Dorians

Ancient Greek city-states are known for many of their achievements in philosophy, architecture, math and democracy, but one thing that they are not known for are being champion of women’s rights and freedoms. One of the reasons for this is that some ancient Greek city-states, like Athens, suppressed women’s rights and freedoms, but other ancient city-states would actually take a different path. Sparta and Gortyn would actually be the champions of women’s rights and freedoms, and this is because…

change became a problem into their society the Mycenaean were not able to fix, creating a domino effect on their economics, as they were not able to trade weakening the civilization. Another theory according to Greek legends is that half civilized Dorian invaders from the north replaced the Mycenaean. These invaders spoke a different Greek dialect and were a new wave of Greek migration. Having that said all this information and theories may very well be the exact reason of the Mycenaean…

Form and ornament were considered equal in importance in the opinions of classical architects. They acquired the rules of ornamentation from their physical built environments and later from various publications. The symbolism attached to the elements of buildings was much more widely perceived in ancient times than they are today. In this text the author intends to communicate the loss of literal meaning in the architecture of the modernist movement by describing the significance of the ancient…

Chaucer himself remarked on the language of a thousand years before him a famous passage from Troylus and Criseyde, (II.22-28) expressed that men long before spoke in so different manner from his contemporaries. Ye knowe ek, that in forme of speche is chaunge Withinne a thousand yer, and wordes tho That hadden prys now wonder nyce and straunge Us thenketh hem, and yet thei spake hem so, And spedde as wel in love as men now do. ‘You know also that there is change in the form of…

The day I encountered Major Tenace, my existence altered forever. It was an early brisk morning in November 2003, when I entered the women’s clinic for an annual Papanicolaou test (Pap smear). Surprisingly, Major Tenace inquired did I desire children, and I bellowed a resounding yes. Unfortunately, I was 35, and had not conceived an infant. Immediately following the completion of the Pap smear, we considered the continual separation as a plausible explanation for the absence of conception.…

these prisons are places of horrendous mistreatment and pain. Meanwhile, a separate form of brutality is shown in the aristocrats, personified by the Marquis St. Evremonde. The brutality of the Aristocrats is of a bittersweet kind, like The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The sweet,luscious exterior,…

The modes were given Greek names because they included modes of ancient Greek music. The modes were Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, and Mixolydian. The modes had different arrangements of half steps and whole steps in their scales. This caused the tunes of chants to sound dissimilar from modern music. As previously stated, Gregorian chants were very popular…

The first work to discuss concerning the concept of decadence in the novels written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald is This Side of Paradise. It was not only the first novel written by Fitzgerald, but also his most popular work till his death in 1940. (Bruccoli158).(?) The analysis of the concept of decadence in This Side of Paradise applies mainly to the main protagonist, Amory Blanie. His character, behaviour and ideology is marked by degeneration, and immorality. This Side of…

Systemic Racism: United States Divided Does racism still exist? Yes, racism is alive and well. And can be found in the form of systemic racism. Despite laws existing to make racism illegal, racism never ended, it just evolved in a way where African Americans don’t even realize that it is very present in their day-to-day lives. The United States legal system is practicing systemic racism to perpetuate racism and oppress minority races by giving unequal sentencing for the same crime, racial…

The God-Man The deity of Christ is something that people have been questioning for centuries. How should the Christian of today respond to these questions? Was Jesus truly God or just a great man? Also if Jesus is God does that mean there is more than one God? How can they both be God? People have had many thought about who Jesus is. Some call Him a prophet, some a good man. This question is not a new one; was Jesus truly one with God? We even see examples in scripture. In Luke 9: and he(Jesus)…