Euripides and Sophocles wrote their own versions of the Electra story. The basic plot is as follows: Agamemnon is killed by Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus after he returns from the Trojan war to reclaim his sister-in-law Helen from the Trojans. Electra and her brother Orestes plot to kill their mother and her lover to revenge his death. Both authors wrote about the same plot‚ but the built the story very differently. Sophocles focused on Orestes‚ and Euripides focused more on the
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The topic of actual locations of the setting mentioned in ancient mythological stories has often sparked many controversies. This is often cause by the author’s vagueness in the description of the setting where the story took place and the city of Thebes mentioned in Oedipus Rex is no exception. Questions can be raise on the location of Thebes in which the story took place in. Due to the fact that there are actually two different real life locations of Thebes; one located in Greece and the other
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deeds. Oedipus Rex is about a man who tries to escape his own fate. The gods are no less victims of fate than mortals. The Fates could not be controlled by Zeus or any other god. They were some of the few beings over which the gods held no power. Apollo helped Oedipus to learn his fate. If Oedipus had not known‚ Thebes still would have been beset by plague and Oedipus would have continued to live in sin. It was better that Oedipus know his fate than to continue sleeping with his mother. This seems
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1. This is the Greek word for "city‚" used to designate the independent city-states of ancient Greece. A) polis B) aulos C) ethos D) hubris Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s):A 2. This is a type of standing male statue‚ always shown nude. A) kouros B) paean C) kythara D) kore Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s):A 3. One of the Greek orders of architecture‚ elaborate and graceful in style‚ it features columns that have capitals decorated with volutes. A) Ionic
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They tied him to a bed and tried to kill him‚ but he got out because of one of the Hecatoncheires. When Apollo and Poseidon obeyed Zeus‚ they made the walls of Troy‚ and this helped in the Trojan War. After Zeus rallied his brothers and sisters‚ they were called the Olympians. They were in a ten-year war with the Titans also known as the Titanomachy. After
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but went on a journey to seek immortality. For both of them‚ it took a death of their closest friend to determine the next stages of their lives. Another similarity between the two is they both are tested of their capabilities. In The Iliad‚ Apollo sends a plague that wipes out a large number of soldiers in the Greek camp. Likewise‚ in Gilgamesh‚ the bull of Heaven was sent for him to battle. They were both sent something‚ and it was a test to see if they could get through it. This is the
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Top of Form Friedrich Nietzsche The Birth of Tragedy An Attempt at Self-Criticism [Note that this first section of the Birth of Tragedy was added to the book many years after it first appeared‚ as the text makes clear. Nietzsche wrote this "Attempt at Self-Criticism" in 1886. The original text‚ written in 1870-71‚ begins with the Preface to Richard Wagner‚ the second major section] Whatever might have been be the basis for this dubious book‚ it must have been
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(114-123)? What motive does Oedipus assign to the killer of Laius (124-125)? What is Oedipus resolved to do (135-137)? Explain the irony of 137-141. 3 Creon had gone to obtain this information from Apollo’s oracle at Delphi (also referred to as Pytho; Apollo himself is sometimes called Phoebus
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is why those two are basically in control of all the other gods. After them came Poseidon‚ god of the sea and earthquakes. Then was Demeter‚ goddess of agriculture‚ nature‚ and fertility. After that was Athena‚ goddess of war strategy and wisdom. Apollo was next‚ god of the arts‚ prophecy‚ and the sun. Next was his sister Artemis‚ goddess of the hunt
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Raven vs. Lenore when the writer talks about Lenore he makes her seem like a god like person. She is like untouchable almost. The writer seems to have had a bond with Lenore‚ almost as if she was his wife. Lenore in the poem is portrayed as a person who couldn’t do any wrong and was perfect. The writer never talks bad about Lenore. All he talks about when talking about her is her memory and how she was so perfect. The way the writer talks about the raven is a complete 180. The writer goes
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