... city-state, the god of the sea, Poseidon, offered the Greeks sea spring water, but by giving them the olive tree, Athena got the city named after her. Young girls and adolescents honored Athena, who always remained a virginal maiden. She was also the goddess of wisdom, represented by the owl on Athenian coins, and the goddess for the creative arts of the Greeks, worshipped by weavers, potters, and craftsmen. Remarkably, Athena was also the goddess of war and military victory, illustrated ... , gossips, vengeful, shrewish and unscrupulous. These leitmotifs of negative traits became imbedd...

• Word Count: 7196
• Approx Pages: 29
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... is a book composed of the following four plays: "Lysistrata", "The Congresswomen", "The Acharnians" and "The Frogs". A common theme in the four plays is conflict and how they deal with it, through forming coalitions or favoring peace. Another common thread written in the plays deals with aliens, defined as people who are not citizens. Ideas are given showing how the government can fix the problem. Aristophanes uses ... despised this one; the next was the ten-year vintage Peace. He made a sour face at this one as well; he said it had a stink of top-level conferences and that it had turne...

• Word Count: 2881
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School