Essays Tagged: "Thrace"

A biography of Democritus of Abdera from the Hellenistic Age. It has atomic theory in it and Democritus' reasoning and acomplishments and basically his life.

Democritus was born in about 460 BC in Abdera, Thrace, Greece. He died at about 90 years of age, in about 370 BC. Democritus was an ambitious man w ...

(3 pages) 46 1 3.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Greek and Persian Wars

Darius. Darius then sent a large force to punish Athens and Eretria. The Persians took Macedon and Thrace in 492, but their fleet was badly damaged by storms and they were obliged to withdraw. A seco ... s. Darius was the man who had quelled the Ionian Revolt. Mardonius, Darius' brother-in-law, invaded Thrace in 492. Athens could see war coming and tried to gain allies, but no one dared openly to oppo ...

(3 pages) 69 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Persian Invasions

for their share in the burning of Sardis, sent a great army across the Hellespont to march through Thrace against Athens, under his young kinsman Mardonius. But disaster befell these at the hands of ...

(7 pages) 45 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Alexander the Great in Perisia and Early Life

archal ascension of Phillip II (382 - 336 B.C.) from the alien uncertainties incited to its east by Thrace, to its west by particular Illyrian tribes, and to the south by the threat of the Greek allie ... nth by way of Delphi (where the Phythian priestess endorsed him as "invincible"), and advanced into Thrace in spring 335 B.C., forcing the Shipka Pass to crush the Triballi, then crossing the Danube t ...

(9 pages) 77 0 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Thropian: An Original Myth

story took place in 1300 BC, and it was a happy time, with no word of war or hardship. The place is Thrace, in a small village on the shore of the beautiful Aegean Sea, which served as both pleasure a ... en he realized, in an instant, that Strantocus, great god of lakes and fire, had sent him away from Thrace. He had sent him away from his beloved Aegean Sea, and away from the fishermen. Into this see ...

(5 pages) 19 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Rose Valley

tory and culture. During the latter days of the Roman Empire, Bulgaria was known as the province of Thrace, and was already famous for the quality of its roses. The most famous rose of all the damasce ...

(3 pages) 37 0 3.8 Oct/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Demeter goddess of agriculture

ns where grain was grown: in Sicily, in the region of Eleusis, in the Peloponnesus, in Crete and in Thrace. She was the first to gather the corn, prepare and preserve it, and to instruct mankind how t ...

(5 pages) 24 0 3.7 Jan/2005

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

The Myth of Aeneas: Description of his life.

panions who had escaped the ruined Troy set out to wander the Mediterranean. Aeneas first came upon Thrace, on Crete, however famine and sickness struck Aeneas and his men and Aeneas was warned to lea ...

(3 pages) 19 0 1.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Spartacus and his contribution to Roman History.

Spartacus was born in Thrace (which is now in modern day Greece) in the first century BC as a freeborn provincial. He serv ...

(1 pages) 19 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Societies of Homer's Odyssey.

society; others present certain aspects of an ideal society.The Kikones were a people who inhabited Thrace (An area encompassing what is now Turkey west of the Dardanelles and Bulgaria), and were alli ...

(4 pages) 17 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Virgil portrays Aeneas as a Trojan hero,

tined homeland. In Book III, Aeneas becomes more comfortable with his role as leader. When he is in Thrace, Aeneas tells, "I plotted out / on that curved shore the walls of a colony/ Though fate oppos ... s attempts to bring order and security to his people. Even though Polydorus advises Aeneas to leave Thrace, he first consults other leaders of the people before making a decision; he does not abuse hi ...

(1 pages) 19 0 0.0 Sep/2006

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