You must look into other people as well as at them. Lord Chesterfield A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love. Basil A man’s own good breeding is the best security against other people’s ill manners. Lord Chesterfield The secret of many a man’s success in the world resides in his insight into the moods of men and his tact in dealing with them. J. G. Holland To rejoice in another’s prosperity‚ is to give content to your own lot:
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Origin In 480‚ the Persian king Xerxes invaded Greece‚ defeated his enemies at Artemisium and Thermopylae‚ and sacked Athens. Although his navy was severely damaged in the naval battle ofSalamis‚ it was obvious that the Persians were the strongest. So‚ the great king recalled many troops. This gave the Greeks the breathing space they needed‚ and they defeated Xerxes’ right-hand man Mardonius at Plataea. More or less at the same time‚ a Greek expeditionary force attacked the remains of the Persian
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During the 400’s BC‚ Athens was considered the center of the Greek world as they had the most power over any other city. Writers such as Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides‚ and Aristophanes produced many literary masterpieces that are still being read today that fall into the categories of drama‚ tragedy‚ and comedy (Silberman‚ 1996). More specifically‚ with Sophocles‚ when he wrote Oedipus Rex
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races as weaker and less valuable then whites‚ poor as weaker and less valuable than rich‚ ironically calls itself democracy. They might call it democracy. They might call it equality. But we? We want THE TRUTH. Let’s start with the words that Aeschylus‚ in his tragedy The Eumenides‚ put in Athena’s mouth: To male supremacy in all things‚ I give my whole hearted consent‚ says she‚ adding that mother is not the true creator‚ since she was born from her father’s head. Later on‚ Aristotle’s basic
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Sparta: Uncultured Discipline The Spartans were the most formidable warriors in all of history. They dedicated their entire lives to warfare. They were taught to endure cold‚ hunger‚ pain‚ their courage on the battlefield was second to none. The Spartan code was to fight hard‚ follow orders without question and to die rather then retreat or surrender. To achieve all this‚ Sparta sacrificed everything; the arts‚ culture‚ and other things that make life worth while. I believe the price was to high
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Pindar (athletic contest) o DRAMA- most important contribution ▪ Based on popular myths and legends ▪ Discussed moral and social issues‚ relationship of people and gods o TRAGEDY ▪ Aeschylus (The Orosteia)‚ Sophocles (Antigone)‚ Euripides (The Trojan Women) ▪ Human suffering ended in disaster- stir emotions of pity and fear o COMEDIES ▪ Humorous plays that mocked people and
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Greek Pindar; Peter Pindar I have read all right)‚ but the mere fact that I have not read Pindar‚ I think‚ ought not to prevent me and certainly would not prevent me from talking of "the masterpieces of Pindar‚" or of "great poets like Pindar or Aeschylus." The very learned men are angularly unenlightened on this as on many other subjects; and the position they take up is really quite unreasonable. If any ordinary journalist or man of general reading alludes to Villon or to Homer‚ they consider it
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Mark Rothko Mark Rothko is one of the important figures in the generation of painters. His work still draws attention to many people around the world. Born in Dvinsk‚ Russia (in what is now Latvia)‚ Marcus Rothkovich was the fourth child of Jacob Rothkovich‚ a well to do pharmacist and his wife Anna Rothkovich. As Russia was a hostile environment for Zionist Jews‚ Jacob immigrated to the United States with his two older sons in 1910‚ finally sending for the rest of his
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Aristotelian philosophy teaches that knowing material reality can be achieved by properly identifying the essential traits of things and distinguishing things from other things by forming classification schemes based on those traits. The theory’s great power is that it canproduce useful‚ independently verifiable categories of analysis--if we all can agree on the epic’s essential traits‚ then we can conduct reasonable scholarly discussions about epics. Since Aristotle also was interested (like his
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Name: Delos Reyes‚ Rica Babes B. January 21‚ 2025 Program‚ Year Level & Section: BSE-E2A Sir Euvard Ross Corpuz BSEE 33: MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE Activity. Analytic Paper Direction: Choose one from the list of adventure stories below. Create an analytic paper that shows how the story you have chosen may be used as a platform in studying Joseph Campbell?s The Hero?s Journey. WOMEN IN ARMOR: ATALANTA STRUGGLES AGAINST SOCIETY The myth of Atalanta is deeply rooted in ancient Greek mythology and reflects
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