panels of frieze and 92 mesotopes of which the British Museum owns 56 panels of the frieze and 15 mesotopes. The museum also owns 17 pedimental figures‚ and thus houses about half of surviving sculptures of the Parthenon while the other half is in Athens (2). The legal circumstances surrounding Lord Elgin’s removal of the marbles is questionable as he never obtained permission from Greece‚ but rather the temporary occupational government at the time- the Ottoman Empire (3). Therefore‚ the Greek government
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to celebrate the soldiers who had died in battle. Similarly‚ Sogoyewapha’s oration delivered at the council of chiefs of the Six Nations to celebrate their religion. Both orations give an understanding of the inner workings of government in ancient Athens and in the aboriginal nation. The approach that will be applied to analyze the orations will be Burke’s pentad‚ noting carefully both Pericles’ and Sogoyewapha’s use of identification. On a shallow level‚ one can see that the act of the pentad would
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citizen of Athens? A Roman male? The requirements for an adult male to become a citizen of Athens was you parents had to be free-born Athenians and had to be completely educated and two years of military training. The requirements for Roman mate to become a citizen your parents were married in certain areas of Roman Empire and you parents were born a citizen. Also‚ you have limited rights and could own property‚ but not vote or public office. 2. Could women become citizens in Athens and Rome? Could
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with Athens being the largest‚ however‚ because of the growing population‚ the Greeks needed to expand their territory. They began their colonization to the east on the coast of the Aegean Sea. They then moved to Cyprus along with the coasts of Thrace‚ the Sea of Marmara and the south coast of the Black Sea. Their western colonization included the coasts of Albania‚ Sicily‚ southeastern Italy‚ the south coast of France‚ Corsica and Spain. The two most distinct city-states of Greece were Athens and
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excavation helps us learn about the culture in Athens‚ the city where the Parthenon was constructed. Without the brilliant minds of the Athenians‚ one of the most beautiful buildings wouldn’t exist. To fully understand how such an amazing structure could have been built so long ago and its significance in history‚ it is important to understand the culture in Athens at the time. Athens is the capital of Greece‚ and is the most powerful city in Greece. Athens was known for many things which is why it
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art‚ Pericles financed the play by Aeschylus in 472BC. This is what showcased him as a potential political figure at the time (Strauss‚ 2002). Pericles is credited with the tapping of the Delian League treasures to fund the vast cultural projects in Athens specifically the temple of Athena at Acropolis and the Erechtheum. He was able to cement his political might by encouraging civic participation in the country by ensuring people were paid for the jury duty and other civil service tasks. However‚ his
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Homer’s Walking Tour is an old trail on the island of Ithaca that travels through and around the ruins of various dilapidated stone structures. The stones of the ruins appear old and worn‚ and the trail itself is overgrown with grass and weeds. Rocks and stone debris litter the ground‚ portraying the age of the ruins. The tour showcases beautiful scenic views of the hills of the island. Hills of varying sizes can be seen along the horizon. A simple wooden railing lines the side of parts of the trail
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Introduction The birth of democracy in Sparta and Athens was a long‚ painful journey‚ created by wars‚ cruel leaders‚ and heroic figures. Although many of democracy’s ideas came from Athenian government‚ it was very different from the democracy in the United States‚ for example. In general‚ wealthy aristocrats had the most power. But without the ideas that this time period created‚ who knows where we would be now. In this paper‚ I’m going to outline how democracy came to be in early Athenian and
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The Lysistrata of Aristophanes Aristophanes was a satirist who produced Lysistrata around 413 BC when the news of Athen ’s warships had been destroyed near Sicily. For twenty-one years‚ while Athens was engaged in war‚ he relentlessly and wittliy attacked the war‚ the ideals of the war‚ the war party and the war spirit. This risked his acceptance and his Athenian citizenship. Lysistrata is probably the oldest comedy which has retained a place in modern theatre. It primarily deals with two themes
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Sparta Essay Sparta or Athens? Well I choose Sparta. Sparta was an easier living for both men and women alike. They had a better and extremley tough military‚ a better lifestyle for both men and women‚ and a fairly formal education. In Sparta you lived a proud life and had pride. Life in Athens was very different from this‚ let me tell you why. They had an extremely tough military. Most of there training was very brutal‚ but it made them some of the toughest men who ever lived. Sparta won
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