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    killing a person or torturing them I believe banishment to be a more humane way to punish someone. Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans to various civilizations in the world use corporal punishment and capital punishment to kill or inflict great pain against a person who defies the King or Religious authority. Corporal punishment was used to cause pain and discomfort; unfortunately‚ there

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    Ancient Greek Olympics

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    honor of the greek God Zeus. People donated gifts to the God ‚ buildings ‚ statues ‚ altars and many more. In today’s olympics anyone is allowed to compete‚ during the olympia only Greeks were allowed to compete. The Greeks would travel thousands miles away to come compete.The greeks what year it was based on the olympics. Whoever won every four years had the olympiad name after them. The first Olympiad who was honored was Korobois of Elis‚ He was the winner of the race in 776 B.C. In ancient Olympics

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    Ancient Greek Heroism

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    in ancient Greece was not easy to acquire. There are certain aspects and requirements that must have been met in one’s life to be deemed a hero in Greek culture. The Oxford English Dictionary Online defines heroism as "the action and qualities of a hero; exalted courage‚ intrepidity or boldness; heroic conduct" and a hero as "the name given to men of superhuman strength‚ courage‚ or ability‚ favoured by the gods and men‚ and immortal." Buxton (2004: 103) stated that according to the ancient Greeks

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    Ancient Greek Games

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    The Olympic games are the greatest sports event in the world. For many years‚ the Greeks used games for many reasons. The official ancient games were started in Greece. The first modern games in Athens‚ Greece‚ were held from April 6 through April 15 in the year of 1896. Since then‚ major world events plagued some of the Olympic games. There are a lot of examples of games being held in early Greece. There are also different stories on how they got started. One says that the guardians of Zeus held

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    Ancient Greek Essay

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    Developments in Science and Medicine in Ancient Greece Although no great revolution took place‚ Ancient Greece was a place of great thinkers and revolutionary ideas that expanded upon each other. It all began when the original thinkers‚ Thales‚ Anaximander‚ and Anaximenes‚ began to move away from mythological views and move to more rational and explained ones (Nagle 87). They wanted to know the answers to the big questions like – what is the universe made of and how did it come into being. Thales

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    Ancient Greek Food

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    Ancient Greek Food When you think of greek food you mainly would think of hummus‚ flat bread‚ and gyros. But back in 3000 BC the Greeks had a much different diet than popular culture would believe. Their diet mainly consisted of grains and meat; also they drank a plethora of wine. What you ate and how much you ate was strongly connected to your social class (Nardo). The higher class in ancient Greece had access to an abundance of exotic foods‚ spices. and wines much more than the peasants and lower

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    Ancient Greek Theatre

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    Ancient Greek Theatre The Greek theatre history begins with festivals which honor gods. An example of such a festival was ‘City Dionysia’ festival which honored god Dionysus. During this festival‚ which was taking place in Athens men perform songs to welcome god Dionysus. Plays were also presented. Athens was the main city where these festivals and theatrical traditions were presented. At ancient Greek Festivals‚ the actors‚ directors and dramatists were all the same person. Later only three

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    Epic Essays 1. In what ways are these books universal? Even though some people don’t believe in gods‚ the evidence of mortal struggle in these stories is what makes them relatable. Throughout history‚ men and women alike have been fighting for fame‚ fortune‚ love‚ honor‚ power‚ and pride. For that reason alone‚ The Iliad is relatable in almost any culture worldwide. The people involved in The Iliad may have pretty severe exaggerations of these qualities‚ but it is true that they are ever present

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    a part of a religious festival and in honour of the leader of the Greek Gods‚ Zeus. Only men‚ boys and unmarried girls were allowed to attend and compete in the games. If a married women was at the Olympic Games‚ they would be punished expect if they just owned a horse in the chariot race. This event held every four years and approximately 50 thousand people came all over the Greek world to watch and also take part. In the ancient Greece Olympics there was no such thing as gold‚ bronze and silver

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    Ancient Greek War

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    Ancient Greece had one of the greatest militaries of all time. All throughout Greece there were different city-states. Each city-state had a different style of war. In Athens‚ they had the largest navy in Greece and fought battles on water. Sparta dedicated all their men to military and were all soldiers. The Greek civilization began around 2800 BC and started in the bronze age. The Greek military was the most important part of Greek Civilization because it protected Greece against others‚ with good

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