The Odyssey and the Iliad are two of Homer's most famous works. The two classic poems are also the two most famous and most beloved epic narratives in the world. Likely written between 900 and 700 BC, the two works both tell of fictional events that are likely based on actual historical occurrences ...
In Greek literature there are many gods mentioned. They all have and server a purpose. The Greek God that inspired me to write about is Apollo. Apollo is known for the god of the arts, archery, and divination. In Greek mythology, Apollo has twin sister named, Artemis. There parents were Zeus a...
Here lies the mythology of Virgo and where she is thought to come from. The constellation of Virgo, nickname the Virgin Maiden comes from it's Greek mythology. It is named for the Greek Goddess Demeter, which is the Earth Goddess, it is associated with the arrival of Spring. Virgo plays a major role...
In the stories "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone", many actions turn out to have peripeteia outcomes. "Oedipus Rex", by John Bennett and Moira Kerr, is a story about a young man named "Oedipus", son of the Corinth, who attempts to escape his fate of killing his father. In "Antigone", by E.F. Watling, Anti...
Though he is not fighting for the Greeks anymore, Achilles agrees to allow his beloved friend Patroclus to takes his place in battle, wearing his armor. ... He treats Helen kindly and can do anything for his grief and love on his beloved son. ...
The plot of my story is about two gods that were going to marry but when they got to the wedding ceremony so that the god of marriage could make them husband and wife, the god of marriage turned at them with a sad face and told them that their marriage would not last for long because Eurydice was go...
A Brief Analysis of a Heroic Poem "The Iliad- At first thought of reading the epic poem seems like its main theme is ultimately the totality and gruesomeness of war. Indeed, it tells us of the raw details of war without any lack of description and information. However this ultimate wreckage and...
In The Iliad, Agamemnon, as an official of the highest rank, showed his incompetence frequently. Out of selfishness, he took Achilles' prize, Briseis. His behavior stimulated Achilles' anger as well as god's intention to bring disaster to his army. During battles, he was recognized as timid. Even th...
What is the meaning of a double life? Many people have different approaches to meaning of a double life. Some would say that anyone who has a double life would be conscious of such a thing. While that could be true, in Oedipus Rex, Oedipus initially believes he was meant to be who he is at the begin...
In the play Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O"Neal, certain elements in the play give parallels to Greek Mythology. The story that best proves this idea is the story of Agamemnon and his wife Clytemestra and their doomed marriage that ends in an affair and murder. It was dramatic ...
Throughout the semester, we have read multiple texts that have influenced and paralleled with the reading of other texts from the semester. In particular, Virgil's Aeneid was the most influential in my reading of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. During the course of reading Dante's Inferno, I quickly bega...
The movie Troy features the great Trojan War between Greece and Troy based on Homer's ancient epic, Iliad. The movie begins with Paris falling in love with Helen, the wife of the King Menelaus, so that Paris takes Helen away to Troy, which results in war. The movie shows many individuals' characteri...
Through their disastrous flaw of not believing in Dionysus and Agave's brutal killing Pentheus, Pentheus and Agave's doom are tragically related, but while Pentheus dies a quick death, Agave has to live thinking about her tragic flaw and mourning over it as well as bearing the pain and guilt of blindly and cruelly taking the life of her beloved son. ...
Athena Athena Back in time when Greece was making its mark in history as one of the great civilization of the Ancient World, there was a great deal of emphasis on the Gods and Goddesses. To the Greeks the world was governed by the Gods and they were the reason many things happened in the world, ...
Throughout Homer's epic, the Odyssey, Poseidon is often characterized as a destructive and cruel deity. He is seen as the primary Olympian antagonist of "that kingly man- Odysseus, whom the other gods seem to hold in high esteem. When viewed from a broader perspective, however, it can be seen that P...
The Greek play Medea was published in 431 BC by Euripides. This play depicted a revengeful Medea who was betrayed by the untrustworthy husband Jason. Medea made many sacrifices to please Jason so that they could live happily together. The conflict will evolve when Jason falls in love with the dau...
