Autism on Demand

This essay will look at the Etruscan symposia. It would look at what the symposia might have meant to the Etruscans. It would do so by looking at the role of women in Etruscan symposia, what influence Greeks played on the Etruscan symposia, via analysis of the pottery that was found in Etruscan thumbs, what role symposia played in the Etruscan funeral context, how the symposia changed over time and what the Etruscans might have ate at the symposia.   The Etruscan symposia were very similar to the Greek symposia but with some differences. One noteworthy defense is the presence of women at Etruscan symposia. The only women who attended Greek symposia were hetaerae (female companions who are sometimes compared to prostitutes) . Unlike Greek symposia, respectable Etruscan women attended symposia and not just hetaerae, but respectable married women. This led Greeks to believe that Etruscan women were completely immoral. The Greek writer Theopompus, for example, makes this observatio...

Euripides is much more than just an ancient Athenian playwright. He is very innovative and moves away from the traditional way of looking at Greek mythology and Greek tragedy. In this essay, I will be looking at how Euripides's plays differ from those before him. I will do so by specifically looking at his play “Electra” and how it differs from Aeschylus’s play “The Libation Bearers.” I will specifically look at how Euripides chose to depict his characters, what effect this had on his plays, what different types of characters he chose to put into his play, and why and possible reasons why he decided to depict them as he did. I will also look at how Euripides's plays are different from the Homeric tradition and possible reasons why this is the case. Why does Euripides choose to move away from the traditional way of doing things? W. Geoffrey Arnott provides us with an answer to this question in his article Double the Vision: A Reading of Euripides' 'Electra': T...