Compare and contrast Henry’s use of rhetoric to affect others in his Harfleur speeches with the effectiveness of the language in Anthony and Brutus’ speeches In Henry V‚ Henry uses rhetoric very effectively as he persuades the Governor at Harfleur to surrender and encourages his troops onward with his ‘Once more unto the breach’ speech. This is very similar to Anthony and Brutus of Julius Caesar as they use rhetoric to influence the ‘mob’; firstly Brutus wins the crowd over and they believe the
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Antigone: Moral Law vs Civil Law When it comes to morality‚ what is right and wrong based on a person’s personal beliefs‚ the story of Antigone is a great literary reference towards the internal struggles of an individual’s morality. Antigone chose to attribute herself with moral law instead of Creon’s rash and destructive civil law. Antigone felt that no one had the right to decide another’s fate‚ let alone the fate of someone else’s deceased body. Antigone believed that her brother deserved a
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence‚ then‚ is not an act‚ but a habit.” This just one of Aristotle’s famous quotes and is probably the most important of them all. Excellence isn’t an act it’s just a habit something you just do without thinking about the thing you’re excellent at. In the Leaving a Legacy unit‚ many social and historical movements‚ as well as people and legacies‚ have been explored. Some of these people are still going on or have left a legacy worth learning about‚ one of which
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(Persia) Cyrus the Great: established a massive Persian empire across the northern Middle East and into northwestern India by 550 B.C.E; successor state to Mesopotamian empires. Zoroastrianism: Animist religion hat saw material existence as battle between forces of good and evil; stressed the importance of moral choice; righteous lived on after death in “House of Song”; chief religion of Persian Empire. (Ancient Greece) Olympic Games: one of the pan-helenic rituals observed by all Greek
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Athens and Sparta become dominant. c.700 Homerian epics Iliad Odyssey; flowering of Greek architecture. 550 Cyrus the Great forms Persian Empire. 509 Beginnings of Roman republic. 470-430 Athens at its height: Pericles‚ Phidias‚ Sophocles‚ Socrates. 450 Twelve Tables of Law 431-404 Peloponnesian Wars. 359-336 Phillip II of Macedonia 338-323 Macedonian Empire‚ Alexander the Great. 300-100 Hellenistic period. 264-146 Rome’s Punic Wars. 49 Julius Caesar becomes dictator‚ assassinated in 44. 27
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Greek civilization is a foundation for many societies today due to its established government and influential culture. There were many accomplishments that translate to the development of Greece‚ but historians would make a strong case to say that Arête‚ Eunomia‚ and Hellenization are three of the most influential forces that participate in the taming of Greece. Arête can be viewed as a captivating quality that can light a fire of patriotism under the hearts of many‚ while hubris can destroy the
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THE ANCIENT GREEKS NAME ___Harrison Funk_________________________________ To complete this worksheet use the information found on the following website: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/GreekIntro.html GREEK INTRO 1. At roughly what time period was the golden age of ancient Greece? 500 B.C. 2. Who was an ancient Greek writer of fables? Homer 3. Who was a Greek mathematician? Pythrogras 4. Why should Americans study ancient Greece? We oew everything to ancient Greece. GREEK CITY-STATES
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E. A. W. English 1 Honors September 28‚ 2013 The Ephesian’s Tribute to Artemis I. Introduction The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was a very famous monument in the ancient world. It was originally built around 550 BC to honor the goddess Artemis‚ sister of Apollo (Australia.edu). It was located in Ephesus‚ or today’s Turkey‚ and attracted many Grecian tourists and merchants to worship there despite the journey across the Aegean Sea (Australia.edu). This tribute to the goddess of the moon was
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journey from mine to mint to market to museum. I remeber Rome as a rising power‚ a century before the first Caesars; I recall the early days of Emperor Asoka’s moral conquests and the builing of China’s Great Wall. I have outlived six of the seven wonders of the ancient world. (I am told the Great Pyramid still stands) Yet I am no mute ruin: money talks. Mine is the voice of history‚ recorded by numismatists trained to hear my ancient stories of art‚ industry‚ worship‚ and war. My eloquence youth
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Alexander the Great was the King of Macedonia from 336 B.C to 323 B.C‚ during this period he conquered the Persian Empire‚ spread the Greek culture and language throughout Asia Minor‚ Egypt and Macedonia to India (Fiero 136). The Hellenistic period started with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C and ended in 31 B.C‚ in this time the Greeks were dominant throughout the Mediterranean‚ which is why it receives the name of Hellenistic‚ because is derived from the Greek “Hellas” which means Greece
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