When I was in grade school and high school, and would frequently encounter the word "ibid" in various books, I assumed it was just another one of those Greek stories, like The Odyssey and The Iliad. With that kind of classical education, you can imagine the apprehension with which I appr...
Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind: Descending Underground in the Search for Ultimate Truth . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. x, 315. $95.00. ISBN 978-0-19-954856-9. Yulia Ustinova provides a study of the use of caves and underground chambers in ancient accounts of the search ...
The Trojan War, immortalized in Greek mythology, involved a clash of mighty heroes. However, it also saw the involvement of exceptional women who left their mark on the battlefield. Helen of Troy, whose beauty was the catalyst for the war, had a complex role in the conflict. On the oppos...
由第一段“In the Ancient Greek world, one was meant to focus on a close knowledge of just two books. Homer's Odyssey and his Iliad, because these were the best guides to action in military and civilian affairs. However, the modem world firmly equals the intelligent person with the well...
of this time lived on in the Greek’s memory for many centuries thereafter. Around 1470 a tectonic disaster on the island of Thera brought about a ruinous earthquake on Crete. Cities and villages, as well as the population and the fleet, were destroyed, causing the islands to be abandoned....
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato said,"Music is a moral law.It gives soul to the universe,wings to the mind,flight to the imagination,and charm and joy to life and to everything.""We know that music brings joy and comfort,and makes us feel happy,"Spencer says."But research has also...
aSo you may not call him. 如此您不可以告诉他。 [translate] a这位古希腊哲学家(Greek philosopher)似乎能够用简单的文字表达复杂的思想 This ancient Greece philosopher (Greek philosopher) as if can use the simple writing to express the complex thought [translate] ...
Eudemonia is an Ancient Greek word, particularly stressedby the philosopher Plato and Aristotle, which deserves far moreattention than it has because it corrects the shortfalls(缺失)inone of the most central, but troubling words in our modernlanguage:happiness.When we nowadays try to clearly ...
Eudaimonia is an ancient Greek word, particularly stressed by the philosophers Plato and Aristotle, which deserves far more attention than it has because it corrects the shortfalls (缺失)in one of the most central, but troubling words in our modem language: happiness. When we nowadays try to...
I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic. One must see the ideal in one's own mind. It is like a memory - an awareness -of perfection...