Ancient Roots of Western Cultural Heritage: Questions, Answers, Comparisons
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30
ABSTRACT:
This is a 30 page paper discussing various questions relating to ancient roots of Western cultural heritage. In regards to a review of ancient roots of Western cultural heritage, various philosophies, concepts, ideals, and political systems are included. References are made to works by Hesiod, Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Lucretius, Aeschylus, Euripides among others in relation to the complex myths, social and political relationships and man’s relationship to nature. Included in the concepts of behavior, punishment and the role of myths in social and political systems, references to the Code of Hammuradi, Genesis, Theogony and Enuma Elish are included among others. Many of the ancient philosophies can be applied to artifacts, political realms and situations in the modern world.
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