shame that this generation or generations to come will never get to see his work first hand. Phidias’ work on Athena was marveled upon for centuries. Phidias’ colossal statue of Athena was housed in the Parthenon and was displayed the symbol of Athens. It is believed that the statue was damaged in several fires and eventually was burned beyond repair around the fifth century. The statue was believed to be of great stature and heavy in gold. “The sculpture was assembled on a wooden core‚ covered
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process I have come to conclusion that Athens had the better system. Athens had a better system because anybody could hold office‚ they had more equal rights‚ and citizen’s had more of a voice in government. Background: This took place in 500 B.C.E on the Greek and Italian Peninsulas of the Mediterranean Sea. (Background Essay) Paragraph 2- Body Topic sentence: Athens had the better system because anybody could hold office. Evidence: All of the Athens 40‚000 citizens were eligible to attend
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A.P. Statistics Assignment 2-5 Remember to show your thinking through your work. 1) The data below were gathered on a random sample of 5 basking sharks‚ swimming through the water and filter-feeding‚ i.e. letting the water bring food into their mouths. Mean speeds for basking sharks Body Length (meters) Mean speed (meters/second) 4.0 0.89 4.5 0.83 4.0 0.76 6.5 0.94 5.5 0.94 a) What is the value of the correlation coefficient for these data? <type answer here>
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School of Athens Raphael Santi was born in Urbino of 1483‚ he was a painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High Renaissance. He studied under Pietro Perugino; but after leaving Perugino and moving to Florence he soon adopted the styles of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo (who were the artists who had established the High Renaissance style in Florence). During that time‚ Julius II requested decorations for the stanze (rooms) that Nicholas V had added to the building of the
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Melians proposal. Here is the debate: Diomedes: We need to prepare our ships. Melian needs to be taught a lesson! Nikolaos: Why do we to attack Melian? They have always been neutral city. They are not our enemy. Diomedes: By not surrender to Athens‚ they make themselves as our enemy. Furthermore‚ let’s not forget that they fought on the Lacedaemonians side‚ and they were once Sparta’s colony. (v:89) Nikolaos: No‚ the Sparta is our enemy‚ leave the innocent Melians out of this bloody war. Diomedes:
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have committed the crime. His accusers claimed Socrates corrupted the youth. In Athens‚ where their spirituality was the cornerstone of the entire society‚ Socrates challenged their beliefs. Consequently‚ he taught the young to question the Greek mythology. He may have believed in the gods‚ but he interpreted them in a way different from the rest of the public. The law for those who corrupted the children of Athens was execution.
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1. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the networks and backup technologies? Answer: No. Without all of the networks and backup technologies‚ the 2004 Athens Olympic would not success. The major events in the Olympics were totally relying on that system that the Atos Origin developed. 2. The 2004 Olympics is a global business. Can a business today succeed without information technology? Why or why not? Answer: There are businesses today that are very successful
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Plato. The Last Days of Socrates. London: Penguin Books Ltd.‚ 1993 Imagine the time just after the death of Socrates. The people of Athens were filled with questions about the final judgment of this well-known‚ long-time citizen of Athens. Socrates was accused at the end of his life of impiety and corruption of youth. Rumors‚ prejudices‚ and questions flew about the town. Plato experienced this situation when Socrates‚ his teacher and friend‚ accepted the ruling of death from an Athenian
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Love Conquers All In the beginning of The Knight’s Tale‚ Chaucer introduces a duke‚ Theseus of Athens. Theseus arrives home to Athens from a victorious siege. Four women interrupt the joyful demeanor of the Athenian homecoming with their loud crying and weeping. When Theseus asks them what causes their grief‚ the eldest woman of the group steps forward and responds. She explains to Theseus that each of the women lost their husbands to war at Thebes. Creon‚ the lord of Thebes‚ humiliated the four
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similarities which both will be explored as we discover the cultural influence on two of the most prolific structures that remain. We begin upon the citadel of the Athenian Acropolis‚ home of the Parthenon. Amidst years of war with the Persians‚ Athens formed the Delian League
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