The navy was the backbone of the Athenian empire as it allowed Athens to exert political power and prosper economically. ... It was oar-powered and was designed to pierce or damage an enemy ship. ... Around the seventh century B.C., the city-state Aegina became a naval power and around the sixth century B.C. ... The battle of Salamis marked the beginning of the period in which the Athenian navy was at the height of its power. ... Though Athens recovered later on, it never regained its former glory. ...

• Word Count: 1640
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• Grade Level: High School

The Periclean Building Program "There was one measure above all which at once gave the greatest pleasure to the Athenians, adorned their city and created amazement among the rest of mankind, and which is today the sole testimony that the tales of the ancient power and glory of Greece are no mere fables." ... They also had a political purpose as they often built to celebrate civic power and pride, or offer thanksgiving to the patron deity of a city for success in war. By achieving harmony and glory through his magnificent structures and monuments to the gods, not only did Pericles hope ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thucydides boasts, "you must yourselves realize the power of Athens, and feed your eyes upon her from day to day, till love of her fills your hearts; and then when all her greatness shall break upon you, you must reflect that it was by courage, sense of duty, and a keen feeling of honor in action that men were enabled to win all this, and that no personal failure in enterprise could make them consent to deprive their country of their valor, but they laid it at her feet in the most glorious contribution that they could offer" (Thucydides). ... Pericles exemplifies that the fact that ...

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The need to understand and to be taught how to deal with power was obvious for the men of the city, and it was in this climate that Greek tragedy emerged. ... If a man understands his position in the world, it is easier for him to succeed in his duties towards his fellowmen.Since all men were raised with the ambition of gaining fame and glory, tragedy should deal with heroic figures and great events. ... He is the poet who best evokes Athenian power and grandeur. In his tragedies, he is deeply concerned with the moral issues that power and grandeur raise. He examines the dangers of overween...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A Greek wife did not even eat with her husband, but monogamy placed enormous power in her hands yet also isolated her in a way unknown in other societies where the numerous wives were able to socialize with each other. ... Women held the power of fertility in the fact that they, not men are able to give birth. Zeus denies even this power to females, their sole claim to consideration (in misogynist's mind), when he gives birth to two of his children without a woman. ... One night she asked Zeus to reveal himself to her in all his glory. ...

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Three core problems lie in doubts over whether (1) Hermia would get executed in nineteenth century Italy for disobeying her father, (2) Duke Theseus and Hippolyta's loss of power, and (3) the loss of Bottom's free-flowing exuberance. ... Duke Theseus is played by a fifty-year-old David Strathairn who lacks the glory and the command that Shakespeare develops so well. ... Setting the play in nineteenth-century Italy has destroyed the power and dignity that the characters of Theseus and Hippolyta possessed in the original Shakespeare play. ...

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Arcita and Palamon both pray to the gods, and the gods decide to favor Arcita with glory. ... Through her experiences with her husbands, she has learned how to provide for herself in a world where women had little independence or power. ... The theme of the Wife of Bath's Tale is not female equality in marriage, but rather the power struggles between the husband and wife. ...

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To such life glory belongs" [802-842] Medea's speech in the beginning of the play supports her dominance throughout the rest of the play. ... She fears the king and tries to dissuade Antigone from going ahead with it and points out that as women they must yield to male power. ... Creon demonstrates his male power here by behaving in a threatening and violent manner, putting fear in those present. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A cities wealth and power was represented by the height of their church's steeple. There have been many different styles of architecture throughout the days and different ways to show glory to the civilization's God or Gods, this could be because of the differences in the one being worshipped. ...

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• Grade Level: High School