Essays on Chariot

The Roman Empire was among the strongest empires in all mankind. The empire has a rich history and portrays how strategic tactics and power can run an empire efficiently. It was characterized by an autocratic form of government which meant the top most leaders made all the essential decisions (Boner, 10). The Empire had a large territorial area within the Mediterranean which extended into present-day Africa, Europe and Asia. Rome history begins at the time it was referred to as Rome Republic and ran by royal Rome. Their Imperial was in command and was represented by the senate, assembly, ...

Before Rome became the glorious icon of power in the ancient European region, there was an ancient culture that ruled over them: this culture – has in modern times – been referred to as the Etruscan civilization. The Etruscan people ruled over much of what today is Italy. In fact, the most notable area named after the Etruscan people is known as Tuscany in Europe. So where did they originate from? Here’s the kicker though: nobody really knows where the Etruscan people originated from. Theories have been put forth by various scholars both ancient and contemporary, to trace the origin ...

Chinese medicine and Chinese philosophy act as a whole. And the name of this whole - Taoism, the way of the Tao. What I admire in the Taoists to the core of my soul, is the fact that they can find simple and affordable solutions for everyday problems, without losing sight of the whole complexity of life. Next wonderful parable illustrates this approach.

A rich merchant came to the sage and asked him to make a beautiful calligraphic inscription.

- Write to me the secret of happiness - said the merchant, - and I'll put the scroll on the wall of my home. - Come back in a week, - said the sage.

When the merchant returned, sage showed him the scroll. The inscription read:

"Father will ...

1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the ancient wonders, which had been constructed in Babylonia’s capital city, Babylon, situated in the Persian Gulf of the present-day Iraq. King Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled Babylon for over 43 years, built the gardens for his wife, Amyitis in seventh century B.C. . The gardens were 400 feet in length and width, with a height of over 80 feet. The gardens consist of arched terraces placed one above another, which rest upon huge cube-shaped pillars. The terraces are not only hollow, but filled with earth to ...

Poseidon was a great Greek god whose purpose was to protect all the waters of the earth and was also referred to as the god of the seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, streams and all water bodies . Myths have it that Poseidon had immense power over water and could cause natural disasters such as floods, storms, rough seas as well as cause water to spring from the earth. Poseidon used the trident as his weapon of choice and was considered the second most powerful god, a purpose he accomplished with his weapon. The term blue planet is used to describe ...

The Attic black-figure Volute krater by Kleitias and Ergotimos 570 BCE

The Francois vase is regarded as a major monument of Greek pottery. It is a 66-centimeter high volute krater made in a black-figure design by the potter Ergotimos. It was painted by Kleitas, with both artists signing the vase. The vase is dated 570 BC. The Francois vase was restored by Pietro Zei after it was shattered into 638 pieces in 1900 by a disgruntled museum guard (Lahanas 1).This vase, known as a volute-krater, is so called because it is a krater that has volute-handles. The Francois Vase seems to have been used as a decorative piece for ...

Medea is a play written by Euripides is an ancient Greek tragedy. It was first produced in 431BC and it is based upon the myth of Medea and Jason. Centered on the barbarian protagonist, Medea finds her position in two areas. One, the revenge she takes against Jason her husband. Jason is found to have betrayed Medea and their children for another woman. To make her revenge perfect, Medea is willing to sacrifice everything. Secondly, she finally finds her position in the Greek world. Medea is a woman of extreme emotion and extreme behavior. She sacrifices everything for the love of ...

1) Discuss some of the mythic and ritual elements, and the logical, rhetorical, and ethical aspects of Oedipus the King. Think about how Oedipus proposes to purge the city of the murder-pollution, the key arguments between Oedipus, Tiresius, and Creon, and the arguments Oedipus made to himself and acted upon to defeat the prophecy, the rhetorical device of irony that permeates the play, and the ethics of everyone's actions, the family members and others involved in the tragedy.

According to the traditional interpretations of classical drama, Oedipus the King was brought down by the gods or fate because ...

A gift is anything presented to another without expectation of payment or anything else in return. However, the individual giving the gift may sometimes expect reciprocation of the same. Generally, a gift is meant to be free, and no action is taken to those who do not reciprocate. Gifts have been known to foster good social relations and contribute to social cohesion. A gift by extension can mean anything that makes the other party less sad especially as a favor to them. Such gifts may be in the form of kindness or forgiveness. Gifts are occasional and presented every day of ...

One of the most memorable scenes in the entire Iliad takes place near the very end of the conflict. Hector, the son of Priam (the king of Troy) and Achilles have taken part in the climactic hand-to-hand combat that will take place in the whole tale. For a decade, the men from Greece have been trying to conquer the city of Troy, all because Hector’s brother, Paris, ran off with Helen, the wife of Menelaus, one of the Greek kings. In response to this flight, Menelaus and the other Greek kings brought their armies across the sea. Initially, Paris ...

INTRODUCTION

Song of Solomon is one of the books that have been mistaken by most bible readers who interpret it differently from its initial intended revelation. Song of Solomon is a book that speaks of true and pure love that a married couple shows to each another. Most people take it literally to show the blossoming love life between Solomon and the queen of Sheba. Even though that was the context that Solomon used to write the scripture, it has a very different meaning that relates to the love that Christ has for the church, his bride. In this research paper, we shall ...

In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates warns Phaedrus that “in every one of us there are two guiding and ruling principles” (Plato, 54). These two principles are of the same two conflicting natures found in Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train. Just as Plato’s virtuous horse and his dark, intemperate horse ride side by side guided by the same charioteer, for Highsmith, “good and evil, live side by side in the human heart, and not merely in differing proportions in one man and the next” (Highsmith, 180). Highsmith demonstrates that in the same way Plato shows the dark horse ...

Abstract

For the purpose of this paper, I will be discussing the East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, as well as a terracotta bell-krater attributed to the Methyse Painter, and comparing both works in terms of their composition, formal elements, and cultural context. The selection of these works allows for two central activities of the Greeks to be compared, especially ones represented by their own divine figures. The east pediment and the Dionysian vase feature two distinct sides of Greek culture – the former showcasing Greek’s love of justice, and the latter the Greek’s love of wine ...

Importance of Poetry

Importance of Poetry Poetry is essentially the blend and correlation of thoughts and experiences. It reflects what the individual considers, the circumstances he contemplates over, obstructions he confronts in every period of his life, issues he handles and so on shares incredible connection with the life of human. Man bears an extremely passionate and nostalgic nature, that is, he cannot live alone. Everybody needs companions to talk, to share happiness and moments of distress, to commend and to appreciate. On the other hand, a person who is not honored by this preeminent endowment of God meanders solitarily. There are ...

King Tutankhamen was an Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled over Egypt for less than a decade. King Tut’s mummy was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and George Herbert. How he died was completely baffling since there are no records about it. Various people have come up with hypotheses on how his death might have occurred. His mummy was found to have a missing heart, fractured ribs and leg and his whole body was burnt. He also had malaria when he died. Hutan Ashrafian, a British surgeon claims that the king might have had a form of epilepsy which targets the temporal ...

Compare and Contrast the self-portraits of Rembrandt van Rijn and Cindy Sherman. What do each of these artists understand the self-portrait to reveal about themselves?Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was the most prominent Dutch painter of all times and one of the greatest painters in the history of art. He made over a hundred self-portraits in different techniques. His life was very exciting which can be seen from his artwork. Some of his self-portraits are clear, sometimes less clear, dreamy and ethereal and his final self-portraits are realistic with gray hair and sorrow on his face. However, what all of these ...

There original Battle of Issus by Philoxenos is lost but its copy was found at the House of Faun. This power and novelty of this work is achieved by the sense of movement caused by positioning of horses and diagonal spears. Furthermore, it opens a new period in Hellenistic and Roman mosaic art because it is made from tesserae and not from pebbles. Battle of Issus is a Hellenistic floor mosaic. It was made near 310 BC by Philoxenos of Eretria. The artwork was lost and nowadays mainly known by a copy found in the House of Faun in Pompeii. This ...

Religion in modern times is centered on the individual. The giant megachurches that host services every Sunday (or Saturday, if Sunday is a bit inconvenient) feature huge screens that show worshipers the song lyrics, so they don’t have to worry about finding the song in a hymnal. They show the Bible verse of the day, so worshipers don’t have to dig that Bible out and find it. The sermons, by and large, focus on ways that the information in the Bible helps people have more rewarding lives. Outside Christianity, the focus seems to be on ways to get yourself ...

Sophocles Oedipus-analysis of the play

The play revolves around a young Greek man who is almost run over by a chariot belonging to a rich arrogant person. This defines the position that Oedipus takes in the society. The play developed in a Greek mythology. Oedipus meets a lot of riddles and challenges that move him to the state of solution and prompts him to use his problem solving skills and resolution tactics. Eventually, due to the solution of one of the riddles that faced him, he rises and becomes the king of Thebes. The previous king is murdered by unknown person, which put Oedipus to task to find a solution ...

This bronze statue is approximately 7 inches tall, with very strong lines formed by the flat shapes of the legs and neck. These lines flow into cylinder shapes that form the tail, head, and body. The space under the horse is expanded beyond that of a real horse, shifting the proportions from an actual horse. The ears are oversized and pricked up, giving a feeling of attention and energy to the animal. The stand of the statue includes triangular holes making it look like the horse is standing on rocky ground. The combination is a very geometric and modern-looking representation of a horse (“Statuette ...

According to Bible, we human will be accountable for our each and every word of speech on the Day of Judgment. It is the human nature to be afraid of an inevitable doom when he knows that he is wrong in his deeds. The human nature is to seek pleasures, and for this, he can go to any extent, even to the extent of destructing his own surrounding nature. The same nature that gives him a sense of euphoria in his childhood when he see the first rainbow in the sky, collect the conch shells from the sea shore and ...

In the book, “On Killing”, the author utilizes a set of various themes to explain his ideas. The author mainly describes the psychological aspects of soldiers in the battle field and how it affects their behavior. The author describes to his elite audience the psychological concepts using different literary skills. He uses different intonations and perspectives to convince his audience. He also cites other researchers’ views to help deliver specific nuance and meaning to his audience. The author explains why soldiers develop a love for one another and the desire to protect and help each other when they work as a group ...

The story of Oedipus revolves around the theme of man challenging fate and seeking for ways to deny the truth. King Laius of Thebes is told through a prophesy that his son by the queen Jocasta will be the one to kill him. In order to save himself, Laius has his new born son, Oedipus, to be killed. However, Oedipus is given to the Corinthian king who raises the child as his own. Oedipus grows up ignorant of his true lineage and, through a series of events triggered by his own nature and actions, eventually fulfils the prophesies he sought to ...

Evolution of Warfare

Since existence, human beings have always waged war. It is claimed that the first action the Homo sapiens engaged in on the global stage was genocide with the complete obliteration of the Neanderthals even though there is no implication of a prearranged war endeavor. The Neanderthals where physically stronger than the Homo sapiens. However, the Homo sapiens could commune and unite to push the Neathadals to areas that were not very favorable for continued existence hence dominating better settlements.

Though many people would think of war as a morally and ethically unacceptably action, it is still a very important form of human ...

The Cinderella, Fairy Tale has been handed down from generation, depicting the hatred of Cinderella’s two step-sisters and her step-mother. The general consensus of this story is Cinderella’s step-mother and step-sister are full of hatred and they unleashed it on her. There is the possibility that the story has another side. Maybe, Cinderella’s extended family has never known love; they do not know what being loved is like. Not knowing or ever experienced love their behavior is understood. No one can display a behavior to which he or she is not exposed. Such a life would deem anyone ...

Outline

Various books in the New Testament have various topics they dwelt on depending on the context. In the Acts of the Apostles, the discussions centers on the Holy Spirit. As it will be seen in this study, the book of Acts begins by pointing out the fact that Jesus had promised the Holy Spirit as a helper of the disciples. The prophecy was fulfilled during the Day of the Pentecost when disciples received it. This is portrayed when they began talking in tongues that no one could comprehend. This study also provides succinct description of the passages and verses where ...