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Works representing Anglo-Saxon people and their society; works included as i.e.'s: Beowulf, A History of the English Church and People and Seafarer
... of a Different Time Many works of Literature represent people and their society of that era. Beowulf, A History of the English ... verses of his have stirred the heart of many folks to despise the world and aspire to heavenly things."(33) In the Seafarer the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Description of several major characters in Norse (Scandanavian) Mythology, including Woden and Thor, and a brief look at the Ragnarok (end of the world).
... the most powerful and valiant god. He was the god of thunder and the defender of the world of men and the world of the gods. Thor's weapon was the hammer, and just the threat of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Mythology research project. Speaks of The Yoruba and Madagascar myths
... of creation, the beginning of the world was a formless Chaos which was neither sea nor land. Orisha Nla, also called the Great God, was sent down from the sky to the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Why does Agamemnon die? An analysis of Aeschylus's 'Agamemnon' from the Orestia trilogy which examines the multiple causes of his death. Based on a reading of the play in translation.
... of the world that would usually be unfamiliar to aristocratic women. Her capability is obvious from the outset when she describes her radical organisation of the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
The history of writing
... history would have been lost. We would have never know of the Holy Bible, the Holocaust, or be able to learn of our own genealogy. The Declaration of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
The Business Life of Ancient Athens
... history even further, to state the facts for people even farther down the road of the world. The author did not try to persuade the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Title:The Crimes of Democracy
... the name of the game was to extend the influence and reach of their power. "The magnitude of our city draws the produce of the world into our harbor, so that to the Athenian the fruits of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Spartacus and the Third Slave Revolt of Ancient Rome.
... of the most violent episodes of slave resistance known in the history of the Roman Empire - indeed, in the world annals of slavery (Shaw, 2001). Gladiators, the famous actors of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Essay on the Origins of Greek Drama
... the mood of the audience. The Romans were noted for this also. Greek drama has influenced the theater and theatrical productions of the rest of the world, through the development of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
The Traditions of Christmas
... the rest of the world in many ways. The first is they celebrate on January 7th instead of the 25th of December. The Russian Orthodox Church still follows the Julian Calendar as the for most of the world ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology