Revenge is very messy because somebody will and has to get hurt first to desire revenge, and it leads to a cycle that cannot and will not end until everybody is dead. ... Instead of allowing the Furies to wreak havoc and destruction upon the land, Athena gives them land of their own to control. She gives the Furies a new job that makes them benefit from upholding and supporting the new system.The new system allows for people to have a fair trial, and it does not leave everybody dead in the end. The old system where justice equaled revenge was out of date and not practical because in the end ...

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Odysseus gains this information from a dead poet named Teiresias in Erebus, known as the land of the dead. The dead man tells him about Charybdis, the risky whirlpool, and Scylla the six-headed, female monster. ...

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Hecuba's youngest son, Polydorus, however had been secretly sent by his father to be brought up as far away from the Trojan war in a land opposite of Troy named Thrace. He was sent to Thrace to be spared of the cruel fate of his other siblings who were now dead. ...

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He got to be lord of the dead and god of the Underworld. ... This is why we have summer and winter; when Persephone it with her husband, Hades, her mother turns he world into a barren land. ... Another tale that involves Hades is that of the journey of Theseus and his friend Peirithous into the realm of the dead. ...

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When someone is dead we now know there is nothing else anyone or anything can do for them at that point. ... Creon states that the gods would be unhappy if a traitor to their country and land were to be buried. Someone that was a traitor to the Gods land would not be admired and even the gods would agree that the person should be punished. ... Kings were just human beings regardless of what they thought they were and they too made mistakes on judgment calls but still the people have to obey, respect, and stand by their kings because they are the almighty lawgivers of the land whether the peopl...

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When Creon returned, he bore the message, "The man is dead; and now, we are clearly bidden To bring to account certain his murderers (pg. 6)." ... Referring to the killer, Oedipus said, "I bid that man shew the whole truth to me; For he shall suffer no disparagement, Except to quit the land, unscathed (pg. 13)." ...

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King Priam wanted to defeat the enemy at the shores where they would land. ... Instead of reaching Troy the Greeks land at Mysia and after a battle received directions to Troy from the king. ... Where the Greeks land exactly is not made clear by Homer but according to Strauss some places might have been the west side of Bronze Age bay, the harbor at Besik bay, the Trojan Harbor (Strauss, 58). ... He forces his way into troy where he meets his dead but later his death is avenged when Paris is killed. ...

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However, Aeneas' motives are due to his love of peace, a noble cause, "You ask me for peace for the dead, whose destiny has been to die in battle", he explains to the Latin envoys in book XI, "I for my part would have been willing to grant them peace when they were still alive.... He personifies the coastline of Italy itself, suggesting that "The waves were amazed and the woods were full of wonder at the unaccustomed sight of far-glinting shields of warriors" Of course, this may just be a device employed by Virgil to highlight how grand Augustus' ancestor...

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Oedipus no longer wants to inflict this plague on his people and shows that he wants to do what is best for his people when he tells Creon: "Drive me out of the land at once, far from sight, where I can never hear a human voice" (245). ... Oedipus shouted at the shepherd, "You"re a dead man if I have to ask again!" ...

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The Greeks religious believes and rituals are practiced unconditionally, regardless if the dead is a foe or friend. ... Creon shows great disrespect for the sanctuary of the Gods, and the laws that were put on the land of Thebes before Creon's time. ...

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Although Medea committed numerous murders, these horrific acts were well justified. The pain Medea suffered grants her just reason for these acts, as well as establishing her as a sympathetic character. Medea sacrificed everything to be with Jason, and he left her. Jason shattered Medea's life by...

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In the opening of "Oedipus Rex," as king of his land, Oedipus accepts the challenge of saving the people of his country from a plague. ... We had a leader, once, over this land, Called Laius- The man is dead; and now we are clearly bidden to bring to account certain his murders." (pg 4) Oedipus proceeds to chastise the citizens of the land for letting this crime go so long without investigating it. ...

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Although Creon, the powerful King of Thebes has established a law prohibiting the burial of Polynices, his sister, Antigone ignores his decree and honors her dead brother by giving him a proper burial. ... It is more important to obey the laws of divinity than the laws of the land. ...

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If Odysseus had not have been as handsome then Circe would not have seduced him and he would not have been giving the advice about the river of the dead, the Sirens, Scylla and Charyboidis. ... Athena helps him escape from Calypso's island, helps him land on Pheaecia, and she also disg! ...

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Building his own raft, Odysseus sails aimlessly until finding land finally " on the eighteenth day [when] some shadowy hills appeared" (Homer 25). ... Once Fortunado becomes drunk from the Medoc, Montressor chains him to a wall, leaving him for dead. ...

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Before modern times, Homer, a blind poet, wrote an epic poem called the Odyssey. The Odyssey is the sequel to another epic by Homer, called the Iliad. These two poems cover the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his twenty years away from home. The Iliad is the bloody, yet compelling, tale of ...

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Upon this misfortune, he and his men started a raid on the land of the Cicones. ... Storms then blew his ships to Libya and the land of the Lotus-eaters, where the crew was given Lotus fruit from which most lost their entire memories from home. ... Odysseus agreed and made a trip to the underworld, where he discovered many of his dead companions from Troy, and most importantly, Teiresias. ...

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