Notably, the Karen Ann Quinlan, Theresa Schiavo, and numerous other cases have become templates of reasoning for the practice of euthanasia in the United States. ... Types of Euthanasia Euthanasia has a literal translation that means " good death" and references the idea that the termination of life is under good reasoning (Gardoski 54). ...
Recent studies have begun to see the Homeric epics in the light of other epic traditions, notably epics from Mesopotamia, and have begun to look at striking similarities. There is a supposed lineage that can be seen connecting the Homeric epics most directly with the world of Akkadian epics (Gresseth 2). The connections run from similarities in methods of transmission, namely the oral traditions, to themes, characters and formal structural components. The epic of Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, and the Iliad, with its focus on the menis of Achilles, provide a look at heroic life and its relations...
