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Mr7ro Odysseus’ long-awaited return from the Trojan War to his homeland, Ithaca, after ten years of wandering. The current action of The Odyssey occupies the last six weeks of the ten years, and the narrative includes many places – Olympus, Ithaca, Pylos, Pherae, Sparta, Ogygia, and Scheria. In Books 9-12, Odysseus narrates the story of…

“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object” – Abraham Lincoln. The Persian Wars were a series of destructive and malevolent battles which occurred in the time frame of 490B. C and 480 – 479B. C. The Greek…

Picking the Aphrodite of Melos as the topic I wanted to write on was easy because I’ve seen the figure before over time and in many places, it is a renowned classic in art. The culture the figure is from is ancient Greece. To Socrates and Plato, Aphrodite was a real god because she represented…

Ancient Greeks and Romans played a significant role in shaping governmental ideas. They introduced concepts like democracy and representative government over 2,000 years ago. In Ancient Greece, the cities were structured as city-states, each functioning as an independent nation. One of these city-states was Athens, which for a long period, was governed by a select…

In reading the political address by the Old Oligarch, it is non difficult to see merely how acrimonious some Athenians were about the establishment of Democracy. This being so, one must analyze the rearward side of the coin, the authorization of the lower category known as the parks. The Athenian democracy brought with it a…

By examining the ancient source “Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature,” I aim to analyze the impact of divine gender and sexuality on the understanding of gender and sexuality in the Ancient Greek world. The prevailing perception of gender and sexuality in Ancient Greece suggests the presence of patriarchal ideals, even among the…

Women  have always been the inspiration of men, and just as there are thousands of unknown great ones among men, there have been countless women whose names have never been blazoned across the stars, but who have inspired men on to glory. And as for their fickleness – as long as men write the literature…

The favorable trade climate in the eastern portion of the Mediterranean Sea resulted primarily in the development of early civilizations. These early civilizations had complex socio-political systems that were derived from early forms of religious substructures. The worship of petty gods” (gods that assumed various characters of nature) was considered a complement to social order…

Greeks compared to the Maya Looking around too all the different ethnicities that can be found in this world, two of those most interesting cultures would have to be the Greeks and the Maya. The ancient Greek and Mayan civilizations have many similar characteristics but they also have many differences. The Mayan’s are an indigenous…

Many stereotyped images around homosexuality in ancient Greece have been hanged down until these days and still resist in the collective imagination, hiding a much more complex and profound reality about which there are lots of open questions even now. Through the works of poets, philosophers and playwrights, the classical period provides us with a…