Sentence examples for compared to the ancient from inspiring English sources

WHEN it comes to Olympic protests, the demonstrators in London, Paris and San Francisco are a pretty wimpy bunch, at least compared to the ancient Greeks.

And if you're a sportswriter they mean you can crank out yet more column inches on the storied rivalry between these two teams -- a competition that has variously been compared to the ancient struggles between Athens and Sparta, to the Renaissance rivalry between Florence and Venice and to a non-nuclear cold war.

Evaluation of archaeological finds in relation to the advanced technology of each era and compared to the ancient literature, could infer conclusions regarding the nature of relations between different civilizations.

Elements of the plot have been compared to the ancient Greek religious and mythological figure Orpheus.

The divining aspect of dream creativity was once compared to the Ancient Greek Oracle of Delphi by Dr. Rollo May (2).

St. Catherine's is a little dull compared to the ancient Byzantine trappings of the Greek Orthodox-managed Basilica of the Nativity next door, and it's also relatively small.

And personally, we enjoy lives of extraordinary peacefulness, ease, and rest compared to the ancients.

But to do justice to modern Greeks, no modern poet, philosopher, scientist or engineer from any modern country can compare to the ancient Greek thinkers.

The high prevalence combined with more severe clinical manifestations indicate that the 'modern' Euro-American lineage may be more virulent and, thus, more susceptible to transmission in this population compared to the 'ancient' and the 'modern' East-African Indian lineages.

That the quest was led by old world scientists rather than new might be due to the relative brand-newness of agriculture in the very nutrient-rich new world compared to the relatively ancient practices of agriculture in the relatively nutrient-poor old world, which then set limits on human populations and their economic well-being.

The later stages of evolution within avian lineages seem to have involved relatively stronger diversifying selection as compared to the more ancient branches, which is consistent with the observation that the examined gene families are generally well conserved across all avian orders and families.