the conscious was just as important as knowledge of the environment. For with knowledge of self came wisdom over the environment. A man by the name of Aristotle sought to delve into this realm of thought. With the help of another philosopher‚ Isocrates (Enos‚ Richard Leo)‚ Aristotle came up with a system of laws that would in theory manipulate the thoughts of others. Aristotle based his rhetoric upon three main powers called the Powers of Persuasion. The first power was pathos‚ the ability to
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The League of Corinth was quintessentially represented a tool of Macedonian control over the known Greek world. Yet to fully understand how the League of Corinth can be interpreted as an instrument of Macedonian control‚ one must recognise the unstable relationship between the Macedonians and the Greek city states‚ particularly the Athenians‚ prior to the formation of the League in 337 BC. Indeed‚ Philip’s reign as Macedonian king‚ one of initial instability and uncertainty‚ eventually became a rule
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Historical Foundation: Origins of Educational Heritage A report for Educ 503- Foundations of Education By: Eugene de Guzman‚ Euiga Jung‚ and Sheri-Ann Ramirez Group 1 Diverse cultures and philosophies have contributed to present-day education. A study of the development of the political‚ social‚ religious‚ and philosophical ideas that were distinct for each historical period or civilization would give us a further understanding of the precursors and origins of teaching methods‚ beliefs‚ and
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The Golden age of Athens Fifth-century Athens refers to the Greek city-state of Athens in the period of roughly 480 BC-404 BC. This was a period of Athenian political hegemony‚ economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens or The Age of Pericles. The period began in 480 BC when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states‚ known as the Delian League‚ defeated the Persians at Salamis. As the fifth century wore on‚ what started as an alliance of independent city-states gradually
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Persia. She lacked resources to exercise a lasting hegemony. She had only 3000 hoplites. At this time‚ weakness in Sparta’s constitution emerged. Power lay with two kings‚ 5 ephors and 28 males‚ with which there was often friction. Intellectuals (eg. Isocrates) believed Sparta lacked modern vision to be true leaders. Society rested on agricultural economy and serf labour. They used different currency‚ yet the spoils of war were in gold and silver. This caused civil unrest. Always threat of helot uprising
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punish Athenian citizens without having to give them a reason. This meant that the Areopagus had extensive control over citizens lives. ‘Dragging the disorderly before the Areopagus‚ which criticised‚ threatened or punished them as they deserved’ (Isocrates 7.46) Ephialtes took this power away from the Areopagus. After Ephialtes reforms‚ no other institutions had such controlling powers over the
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Chapter 3: Ancient Greek Civilization 1. During the Mycenaean civilization‚ who was the great poet and what were his two important literary works that influenced the Greeks and formed part of Western literature? Homer‚ The Iliad‚ The Odyssey 2. In a period known as the Dark Ages from 100 B.C. to 800 B.C.‚ life reverted to simpler forms and people lived in relative isolation. 3. The period from the 9th to the 6th century B.C. is known as the Archaic Age during which the Greek kings were deposed
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attending were sworn to secrecy. The central tenant seems to have been that just as grain returns every spring after its harvest and wintery death‚ so too the human soul could be reborn after the death of the body. According to the Athenian rhetorician Isocrates‚ Demeter’s greatest gifts to humankind were agriculture‚ particularly of cereals‚ and the Mysteries which give the initiate higher hopes in this life and the afterlife. These two gifts were intimately connected in Demeter’s myths and mystery cults
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Focus Question: What were the religious beliefs‚ customs and policies of Greek religion and how did the gods fit in? Background Greek religion spans from the Minoan and Mycenaean periods to the days of Hellenistic (ending in 31 BE) Greece‚ when the Romans invaded and took over Greece. The Greeks primary way of worship was through cult practices. However there were so many variations dependent on the area in which a person comes from that it can be said that there were Greek religions. When
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speech warning people about Phillip II of Macedon Euclid (Author) Geometry‚ the elements of Geometry Euripides (Author) wrote Medea native Athenian‚ criticized by comic writers‚ often uses deus ex machina‚ tragedy includes everyday emotions Isocrates (Author) wrote Panegyricus (speech written for the festival of the Olympic games‚ Panhellenic expedition against Persia Plutarch (Author) Historian and biographer; famous for his biographical series‚ Parallel Lives‚ where he documented the lives
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