Timothy 20140221 Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae In the novel “Gates of Fire”‚ by Steven Pressfield‚ the author describes a battle between 300 Spartans and the Persian Army who threatens to invade and take Sparta. A Greek‚ who goes by the name Xeones‚ gives his story to a scribe who works for the Persian King Xerxes. One main theme that presents itself very well is the act of Patriotism. Something that one would learn from this novel is very similar to the basics of what
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characteristics. Things have changed from ancient Sparta where parents would be enthusiastic about their children going to war‚ and even more elated upon learning that they died valiantly in battle. These days‚ most parents are a little more reserved when it comes to their children going to war‚ but the same support and values are still present; the desire for their children to fight with the utmost honor‚ and if necessary‚ die valiantly. In ancient Sparta‚ young boys were taken away from their mothers
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at the furthest point away from the street to keep the women as far away as possible from outside men‚ excluding their close family members and her husband. According to Kay O’Pry in her article‚ Social and political Roles of women in Athens and Sparta‚ “If the Family could afford one‚ Slaves did any duty outside the home‚ such as fetching water or shopping at the markets.” This in the eyes of the men keep their wife’s and children safe from harm and violation. Which was very important in Athens
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one of them. The Greek army consisted of the 300 spartan warriors who were highly trained throughout their whole childhood. In the battle they‚ Greece combined with other Greek states to ultimately hold off the persian army to save their city of (sparta). Onced they combined it gave the greek army around 7‚000 men to hold off the persian fleet. On the other hand‚ the
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PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION Pericles‚ the leader of the Athenians had presented this Oration as did his predecessors after their people have fallen in battle. The Oration was to talk about why their very own were fighting in battle and as a result died for their lands and ways of life. This particular Oration was from the early days of the Peloponnesian War. The speech was intended for every Athenian and any others that wished to attend. Prior to the speech‚ the dead are honored
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office hit film the 300 is a fictionalized retelling of the accounts of the Battle of Thermopylae. Despite not having the blessings of Spartan Councilmen‚ King Leonidas gathers a group of 300. Set in ca.480 BCE Greece‚ the best worriers in all of Sparta try to defend Greece from Persian invaders. When the news reaches of the events taking place‚ Queen Gorgo tries to convince the Council to send the entire Spartan army to help her King and husband. In a moving speech Gorgo uses the Greek rhetorical
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Before even reading this I knew that it was going to be an interesting piece because Sparta basically only lived to fight and if you didn’t you became a slave if you were weak. Tyrtaseus was a well-known 7th century poet (PS19). What made this piece even more interesting was that Tyrtaseus was a General in the war against Messenia (PS19). In this war the “Helots” were captured and taken as slaves and they served in Sparta (PS19). This document known as the Spartan’s Creed was written in 650 BCE (PS19)
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Gender Roles in Ancient Greece and Egypt Centuries of cultural and social evolution has afforded us the liberty to pride ourselves on being keen about who we are‚ what we want‚ and what we are willing to do to get it. It stands to reason that this evolution would be accompanied by opportunities and freedoms (generally speaking) enjoyed today which lend support to the varied expressions of self determined roles that often supersede fading gender prejudices. The trouble with freedom and opportunity
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It is even said that women were an economic burden because their lack of utility and the dowry system. Greece was also a divided civilization because of the geography. The economic contributions of women in ancient Greece evolved over time. The new Sparta‚ a Greek state‚ emerged between 800 and 600 BCE and conquered many bordering states‚ making them a military state. New ideologies from this warrior clan became to develop in Greece. The Spartans forced young boys at age seven to be exiled to live
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in the Aegean world was already immense when it became necessary for the poleis to form an alliance against Persia war and dominance. The Persian invasions on Athens propelled it into super military power and therefore becoming an actual rival to Sparta in its leadership to the Greeks. So this alliance that is formed by the Greeks of the Aegean put Athens in charge (hegemon) and is made up of contribution of ships and military personnel from all other poleis. The alliance was called Delian named
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