Item #1: I was surprised to learn that the ancient Greeks practiced pederasty and were not considered pedophiles. I never heard of pederasty‚ so I was unaware of the difference. Ancient Greek pederasts were adult males‚ usually socially prominent‚ who have an erotic attraction to adolescent boys. These men would take on an adolescent male pupil and lover. Pederasts had bisexual relationships because many of the men had wives. And the sexual relationships with adolescent boys would not interfere with
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Ancient China Versus Ancient Greece Ancient China and Ancient Greece were two vastly different civilizations with different cultures; they shared a multitude of similar political‚ economic‚ and philosophical achievements while also inholding multiple differences. The centralized government of China differed from the independent city-states of Athens. A similarity that both civilizations held in regards to politics would be the role‚ or lack thereof one‚ that women played within their respective
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The roots of hazing are firmly placed in ancient Greece‚ in which Spartans have been said to have used hazing for initiating young soldiers. “They would publicly whip them to see who could endure the punishment the longest without screaming” (Ktenas). The boys would sometimes withstand the pain from
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Japan and China. Acquiring new knowledge and technological advancements‚ allowed certain empires‚ during this time‚ to rise above others. Timekeeping was a unifying factor. Timekeeping was another one of the many contributions made in Ancient Rome and Greece; Ancient Romans and Greeks were innovators‚ making roads‚ buildings‚ and aqueducts. They also adopted and innovated previous technologies‚ according to Pliny the Elder a
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Democracy in Ancient Greece Eddie Witten The Greeks were very advanced for their time. They realized that they need a new form of government and they were able to invent the first democratic government in the world. The democracy that the Greeks came up with was based on two important factors. The first one was the population growth in Athens grew at a very fast rate. The second was the advocating of political‚ economic‚ and legal equality for all which some male citizens remembered from the
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Greek and Roman history is often intertwined. Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome certainly weren’t far apart geographically‚ and they weren’t alien to each other at all. Together‚ they’ve had a great influence on the modern world. Because of this‚ these two civilizations are often confused with one another. The purpose of this essay is to examine two iconic buildings in each of these civilizations and see how each is unique. I will also point out to some differences and similarities between the two
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TRIBALISM SPEECH English 2012 by Lisa Tabone Within tribalism there are many groups which represent the positive and negative aspects that exist in all cultures‚ places and groups which define the unifying and the destructive force which has been presented in many ways throughout the movie ‘Romeo & Juliet’ directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ picture book ‘The Rabbits’ written by John Marsden & Shaun tan‚ as well as the song ‘Run to the Hills’ by Iron Maiden. ‘Romeo & Juliet’ fits perfectly
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ANCIENT GREECE TO ANCIENT ROME: THE COMPARISON This paper will focus on three key points shared by both cultures which will help demonstrate the relationship between these two civilizations: religion‚ the arts and the state. Ancient Greek and Roman civilization left a permanent stamp on history‚ including the areas: politics and the state‚ art and literature‚ religion and philosophy. Yet‚ if it were not for the Roman civilization that emerged around and eventually swallowed them‚ we might not
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As victors‚ the Spartans found themselves dominant in a Greece where polis was suspicious of polis and where‚ within each polis‚ faction disputed with faction. From Ionia‚ which the Spartans sold back to Persia as the price of their assistance‚ the Persians loomed once more as a threat to the whole Greek world. The new Macedonia in the north menaced the Greeks. Perhaps wiser or more vigorous leaders would have been able to create some sort of federation among the individual poleis that could have
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Ideology is best defined as a system of ideas and beliefs that affect a person‚ group‚ or culture’s way of thinking. Ancient Greece was filled with different ideologies throughout the years; almost every polis with a different and unique set of values. Sparta had its strict militarism and aristocracy‚ suppressing people’s free thought. Athens had a mostly open‚ democratic‚ system‚ allowing more room for individual interpretations. And the empire of Alexander the Great that‚ despite having an absolute
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