Plato (427-347 B.C.) [Athens]. Plato was very much influenced by Socrates and carried on his work in the same vane. Plato‚ who’s real name was Aristocales - the son of Ariston‚ a man of influential ancestry - who had studied the philosophies of the Pythagoreans‚ the Heracliteans‚ and the Eleatics‚ but who’s chief association was seven years with Socrates. After travelling around the Mediterranean region‚ he returned to Athens and founded his own school (387 B.C.) in the Grove of Academus‚ whence
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have committed the crime. His accusers claimed Socrates corrupted the youth. In Athens‚ where their spirituality was the cornerstone of the entire society‚ Socrates challenged their beliefs. Consequently‚ he taught the young to question the Greek mythology. He may have believed in the gods‚ but he interpreted them in a way different from the rest of the public. The law for those who corrupted the children of Athens was execution.
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1. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the networks and backup technologies? Answer: No. Without all of the networks and backup technologies‚ the 2004 Athens Olympic would not success. The major events in the Olympics were totally relying on that system that the Atos Origin developed. 2. The 2004 Olympics is a global business. Can a business today succeed without information technology? Why or why not? Answer: There are businesses today that are very successful
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process I have come to conclusion that Athens had the better system. Athens had a better system because anybody could hold office‚ they had more equal rights‚ and citizen’s had more of a voice in government. Background: This took place in 500 B.C.E on the Greek and Italian Peninsulas of the Mediterranean Sea. (Background Essay) Paragraph 2- Body Topic sentence: Athens had the better system because anybody could hold office. Evidence: All of the Athens 40‚000 citizens were eligible to attend
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A.P. Statistics Assignment 2-5 Remember to show your thinking through your work. 1) The data below were gathered on a random sample of 5 basking sharks‚ swimming through the water and filter-feeding‚ i.e. letting the water bring food into their mouths. Mean speeds for basking sharks Body Length (meters) Mean speed (meters/second) 4.0 0.89 4.5 0.83 4.0 0.76 6.5 0.94 5.5 0.94 a) What is the value of the correlation coefficient for these data? <type answer here>
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demonstrate the idealized behavior and role that women were forced to exhibit amongst their families and within society. One of the many ancient Greek architectural masterpieces was the Parthenon‚ built in 447-438 B.C.E.; it was located in Acropolis‚ Athens‚ Greece and served as the Temple of Athena Parthenos in honor of the goddess (Kleiner‚ p. 68).The frieze of the Parthenon had sculptures integrated with the architect depicting different mythological allegories that all had references to the goddess
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What does the Athenian adultery law state? Why is adultery such a serious offense in Athenian law? In classical Athens there were certain offences in which homicide was justified and allowed. The act which is usually rendered in English as "adultery" was called moicheia (μοιχεία) in Greek. Catching a woman of your family committing adultery was one of those times. The reason that this speech exists is because there must have been some doubt as to whether the husband actually caught his wife in the
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Melians proposal. Here is the debate: Diomedes: We need to prepare our ships. Melian needs to be taught a lesson! Nikolaos: Why do we to attack Melian? They have always been neutral city. They are not our enemy. Diomedes: By not surrender to Athens‚ they make themselves as our enemy. Furthermore‚ let’s not forget that they fought on the Lacedaemonians side‚ and they were once Sparta’s colony. (v:89) Nikolaos: No‚ the Sparta is our enemy‚ leave the innocent Melians out of this bloody war. Diomedes:
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Plato. The Last Days of Socrates. London: Penguin Books Ltd.‚ 1993 Imagine the time just after the death of Socrates. The people of Athens were filled with questions about the final judgment of this well-known‚ long-time citizen of Athens. Socrates was accused at the end of his life of impiety and corruption of youth. Rumors‚ prejudices‚ and questions flew about the town. Plato experienced this situation when Socrates‚ his teacher and friend‚ accepted the ruling of death from an Athenian
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whether the Greeks had planned it or not. In Thucydides’ On Justice‚ Power‚ and Human Nature‚ the prominence of Athens during a time of war on freedom created the ability of public forums and open debates where everyone was entitled to state their own opinion rather than spending their time trying to be heard. Ultimately‚ these reformations and changes created a government that helped Athens become a place of revolution as well as a powerhouse of freedom during a time where power-hungry leaders ruled
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