Pros And Cons Of Ancient Greek Theater Therapy For Metals

During the time of Euripides, approximately the second half of the fifth century B.C., it was a period of immense cultural crisis and political convulsion (Arrowsmith 350). Euripides, like many other of his contemporaries, used the whole machinery of the theater as a way of thinking about their world (Arrowsmith 349). His interest in particular was the analysis of culture and relationship between culture and the individual. Euripides used his characters as a function to shape the ideas of the play (Arrowsmith 359).

One of the basic themes of the book is that the thought and the art of classical Athens is full of meaning for people of later generations. It is the full of meaning for nations, cultures and societies beset by broad-scale and profound social and political change and the accompanying confusion and fear produced in the minds and souls of human beings.

Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Socrates by Matt Dillon and Lynda Garland at first glance is believable, however once looked at further in depth we see inconsistencies and debatable source choices and conclusions, which lead us to question believability.

The Athenian democracy is discomforting for a contemporary American because of the personal rights citizens obtain today that Athenians do not, and because of the lack of greek legitimacy in their political system, due to rationality. However, the life of an Athenian is quiet interesting, in the way it allows us to view the positive and negative elements of the Athenian society, in contrast of today 's culture, from how it runs, how they studied Greek politics, their perspective of what a citizen should be and its responsibilities, and their acts of rationality.

According to Dr. Dave Yount, many Athenians still regret their decision to put Socrates to death to this day. Is this feeling of regret acceptable? This paper will explore the details surrounding the trial of Socrates and whether or not he was treated fairly throughout the sentencing process. In The Apology of Socrates, Plato describes the charges against Socrates as not believing in the gods recognized by the state, introducing supernatural beings, and corrupting the youth (246. 9-12). By considering Socrates’ impiety, internal betrayal of the city, and arrogance and hypocritical words, it should be understood that the Athenians were just in their verdict and punishment of Socrates.

Mental health is considered, by many scholars and researchers, as one of the most difficult subjects to study. This is mainly because there’s only one infallible method of evaluate someone’s mental health — observing their actions. Since there are multiple ways to interpret a person’s actions, it’s only natural that there’s abundance of arguments based on whether or not certain significant characters in history were sane. For instance, scholars have evaluated and debated the sanity of characters in Shakespeare’s plays, specifically the play Hamlet, for years without end. It is apparent that the character Hamlet, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, maintains his sanity.

The values of culture, art, and philosophy are communicated through Pericles during the Funeral Oration. Pericles praises Athens as a “model to others” and “an education to Greece” for its democracy, speeches, equality, and individuality (Discussion, Sept 12). Although Thucydides includes the speech to demonstrate Athens’s superiority over the rest of the Hellenic world, he juxtaposes it with the plague. During the plague the citizen desecrate the bodies of their loved ones and “No fear of god or law of man had

Socrates was stirred in so many controversies and had put to death by jury of five hundred member just because he did not admit his faith in God when he was accused by his fellow. He was sentenced to death by Athenian court just because he did not believe in the faith of God and he was refuse to identify God. Poison was given to him to give him death.

It was no mystery to the Athenians how war was going to affect their society. As the war dragged on and general support began to wane due to disease and death the people were subjected

Greek Theatre Greek theatre is one of the most historical periods of theatre. Ideas that stemmed from this period are still used today. The history is so rich and the plays and playwrights are so interesting. Theatre was so popular in Ancient Greece, that almost every Greek city had a theatre. There were comedies and tragedies being performed, and many festivals took place.

Religion and superstition played a large part in the everyday life of a classical Athenian, and there was a heavy emphasis on ritual and reverence to the gods. Athenians believed that certain crimes – e.g. homicide – disrupted the sanctity of their city, causing an imbalance they referred to as “pollution.” Restoring balance was of the utmost importance. Otherwise, they believed that the gods would punish them with losses in battle, bad crops, and an overall miserable existence.

Socrates’ trial and consequent death sentence was an unfair decision that reflected the intolerance of the Greek world, specifically that in Athens, during the period of scientific backlash. Socrates was a philosopher whose progressive ideas placed him far ahead of his time. Aristophane’s The Clouds, which parodied Socrates, was published at unfortunate time that gave fire to the growing hatred of the philosopher and his work greatly influenced the jury’s decision. It seems odd that this took place in Athens, the society that has come to symbolize democracy and free-thought, because through a historicist lens, persecuting a man who was found guilty of superfluous charges, all of which he denied his guilt, is a definite societal step backward and greatly contradicts what Athens is lauded for.

At the age of 70, Socrates was put to death on charges of impiety and moral corruption of the youth. However, his trial, on with the political and social context that occurred, has guaranteed as much intervention from classicists and historians as his methods and arguments have from philosophers, with the concerning spectacle it rose addressing into question the most basic principles of Athenian democracy.

In 399 B.C.E. Athens, Socrates, one of the greatest axial philosophers, was charged with impiety and corruption of the youth by Meletus, Lycon, and Anytus. Socrates was convicted of these accusations and executed. Socrates was one of many great thinkers in Athens, which was experiencing a Golden age as the most progressive and learned democracy in Greece. Strangely, Athens executed Socrates for his speech, which contrasted with Athenian democratic values. Moreover, Socrates was seen as annoying to authorities of the time, but never considered threatening enough to receive punishment to Athens before this. In order for Socrates to be executed, Athens needed to have undergone a deep shift that changed perceptions of Socrates from a gadfly to a danger to society. As a result of a crippling defeat by Sparta in the Peloponnesian Wars, Athens was paranoid of threats to its democracy, Athenian citizens were looking for a scapegoat for their recent troubles, and Socrates made enemies out of powerful politicians and thinkers due to his irritating Socratic method and uncustomary beliefs, therefore, he was easy to blame and execute.

Greek theatre and medieval drama were both very popular artistic events in their own periods of performance. However, from ancient Greece to the renaissance, time has set them apart in terms of methodology; their practitioners use a creative process based off of different mindsets. Therefore, the significant time lapse between the two genres has had an evident impact on the way theatre was perceived and presented. In comparing aspects such as religious motivations, conditions of violence and character development, the distinct theatrical natures of Greek theatre and medieval drama will be made apparent.