Aristophanes

The power of prophecy emerges in the earliest time in the wilderness through Azazel; inevitably, intertwining his abilities with that of Pan. In the area of Mesopotamia, Azazel/Pan prevails as the leader of the goat creatures known as Seirim and also as the jinn that haunts the wasteland of Semitic tribes. Concurrently, these creatures could take possession of people and also encompasses the ability to prophesy. To this end, the ancients sought these creatures out, (numerous people believing…

How does fifth century tragedy relate to , reflect and constitute the Athenian polis ? -Jentina Gregory Athens the “city hall of wisdom” is the place where the first seed of democracy was sown . The democratisation of Athens coincides with the flourishing of “Tragedy” as a major genre in Athens In this paper my point of focus is the relation between the “Greek Tragedy and Athenian Democracy” and to note how far these two are interdependent on each other . Greek Tragedies took its…

English Punctuation through the Ages Punctuation can be defined as all the marks such as question mark, exclamation mark, quotation marks, period, comma, apostrophe, colon, semicolon, dash, and brackets/parentheses that are used in many languages’ writing texts to separate sentences, phrases and clauses in order to clarify their true meanings. No one can deny that without these marks both writers and readers would be lost and quite confused about the written language in front of them.…

sure to see the real life culture surrounding it reflected in the work. Often times, this culture encompasses the gender roles that are (or were) imposed on and held so deeply by society. When we look at Agamemon by Aeschylus and Lysistrata by Aristophanes, we can see how gender roles are instrumental in making for either a comedy or a tragedy. In order for dike to be met, gender roles must be met in perfect measure. In Agamemnon, we see an almost reversal of these mentioned roles.…

These Achillean Men: How Sexual Identity is connected with Social Hierarchy Modern society has a nuanced view of sexuality. The growing visibility and awareness of the LGBT community in modern culture has shaped opinions on sex and sexual identity, as well as gender. Most Americans subscribe to the idea that gender is a binary, and one can be attracted to one or the other. The idea that one can experience attraction to either genders or no gender is a fairly radical idea in American culture,…

plays, which were composed and performed, were comedies and tragedies. A drama in antiquated Greece was typically a play that stamped or made fun of a certain point, individual, or assembly of individuals. One renowned comic drama essayist was Aristophanes. He composed the play The Birds and Lysistrata. A tragedy in aged Greece generally demise with an ethical or social issue, human enduring, and finished in a disaster. Three well-known Greek disaster authors are Aeschylus, Euripides, and…

and what Love is. Agathon and Phaedrus believe love is a god. Eryximachus believes love is a bodily response. Pausanias believes there are two kinds of love, common love from Common Aphrodite and Heavenly love from Aphrodite, Daughter of Uranus. Aristophane believes love developed from a myth and that love can work against us. From each of these speeches the personalities and characteristics of each person are revealed. From Agathon’s speech, it is evident that Agathon is narcissistic and…

Athens on Trial In 399 BCE a grave mistake was made by Athens which will go down in history. It was the trial and execution of Socrates, a great and mysterious philosopher. Socrates was charged and found guilty for not worshiping the gods and corrupting the mind of the youth. Both off the charges are trumped up or not true at all because he believed i vn the Oracle of Delphi but did not agree with what it was saying and that he did not tell the kids to follow what he was doing, they did it on…

During the start of class week four we started our discussion on the reading, The Apology, by Plato. We brought up some key points to pay attention for when reading, and also some vocab words to help us better understand the text. One of the words we mentioned was exordium, and how the goal of this action was to gain your attention. Focusing more on the reading we discussed how Socrates age should have played a “trump” card in his trial. In some cultures age is well respected, and elders of that…

everything is complete, even though the person may not be complete themselves. When reading “Indian Camp” by Ernest Hemingway, readers come across a character named Nick. He is a seemingly young boy with a very innocent mind and demeanor. In “Clouds” by Aristophanes there is a character named Pheidippides.When reading the story readers see that Nick has a lot of curiosities and unfinished questions which make him an unfinished person. In both texts there is an aspect of inquisitive behavior…