Pragmatism from its Greek origins to it present connotation
1.Define Pragmatism from its Greek origins to it present connotation
2. Define Utilitarianism as it applies to daily life as well as an ideology, from its Greek origins to its present connotation.
3. Define Stoicism from its Greek origins to its Roman practice. Be brief but concise. Include the contributors and practitioners of this ideology.
4. Explain how Greek Mythology translates into Roman appropriation.
5. Choose a story from Ovid's The Metamorphoses and explain it, here. What is the story about? Who are the characters? Do they have Jungian archetype? What moral or ethical lessons, might Ovid wish to convey? Use this translation, http://classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.html (Links to an extemal site.)
6. What's up with Mark Antony and Cleopatra? Did Cleopatra seduce him? Was he making a political alliance that would assure him an Empire or was he making a fool of himself? Hollywood makes us want to believe that Mark Antony was in the clutches of a femme fatale. What does Plutarch say? 7. What happened to Brutus and Cassius? Who were they and what happened to them? Be brief but thorough 8. Explain in some detail what precipitated the battle of Actium. What resulted for the victor? Be brief but thorough.