In literary works such as "The Odyssey", "Allegory of the Cave" and "Antigone", and in such forms as "Sculptures", or the Parthenon, we are able to see these how the Greeks developed these new concept words. ... In "The Odyssey", a man encounters many battles and obstacles throughout the his life, and in the first lines of the story, we are given the knowledge that main character is a man of great importance and excellence. ... The concept of the arete is clear expressed in the first line of "The Odyssey", the concept of ananke is expressed by the fate of the prisoners when they see the sun ...

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The Aeneid is not a mere plagiarism of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. ... This is evidenced in book VI of the Aeneid, which superficially seems like a complete imitation of book XI of the Odyssey. ... Theonoe, the other strong female character in Helen, deceives her brother into thinking she knows nothing of Menelaus being alive and in Egypt. ... These rather unflattering portrayals of women are tempered, however, by contrasting them with the male characters of the plays. ...

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1. 60 million years ago, the age of giant reptiles came to an end. Dinosaurs ruled the earth, while mammals were not able to evolve because they could never challenge the dinosaurs. Then, a comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs disappeared. Mammals, including primates, were then able to evolve. Over 5 million years ago, primates walked on all fours. ...

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