arguments of Crito are centred and clear. He uses simple persuasion to try and convince Socrates to escape. His arguments push the idea that Socrates should attempt escape for the sake of others, namely his children, friends and the many. Crito points out that other men would have no hesitation in escaping, despite their age. This is dismissed when Socrates states that someone who has lived so long should rejoice in the fact that they have had such a full life. Some of t...
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Midsummer Night Dream Low Self Esteem
842 wordsA Midsummer Night? s Dream is a classic fairy tale of lovers and betrayers. This play has been called Shakespeare? s? happiest comedy? and it most definitely is. It is filled with humor and non-stop action. There are many different qualities in a? happy play? that are clearly noticeable. For example, love that is for the best makes all plays happy and humor causes the audience to laugh and enjoy. Of course, every? happy play? needs to have some kind of happiness in it. A Midsummer Night? s Dream...
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Olympic Games Persian Attack
458 wordsIn September of 490 BC. The Greco-Persian war rages on in the Marathon Plain of Northwest Attica. The Athenians have just repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece. The Greek army was vested to ten different generals each controlling one day of battle. The generals were evenly divided on whether to wait for the Persians to attack or to attack them. A civil official, Callimachus, who decided to attack, broke the tie. Four of the generals ceded their commands to the Athenian general Miltiades ...
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Greek Culture Civil War
881 wordsGreek Legacy Essay The Greek culture of 2000 BC through 146 BC was one of the most sophisticated, intellectual, and had some of the great thinkers of their time. Their architecture, writing, military tactics, lifestyle and philosophy were copied by countless civilizations to come. Even though (civil) war raged often among the Greeks they prospered to find a place in history. Starting in 1650 BC with the arrival of Minoans to the island of Crete, architecture was already a major part of the Greek...
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Fifty Thousand Life
369 wordsBoth the Roman and the Athenian civilization enjoyed recreation and cherished it dearly. Recreation was and is one of the most important things in a person? s life. If a person has a total lack of recreation there are chances of melancholy that can later on lead to death. Having recreation in our lives gives us a sense of happiness that all need. The Romans were alike with the Greeks in a few ways. The Romans watched chariot races to entertain them just like the Greeks did, what was so fascinati...
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Wanted To Die Plato Apology
1,256 wordsLife or Anti-Life: Nietzsche vs Socrates Nietzsche s charge that Socrates is anti-life appears to be driven merely by disgust and not proven by fact. I say this mainly because the majority of Nietzsche s accusations in The Problem of Socrates were either negative statements against Socrates physical appearance or inaccurate accounts that he possibly just misunderstood. Therefore, with Nietzsche s invalid charges we can not consider Socrates anti-life. One of Nietzsche s first mistakes is in his ...
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Fellow Athenians Trial Socrates Jury
723 wordsWho was Socrates? Socrates was born and raised as a native Athenian. He was a stonecutter by trade and spent most of his life in poverty. He was married to his wife Xanthippe and had three sons, Lamprocles, Sophroniscus (named for Socrates father), and Menexenus. Socrates spent much of his time in the agora conversing about ethical issues to his many followers. He had a fondness for exposing hypocrisy, ignorance, and conceit among his fellow Athenians. At the time of his trial Socrates was appro...
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Greek Culture True God
1,164 wordsBefore Paul went to Athens, he was in Berea preaching God s word. However, there were many furious Jews that were hunting down Paul, so he avoided them and went to Athens, waiting for Silas and Timothy to join him. While Paul was waiting in Athens, he talked to anyone that crossed paths with him. Athens was known for it s magnificent buildings and many gods, as well as being the center for Greek culture, philosophy, and education. In addition, many philosophers and educated men were always ready...
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Athenian Democracy Funeral Speech
760 wordsAncient Greece had many ups and downs in it s very long history. As a growing civilization it earned numerous allies as well as enemies. One of these great enemies were the Persians. Although the Persians were very powerful adversaries, the Greeks defeated them and at that point the era of classical Greece began. The Delian league which was created to unite all states and protect them from intruders had turned into an empire. This empire was governed by Athens. As peace and harmony was restored ...
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Mycenaean Civilization Minoan Civilization
790 wordsThe Greek civilization was the first European civilization. At this point in time religion is not prevalent or influential. The European religion was borrowed from the Middle East. There are two main contributions from the Greek civilization. They were politics and secular. Polis the Greek word for city state is where politics came from. They had modern politics with the first democracy. It was divided into city-states that rule themselves in a democratic fashion. With this they have the majorit...
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Nicknamed Attic Bee Wealthy Armorer Named Sophillus Sophocles
402 wordsSophocles was born in Colonus, near Athens, c. 497 B. C. Sophocles father was a wealthy armorer named Sophillus. When he reached adulthood he was already established as a great tragic playwright, and the citizens of Athens loved him. He was nicknamed Attic-bee by the Athenians because he could take pure honey from words. Sophocles was born in Colonus, near Athens, c. 497 B. C. Sophocles father was a wealthy armorer named Sophillus. Sophocles had a good childhood. Sophocles, at age sixteen, led a...
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