Classics Essays

The Pursuit of Virtue over Strength in History of the Peloponnesian War
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Dec 2020
Introduction: This paper will examine how the power of a state must be attained and maintained through virtue, as it provides a state with the moral authority to build an empire. Then, this paper will discuss how the pursuit of strength results in destruction...

The Role of Women in Medea by Euripides
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Dec 2020
Introduction: In the ancient Greek tragedy Medea by Euripides, Jason is given the task to capture the Golden Fleece and needs Medea’s help for this task, so she helps him using her magical powers....

Epic of Creation- Alteration of Marduk’s fate
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Dec 2020
Introduction: In the Mesopotamian times, there was a story called, “Enuma Elish” which in short terms is the beginning of the world, the creation of mankind (greater and lesser gods), most importantly the rise of Marduk as the patron God of Babylon...

Euripides Hippolytus Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: Illustrate the importance of the themes of self-control, shame and desire in Euripides’ Hippolytus. How does Euripides connect these themes to the world of the Athenian audience? Euripides’...

Importance and Depictions of Homer: The Iliad
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: The Iliad, possibly written at the pinnacle of Homer’s career, begins the journey. There are some that think Homer did not exist at all. This debate has continued for thousands of years, with s...

The Odyssey: The Use of Revenge within Greek Mythology
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction:  The role of gods and goddesses within the affairs of humans can be seen as a recurring subject throughout Greek mythology. The divinities involvement and relation within mortal affairs is t...

Exploring Tragedy Between the Eras
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction:  From its conception in ancient Greece, tragedy has always lured its audience through its observation and analysis of the human condition in its most noble and pitiful moments, eliciting all...

To What Extent Is the Legend of Boudica More Powerful than the Actual Women?
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Q: With reference to examples in film, art and iconography, to what extent is the legend of Boudica more powerful than the actual women?   The legend of Boudica was eviden...

Representations of Combat Trauma in Sophocles’ Tragedies Philoctetes and Ajax
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction:  In fifth century Athenian Theatre, going to war is glorified as the epitome of bravery and valor. In the works of Tragedian and General Sophocles, it is apparent that the strength of the co...

Analysis of Oedipus the King
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: In the play, the country of Thebes is stricken by a great plague, and king Oedipus, being a noble leader, is determined to find the solution of ending the scourge. A determined Oedipus goes on a ...

What Role Does Tyche (Fortune) Play in Polybios’ Histories?
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Polybios’ use of Tyche in his Histories, has led to a lot of scholarly debate over the past couple of centuries in which not one but several trains of thought carry weight. It is clear from the...

Gilgamesh and The Early 17th Century
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: The Epic of Gilgamesh is a poem that was written on a historical king by the name of Gilgamesh. The Epic Of Gilgamesh was well cherished and idolized poem for Mesopotamia. The poem was based in t...

Mercury and Apollo in Horace Ode I.10 and I.31
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2019
Introduction: Throughout the books of Horace’s odes there is a variety of approaches to the divine and to the composition of religious poetry. Horace, learning much from his Greek predecessors, is able to adapt ...

Maenads in Classical Works
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
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Tranquility from a Stoics’ Point of View
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: How individuals can achieve tranquility from a stoics’ point of view Epictetus and other stoics believe that tranquility should be our utmost goal in this rational life. They claim th...

Greek History - Class and Status
Example essay. Last modified: 10th May 2018
Introduction: Are there any special insights to be had from analysing Greek history in terms of either class or status? Greek history cannot be viewed as complete without analysing the class structure and status, a...

Ostracism in Athenian Democracy
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Dec 2017
Introduction: Question 3. Ostraka Ostracism was a process instituted as one of the Kleisthenic reforms of 508/7BC as a result of the non-elite intervention in the conflict with the Spartan backed Isagoras, although...

How Virgil Integrates Myth and History in The Aeneid
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Sep 2017
Introduction: How does Virgil integrate myth and history in The Aeneid? Discuss with reference to specific passages. Written as Rome faced a new era, and as its politics and society rapidly evolved, The Aeneid is ...

Athenian Democracy and Meritocracy
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Sep 2017
Introduction: To what extent did the Athenian democracy live up to its ideology of being a meritocracy, and to what extent was power still in the hands of the wealthy? Athenian democracy was an evolving process in...

A Family for Christmas by Linda Finlay
Example essay. Last modified: 17th Aug 2017
Introduction: Summary: As a matter of fact, the author of this story entitled “A Family for Christmas” is written by Linda Finlay. In addition, the events take place in London in different places such...

The Bible: An Eternal Canon
Example essay. Last modified: 17th Aug 2017
Introduction: When one thinks of the word Bible, it evokes images of revelation at Sinai, full of lightning and thunder, where an awestruck nation received the ten commandments. It conjures images of Isaiah’...

Genealogy, History, and Mythology in Olympian 9
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Jul 2017
Introduction: From Polis to Oikos At the end of Olympian 9, the ode for Epharmostos, the champion wrestler from Opountian Lokris, Pindar declares phya, his idiosyncratic rendering of physis (“altogether be...

Qualitative Data Analysis Techniques | Example Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: This work aims to perform a thematic qualitative data analysis of scripts entitled ‘Is abortion right or wrong?’ A commentary on qualitative data analysis techniques will be discussed and ...

Zeus: The man, the myth, the legend
Example essay. Last modified: 15th May 2017
Introduction:         Throughout the pantheon of Greek and Roman myth many of the gods are depicted in only one, revered gaze. Zeus on the on the other hand is depicted as many things which include; the rul...

The Age of Innocence | Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 8th May 2017
Introduction: The Age of Innocence is the novel of Edith Wharton’s maturity in which she contemplates the New York of her youth, a society now extinct and even then under threat. She was born in 1862 into the...