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Lead His Students Aristophanic Socrates To Be Guilty Pheidippides
427 wordsOne of the most famous philosophers of all times, Socrates, was put to trial in Athens around 347 BCE in behalf of three major counts. First of all he was indicted for corrupting the youth of Athens. Secondly, he was indicted for not believing in the gods in whom the city of Athens believed in; thirdly he was charged for believing in other new divinities which were not traditional to the city. In this paper, I will assess the guiltiness and innocence of Socrates as portrayed on two major works, ...
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Plato Apology Greek Society
1,506 wordsAristophanes denounces the importance of the gods' influence on the actions of mortals. In the usual tragedy, the gods play an extremely important role towards the actions of the mortal characters. Through fear of the alternative and examples of the past, Athenians carried out their everyday lives under the guidance of the gods' wishes. Aristophanes challenges the audience, and Greek culture as a whole, by offering a different view on the answers and directions of life, than that of the gods. He...
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The Influence Of International Politics On Internal State
1,762 wordsThe Influence of the International Politics on the Internal State Politics on the Example of the Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War, a war between Greek cities started in 431 B. C. It was more lengthy and destructive than any Hellenic or barbaric war that had preceded it. In the fifteenth year of Peloponnesian War the former allies of the Persian War Sparta and Athens turned against each other and the rest of Hellenic world joined their sides. The Peloponnesian War shattered the Hellenic po...
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Youth Of Athens Corrupting The Youth
1,876 wordsSocrates At the elderly age of seventy, Socrates found himself fighting against an indictment of impiety. He was unsuccessful at trial in the year 399 B. C. The charges were corrupting the youth of Athens, not believing in the traditional gods in whom the city believed, and finally, that he believed in other new divinities. In Plato's Apology, Socrates defends himself against these charges. He claims that the jurors opinions are biased because they had probably all seen Aristophanes comedy The C...
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Youth Of Athens Corrupting The Youth
1,267 wordsAt the elderly age of seventy, Socrates found himself fighting against an indictment of impiety. He was unsuccessful at trial in the year 399 B. C. The charges were corrupting the youth of Athens, not believing in the traditional gods in whom the city believed, and finally, that he believed in other new divinities. In Plato? s Apology, Socrates defends himself against these charges. He claims that the jurors? opinions are biased because they had probably all seen Aristophanes? comedy The Clouds....
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Greek Gods Ancient Greece
539 wordsThe Greek Gods Many people would blatantly state that the importance of the gods in Greek society derives from the fact that Gods in any society are usually used to explain phenomenon that people cannot logically comprehend, but in ancient Greece gods were actually entities that took part in the workings of society itself. Even simple aspects of day-to-day life such as sex and disputes between mortals were supposedly influenced by godly workings. Unlike modern religions such as Catholicism, Budd...
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