Amongst their numerous accomplishments‚ the ancient Greeks are credited with inventing competitive athletics‚ drama‚ democracy‚ oratory‚ rhetoric‚ biology‚ zoology‚ and the atomic theory. Several ancient Greek concepts have since been applied in civilizations throughout much of Western history. Greek principles in literature and drama‚ as well as those in art and government‚ are thus said to have had a continuing impact on people in countless phases of history. Certain themes in literature
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tactic; they were unable to anticipate the effect it would have on the people’s heath. The isolation it left people in‚ resulted in a plague‚ which swept over Athens‚ leaving their people weak and in most cases‚ dead. Book Two also brings into account‚ Pericles’ speech at the funeral oration. Here‚ he gives praises to the city to honor their death. He says that because of the city’s greatness‚ it attracts good things and the death of his people will not be forgotten. In Book Three‚ Thucydides writes of
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1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE William shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwichshire‚ England. There is no definite record of his birth but his baptism was recorded by the church‚ thus his birthday is assumed to be 23 of April. Shakespeare ‚ the son of John shakespeare‚ a successful trademan‚ and of Mary Arden. Shakespeare attended King Edward VI Grammar School‚ which may have provided education in Latin grammar and literature. In 1582‚ he married Anne Hathaway
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Alan. Literature Craft and Voice. New York: McGraw Hill‚ 2012. 822. History. "University of Alabama desegregated." 2012. The History Channel website. 24 Oct 2012 <http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/university-of-alabama-desegregated>. Pericles‚ Hamlet. Helium. 25 January 2008. 20 October 2012 <http://www.helium.com/items/818599-poetry-analysis-we-real-cool-by-gwendolyn-brooks>. http://rapgenius.com/Bob-dylan-the-times-they-are-a-changin-lyrics http://www.shmoop.com/we-real-cool/analysis
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In Greek art‚ the male human nude was used as a canon of human perfection. The sensuous male form in motion was considered the crowning achievement of Greek sculpture. Its asymmetrical balance‚ this motion while at rest‚ and the resulting harmony of opposites is the essence of male beauty. The following will discuss the male sexual anatomy‚ physiology‚ and overall sexual health. In examining the male sexual body‚ the anatomy encompasses both the external and the internal sex organs. The external
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Women in Classical Ancient Greece (5th Century BC) held an inferior social position to men. Although they were prominent in the Greek Mythology (Goddess of Wisdom Athena‚ Goddess of the Hunt Artemis) and writing such as Sophocles’ Antigone (441 BC)‚ the average woman stayed at home‚ spinning and weaving and doing household chores. They never acted as hostesses when their husbands had parties and were seen in public only at the theater (tragic but not comic) and certain religious festivals. Women
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was frowned upon. It was viewed that money was supposed to be spent on other things‚ such as helping those who were in need‚ in order to bring about honor and glory (Dover‚ 1984‚ 147). Spending money on extravagance goes against the Athenian ideals Pericles claimed that they upheld during the funeral oration. “We cultivate refinement without extravagance and knowledge without effeminacy; wealth we employ more for use than for show” (Thucydides‚ 2.40). Money was supposed to be spent to advance the family
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Michael Daramola Mrs. Martignoni World History 6th period 10/19/15 The Aulos was mostly played in Classical Athens. The Aulos was a big part of Ancient Greece music. The Aulos was a common instrument in Ancient Greece. The Aulos was played at funerals and a lot of festivals. The Aulos has been seen as early as the Neolithic period in vase paintings. In Ancient Greece students were taught how to play the Aulos in school. The Aulos was double piped and required a lot of force to play it
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constructed after the original temple was destroyed in the Second Persian Invasion in 480 B.C. The Parthenon is a most prominent figure in Classical Greek history‚ designed by Callicrates and Ictinus with the supervision of Phidias over the order of Pericles to show the wealth and the extravagance the Athenian power was capable of. Though in restoration‚ its value becomes clear looking at its sculptures and realizing the extensive history it holds. Being over 2000 years old‚ the history of the temple
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the only citizens of Athens allowed to participant in the cities political life. No other citizen had the privileges the male citizen did. (Levack‚ Muir‚ & Veldman‚ 2011) The importance of this became increasingly apparent during the age of Pericles 490-429 B.C.E. The criteria was constricted so that a citizen had to be born from citizen parentage on both sides‚ those with foreign mothers‚ were now to be excluded. (Clay‚ 2005) Primarily‚ a male citizen controlled wealth‚ owned land and slaves
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