Essays Tagged: "Athens"

Antigone

dy that was written several centuries ago by awell known man named Sophocles. Sophocles was born in Athens about 496 - 406B.C. He is regarded as one of the world's greatest playwrights, and his plays ...

(2 pages) 96 0 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Why Socrates should be found Guilty?

rates should be found guilty?In 470 B. C or 469 B. C a Greek Philosopher named Socrates was born in Athens. He was the son of Sophroniscus who was a sculptor. Researchers has said that Socrates was br ... nesion war broke out, Socrates went into active service and he earned high praises by the people of Athens for his courage and his endurance. Socrates took part in three war campaign for Athens. The s ...

(7 pages) 176 0 2.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Atlantis - Will we ever know?

Critias of acontinent in the Atlantic ocean larger than Africa and Asia Minor combined which rivaledAthens as the most advanced in the world. (2) According to the legend surroundingPlato's dialogues, ...

(4 pages) 139 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Socrates' Moral Decision

Good, Brief, Humorless Good Points,Was Socrates wise to stay in Athens to die? Examine firstly the contextof the word wise , Socrates wasn't wise in the sense of pr ... t therepayment of evil with evil was wrong. In short, Socrates was a very moral person.He stayed in Athens because he said that he had lived by the laws of the countryfor all his life. He had enjoyed ... wn his life for what he consideredto be right, selflessly.Socrates was morally obligated to stay in Athens to die. The choice wasnot the selfish one, but the honorable one. He didn't have to stay, as ...

(3 pages) 182 0 3.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Theseus or Hercules

Theseus or Hercules?Theseus is most worthy of emulation. He was a great hero in Athens. 'Theseuswas, of course bravest of the brave as all heroes are, but unlike the other heroes h ... man of bravery, intellectand bodily strength. Hercules on the other hand was what all Greece except Athens mostadmired. He was very strong but wasn't too smart. Hercules never thought of theconsequenc ... .Third, Theseus was very brave. In fact he went on so many great excursions that asaying grew up in Athens 'Nothing without Theseus!' (p. 149). When it was time forTheseus to seek his father he would ...

(2 pages) 68 0 4.1 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Democracy in Ancient Greece

Greeks came up with was based on two important factors. The first one was the population growth in Athens grew at a very fast rate. The second was the advocating of political, economic, and legal equ ... ts lead the government and had supreme control over all of the verdicts and criminal accusations in Athens. Problems arose when aristocrats become jealous of one another and rivalries ensued under the ...

(3 pages) 130 1 3.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Persian Wars

hings in a five-year campaign. After thislong sought victory, Darius became bent on revenge against Athens, one ofthe few states outside the area that had helped the rebles. He appealed toSparta to at ... ondline of defense (an earthen wall across the Isthmus of Corinth), while thePersians advanced upon Athens. Themistokles ordered his people to flee thecity: the women and children to Salamis, the men ...

(2 pages) 104 0 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Midsummer nights dream---sort paper on women

sander, she is placed in a difficult position. Her father seeks out the aid of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, who states the law and what she can do in such a situation: marry who her father says, becom ...

(1 pages) 58 0 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

A little information about socrotes and his wrongful death.

and intelligent faith, against ignorant conservatism and fear", the latter representing majority of Athens. Socrates was charged with impiety, the corruption of the youth, and the undermining of relig ... mies headed by Meletus restate that he is a doer of evil, the sole corrupter of the youth in all of Athens, and he does not believe in the gods of the state and has other new divinities of his own. Th ...

(5 pages) 147 1 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Suicide

uired to drink hemlock to end his lifein 399 BC, after being found guilty of corrupting the youthof Athens. In the 20th century the German general ErwinRommel took poison rather than be executed for h ...

(3 pages) 136 0 2.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

Aristotle

eece to a physician to the royal court.When he became eighteen, Aristotle entered Plato's School in Athens and remained at this academy for twenty years, as a student and then as a teacher. He was rec ... was given the title of 'The Intelligence of the School'. When Plato died in 347 BC, Aristotle left Athens and joined a group of disciples of Plato, with his friend Hermias. Hermias became ruler of a ...

(1 pages) 170 1 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

this essay is over the events and studys of aristotles life there is a work sited page and work sited in the essay also

r, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335 BC, when Alexander became King, Aristotle returned to Athens and established his own school, The Lyceum. Because much of the discussion in his school took ... olling") school. Upon the death of Alexander in 323 BC, strong anti-Macedonian feeling developed in Athens, and Aristotle retired to a family estate in Euboea. He died there the following year.Aristot ...

(6 pages) 150 0 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Theseus and his Adventures in the Labyrynth. How Theseus killed the minautor

Theseus Athens great heroAt birth Theseus an unknown father. His mother , Aethra , was friendly with both Po ... he is grown have him take my sword and sandals from under this boulder to me ,' then he was off to Athens. Theseus was born in a small town called Troezen and grew up there, in a normal way.When Thes ... im what Aegeus had said. Theseus lifted the giant boulder with ease and immediately wanted to go to Athens. He insisted on going by land even though it is much more dangerous for there are thieves and ...

(2 pages) 35 0 3.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

The King Must Die. Is Theseus to perfect to be a human being?

Theseus to be more than a human being took place under the strength of the Isthmus' current between Athens and Troizen. Theseus was losing strength and falling deeper into his coffin. Theseus had not ... events, he could have brought the labyrinth to fall and slayed the Minotaur.Theseus was the King of Athens. He had something inside him that all men do not have. He was special in many ways. His prese ...

(3 pages) 39 0 3.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Theseus, the greatest Athenian hero

y, Theseus can truely be thought of as the greatest Athenian hero.He was the son of Aegeus, king of Athens, and Aethra, princess of Troezen, and daughter ofPittheus, king of Troezen.Before Theseus was ... Troezen.Before Theseus was born his fathe r Aegeus left Aethra in Troezen of Argolis andreturned to Athens before he was born. But before he left king Aegeus put his sword and hispair of sandals under ...

(3 pages) 71 1 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

A Critique of Socrates' Guilt in the Apology

ering whether Socrates is 'guilty or not', we must keep in mind the societal norms and standards of Athens at the time, and the legitimacy of his accusers and the validity of the crimes that he allege ... fold. Firstly, Socrates is charges with impiety, a person who does not believe in the state gods of Athens and, not only that, but by its literal meaning, does not believe in the authority of gods at ...

(4 pages) 257 0 4.7 Oct/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

The philosopher, Aristotle

and master the art of persuasion, or rhetoric. This was the case throughout Greece,specifically in Athens, where Aristotle spent the major part of his life. The law in Athens camefrom a group of abou ... philosophers as Socrates. 'The greatest school of Rhetoric in all Greece was at this periodheld in Athens by the renowned Isocrates, who was at the zenith of his reputation.'(Collins p.11) A competit ...

(4 pages) 223 0 3.7 Apr/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Aristotle vs. Copernicus

n at Stagira, in Macedonia, the son of a physician to the royal court. At the age of 17, he went to Athens to study at Plato's Academy. He remained there for about 20 years, as a student and then as a ... nder, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335, when Alexander became king, Aristotle returned to Athens and established his own school, the Lyceum. Because much of the discussion in his school took ...

(6 pages) 112 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

THe Death penelty

also part of the fourteenth century B.C Hittite code, the seventh century B.C 's Dranconion code of Athens, which made death the only punishment for all crimes. Death sentences were carried out by suc ...

(7 pages) 289 1 4.2 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Life And Works of Aristotle

nder, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335, when Alexander became king, Aristotle returned to Athens and established his own school, the Lyceum. Because much of the discussion in his school took ... olling') school. Upon the death of Alexander in 323 bc, strong anti-Macedonian feeling developed in Athens, and Aristotle retired to a family estate in Euboea. He died there the following year.WorksAr ...

(9 pages) 496 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy