All the men who voted for war against Persia, an empire which frightened most other Greek Polis', including Sparta, from sending military aid to Athens, were the very men who would don their Hoplite armor, clash together shield to shield to form phalanxes, and defeat the Persians at Marathon. These men were motivated by their own interests and what they had to protect: their prospering Polis of Athens, and their financial and political gains that came from fighting for it...
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These men were motivated by their own interests and what they had to protect: their prospering Polis of Athens, and their financial and political gains that came from fighting for it. The Greeks enjoyed a sharing of power, which in their view, was the antithesis of the monarch style powers held by the Absolute Leaders of the Great Empires developing in the Near East...
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Compare and contrast the part that the city or state (polis) plays in Antigone and Oedipus The King. He claims to favour the interests of the city over all but then shows his true colours by both acting and ranting like a tyrant. Antigone is steadfast and determined in her aim - she fully believes that the rule of god must take precedence in this matter regarding death, as well as revealing her belief that it is the family that is more important than the state...	4 / 851
Foil And Parallel Characters In Oedipus The King And Antigone Creon's intelligent son warns Creon that the people of Thebes sympathize Antigone, but Creon accuses Haemon of being a "woman's slave" (line 756). This clearly shows the uses and the purpose of the foil character of Antigone, who is living during an era when women are considered merely vassals, and the parallel characteristics of Creon, who is the king of Thebes, and a well respected man...	3 / 595
Oedipus Characters She assures Oedipus that the oracle proclaiming Chorus of Theban Elders Unlike the chorus in Antigone, whose Ode on Man historically has been regarded as a model expression of Athenian individualism, the chorus in this play has no famous statement, though its role is not insignificant...	2 / 456
Creon: Accused and Accuser Antigone does not feel she has broken the law because she is obeying laws passed down from the gods and not Creon's man-made law. Creon is so angry that someone would disobey his edict that he orders Antigone to be buried alive and that Ismene be put to death also...	3 / 754