Serving one's city in battle was considered a great honor and a means of becoming immortalized as a hero. ... Many epic poems such as The Illiad, and The Odyssey were also written, as well as historical accounts depicting the Persian Wars, and the Peloponnesian War. ... Instead, the only was to be remembered was to become a war hero, and be immortalized through song and stories. ... Do we not, still remember our "war heroes?" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The ancient Greeks had a huge impact on western civilization. They have made major contributions to the world. They have done this through politics/democracy, the arts, literature, philosophy, science/math and war/military. To this day we see many of their practices still in us. Many countries ...

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These individuals were the first metaphysicians on earth, searching for the reality hidden behind appearances Greek Philosophers Homer, the blind poet Homer was a blind Greek poet, to whom are ascribed the two greatest epics known to man: The Iliad and the Odyssey. ...

• Word Count: 2001
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School