Scot Lamothe 4/24/2013 Fine arts 204.01 Achilles and Ajax playing Dice On April 17th‚ we went to the museum of fine arts in Richmond Virginia. There I saw an ancient pot on display. The pot was a black figure amphora that is round and had an approximately height of 16 inches. The amphora is made of terracotta clay‚ and is thought to have been made around 510 BC. The pot is circular with a neck at the top which allows for pouring. The base of the neck is the widest point of the amphora which
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the play Agamemnon the theme is revenge‚ in the poem Inferno the theme is justice‚ and in the novel Don Quixote the theme is illusion vs. reality. In all the works there are many literary devices that add to the meaning of the literature. In the beginning‚ in the Ancient time period‚ most works were influenced by Greek mythology and had a story line that began with a well-known legend. Aeschylus did the same when he wrote the trilogy Oresteia. The first play in the trilogy is Agamemnon‚ which was
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all the other men of their time and culture‚ both Hector and Achilles knew that their most important duty was to fight wars. In the Iliad‚ by Homer‚ war was of the utmost importance‚ and the Greeks felt that dying in battle was the noblest way to die. Outside of war‚ men made their own decisions as to what else would be important in their lives. Hector valued his family‚ was able to control his emotions‚ and respected the gods. Achilles was almost the exact opposite. "Don’t ask me to sit beside
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Homer?s The Iliad is a story that takes place during the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. The story is told mainly from the side of the Greeks and therefore serves as a perfect display of the 3 ?Codes? of a Greek warrior. These are the Codes of Hospitality‚ Battle‚ and Household. The Greek warriors are strict upon themselves in upholding the codes as it is one of their values‚ and it is evident as many examples of these ?Codes? frequently appear throughout the story. The first of the three
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In the Iliad‚ Homer mentions the Gods intervening with the mortals throughout the whole book. The gods are often used to show comic release throughout the seriousness of the war. But throughout the book‚ it seems that Homer portrays the gods to have more human like qualities than godly qualities. Throughout the book‚ Homer likes to portray the gods with mortal-human like qualities. The gods act very human like when they choose sides between the Greeks and Trojans; they fight among each other like
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“The Iliad”‚ by Homer‚ depicts the mythological story of the Trojan war. The moral lessons‚ values‚ and beneficiary information presented in the story makes it worthwhile. The miscellaneous themes‚ ideas and lessons presented‚ allows this story to be meaningful modern day. Although The Iliad is old and outdated‚ it is still relevant and useful today because of it’s portrayal of love‚ hate‚ and war. In The Iliad‚ love is the first cause of war. Paris‚ son of Priam and Prince of Troy‚ love for Helen
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Humans live in an age where some parents abandon their child for many reasons. This essay illustrates that parents should hold onto their children until the very last moment of their lives. In the Iliad‚ Homer introduces an essential aspect of love‚ parenting and trust. In an age where there isn’t too much war‚ and where people usually don’t die for their loved ones‚ Homer brings to us the ancient morals into the debate of what and how parents should treat their child. In addition‚ “Those Winter
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Between the novel "The Iliad" by Homer and the movie "Troy" directed by Wolfgang Peterson‚ there were mostly great similarities‚ yet there were also some strong differences. Although most of the movie was on point according to the storyline and dialogues of the characters‚ there were still some major differences among the two. If I was ever to make my own version of the Iliad into a movie‚ this would be what I would change; I would make the movie more related to the novel. In the following I will
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"The Shield of Achilles" is a poem by W. H. Auden first published in 1952. The Shield of Achilles is also the title poem of a collection of poems by Auden‚ published in 1955. Description The poem is Auden’s response to the detailed description in Homer’s epic poem the Iliad of the shield borne by the hero Achilles‚ illustrated with scenes from daily life. Auden’s poem is written in two different stanza forms‚ one form with shorter lines‚ the other with longer lines. The stanzas with shorter
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Title: A Comparison of the Element of Hamartia in “Hamlet”‚ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”‚ and “Agamemnon” Thesis: One of the elements that can be compared in the plays “Hamlet”‚ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”‚ and “Agamemnon” is hamartia. Attempt has been made to analyse the main characters’ personality traits and provide the reader with specific examples that help to clarify how hamartia is present in each of the three plays. In order to analyse all the three characters’ personalities
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