Essays on Trojan War

Why do the myths, works of art and literature history and artwork concerning the Trojan war furnish such a great opportunity to engage all the major questions of life and society and of the humanities The Trojan War which is a legendary conflict between the people of Troy and the Greeks is said to have been fought for about 10 years with great influence from the gods. The myths and the arts value the Trojan War because it shows that mortals are subject to the fate decided upon them by the gods. In this case, Zeus saw that the ...

In the late Bronze Age, war fought by the Greeks and the city of Troy defenders in Anatolia emerged. This war was known as the Trojan War. In this case, Odyssey refers to the adventures of the Odysseus in the Trojan War that is his return from the Trojan War. There are several characters involved in Odyssey. They include Odysseus, Penelope, Aeolus and Telemachus (Cline, 2013). In this paper, I have chosen Odysseus as a character from the Odyssey who was the Ithaca king in Greek who had involved in the Trojan War for ten years. The paper exemplifies ...

The Mask of Agamemnon

There are a lot of artworks that will always contain some secret concerning its true origin and authenticity. One of such sculptures is definitely the case with the Mask of Agamemnon. This artifact from the Greek Bronze Age was discovered by distinguished German archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, in Mycenae dated 1876. After the stunning discovery of the real location of the legendary Troy, Schliemann was next planning to find the final resting place of Agamemnon, the famous king of ancient Mycenae who headed the Greek troops during the Trojan War. All his grand triumphs and tribulations are eulogized in Homer’ ...

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Giddings, Franklin. The Relation of the Criminal to Society. Proceedings of the Academy of

Political Science in the City of New York 1(4), 1911, 559-62.

This article asserts that some of the acts that the legislature defines as crimes are not actions that can cause much harm to the society and future generations, but there are acts that are defined as crimes that pose grave dangerous. Accordingly, the author notes that if one assumes that every person who commits a crime is a criminal then it is hard to find a person who is not a criminal in the United States. In this regard, the article presents two kinds of ‘ ...

The Attic black-figure Volute krater by Kleitias and Ergotimos 570 BCE

The Francois vase is regarded as a major monument of Greek pottery. It is a 66-centimeter high volute krater made in a black-figure design by the potter Ergotimos. It was painted by Kleitas, with both artists signing the vase. The vase is dated 570 BC. The Francois vase was restored by Pietro Zei after it was shattered into 638 pieces in 1900 by a disgruntled museum guard (Lahanas 1).This vase, known as a volute-krater, is so called because it is a krater that has volute-handles. The Francois Vase seems to have been used as a decorative piece for ...

Staring with the story of Odyssey by Homer, Lord has intervened in various circumstances. Odysseus went for a Trojan War where they left with victory. Like many other Greek warriors, Odysseus consulted a goddess who told him that he will win the war. Mysteriously Odysseus won the war of Trojan where many other warriors fell. The Trojan War was a war of treachery and in many cases the warriors didn’t have any clue of their fate. Odysseus however, through the intervention of goddess was able to survive from that Great War. At this point, the reader can observe ...

In “Courtly Love,” Zizek examines the way knight-lady romance was widely ritualized in Europe’s Middle Ages (Zizek 1). The text explores the “courtly love” notion and claims that people began grasping libidinal aspects of courtly love during a period when masochistic couples and masochism emerged. Helen of Troy is a story inspired by Greek mythology and it suggests that Helen was the most beautiful woman of her time. The Trojan War was triggered when Paris abducted her from King Menelaus. She was portrayed as the daughter of Leda and god Zeus. In Zazek’s “Courtly Love,” the woman ...

Introduction

Throughout the history the issue of gender inequality was one of the main topics of debates in different cultures, especially in such areas as art, literature and, of course mythology. In most cultures men were portrayed as very powerful and strong, while women played a role of subservient creatures. The purpose of this research paper is to discover in a deeper detail the place and the role of women in Greek mythology. Despite the fact that historically women were always portrayed in a negative light and usually accompanied men, in Greek mythology female characters were as important as male ...

The epic poem The Odyssey by the ancient Greek writer Homer takes us into the life of a man named Odysseus. As the reader learns about Odysseus multiple facets of his character are exposed through the challenges it faces. Although he and his crew face danger and obstacles at every step of the way the character of Odysseus hardly changes. The entire book Odysseus longs to see his wife, but he is a good man and a courageous leader. (Homer. And Lattimore) Homer is one of the most famous Greek poets, the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, ...

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An examination of literary criticisms of the Odyssey by Homer, who many consider the greatest author of the Greek empire, demonstrates that the fundamental nature of humanity has not changed in three thousand years. This epic poem must have been dissected and analyzed hundreds of times, if not thousands of times, since it was written. It is a timeless work because it reflects, among other things, how human nature has changed very little over time. The events and characters in this epic do portray, in many ways, the continued infatuation with war and killing, especially in the twentieth century. ...

The background to this Greek poem, The Iliad of Homer, is the war between the Trojans and the Achaians. The Greek warriors sieged a city on the shores of Turkey, and were opposed by the Trojans. The main purpose of this war was to rescue Helen of Troy (Sparta). This poem could be an imaginary expression of events, yet it could also be the historical recordings of a real war. There is, however, the dispute of the date of the poem and the date of the war that makes it invalid as an eyewitness record. Even so, the beauty ...

Analysis of Symbiosis of Mythology and History in the Movie Troy (2004) Precisely, Classical Ancient Literature has long been a research subject of many scientific fields. Many believe that Antiquity is the standard of human being, as many of the most famous works of art, philosophies, and world religions appeared at that time. Today, there are many different interpretations of classical mythology in the world. Most of the films, which are based on themes of mythology, have a close relationship with the ancient history. For example, a film can be shot on the basis of the myths' main ideas, ...

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Homer and Hesiod are two of Greece’s most famous classical writers and poets that both lived sometime between the 8th and 7th century B.C.. Homer, believed to be the elder among the two, lived at around 750 B.C and is considered as Greece’s greatest poet. Two of his most important works are the Iliad, which tells the story of the Trojan War and is one of the most popular epic on Greek mythology. He also wrote the Odyssey, which tells about Odysseus’ adventure after the Trojan War. Hesiod, on the other hand, lived around 700 ...

Introduction

The commencement and ending of Homer’s epic poem the Iliad depict a rational existence of humans before and after the interference of the immortal beings respectively. The middle passages are different as they present a palpable yet gradual build up of human emotions that warrant an alliance with the gods and goddesses in the text. In turn, a paradox emerges in the depiction of the relationships between the mortals and the immortals in the Homeric poem: the gods are necessary for Homer’s presentation of the humans, but they are also to blame for the unstable attitudes and ...

The effects of disparities between a hero and a superior power in a tale are evident in Homer’s “The Iliad” with a particular interest in Achilles and Agamemnon. In the poem, while Achilles is a powerful warrior, Agamemnon is his king and has power over the army and all the Achaeans. For that reason, the most important conflict is between Achilles and Agamemnon because; when the warrior refuses to fight, the Trojans begin to win and in a desperate move, Patroclus joins the battle disguised as Achilles but he dies, and Achilles rejoins the ranks to avenge his ...

The Iliad is a lengthy poem that tells the events of the Trojan War. The Trojan War is a legendary war that pitted the Trojans against the Greeks (Janko and Kirk 1). The Iliad despite being a very long poem, has a basic structure. Achilles withdrew from the Trojan War after he had quarreled with chief Agamemnon over Briseis (Abel Media, n.p). Achilles was regarded the hero of the Greeks, and his premature withdrawal meant that the Trojans had a chance to defeat the Greeks. After Achilles had withdrawn, disaster befell his companions, and this did not sit well ...

Sometimes, it only takes one great act in history, or one great story for a hero to emerge. Such is the case with the Greek story Iliad, and the historical events in Jerusalem during the time of the crusades. To say that the heroes of these stories do not have anything in common, is a denial of the natural order of things. Both have somehow made a stamp in history, and both are touted as heroes, even up to this day.

Achilles is one of the many heroes in the Greek story Iliad. According to the story, he was recruited by Odysseus ...

The paper is devoted to the problem of ruining the site which is believed to be the ancient city of Troy. In particular, the paper studies historical archaeological evidence of the conflict resulting in the fall of the empire comparing it to mythological description of the war called Trojan in classical epics. The legend of the Trojan War – the Bronze Age severe conflict between the kingdoms of Mycenaean Greece and Troy, – reflecting Greek invasion on Troas (present North West Turkey), has been striding through the mythology and history of ancient Greece, inspiring the greatest men of letters of ...

Virgil’s Aeneid is a literary epic and the national story of the Roman Empire. The story is an attempt to link the history of the Roman Empire, and its emperor Augustus Caesar, to the ancient wanderings of the Trojan people to its establishment. By doing so, Virgil hoped to not only create a common national identity of his country’s people, but to link this identity to historical symbols that people would recognize, in an effort to legitimize the Caesar and his empire. By doing so, Virgil creates a story on a grand scale that encompasses not only the history of his ...

Introduction

The fictional tales in world literature resources are found abundant in tales of various war heroes and heroines. Most of the renowned heroes appeared as protagonist of the fictional tales and mythologies, like Hercules, Achilles, Hector, etc. However, they all were at some point of adolescence as per the maturity patterns dominant in their era and their judgment was often flawed that led them to dangers and a subsequent creation of highly chivalrous tales. On the contrary there were some other scenarios of an aristocratic display of heroism, where the heroes were found to attain a certain maturity level, as ...

The Odyssey is an educative movie with lessons on the organizational behavior. The movie was released in 1997 and the director was Andrei Konchalovsky (YouTube, 1997). The movie analyses the life of Odysseus who was the king of Greek Kingdom of Ithaca. After leading his people successfully to win in the Trojan War, he finds it challenging to go back to Greece (Ithaca) as there were massive challenges on the way. As the movie runs, there are two organizational behavior topics that are evident. The topics are leadership and communication. The flow of activities throughout the movie is proper ...

Since Telemachus was the only prince that was left in the palace after his father left for the Trojan War, he had to take responsibility as a man of the palace. When his father Odyssey did not return to Ithaca after the war, many people, including the queen herself assumed that he was dead. Many suitors flooded the palace to try and win the queen, this angered him but he had nothing he could do since he was a young and helpless boy. However, Telemachus matures from a young and inexperienced boy to a man who can take up roles and revenge for ...

Origin or beginning of the Civilization (part 1)

Greek civilization began during the period between 3000 to 1200 BC (Sansone, 1). This period is known as the Bronze Age. According to Sansone (10), the Greek civilization emerged after the Minoan civilization during the Mycenaean Age and extended up to the period after the Dark Age. As a matter of fact, many historians consider the Mycenaean Age the earliest period of Greek civilization. The Mycenaean civilization is so called since their capital was built at Mycenae. The founder of Mycenaean civilization was King Perseus. The origin of the people who established the Mycenaean civilization is not well known though ...

Homer, the stalwart figure in the history of literature of the world, made his mark in his seminal work, The Odyssey, which has passed the test of time and has got engraved in the verses of immortality all over the globe for its literary excellence and quintessence. The cinematic adaptation of the epic was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and it released in the year 1997. Odysseus is a man of paramount strength, but relies on his brains than his brawns. The perseverance of the human soul and loyalty are all the various facets of human emotions which the epic as ...

Ares is a god of war in the Greek mythology. He was the son of Zeus (the king of the gods) and Hera (the goddess of marriage). Ares was the most powerful but detested god on Olympus. His birth was after the Great War and developed into a vicious and fearsome man. Ares had a brother Hephaestus (god of artisanship) and three sisters Hebe, Eileithyia, and Athena. However, Ares did not relate well with his siblings especially his sister Athena. As such, Athena and Ares fought many battles against each other. He did not care for anything else but fighting in wars ...

The article The Shield of Achilles within Iliad by Oliver Taplin, presents a curious topic that would often be overlooked or just breezed through by literary readers themselves who would often look out for the plot, development of the story, or “thrill of the ride”. Tedious details of Achilles’ shield do not contribute to such popular entertainment. And to wonder at the irony of its beautiful and celebratory designs against the backdrop of war and inhumanity is reserved for scholars, historians, and literary enthusiasts – fanatics of Homer’s works – for whom this article must have been written. (for whom was ...

Abstract

Three types of examples from the genres of world literature are integral to the strength of investigating the works of different periods and cultures. Different eras represented sweeping views of war, the sacred, the secular, and expressions of stories that culminated in philosophical lessons or important pieces in historical sagas. This essay develops a critique based upon the prompt which looks at the literary works of: (a) Homer’s “The Iliad”, (b) Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy – Inferno”, and (c) Elphinstone Dayrell’s “Nigerian Folk Stories”. The richly contrasting nuances of the literary comparisons provide a marvelous rubric and background from which ...

Gallery 155 at the Metropolitan museum of Art showcases Athenian Art, mostly vases with black figures that depict scenes from Mythology and actual life in Athens. Also in display are helmets, vests and knives from 7th century BC. While the vases are descriptive with exquisite painting of scenes from mythology, the bronze artifacts are rather telling of the war they were used for. The helmets, the body vests and the knives, although old and rusty are in good shape and can tell the viewer about the size of the person who used it. The fact that they survived this ...

The Greek mythology as known today is a culmination of the traditions in different parts of the Greek civilization with each region having its own heroes. For examples, the Homer’s Iliad is a regional mythology that strived to appeal to as many cities as possible bringing together a common identity of the Greeks. During the time of Hesiod and Homer, Greece comprised of many cities and islands separated by natural boundaries made by the gods (Works and Days, 167-171). The Iliad mentions almost all the apart of Greece that took part in the Trojan War. The mythology often conflict with each ...

Greek mythology as it exists today was a culmination of oral tradition that was part of the early Greek civilization. Different regions of the Greek empire had different heroes with their own traditions and thus Greek mythology was firmly tied to it geographical location. Geography and physical places/ space helped shape Greek mythology to a large extent. Homer’s Odyssey, Iliad and Hesiod’s Theogony are examples of Greek mythology where the myth is tied with the geographical space. With the mention of places these poets also driven by a certain ‘Panhellenic’ impulse-a desire to appeal to as many city states as ...

In The Iliad, the author sets warfare as the most important aspects of the society. It is necessary to note that the current war in the poem is not at the action and plot in the text, but war is one of the detectable social forces in the poem. Men in the poem who fail to respect the warrior character of the society or fail to take part in the ongoing wars are ostracized and criticized. Declining to engage in battles or war or being labeled a coward are the worst ways that a man can be defined, since the man ...

Nearly 3,000 years since their horrific stories were told in “The Iliad,” the Greek hero Achilles and Hector are still getting incredible literary makeovers. They demarcate a war that has never been experienced in Greek since memorial. In their character, they represent two powerful houses of Troy and Greece. Scholars on literature analysis, for several years, have worked around the clock to discover the origin, participants and the truth about these stories. With their documentary records, they have provided an elaborate synopsis showing the real story with its various characters.

Synopsis

The character traits of the two players can only ...

In Ancient Greece, human existence was strongly tied of the legends of heroes and gods. With legendary figures guiding their lives, Ancient Greeks worshiped heroism, which was always linked with the code of honor. Honor represented a human value and in the same time a condition for living up to the ideal of living among the gods. The code of honor in Ancient Greek tradition represented a supreme ideal and a challenge that determined humans who exerted it to overpass their condition. Reflecting the Ancient Greek society of Homer’s time, “The Iliad” depicts the meaning of the code of honor by surprising ...

The worlds of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey are often harsh, with mankind being essentially at the will of the gods and prone to failure. To that end, even the best among men in these works have their own flaws – Achilles and Odysseus respectively provide that sense of romantic antiheroism inherent to Homeric works. Whereas modern heroism values moral and ethical virtue as part of being a hero, the Homeric ideal of heroism is actually quite anti-heroic. Greek heroes do not have to be the most ethical or civilized; they just have to possess supreme bravery, strength, military ...

Homer wrote the selection, “Homer’s Ideal of Excellence,” in the 8th century BC. Andromache was crying as she held her husband’s, Hector, hands. She was getting worried of his bravery and felt that Hector was not keen on the family. She was unhappy that Hector, just like her brothers, would be killed by “the Great Achilles.” Hector was her only relative left having lost her parents. Hector was also worried about this. He loved his family, but he had to fight for the kingdom. Being a good soldier required him to leave a legacy that would make his father ...

Since time immemorial, people have been generating strong figures to look up to. These physically powerful figures are known as heroes. The presentation of these heroes in traditional mythological heroes is very different with that of modern day fictional hero stories. However, these heroes are created in related ways. They have to protect those in danger, despite the challenges they face. In classical mythological hero stories, the heroes are presented as infallible and set apart from the community. The heroes are expected to be in aid of the people in time of distress and fight the enemies on their behalf. ...

Homer, the celebrated Greek literary artist penned the seminal epic, Iliad, to document the heroic tales of the great warriors of the land. His literary works have become immortal and still enjoys great popularity all over the world. The characters of the epic have been immortalized in the history of literature and the quintessence of artistic expression has awed readers and critics alike. The tales of war and glory have been given superhuman status owing to the expression of the epic. The character of Agamemnon is one of the most pivotal ones in the course of the epic. ...

Why does Hamlet delay so long in following the ghost’s command? This is one of those mysteries in literature that seems to have persisted ever since the play was written, remaining unanswered and solved till today. For Hamlet, it is his first long soliloquy, and he rebukes himself for his delay in avenging his father’s death. The reason for Hamlet’s long delay in following the ghost’s command is integral to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, since the play revolves around it, but what is also important is to conclude the morality of such revenge. The fact ...

Introduction

The ancient city of Troy is perhaps one of the cities that have generated waves of disputes over time, as to whether it has been an actual city or a legendary one. However, due to extensive archaeological research, Troy is a city that indeed existed, and maybe its remains do not bring back pictures of its old glorious days, yet, there is so much to learn from its passage through time. In greater detail: Ancient Greek epic poet wrote in his infamous epic “The Iliad”: “Generations of men are like the leaves. In winter, winds blow them down to ...

Heroism, and the notion of what it means to be a hero has been subjected to numerous changes, especially with regard to changes over time and also in the manner at which different cultures perceive heroism. In literature, heroic deeds and significant events are usually captured in an epic. Valmiki’s Ramayana and Homer’s Odyssey, are both ancient epics, therefore, they are the products of the oral traditions that have adopted an array of literary devices. The Odyssey dates back to around 8th to 6th BCE while the Ramayana proximately was recorded in the 5th century. In these two ...

The Trojan War is easily one of the most critical events in Greek Mythology as perhaps best emphasized in Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad. While there are variations in the accounts as to the causes of the War, the War that was waged by Achaeans against Troy, follows the loss of the King of Sparta’s wife to Paris. This does however remain largely debatable as regards its historical veracity, with beliefs that Homeric literature did exaggerate different things in line with varied poetic needs. This paper assesses the varied accounts of the primary and secondary factors that caused ...

The epic poem of Gilgamesh and the Odyssey has many forms of many conflicts, internal and external conflicts. The Odyssey is a novel by Homer while the Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Mesopotamia believed to be the oldest written story on earth with anonymous authors. In the Odyssey by Homer, there are many different types of conflicts. But the one that sticks out and the most exciting conflict is that between Telemachus and the suitors. Telemachus dominates in the first books of the Odyssey by defending his mother against the suitors. Telemachus had to do everything ...

Introduction

There are different approaches towards issues concerning leadership. Among them are the Iliad and the scientific Structures of scientific revolution. The Iliad is a generally authored epic poem. It is stipulated to be written by a long time lived man whose name was Homer. The poem is dated to have been set during the Trojan War (Kuhn 1996). In that case it tries to show a recount of the battles and the activities that happened within the war. On the other side is the structure of scientific revolution authored in 1962. It contains information on history of science, which is written by ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the questions risen by the reading of the first four books of Odyssey (rhapsodies a –d). Odyssey is one of the two epics by Homer, worldwide acknowledged for their power in talking to people’s hearts no matter their era, causing feelings of great admiration and movement. In Odyssey, Homer narrates the adventures of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, an island of Ionian Sea, who took ten whole years to manage and reach his homeland. The main theme of the epic poem is ‘nostos’ which is the Greek word standing ...

Cassandra is a novel told about the survivors of the Trojan War. It is the story of a young woman named Cassandra, and her struggles during the post-war era. There are many different ways to analyze literature, but one of the leading literary analysts, Gerard Genette, has provided an extremely useful method for analyzing novels like Cassandra by Christa Wolf. Because Cassandra does not have a coherent or cohesive timeline, and rather jumps about in time with little warning, special types of literary analyses must be applied to the text to truly dig into the meaning of the multifaceted text. Helen ...

Review of Strauss’ the Trojan War (2007) In Barry Strauss’ book called, “The Trojan War: A New History”, the author talks about a matter that has been discussed for over thousands of years, nevertheless Strauss is able to bring new arguments and interpretations about it. Despite the fact Strauss displays that numerous of the acknowledged ideas in regards to the Trojan War can be refuted, he also nose-dives when it comes to supporting his claims with passable historical references and analyzes. So as to seashore their boats at Troy the Greeks knew that they had to fight their ...

Troy (2004): Movie Review

Troy: The Myth Behind the Movie Introduction Wolfgang Petersen brought an important historical epic event to the silver screens through the movie entitled Troy in 2004. The movie stars a list of Hollywood’s finest actors to play the role of Greek history’s prominent figures such as Achilles (Brad Pitt), Prince Hector (Eric Bana), Prince Paris (Orlando Bloom), Helen of Troy (Diane Kruger) and a whole lot more. However, the underlying question here is whether or not the events depicted in the movies is really what history told. The movie will be analyzed ...

Introduction

Human beings are peculiar and unique creatures as they have the mental ability of making concrete decision, communicating, engaging in a logical argument and interacting with others in the society. The fact that humans can communicate, associate and interact with others and understand their immediate environment effectively, engineered the use of artistic works such as music, drawings, painting and sculpture as a means of enhancing communication, integration and reconnect with reality(Roman & Roman, 2010). The trend has existed over the years and has evolved throughout the history thus forming part of human existence and survival. In additions, the use of artistic ...

Thesis: As a fierce beast cannot be tamed absolutely, so is it not possible for a man who has led a life of thrill and adventure to resolve himself to domestication. Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem Ulysses in the immediate aftermath of the death of his closest friend, Arthur Henry Hallam. Ulysses is another name given to Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey. According to Homer, after the end of the Trojan war, Odysseus took 10 long eventful years to finally reach Ithaca, his country. Homer mentions that Odysseus is to make one final journey before he ...

Rossum’s Universal Robots, or R.U.R., is a play written by the Czech playwright Karel Capek. Capek, as a playwright, made a distinct attempt to create a new type of world on the stage, a world in which he could utilize the thought experiment of Robots, or synthetic humans, to examine the very fabric of humanity. Because of the tumultuous historical time in which Capek lived, his work was focused directly upon the the inability of the human race to break free from the cycle of repeating historical mistakes over and over again. Capek was particularly concerned with the cyclical nature of the past ...

Over the years, there has been a controversy about whether ancient sources give an accurate record of events as they happened during the Greek Bronze Age. To put matters to rest, several archaeologists have excavated some areas around ancient Greece and their discoveries suggest that the ancient records on the Bronze Age are not farfetched. From time immemorial, people have used stories, poems and other pieces of writing to preserve their most precious heritages. This has enabled generations after generations not only to gain an insight into the ancient Greece, but also other civilizations in the world as well. A ...

Quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon

The squabble between Achilles and king Agamemnon is of great significance as it marked the beginning of a new chapter in the Trojan War. Prior to the argument, the Greeks and the Trojans had been in war for around ten years (Pope, 7). After the argument, the war lasted less than a year. This argument precipitated events that played a major role in the changing the focus and reason for the war. Its significance is attested by the fact that even though the true cause of the greater war is not clearly highlighted by Homer, but the poet attributes the end of ...

Summary of the Second Part of the Odyssey: Reader Response

After the endless travels of the first part of the Odyssey that take the viewer from the Peloponnese where Telemachus searches for his father, to the island of Calypso and the land of the Phaeacians where Odysseus finds refuge and from there to the tale of his ten-year wanderings, the second part of the epic is situated mainly in one place: Ithaca. Starting in book 13, Odysseus finally reaches his beloved homeland after twenty years, ten of which he spent fighting in the Trojan War and another ten wandering around in his almost endless journey home. Arriving in Ithaca, ...

Analysis: Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson

Thesis Statement Tennyson’s Ulysses, when compared to Dante’s Inferno, is a more realistic version of Odysseus’ discontentment with domestic life and his yearning for his final journey.

Paragraph 1: Introduction to the poem

Paragraph 2: Overview of the form of the poem Paragraph 3: Background of the poem followed by a discussion of Ulysses’ views of his domestic life, his country and his wife Paragraph 4: Discussion of Ulysses’ view of his administrative duties, his people and his strong desire to live life to the fullest

Paragraph 5: Discussion on Ulysses’ view of his past adventures and his hopes for the future

Paragraph 6: Comparison between the characters of Ulysses and his son, Telemachus Paragraph 7: Conclusion ...

ORESTES A PLAY BY EURIPIDES

INTRODUCTION

The play was written by Euripides and it was first performed in 1408 BC in Ancient Athens. The play is about the young boy who with the help of his younger sister kills his mother Clymnestria in order to revenge for the murder of his father who was the king of Mycenae (Carson 2010,5). The play starts with the young boy condemned to death by the people of his father’s kingdom and tormented by guilt of killing his own mother (Aeschylus and Arthur 2004, 5).

PLOT OF THE PLAY

The play starts with Orestes sister Electrica telling us of her ...

Ancient Greek History Essays

1. What are the Names and Dates of the 4 Historical Periods of Hellenic Civilization? What are the major events/people that pertain to each?

Hellenistic civilization showed the success of Greek influence in the ancient world. This period also portrayed an era of history is the period which followed the conquests of Alexander the Great and was referred to this by the historian J. G. Droysen. This period highlights four major events which are the Delian League, Wars of the Delian League & Peace of Callias, the Peloponnesian War and the Spartan & Theban Hegemony and the triumph of ...

In Homer's The Iliad, the Trojan War is shown to be an incredibly brutal and unforgiving war, fought by prideful individuals and leading to the deaths of very close friends. This same brutality is emphasized when the characters give it up for the sake of their own moral code, showing a dramatic level of sympathy and peace during wartime. Furthermore, the women of The Iliad provide a dramatic counterpoint to the brash pride of the men , at least where the gods are concerned. The human women of The Iliad seem to have little to no autonomy at all.

The brutality of ...

War is almost as old as human history itself. Even the earliest writings in literature center on conflict: in The Epic of Gilgamesh, the central character goes to the supernatural realm to bring back the secret to eternal life, to bring his friend, who had died in war, back from the grave. The major literary works of ancient Greece either focus on wars between members of two different cultures, as with the Trojan War, or in smaller, more regional conflicts between clans or larger groups: one of the pink elephants in the room for Creon, the regent of Thebes ...

According to Greek Mythology, the Trojan War actually began when Paris was selected to choose one of three goddesses as the most beautiful. Paris selected Aphrodite. Aphrodite was so grateful to be chosen as the most beautiful that she made Helen, also a beautiful woman, fall in love with Paris because Paris was in love with Helen. The only problem with this is that Helen was married to Menelaus. Both Menelaus and Helen are Spartans from Sparta. Paris is from Troy making him a Trojan.

After Helen fell in love with Paris, he then took Helen to Troy. Helen’s brother-in-law ...

In Kenneth Branagh’s superhero film Thor, Chris Hemsworth plays the titular immortal god of thunder, who is exiled to Earth and must find a way back to his home of Asgard. This is not unlike the quest of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey. In this paper, we will compare and contrast the two works (particularly Thor and Odysseus as characters), and examine the similarities in their journeys. In both works, the main characters are headstrong soldiers who learn patience and temperance during their time away from home, fighting giants in order to get back to their loved ones, particularly ...