more in depth than I could have imagined. I believe that Aristophanes had a very interesting opinion on love. I feel like although his argument is quite odd‚ it does bring up a good point that does connect to an expression that people use today. Aristophanes states that there is a third gender aside from male and female saying‚ “there was also a...combination of these two… ‘androgynous’ was a distinct gender as well as name”
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The Lysistrata of Aristophanes Aristophanes was a satirist who produced Lysistrata around 413 BC when the news of Athen ’s warships had been destroyed near Sicily. For twenty-one years‚ while Athens was engaged in war‚ he relentlessly and wittliy attacked the war‚ the ideals of the war‚ the war party and the war spirit. This risked his acceptance and his Athenian citizenship. Lysistrata is probably the oldest comedy which has retained a place in modern theatre. It primarily deals with two themes
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The feeling of desiring another may be much older the human race as without erotic acts the species would have never survived. One of the first written explanations of this desire comes from Aristophanes’ dialogue in Plato’s Symposium where he summarises how man came to have the form he now has. In brief‚ man once had two faces‚ four arms‚ and four legs; they were so powerful in that form that Zeus feared them and was diminished to split them in two. The severed halves were doomed to wander the earth
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Aristophanes Views on Love In the Symposium‚ a most interesting view on love and soul mates are provided by one of the characters‚ Aristophanes. In the speech of Aristophanes‚ he says that there is basically a type of love that connects people. Aristophanes begins his description of love by telling the tale of how love began. He presents the tale of three sexes: male‚ female‚ and a combination of both. These three distinct sexes represented one’s soul. These souls split in half‚ creating
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Exam 3‚ response to question 2 ‚ Aristophanes and Thucydides. Briahna Miner 3704138 December 13th 2011 Aristophanes and Thucydides both wrote during the Peloponnesian War‚ the former wrote comic plays and the latter wrote a more serious account of what was happening. Although they were authors of two very different forms of literature they had the common tie of being critical of democracy and blamed it’s downfalls for the Athenian loss of the war. They looked at the same facts about the same events
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Aristophanes said “youth ages‚ immaturity is outgrown‚ ignorance can be educated‚ and drunkenness sobered‚ but stupid lasts forever.” This quote lists many traits that are common in the lives of people around us. Youth comes with immaturity‚ but it does not last forever. As stated by Aristophanes‚ youth is outgrown after a while. Ignorance is also a common attribute that many people possess. It may not be a good thing to act ignorant all the time‚ but you can avoid it by better informing yourself
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The most influential comedy playwright of ancient Greece is Aristophanes. Born in 445 B.C.E‚ he became a man of great thoughts. Very little is known about his early life. The only piece of information known‚ is that he was born to a not poor family in Athens. His adolescent life took place during the Periclean Age‚ which is described by the Encyclopedia of World Biography as‚ “interlude of peace between 445 and 431‚ when Athens was one of the two leading political powers in Greece and also the most
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State Of Cloud Computing Our latest survey shows slow adoption‚ with 40% now using cloud services. Despite cloud’s massive potential to revolutionize 51% are being held back by the fear of security flaws‚ and few of our 446 respondents are fundamentally changing IT‚ the way they do IT as a result of the cloud. Ultimately‚ this reactive approach will render some shops obsolete. By Joe Masters Emison Report ID: R6490513 Previous Next reports 2013 State of Cloud Computing
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Anthony Sarno Professor Tritle April 16‚ 2013 Analysis of The Clouds By: Aristophanes Anthony Sarno Professor Tritle April 16‚ 2013 The Clouds Aristophanes’ play‚ The Clouds‚ provides an illustration of the “new” style of education in Athens compared to that of the “traditional” style. It is a satirical comedy that pokes fun at the ideas and philosophies the sophists upheld. What is interesting is that the Socrates is portrayed as the leader of this educational movement. His teachings
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Sex-strikes have been used in history to prevent and end wars since the early 1600s‚ but first written about in the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes in 411 B.C. The main premise of Lysistrata has had a lasting effect politically on the way that certain events have been improved and averted. The way that the women were written by Aristophanes was advanced for the time period that the play had taken place. Having the experience of a play differs drastically than reading it to yourself‚ quietly in your
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