Xenophon

During Greece’s Golden Age, Athens became a powerful center for new ideas. They developed democracy, a new form of government, which gave power to the people. Each Athenian had a different perspective on democracy, ranging from highly supporting and recommending it to preferring other types of government. Plato, Aristotle, and Megabyzos were early Athenian philosophers. They had easy ways to spread their ideas. Each had a strong viewpoint on democracy. After seeing and experiencing the…

The Greeks are, for the most part, appropriately admired. Although ancient Greek civilization has negative qualities, the advancements they contributed should not be disregarded. Many positive aspects of Greek life, including politics, art, rationalism, and scientific thought, continue to resonate throughout modern society. The negative components in Greek society were mainly issues regarding equality. There were great divides between genders and between socioeconomic classes. Most…

were secluded in their home away from male strangers, dressed conservatively, and worked inside, leaving outdoor work to slaves. Unlike Athenian women, Spartan women did not normally produce their own clothes, leaving it to the work of slave women. Xenophon mentions that King Lycurgus introduced exercise for women as slave women were sufficient enough to produce clothing. Athenian women wove clothes for both themselves and the okios and was considered one of the most productive things a woman…

In Plato’s philosophical text The Symposium, several characters, including Socrates, Pausanias, and Eryximachus, give speeches in praise of Love and human sexuality. Xenophon’s Symposium, on the other hand, balances seriousness (σποθδή) and playfulness (παιδία) to discuss love, desire, knowledge, and wealth (X. Sym. 1.1). Plato’s doctor, Eryximachus, establishes his medical expertise by providing medical advice, as well as his medical opinion on the nature of love. Xenophon’s Niceratus…

Ancient Greek democracy and French democracy have some similarities, as well as some differences. On the one hand, both democracies have an Assembly, a Constitution and courts of law, although these factors may vary slightly between the two democracies. On the other hand, citizenship is not granted to the same people, the types of democracies are different, and warfare is handled differently. There is a considerable resemblance between Ancient Greek democracy and French democracy. In 510 BCE,…

power through the complexity or simplicity of natural processes. Since history began, philosophers have observed humans and noted that certain aspects of them are almost put there by someone. Xenophon commented on Socrates and his arguments stating that humans were a product of an intelligent designer. (Xenophon, Memorobilia) Through the history of the argument and the fact that it has stood the test of time, it is possible find some credibility in intelligent…

sources represented women as an evil influence and viewed them as a separate species. This misogyny was a theme present in much of Greek culture. In one story it is said that Zeus created a dreaded race of women to punish men. (pg.29) The Greek writer Xenophon doesn’t necessarily view women as a punishment for men, but instead thinks that the gods made men more superior to women, tougher, more disciplined, and more suited for an outdoor lifestyle. While women were viewed as lesser people, when…

the war (Johansen 127). On the other hand this is not what his other contemporaries say about him, in fact there are other writings that seem to contradict The Clouds. For example, Plato characterizes Socrates as a virtuous and saintly man, even Xenophon speaks highly of him by referring to him as a model of rectitude (Navia 32). In addition, within Plato’s Apology, Socrates even mentions a “writer of comedies” responsible for the accusations that led to the charges against him (Apology 18d).…

Human nature is a theory that’s been a debated for centuries upon centuries. Philosophers have argued the concept for as long humans have been on this earth. Perhaps none the wiser than Plato, Socrates and Aristotle .The seemingly underlying truth is that there are characteristics; thinking, acting, feeling. That we all experience consciously or sub-consciously that make humans do the things that they do. The search for human nature is nothing more than the search of universal truths and…

house. Most of the evidence to support this theory is from writing. However, the issue is that most of the writing of the time was by men, who were usually biased against women. Most of them have a very negative attitude towards them. Euripides, Xenophon, and Aristophanes wrote about women, usually portraying them as submissive, housewives with little freedom. Euripides was a play write during the 5th century. In his play Medea, Medea, after learning that Jason, her husband, is going to marry…