Attic vs. Asiatic Attic style in Greek literature and art was replaced‚ for a time‚ by the more decorative and florid Asiatic style. Attic would resurface again‚ as the ideal‚ suggesting a more ascetic‚ brief‚ and witty concise style. Both styles influenced writers and speakers in Rome‚ and much later in Britain. Writers like Matthew Arnold made use of an Attic prose style‚ while the more florid Asiatic style had its proponents as well. In the Roman era‚ Cicero analyzed these styles and suggested
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Compare and contrast the city-states of Athens and Sparta politically and culturally In ancient times‚ Greece was not a united country but rather a collection of separate city-states that were in some cases similar‚ in other cases different politically and culturally. The two most famous‚ powerful and influential city-states of that period were Athens and Sparta. Although Athens and Sparta had some cultural comparisons such as both were polytheistic societies sharing similar religious beliefs‚ their
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1. Politically‚ how did the Guptas rule? Smaller & depended on local governance (indivs.‚ villages‚ etc.) 2. For much of history‚ the Indian political landscape was characterized by? Small kingdoms 3. Who unified the Gupta Empire? Ruler Chandra Gupta 4. The high point of Mauryan success came during the reign of? Their Grandson 5. Like the Romans and the Hans‚ the collapse of the Gupta state was partially caused by an invasion of the ? Invaded by the White Huns 6. How did the Mauryans rise
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Views on women -Nietzsche wrote "Women are essentially unpeaceful" and "Man is for woman a means; the purpose is always a child. But what is woman for man?" The answer to this question (as well as the question you pose) is difficult to ascertain and there are a number of opposing and complex views on how he regarded women. -Hence‚ Derrida claims that for Nietzsche‚ there is no eternal essence of womanhood. -Nietzsche’s view of women is explicitly based upon their role as potential mothers -
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The Business Life of Ancient Athens The Business Life of Ancient Athens is an informative book about different aspects of Ancient businesses and Ancient ways of dealing with money. This book first starts out by explaining the agricultural aspects of Ancient Athens. Agriculture was not well for Athens‚ so they had to trade a lot. It is recorded as early as the 6th century BC that grain was a very big part of an average Athenian’s diet. Therefore; much grain trade was necessary because Greece
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Democracy Is Not Capable of Empire There are reasons why many of history’s greatest empires have tended to be either oligarchic or monarchial in nature. In observing the development of two of the ancient world’s most prominent models of representative government‚ the Athenian democracy and the Roman Republic‚ it can be concluded that when coupled with the political‚ economic‚ and social changes that come with expansion‚ the complications inherent with systems with democratic design prove incapable
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PS 101: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE Fall 2003 Professor Marc Ross Overview. What is politics and how do political scientists study it? If this question were asked about one of the natural sciences‚ students would be given a short definition‚ examples of key problems it addresses‚ and an overview of the methods employed in the field. Political science‚ however‚ cannot offer a clear single answer. Rather‚ political scientists study politics in a wide range of settings and in a variety of ways
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could be known as the Athenians or the Spartans. The Athenian’s political system was based on the belief of democracy. The meaning of democracy comes from the Greek word‚ demos‚ a word meaning neighborhood or affinity group. An Athenian leader Pericles stated‚ “We practice a politics that does not emulate the customs of our neighbors . . . Because we are governed for the many and not for the few‚ we go by the name of democracy.” Athenian democracy was built on the foundation that not one person
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Adam 1 Jean-Luc Adam Mr. Viarengo Period 6 29 October 2012 As many people know‚ the architects of many buildings have used a multitude of techniques and methods from ancient architecture to build newer buildings. For example‚ the Capitol Building uses Greek and Roman architecture in its columns‚ while the Washington Monument is in the style of an Egyptian Obelisk. One of the monuments‚ the Lincoln Memorial‚ is based off the styles and methods of the Architecture of the Parthenon. Because of
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reasoning‚ inquiry‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ poetry‚ & history / rugged mountainous terrain / Greeks felt themselves superior & called all other people "barbarians"/ After Persian army was repulsed Athenians established a democratic government headed by Pericles-began building temples & sculpture on the Acropolis to commemorate the gods who made victory possible-During Periclean Age-artist‚ historians‚ writers‚ dramatists & scientists flourished / from 431-404 Athens‚ Sparta & other city states engaged in
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