... the principal role was played by the chorus, it had flexible casts and the main point of the plays were to poke fun at contemporary society, politics, and culture. With the rise of new comedy the importance of the chorus diminished and often involved stock characters. It is used ... in New Comedy and how these characters represent the disillusioned spirit and moral ambiguity of the class system as well as some aspects of Greek society. This play, "The Grouch," portrays influential male stock characters, one with the desire for love and another with desire to protect his daughter ... bles...

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... ancient Greeks there were many things in their way of life that different from ours. Today it seems that morals, family values, and marriage are not much of a concern in todays lifestyle. The Greeks on the other hand, valued very highly things such as: social class, family and kinship, and marriage. These were the basic things to live by in ancient ... Greece, and are shown very strongly in their history. Social- Pertaining to a society; living in communities. This is the definition of the work social. When adding the word class to it, it has a different yet similar meaning. The term so...

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... incorporate them into their own religion ; cults like the one of Cybele, originally from Anatolia, Mithras from the Persians and even Isis from Egypt where adapted and incorporated in Roman society. During the Empire an important new cult was institutionalized , the cult of the Emperor. Starting from Augustus onwards the emperor was deified and worshiped (Home Work Help : History). This was ... and the faith in one God , the Savior of mankind controls the masses (Handbook To Life In Ancient Greece). I can't help but have the crushing impression that the masses of todays' youth are inten...

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