Oedipus the King Sophocles Translated by David Grene CHARACTERS OEDIPUS‚ King of Thebes JOCASTA‚ His Wife CREON‚ His Brother-in-Law TEIRESIAS‚ an Old Blind Prophet PRIEST PART I: Scene: In front of the palace of Oedipus at Thebes. To the Right of the stage near the altar stands the PRIEST with a crowd of children. OEDIPUS emerges from the central door. OEDIPUS: Children‚ young sons and daughters of old Cadmus‚1 why do you sit here with your suppliant crowns?2 the town is heavy with a mingled burden
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Hermes‚ the son of Zeus and Maea‚ is a elohim of Courier‚ herding‚ business‚ pilferage‚ transportation‚ traveling‚ sports and motion. Born in a cave located in Cyliene of Arcadia‚ Hermes climbed out of the cradle and stole 50 nandies of Apollo soon after he was born. He was so smart. In order to hide the trace of the 50 nandies‚ he tied up some branches and leaves on his and the Nandies’ feet and drove the nandies moving backwards. Later‚ he baked two most fertile Nandies and then divided them into
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The Iliad began with an argument between Achilles and Agamemnon over Briseis‚ who was considered a war prizeThey brought back the spoils and divided them equally among the warriors. Agamemnon’s prize was Chryseis‚ the daughter of a priest of the god Apollo. Achilles’ reward was a maiden named Briseis. Both women were taken against their will. Unfortunately for Agamemnon‚ Chryseis’ father begged for his daughter to be released and offered huge amounts of treasures as ransom. In return‚ Agamemnon took
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Reflection Statement for Myth/Story/Religion in Oedipus The worship of Gods was important in Greek culture. I knew the Gods played an important role in Greek stories‚ but through this presentation‚ I learned of the connection between the Gods and irony. Apollo gave prophecies to the Greeks through his oracle at Delphi. The Greeks do everything the Gods tell them through prophecy‚ so dramatic irony is caused through the Gods because the audience may know the prophecy while the characters may not. This gave
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Achilleus’ childish traits. Throughout the epic we see that Achilleus feels as if he is better than the gods. The most similar display of Achilleus-like traits is when Patroklos ignores Apollo and continues to attack the Trojans: Three times Patroklos tried to mount the angle of the towering wall‚/ and three times Phoibos Apollo battered him backward… As Patroklos/ for the fourth time‚ like something more than a man‚ came at
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Old Joke by Alan Shapiro ALAN SHAPIRO Radiant child of Leto‚ farworking Lord Apollo‚ with lyre in hand and golden plectrum‚ you sang to the gods on Mount Olympus almost as soon as you were born. You sang‚ and the Muses sang in answer‚ and together your voices so delighted all your deathless elders that their perfect happiness was made more perfect still. What was it‚ though‚ that overwhelmed them‚ that suffused‚ astonished‚ even the endless ether? Was it the freshest
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and so‚ in a way‚ the events that occur are all destined to happen. However‚ there is a small amount of flexibility as to when the events will happen. This flexibility comes from the intervention of the lesser gods‚ and the actions of mortal men. Apollo can send a plague on the Greeks‚ and Aphrodite can rescue Paris from certain death when he is fighting Menelaeus‚ but in the final outcome‚ the Greeks will sack Troy‚ and Paris will die. When mortals interfere with the will of Zeus‚ the results
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There were many gods and goddesses in the parthenon of ancient greece. Every one of them had an individual power. Almost every festival in ancient greece was some sort of celebration for a god or goddess. Hades was the god of the underworld. In ancient Rome‚ he was called Pluto. First‚ Hades was a very mysterious god that rarely left his kingdom. Because he was a very solitary person‚ nobody knew what he looked like. His name in greek means unseen‚ though he is described as being muscular
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her distress‚ devised a plan to help Cassandra lose her history as a liar and a cheat. A bear had been causing disaster recently in the woods near Babylon and the Gods asked Cassandra to slay it and bring its pelt back to the city. An oracle of Apollo prophesized that if she succeeded on her quest the townspeople would forget about her old reputation and praise her as a hero. Cassandra‚ wanting to change her reputation‚ accepted the quest and started out on her journey. At the same time she was
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The Role Of Zeus in Homer ’s Iliad In the era of Homer‚ divine intervention was thought to be typical‚ and one of his foremost works‚ The Iliad‚ reflects this. Nearly all of the Greek gods are involved in the outcome of the Trojan War‚ which happens to be the background story of this epic poem. The gods are used by Homer to add twists on an otherwise standard plot of war. I shall concentrate on Zeus‚ however‚ and reflect on his actions and their outcomes on the Trojan War‚ and more importantly
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