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Athens Essays and Term Papers
World War IThe Fallout of the Versailles Peace Conference was more than anyone had expected. The infamous “Guilt Clause” had led to more repercussions than had been expected. Sure, Germany played a major part in the War and could be blamed for its beginnings. Many believed that war could have been avoided ...
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Ebolahemorrahagic fever is a 20 year old virus that, with a mortality
rate of 50% to 90%, is one of the world's deadliest viruses. Its causative
organism is called virus. virus is a member of filoviridae, a
family of negative-strained RNA viruses. The filoviridae family consists of
five known ...
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DionysusWinter squalls are drained out of the sky. The violet season of flowering spring smiles. The black earth glitters under green lawns. Swelling plants pop open with tiny petals. Meadows laugh and suck the morning dew, while the rose unfolds.
The shepherd in the hills happily blows the top notes of ...
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Milestones In CommunicationThe capabilities of modern communications would utterly astound our ancestors. Did you ever stop to think that it took five months for Queen Isabella to hear of Columbus' discovery, or that it took two weeks for Europe to learn of Lincoln's assassination?
We take for granted immediate news of ...
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DionysusWinter squalls are drained out of the sky. The violet season
of flowering spring smiles. The black earth glitters under
green lawns. Swelling plants pop open with tiny petals.
Meadows laugh and suck the morning dew, while the rose
unfolds.
The shepherd in the hills happily blows the top notes of ...
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The King Must Die: Is Theseus To Perfect To Be A Human Being??
To be considered a human being one must be subject to or indicative of
the weakness, imperfections, and fragility associated with human beings. This
definition separates us from any lower being, or for this book's concern
separates us from any higher being. Theseus had endured a life that ...
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SocratesWhat would you do If you knew in your heart that something that you knew was truly the right thing, and the church accused you of being a hermit? Well for that was the way his whole life was. He was one of the many scientists in ancient Greece to go beyond the beliefs of the church.
was born ...
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SophoclesIn 495 B.C. there was a child born about a mile outside of Athens. This child was to be named . He was a boy whose father was a wealthy merchant. He now had the opportunity to enjoy all of life's greatest expectations in the Greek empire. Being that he was from a wealthy family, he had the ...
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What Makes Life Worth LivingWhat Makes Life Worth Living
Certainly Socrates lives up to his belief that "the unexamined life isn't worth living." He strongly believes, by his accounts in "The Apology", that the most important thing in life is to be a morally good person. By examining life, one can realize that having ...
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Greek TheatreGreek Theatre
Theatre is a intricate form of art that consist of many different elements such as: a told story, a story that is embellished, a meeting place used for performances, the performers used to endorse the performance, costumes used to give the audience a better visual, a stage form of ...
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Antigone Reflective Statement"Reflective statement; Antigone"
In our interactive orals today we discussed the cultural and contextual consideration of Sophocles' play "Antigone". In our discussion we covered the life and career of Sophocles, later versions of Antigone and the development of Greek tragedy.
From our ...
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Pollution and Lake LanierIntroduction
The urban sprawl that has engrossed Atlanta has created a huge problem involving water and water usage. At the center of this debate is the condition of Lake Lanier, which supplies water to several Georgia counties. Lake Lanier was created in 1956 when the Buford Dam was ...
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Socrates' ApologyBefore reading the “Apology”, all I knew about Socrates is a famous philosopher who defend himself with no fear in his trial, and in order not to violate the law of Athens, he willing to sacrifice himself. After reading the “Apology”, I am impressed by Socrates’s courage. Like what he ...
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Athena and AresThe History Behind the Two Gods
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In all of Greek Mythology, no two figures hold a worse grudge against one another than the deities Athena and Ares. Their heated rivalry was so powerful, in fact, that it seeped into the real world through the religious and military rivalry between ...
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Gender Issues In Lysistrata, AHuman beings are amazing creatures. Our history has shown spectacular and shameful events from day one. Throughout the course of history we have seen both war and peace. More war than peace, but the point still remains. That we, as a human race, have accomplished many wonderful intellectual ...
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"Perfectly Imperfect: The Shakespeare Story"Few authors today write with such universal understanding that their
works will be popular with all types of people, and so successfully that their
work survives centuries. These authors posses qualities we can seldom identify
in their lifetimes. Yet we do know this -- William Shakespeare was ...
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SocratesPhilosophy in ancient Greece was merely a type of argument, until
a pioneer named showed the world a new way of thinking.
was born in 469 BC in Athens (where he lived all his life) as
the son of Sophroniscus, a stonemason, and Phaenarete. In his life,
changed common philosophy, which was ...
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Greece 2Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, taking up most of the Balkan Peninsula and has over 2,000 islands. It is bordered by Albania, Macedonia, and Bulgaria to the north; Turkey to the east, and mostly surrounded by water. Athens is the largest and capital city in Greece.
Physical ...
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The Olympicshave come a long way and have evolved into a whole new sport since the first ancient Olympics. For example, the events and the people that compete in the events have changed. The reason for taking place has also changed. Yet another aspect of how have changed, is that in the ancient Olympics, ...
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Mixed Messages In Greek Theatre: an Examination of Vases and Written Histories
No one fully understands the nature of ancient Greek theatre. The barriers that
stand between the scholars of the Twentieth Century and the truth of the
theatrical practices of 5th and 4th centuries B.C. Athens are: 2,500 years of
divergent ...
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