Alex Hummel World Civilization 1 Lysistrata When Aristophanes wrote Lysistrata he gave a new perspective on the role women played in Greece. He empowered women during a time when women had very little say in society. Of course strictly fictional‚ Aristophanes writes about how women could end the Peloponnesian war. After years of war‚ Lysistrata comes up with a plan to bring peace. Through her knowledge and wit she rallies the women from Greece to deploy her plan. Lysistrata stays calm
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where Greek-speaking people lived. There were hundreds of city-states in ancient Greece‚ some really small ones and some really big ones with large populations. The following are the five most powerful city-states in about 550 B.C.E; Athens (A-thens)‚ Sparta (Spar-ta)‚ Corinth (Cor-inth)‚ Thebes(the-be-s) and Argos (Ar-gos). Ancient Greece consisted mainly of a mountainous peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea. It also included approximately 1‚400 islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas. Lands
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Case Questions 1. When Sparta increased their price of nonglare glass from $2.15 to $2.36 per square foot‚ they expected competitors to follow this and increase their prices as well. However‚ competitors did not follow this pricing change and SGP had a large loss of market share. Matthews believed if SGP returned to a price of $2.15 the company could regain a major portion of its original market share with sales of 275‚000 square ft. Because SGP has a great reputation‚ their sales should not fall
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Thucydides‚ a known historian during the time‚ described and analyzed the motives of the infamous Peloponnesian War. The war was between two powerful city-states: Athens and Sparta. The conflict arose due to excessive power. The Athenians were optimistic that they were the driving force that led Greece and all of its city-states. Specifically‚ the historian focuses on the funeral oration presented by Pericles. Pericles‚ ironically‚ doesn’t display sorrow but displays comfort and proud of what each
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There were many events in Ancient Greece that were turning points in the history of Greece. The formation of the Delian League was one of them. In the following paragraphs‚ the Delian League will be explained as to what it was‚ how it was formed‚ and how it affected everyone involved throughout the time it existed (both negatively and positively). First‚ the Delian League was an agreement made between Athens‚ and the Aegean coastal regions as well as the Ionian islands as to a naval force to continue
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analysis of course being that Athenian democrats and their failures caused the war and resulted in the defeat of Athens. Aristophanes‚ who grew up on a wealthy farm near Athens‚ was forced to move into the city at the outbreak of the war against Sparta. There he spoke out for those who had lost their land. He believed these were the people who had given up the most for the war‚ his obvious admiration for the countryside makes its way into his beloved works. His plays were extremely popular and won
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were trained and given rigorous exercise‚ but it was mainly in hopes that they would bear strong children. Women in this ascetic society were also seen as the last defense for the polis‚ therefore giving them the least importance and authority in Sparta. The queens had no power in the Theban monarchy‚ even though they were higher in society than most men. This shows the relationship between men and women‚ because no matter how high their social standing was‚ the women were seen as the lower class
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Because of the recent movie‚ 300‚ most people are aware of the epic battle that occurred at Thermopylai were 300 odd Spartans supposedly held off an army of over one million led by Xerxes I. Now‚ there were many errors in the movie (the number of men on both sides being the chiefest of them). But it still leaves many people asking how a force so drastically outnumbered was able to hold a force nearly twenty times their number. The answer lies in the difference in their equipment‚ tactics and their
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When one speaks of a mighty nation‚ one of the first names that comes to mind is the Grecian city-state of Sparta. The great Spartan state prospered for many centuries using their cutting-edge‚ albeit small‚ militia‚ and created one of the fiercest and most feared empires on the Grecian sub-continent; but‚ did the Spartan education system’s strengths necessarily outweigh its weaknesses? The Educations’ strengths definitely outweighed its weaknesses‚ because of their obedience and coordination between
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their own. Slaves played an important role in ancient Greece. If someone became a trader they could move up in statues. Where someone was in statues depended on different things (Daily life in ancient Greece‚ women in ancient Greece‚ Robert). In Sparta the boys were taken at age 7 from their parents and put in barracks and not released till they were 30 (Women in Ancient Greece). The boys where kept short of food so they had to learn how to steal. The girls were taught how to dance and athletics
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