Christopher Vasillopulos
Biographic Data
| ID | 259643 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Vasillopulos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Vasillopulos |
| SIGNATURE | VASILLOPULOS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Connecticut State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Through a Glass Darkly
Playing upon a mythological tradition rich in terrible, ruthless, and powerful females—many of whom were actually bestial—Euripides chose perhaps the most horrible of all, at least to fathers, the teknophonos (the child-killing mother), as the central character of his play Medea. Medea has been considered, in Euripides's portrayal as well as more generally, an archetype of the Terrible Mother. Whatever the relationship between the psychoanalytica…
The Natural Rights Basis of Aristotelian Education
The Nature of Athenian Hoplite Democracy
For many scholars, classical Athens did not and could not have avoided the implications of its dependence upon the military, even before it degenerated into imperialism. In a more disturbing way than Sparta or Persia, Athens exemplified the inevitable relationship of military might and antidemocratic principles. It is my negative thesis that this line of reasoning is incorrect, notwithstanding its virtue of appreciating the significance of the mi…
Medea and the reformation of the tragic polis
In the period between the Solonic and the Kleisthenic political reforms, tragedy began to emerge, beginning with Thespis and finding full expression in Aeschylus. As hoplite-democracy expressed the power of political legitimacy in unmistakable military victories over the Persians and in the creation of the Athenian Empire, Attic tragedy and its three greatest exponents flourished. No ornament of a newly rich society, tragedy was a substantive par…
Prevailing Upon the American Dream
Christopher Vasillopulos, Prevailing Upon the American Dream: Thurgood Marshall and Brown v. Board of Education, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 63, No. 3, Brown v. Board of Education at 40: A Commemorative Issue Dedicated to the Late Thurgood Marshall (Summer, 1994), pp. 289-296
Medea and the reformation of the tragic polis
In the period between the Solonic and the Kleisthenic political reforms, tragedy began to emerge, beginning with Thespis and finding full expression in Aeschylus. As hoplite-democracy expressed the power of political legitimacy in unmistakable military victories over the Persians and in the creation of the Athenian Empire, Attic tragedy and its three greatest exponents flourished. No ornament of a newly rich society, tragedy was a substantive par…
Medea and the reformation of the tragic polis
In the period between the Solonic and the Kleisthenic political reforms, tragedy began to emerge, beginning with Thespis and finding full expression in Aeschylus. As hoplite-democracy expressed the power of political legitimacy in unmistakable military victories over the Persians and in the creation of the Athenian Empire, Attic tragedy and its three greatest exponents flourished. No ornament of a newly rich society, tragedy was a substantive par…
Prevailing Upon the American Dream
Christopher Vasillopulos, Prevailing Upon the American Dream: Thurgood Marshall and Brown v. Board of Education, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 63, No. 3, Brown v. Board of Education at 40: A Commemorative Issue Dedicated to the Late Thurgood Marshall (Summer, 1994), pp. 289-296
The Nature of Athenian Hoplite Democracy
For many scholars, classical Athens did not and could not have avoided the implications of its dependence upon the military, even before it degenerated into imperialism. In a more disturbing way than Sparta or Persia, Athens exemplified the inevitable relationship of military might and antidemocratic principles. It is my negative thesis that this line of reasoning is incorrect, notwithstanding its virtue of appreciating the significance of the mi…
The Natural Rights Basis of Aristotelian Education
Through a Glass Darkly
Playing upon a mythological tradition rich in terrible, ruthless, and powerful females—many of whom were actually bestial—Euripides chose perhaps the most horrible of all, at least to fathers, the teknophonos (the child-killing mother), as the central character of his play Medea. Medea has been considered, in Euripides's portrayal as well as more generally, an archetype of the Terrible Mother. Whatever the relationship between the psychoanalytica…
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