shame that this generation or generations to come will never get to see his work first hand. Phidias’ work on Athena was marveled upon for centuries. Phidias’ colossal statue of Athena was housed in the Parthenon and was displayed the symbol of Athens. It is believed that the statue was damaged in several fires and eventually was burned beyond repair around the fifth century. The statue was believed to be of great stature and heavy in gold. “The sculpture was assembled on a wooden core‚ covered
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the youth of Athens. Plato’s account consists of three speeches that were given by Socrates during this trial. Socrates speaks before the men of Athens‚ his jury‚ in 399 BCE and confesses he has forgotten who he was‚ he then recollects who he is‚ and finally he proclaims who Socrates is. The trial began with the prosecutors presenting their case against the accused before the Athenian jury. In this trial Meletus argued that Socrates was guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens and committing
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In Plato’s Apology‚ we are faced with the narration of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is being accused of corrupting the youth of Athens for his lack of not recognizing the gods. Early on in the text‚ on page seven we are presented with the accusations to which Socrates is being accused of; “What do they say? Something of this sort: - That Socrates is a doer of evil‚ and corruptor of the youth‚ and he doesn’t not believe in the gods of the state‚ and has other new divinities
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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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