... this murderer. When, in all actuality, he is digging his own grave. Later on Oedipus realizes that he was actually the murderer of Laius and that Laius was his own father. So, after Laius died Oedipus married the queen (Laius" wife) which happened to be his own mother. ... . But knowing thyslef is also the main element of wisdom that is signified in the play. Coincidentally, Medea is the main character in "Medea", and she was married to Jason. Jason decided later on to divorce Medea after giving her two children. He decided to marry the king Creon's daughter ... would think that Medea is...

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... , by way of an excerpt entitled "The Status of Women." Plato's ideas of women take a back seat to his own student who does not perceive women as equals. He begins by saying that there must be a coming together of those who cannot live without each other. Aristotle gives men and women as examples. This union of man and women is solely to continue the human race, as "mankind ... have natural desire to leave behind them an image of themselves"(Politics). Next, Aristotle says that with a coalition of two beings, there must be one ruler ... and one subject in order to survive. The ruler, or ...

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... . Some city-states began to move toward democracy. All citizens were granted the right to vote on government policies hold political office and serve on a jury. Many poor citizens could not afford the time to participate in democratic government. Women and slaves had no political rights, even in the democracies. The most successful democracy of ancient Greece was Athens. Every male Athenian citizen ... had the right to serve in an assembly. An assembly passed laws and determined government policies. Sparta was the only city state which had a full time ... the things that happened to the...

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... seen as foreigners aloud to stay in the land. Social class was tied to wealth and not so political control, unless you were to have real clout. Men were the dominant race of Greece. Women considered citizens and were able to own land and go to court over land, but women did have much more limited rights than the men did. Life was based around ... trade, and places such as Athens would have many different events such as the Olympics, and Gladiator competitions. Athens boasted it would have major events every ... group of people, mainly because they were such an intelligent group of soci...

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... . Alexander's parents wanted nothing but the best for him, so when Alexander was thirteen, they hired Aristotle from Athens to be the boy's personal tutor. Aristotle taught Alexander ethics, philosophy, politics, and medicine. Unfortunately, a disagreement on the status of foreigners resulted in the estrangement of the two men. In 340B.C., when Philip went to fight rebels in Byzantium, Alexander, only sixteen years ... took a turn for the better. The Carmanians welcomed Alexander and his men and gave them a luxurious trip to Harmezeia, where they rejoined with Nearchus and his men and we...

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... home. There were separate schools for general studies, music, and physical education. The main studies that the school taught were reading, writing, and arithmetic. The higher education of the children consisted of the study of law, medicine, philosophy, or rhetoric. Men and women wore a belted garment of linen or wool called a ... chiton, which means it hung to their knees, for the men, and hung to their ankles, for the women. In the cold weather, they would wear a cloak called a himation over their shoulders and arms. Many Greeks wore sandals. ... to achieve the ideal beauty of an obj...

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• Grade Level: High School