Leshem, Dotan. “Retrospectives: What Did the Ancient Greeks Mean by ‘Oikonomia?’”The Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 30, no. 1, American Economic Association, 2016, pp. 225–38. Abstract: Nearly every economist has at some point in the standard coursework been exposed to a brief ...
3.According to the professor, what did the ancient Greeks believe about music? A. That music connected them to their ancestors. B. That music allowed people express their individuality. C. That the same laws ruled music and the universe. D. That music could not be explained by mathematics...
As a result, the classical Greek experience has more to tell us about the origins and definition of democracy, and about the relationships between participatory democracy and formal institutions, rhetoric, civic identity, political values, political criticism, war, economy, culture, and religion. [ ...
Did the Gauls follow Germanic polytheism? What did Boudicca do to the Romans? Why did the Romans treat the Carthaginians so harshly? What religion were the Gauls? What are five contributions that the Greeks and Romans gave to us?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. While other ancient societies had this axiom, including Egypt, it wasn't tied directly to their religion as is the case in Judaism. According to Jewish belief, one should be just because God is just, not because it benefits oneself or...
So, why did the ancient Greeks believe that the Earth was the center of the universe?Well, it made sense to them—observations of the sky made it appear as if the Sun, the Moon, and the stars all revolved around the Earth every day, while the Earth itself stayed in one place. ...
4.How many people did a theatre group have in Elizabethan times? 5.What_ is the passage mainly about? 1.The ancient Greeks. 2.In the towns and in large private houses. 3.Because some people thought they were not safe places to be and that people caused troubles there. 4.Thirteen, 12...
When Christianity started to emerge as a separate religion from Judaism, early Christians tried todifferentiate themselvesfrom Jews; and one way to be different was to pray on a different day. So, early Christians worshipped not on the Sabbath but one day earlier or one day later. They finall...
‘bind again', to reunite the mistaken person that we think we are with the self that we truly are, then yes, it is a religion. similarly, if by ‘god' you mean a separate, supernatural being who created the universe and will reward us by sending us to heaven if we do what he ...
The notation gives an accurate indication of relative pitch. So what did Greek music sound like? Below you can listen toDavid Creese, a classicist from the University of Newcastle, playing “an ancient Greek song taken from...