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This 3 page paper compares works from the ancient world and from medieval societies to see how the older values are expressed originally, and then again in later writings. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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early cultures values in different time periods. Although its dangerous to generalize, the paper argues that Hebrew values tend to center on a strong patriarchal figure and great obedience to
God, Greek values embrace oratory and politics, and Roman values lean toward war and conquest, but they were also famed as builders. Discussion We begin with the Hebrew influence in
Genesis. The book is also entitled "The First Book of Moses," but the central figure is arguably Noah. A patriarch who had his first children when he was 500, he
is 600 when God decides to destroy the world with the Flood. In Genesis 6:9 (Revised Standard Version) we read that "Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation;
Noah walked with God." He is a strong father figure, and completely obedient to God: "And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him" (7:5). The Greek historian Thucydides
tells of the Peloponnesian War in his great work. Book 3 deals with the revolt of Mitylene and the situation with regard to the Plataeans, who were defeated by Athens
(Thucydides, 431 B.C.E.). Perhaps the most striking thing about the book is Thucydides use of speeches throughout, many of them quite lengthy. Two of specific interest, and which concern morality
in the context of war, are those that argue for and against putting the Mitylene rebels to death (Thucydides, 431 B.C.E.). Cleon, whom Thucydides describes as the "most violent man
in Athens," urges the Athenians to put the Mitylenes to death: "Punish them as they deserve, and teach your other allies by a striking example that the penalty of rebellion
is death" (Thucydides, 431 B.C.E.). The idea was to kill not only those captives who had been taken prisoner and brought to Athens, but to decimate the city itself, slaughtering
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