the slaves sold at these markets had been kidnapped‚ and several of them were even sold into slavery if their parents were poor. Some slaves originated from other Greek states‚ Thucydides writes that when the Athenians captured the Greek island of Melos‚ they enslaved all the women and children on the island. Athenians obtained their slaves by buying them from slave markets and they were chosen based on their strength‚ skill and looks. Slaves were classed as ‘living tools’ and were on the margin
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9/20/2013 PHIL 203 Plato’s Symposium When most people think of love‚ they think of love between a man and woman‚ love between a father and son‚ mother and daughter‚ etc. Many do not think of love as a desire. However‚ Socrates‚ through his speech in Plato’s Symposium puts love in a different light. Plato’s Symposium examines the topic of love through the speeches of six men. These six men include Phaedrus‚ Pausanias‚ Eryximachus‚ Aristophanes‚ Agathon‚ and Socrates. When first reading this
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ferociously scribbled out at the bottom that the NAPS™ couldn’t make out. But that didn’t matter at the moment! They were about to lose eyes on their tailees! "Hazel‚ do you have the container of beauty cream from the Aphrodite cabin?!" Earlier in the day‚ Hazel had gone to the Aphrodite cabin and promised them diamonds if they could lend them some beauty cream that would make them so attractive‚ they’d be unrecognizable. They didn’t really want to be unreasonably attractive‚ but they couldn’t be recognized
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pentekonters. 180 ships form Athens‚ 40 from Corinth‚ Aegina had 30‚ 20 from both Chalcis and Megara‚ 15 from Sicyon‚ Epidaurus with 10‚ 7 from both Eretria and Ambracia‚ 5 from Troizen‚ Naxos with 4‚ Leucas and Hermione with 3‚ Styra‚ Cythnus‚ Ceos‚ Melos all with 2‚ and 1 from Siphnus‚ Seriphus‚ and Croton‚ yet the Spartans had only given 16 ships to the Greeks‚ they considered themselves regular leaders and insisted that they would be given command of the joint mission.
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but with some toughness‚ its color to me looked beige‚ the shape is of a woman holding a blanket or towel to cover herself by her side she has a dolphin and the medium is made of marble. Some information I found of this statue is that her name is “Aphrodite” (Venus)‚ the daughter of Zeus and Dione. “She is the goddess of love and beauty. In one version of her myth‚ she was born from the foam (aphros in Greek) of the sea” (107). “Venus‚ the goddess of love‚ stands nude‚ grasping a piece of cloth around
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Hera‚ Aphrodite‚ Demeter‚ Ares‚ Artemis‚ Hades‚ Hephaestus‚ and Dionysus. These gods were believed to live on Mt. Olympos and would have been recognized all across greece‚ although‚ some local variations and perhaps particular attributes and associations. In greek imagination‚ literature‚ and art‚ the gods were given human bodies and characters and just as ordinary men and women‚ they married‚ had children‚ fought‚ and in the stories
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Jason was the son of a king in an area called Iolkos. Jason’s uncle Pelias killed Jason’s father and took the throne for himself. Jason’s mother takes him to Chiron‚ the centaur‚ and raises him on the Mountain of Pelion. When he turns twenty‚ Jason goes to visit the palace at Iolkos. Along the way‚ Hera‚ the queen of the gods‚ meets Jason disguised as an old woman and asks him to aid her across the river. He assists her and loses his sandal. When Jason arrives at the palace‚ demanding his throne
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best and if something that is his is taken‚ he will fight to get it back. Paris is the Prince of Troy. He didn’t care much for fighting because he loved being with women. When he was asked to give the Golden Apple to either Hera‚ Aphrodite or Athena‚ he chose Aphrodite because she offered him the most beautiful woman in the world‚ Helen. When they saw each other in the hallucinations‚ they instantly fell “in love”. The problem was‚ Helen was already taken by Menelaus. At their wedding‚ Paris showed
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The unknown scares people and leads to violence‚ bigotry‚ and more. Throughout history people have used anything to explain the unknown‚ such as violence‚ scapegoating‚ science‚ and mythology. Mythology‚ be it pagan or monotheistic‚ has been used in many facets of life and humanity to help explain what people do not know. All cultures draw on similar aspects of the world to explain the unexplainable‚ how the world was created. Cultures have used trees to symbolize the center of the world and the
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The Tragedy of the Trojan Women In the beginning of The Trojan Women by Euripides‚ the city of Troy has been sacked‚ and Poseidon brings attention to Hecuba crying at the entrance of Troy. Poseidon lists the events unbeknownst to Hecuba‚ including her daughter Polyxena being killed by the Greeks in a sacrifice at Achilles’ tomb‚ Priam and Hecuba’s children are dead‚ and Apollo left Cassandra mad (Apollo made her his prophetess). Then enters Athena‚ who wants to bring joy to the Trojans and give
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