Medea

What do children do when they come home from school with no parental supervision? What about when parents are tired from a long day of work and feeling guilty for not being accessible to their children? In the article “Kids Kustomers,” by Eric Schlosser, he discussed how advertisements are the works of advertisings companies to evoke a brand loyalty and how children are being targeted by the advertising companies to reach into their parents’ wallets. He speaks about television being a huge…

While we may not wear togas or worship the gods on top of Mount Olympus, much of our lives have been shaped by Greek philosophers and their discoveries. From our government, to the science and technology that makes up every tool we use, to our favorite medias and the very words we speak, the Greeks have had an impact on our world today. When our founding fathers of America wanted to separate from Great Britain, they had a job to do, create a new government. They needed to create a system that…

Historians have always found the fine line between narrative as myth or history problematic, an issue that Herodotus, one of the great ancient Greek historians, attempts to deal with by rationalizing myth, so as to still incorporate it into his accounts, and actively distinguishing myth from history. Rationalization boils myth down into its most fundamental components, supporting the argument that myth is simply history spun out of proportion or misremembered by exposing myth’s basis in real…

Laila Tatum Mrs. Beachler World History 09 March 2016 The Greek Heroic Period The Greek Heroic Period spans roughly from 1200–750 B.C.E(Thirlwall).Greek heroes were, and continue to be, an important part of Ancient Greece, because of their supernatural accomplishments, mental, and physical strength. In addition to that, heroes are significant because they served as role models for the Greeks, but also expressed their own personal struggles; like private doubts, and accepting fate. The…

Revolutions are often thought to bring about radical changes that result in the upheaval of the previous social order and replace it with a new, bold political, economic, and social apparatus prepared to move that society towards progress. However, does revolution truly mean progress? How does one define progress? How does one assess the success or failure of a revolution? The Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the Cuban Revolution demonstrate how intricate and fluid the tentacles of revolution move…

and peace, mythology has said that she was to blame for the Trojan War. At times she was surrounded by other conflicts and tragedy. Some examples include the mythical tales known as Aphrodite and Adonis as well as Aphrodite and the Judgment of Pars (Medea). Love was always present with Aphrodite however at times the outcome of her…

Introduction I saw Radford University’s production of Junie B. in Jingle bells, Batman smells on Saturday, December 3rd. Junie B. was a popular children’s book by Barbara Parks. Her books have sold over 60 million copies in North America alone and the series was on the New York Times bestseller list for 180 weeks. Parks passed away on Friday, November 15th, 2013. This play was adapted from Park’s 25th book by Allison Gregory and was debuted on November 15th, 2009 and ran until December 27, 2009…

He was mentored by Anaxagoras, Protagoras, and Prodicus and was also a close friend to Socrates (Lefkowitz 89). In Aristophanes’ later works, the poet provides the character of Euripides with most likely exaggerated religious views. In The Frogs, Euripides’ character is said to pray to different gods than everyone else, and in Thesmophoriazusae, a woman accuses Euripides of “persuading people that the gods do not exist.” (Lefkowitz 93) While Aristophanes and the comic poets did not say anything…

Chronicling the fate of the House of Atreus - a bloodline destined to beget suffering and bleed until it is bled dry - the closing moments of Aeschylus’ Oresteia depict, more optimistically, the very best of what Aeschylus hoped society could be. Yet to ignore the issues of gender and sexuality - the binary opposition and conflicting gendering of its two female ‘heroines’ and their subsequent inversion of societal norms, for example - is to confine the text and its characters unnecessarily. It…

18th Century- Foundation and Early Events The Bavarian Academy of Sciences was preceded by a small number of institutions before it beginning with the Academia Carola Albertina in 1720. This academy did not last long, and was replaced two years later by the Parnassus Boicus. The Parnassus Boicus had mainly clergymen and literate laymen in its teachings, and it mainly taught a form of secular naturals studies, though the institution was Catholic. This institution lasted up until 1740, and by then…