ever live. A much more disputable question regarding Alexander is that of his cruelty throughout his reign as Macedonian King. In order to ascertain the extent of Alexander ’s cruelty one must analyze a number of key events which occurred during his kingship. These include the actions he took following Phillips death‚ Alexander ’s Razing of Thebes‚ the slaughter of Greek Mercenaries at Granicus‚ The Siege of Tyre and the deaths of Callisthenes‚ Philotas‚ Parmenio and Cleitus. After Alexander ’s father
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shows he audience that gods are greater than man. Arête‚ or excellence‚ is an element of a classic tragic hero‚ which is a characteristic Creon displays many places throughout the story. Even before the Creon speaks we are shown his excellence and kingship through the Chorus’s lines 173-178. “Creon‚ the new man for the new day‚ Why this sudden call to the old men summoned at one command?” These lines show his leadership as a new king as he summons the elders. Another good example is when is addresses
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Assignment of Classics in Translation ( ENG 1421 ) Topic: Analyze Agamemnon’s Character from Homer’s Iliad and Aeschylus’s Agamemnon [pic] Agamemnon is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope‚ the brother of Menelaus and the husband of Clytemnestra. Agamemnon and Clytemnestra had four children: one son‚ Orestes‚ and three daughters‚ Iphigenia‚ Electra and Chrysothemis. He was the king of Mycenae. When Helen‚ the wife of Menelaus‚ was abducted by Paris of Troy‚ Agamemnon was the
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graves‚ of worms‚ and epitaphs”. This image suggests a graveyard‚ with tombstones. Richard is feeling rather sorrowful at this point in the play‚ and these images suggest his sadness. However Richard intertwines this imagery of death with imagery of kingship‚ which he has used throughout his monologues in the rest of the play. The lines “For within the hollow crown / That rounds the mortal temples of a king” suggest that Richard is now seeing the crown in a different light‚ which is a moment of anagnorisis
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ANCIENT ART August 3‚ 2013 Abstract Art not only helps to define who we are as individuals‚ it reflects the culture in which it was created. Art defines not only a country’s culture‚ their politics‚ religion‚ ethics‚ and aesthetics‚ but the era at the time in which the art was formed. Ancient art dates from 2012 BCE to 2012 CE. CE was formally referred to as AD‚ or Anno Domini‚ the year of our Lord‚ but changed as we became a more global society‚ Art is an important
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Eye of New‚ Toe of Frog In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ written in 1606‚ a story is told of a nobleman who decides to kill the king in order to rule all of Scotland himself. Thinking that the murder will be easily forgotten‚ Macbeth moves on with his kingship but soon finds out that he is constantly thinking about the brutal murder of his own king. Throughout the course of the play‚ there are many instances where the witches and other forms of the supernatural help to shape the plot of the story. During
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James tries to establish a boundary between his form of government and tyranny in two ways. First of all‚ he argues that no king can “be imagined to be so vnruly and tyrannous‚ but the common-wealth will be kept in better order […] by him‚ then it can be by his way-taking” (p. 79). Furthermore‚ not even a tyrannous or wicked king‚ who‚ according to James VI. was sent to the people as a punishment by God‚ shall be revolted against‚ as it is preferable to “live in a Common-wealth‚ where nothing is
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By comparing the two sculptures of Khafre‚ image 3-11 ca. 2520-2494 BCE (1)‚ with the statue of Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)‚ image 5-40 ca. 450-440 BCE (2) you get a true sense of the evolution of art‚ from Pharaonic Egypt to Classical Athenian Greece two millennia later. This was not just a revolution in art but also philosophy‚ which transported itself into not only the types sculptures created but also the style used by their creators. For example‚ the statue of Khafre sits lifeless and majestic
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on who should lead the polis. Plato felt "philosopher kings" should rule because they would be trained and have the most knowledge and wisdom to know justice from injustice‚ and Plato strictly disagrees with democracy saying that it only leads to tyranny. Aristotle was in favor of a Polity which has the middle class rule since the middle class have the least desire to be rich or to have control; however‚ a Polity is unpractical because the middle class is usually not strong enough to counter the
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officials when they were faced with civil or military crises. Dictatorship lasted six months‚ and the main point of it was for strong leadership during difficult times‚ whereas tyranny was often looked upon as cruel and harsh by the lower classes in Greece. There was nobody to appoint a tyrant‚ and the he ruled as long as he lived. Tyranny was lost because the people did not like how unstable and it caused fear. Dictatorship lasted until Both the Greeks and the Romans faced class tensions. In Rome‚ Patricians
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