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Discussion Topic: What’s the difference between Ancient Greek Masculinity and being a man today?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Sandra Cheng

  Polykleitos’ Doryphoros (c.450-440) is regarded as an example of the ideal Greek male. Read the famous funeral oration given during the Peloponnesian War by Pericles, leader of Athens. Highlight one trait of manliness in Pericles’ speech and discuss how … Continue reading →

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