Iliad The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters‚ traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War‚ the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states‚ it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war‚ the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends
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Agamemnon that he needs Achilles. Zeus agrees to this but Hera finds out and begins an argument. Hephaestus intervenes and restores the peace‚ and all the Gods have a feast and go to bed happy. Book 3: Paris‚ Helen‚ Aphrodite Main Characters: Paris‚ Menelaus‚ Hector‚ Aphrodite‚ Helen‚ Priam Themes: Women The heroic code Intervention of Gods Plot: The two armies advance towards each other‚ and Paris bravely offers a duel to anyone who will accept. Menelaos steps forwards and joyously accepts
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9/20/2013 PHIL 203 Plato’s Symposium When most people think of love‚ they think of love between a man and woman‚ love between a father and son‚ mother and daughter‚ etc. Many do not think of love as a desire. However‚ Socrates‚ through his speech in Plato’s Symposium puts love in a different light. Plato’s Symposium examines the topic of love through the speeches of six men. These six men include Phaedrus‚ Pausanias‚ Eryximachus‚ Aristophanes‚ Agathon‚ and Socrates. When first reading this
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ferociously scribbled out at the bottom that the NAPS™ couldn’t make out. But that didn’t matter at the moment! They were about to lose eyes on their tailees! "Hazel‚ do you have the container of beauty cream from the Aphrodite cabin?!" Earlier in the day‚ Hazel had gone to the Aphrodite cabin and promised them diamonds if they could lend them some beauty cream that would make them so attractive‚ they’d be unrecognizable. They didn’t really want to be unreasonably attractive‚ but they couldn’t be recognized
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Jason was the son of a king in an area called Iolkos. Jason’s uncle Pelias killed Jason’s father and took the throne for himself. Jason’s mother takes him to Chiron‚ the centaur‚ and raises him on the Mountain of Pelion. When he turns twenty‚ Jason goes to visit the palace at Iolkos. Along the way‚ Hera‚ the queen of the gods‚ meets Jason disguised as an old woman and asks him to aid her across the river. He assists her and loses his sandal. When Jason arrives at the palace‚ demanding his throne
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best and if something that is his is taken‚ he will fight to get it back. Paris is the Prince of Troy. He didn’t care much for fighting because he loved being with women. When he was asked to give the Golden Apple to either Hera‚ Aphrodite or Athena‚ he chose Aphrodite because she offered him the most beautiful woman in the world‚ Helen. When they saw each other in the hallucinations‚ they instantly fell “in love”. The problem was‚ Helen was already taken by Menelaus. At their wedding‚ Paris showed
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The unknown scares people and leads to violence‚ bigotry‚ and more. Throughout history people have used anything to explain the unknown‚ such as violence‚ scapegoating‚ science‚ and mythology. Mythology‚ be it pagan or monotheistic‚ has been used in many facets of life and humanity to help explain what people do not know. All cultures draw on similar aspects of the world to explain the unexplainable‚ how the world was created. Cultures have used trees to symbolize the center of the world and the
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The Tragedy of the Trojan Women In the beginning of The Trojan Women by Euripides‚ the city of Troy has been sacked‚ and Poseidon brings attention to Hecuba crying at the entrance of Troy. Poseidon lists the events unbeknownst to Hecuba‚ including her daughter Polyxena being killed by the Greeks in a sacrifice at Achilles’ tomb‚ Priam and Hecuba’s children are dead‚ and Apollo left Cassandra mad (Apollo made her his prophetess). Then enters Athena‚ who wants to bring joy to the Trojans and give
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On a warm day in 3000 B.C on Mount Olympus Poseidon was swimming on his own time Hermes is the most interesting god because‚ he is described as a moving freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine. It is a mind blowing fact that a god is not caring where he goes‚ it’s crazy to people. So starting off‚ Hermes was born in a cave on the mount Cheyne. Zeus had impregnated Maia when it was nighttime and Hermes was born by the time dawn was up. He is an Olympian God of roads‚ travel‚ language
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yearned to sail back home again! I grieved too late for the madness Aphrodite sent me‚ luring me there‚ far from my dear land‚ forsaking my own child‚ my bridal bed‚ my husband too‚ a man who lacked for neither brains nor beauty” (IV.192-196). 2. Rieu: “...The women of Troy were loud in their lamentations‚ but I rejoiced‚ for I was already longing to go home again. I had suffered a change of heart‚ repenting the blindness which Aphrodite sent me when she brought me to Troy from my own dear country and
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