There were many contributions to western civilization from the Ancient Greeks. Many roots of the civilization we have today can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks. They made long lasting contributions in the areas of art‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ math‚ drama‚ and science. If the intelligent thinkers of the Ancient Greeks such as‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚and Hippocrates never challenged the way Greeks lived many of the ideas we have today would have never been established. The Greeks made contributions
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democracy so much that they displayed the stone panel so that everyone could see. Athens wanted everyone’s voices to be heard. The stone relief was displayed in a public place to show how supported Greece was of the idea of democracy. In “The Funeral Oration of Pericles” he talks about democracy. Pericles says that democracy allows men to advance because of merit instead of wealth or inherited class. He also says that in a democracy‚ citizens behave lawfully while doing what they like without dear
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treats the conspirators with respect‚ which creates a trust and immediate peace between the people. In the play’s final lines‚ Antony and Octavius honor Brutus through their final orations through complimenting his character. Antony goes as far as calling Brutus “the noblest Roman of them all”. They promise Brutus full funeral rites and thus the play closes. Antony and Octavius final speeches reveal a personal revelation that has occurred among them that Brutus was fighting to preserve Rome. They acknowledge
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age lasted for about 50 years. Today all of our lives are greatly affected and influenced from the lives of Greeks. Today in the Western civilizations they use a form of government called democracy. (Doc 3) There is a fragment from Pericles’ Funeral Oration. It describes Athens’ governmental plan. A system of government called democracy‚ where
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Thucydides ’ written history of the Mytilenian Debate and the Melian Dialogue reflects the reality of a period where morality is dependent on the exercise of power and those who possess it. The main theme running through the course of these two debates is that those with the power to act as they wish inherently have the power to dictate morality. The arguments that decide the fate of the Mytilene are made not strictly on the basis of morality but on how their power allows them to exercise the moral
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lived in the tide of times"). Because he is alone‚ his speech is evidence of Antony’s genuine love and loyalty to Caesar. He wants Caesar alive‚ not dead for political reasons. In order to avenge the death of Caesar‚ Antony employs irony in his oration--"So are they all‚ all honorable men" as well as emotional pauses to arouse the people to turn against the conspirators. Later in the play‚ Antony again manipulates people. In his love for Caesar and loyal promise to avenge him "A curse shall light
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As I read both exports of Thucydides and Herodotus they go back and forth with the question that was given for the assignment‚ is war good or bad. When I first thought on the topic I was leaning more to the good side‚ but I re-read my notes and both exports and realized that war is actually bad. Not only for the two nations that are fighting but for all nations‚ and cities neighboring those two. It’s bad because it makes rulers and other high ranks do things that are unpredictable. Both of these
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motivate international actors or whether actors adhere to a realist philosophy and ignore ethics in favor of self-interest and power. In History of the Peloponnesian War‚ Thucydides explores this debate‚ particularly during his dramatization
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The historian Thucydides‚ (460-395 BCE)‚ recorded his interpretation of the speech in his book of the war‚ known simply as History of the Peloponnesian War. In the speech Pericles praises the lifestyle of the “international” Athenians‚ who enjoy the imported luxuries of other countries‚ as their own (Thucydides‚ book 2‚ chapter 38). Contrasting the Spartan lifelong harsh training regiment with the life of the
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Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare in the year 1601. It resemble the play Hamlet‚ and it characterized his assassination in 44 B.C. and the defeat of the conspirators in the battle of Philipi. Its setting is Rome‚ the capital city of Italy. Most of the scenes are set in Rome and Philipi. The play begins in the street of Rome where the Roman citizens is celebrating Caesar’s triumphant return from the war. Although the title of the play is ‘Julius Caesar’ but Caesar is not the main
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