Beowulf leaves to go fight the dragon in the land of the Geats. ... They arrive at the dragon's cave and go near it and prepare for combat. ... He wants to kill the dragon all by himself. ... Beowulf runs up to the dragon and stabs it with his sword but quickly realizes that his sword has no affect on the dragon. Wiglaf realizes that he must help is king kill the dragon. ...
The Strigilated Sarcophagus with Carved Panels of Satyrs and Maenads (c. 3rd century C.E.) is a marble sarcophagus that has panels of satyrs and maenads carved into panels. The sarcophagus is large enough to encase a human body lying down. The figures are carved using mostly high relief. The creatur...
In order for Jason to take the throne from his evil uncle Pelias he must retrieve the Golden Fleece from Colchis. On this journey Jason takes with him a crew on the Argo, but on the way he encounters challenges which he must complete in order to achieve his goal. The myth of Jason and the Argonau...
"Hear me, he cried, O god of the silver bow, that protects Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe. If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my t...
Obsession as a driving force in Euripides" Medea "The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, is that which rages in the place of dearest love" (Medea 32). With this brief sentiment, the collective mind of the female Chorus in Euripides" Medea relays to the audience the destructive potential ...
"Hear me, he cried, O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe. If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my...
