Euripides said‚ “Friends show their love in times of trouble‚ not in happiness”. This means that real friends show their love and support in bad times not good times. The words of Euripides connects with the story of “Amigo brothers” because Antonio and Felix was there for each other even though they had to fight against each other. They support each other no matter what. The theme of “Amigo brothers” by Piri Thomas illustrates that friendship is stronger than a competition because a real bond is
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include analytical skills in interpreting primary texts‚ participating in discussion and debate in tutorials‚ developing arguments‚ and writing essays. Required Texts: 1) Aeschylus‚ Oresteia‚ trans. C. Collard (Oxford World ’s Classics) 2) Euripides‚ Bacchae‚ trans. Paul Woodruff (Hackett) 3) Hesiod‚ Works and Days and Theogony‚ trans. Stanley Lombardo (Hackett) 4) Homer‚ The Iliad‚ trans. Robert Fitzgerald (New York: Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Giroux) 5) Homer‚ The Odyssey‚ trans. Robert Fitzgerald
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Behind every great man there is a great woman. The woman being the mother and wife of the household‚ the caretaker and glue that held things together while the man was the “breadwinner”‚ this was an ideal that held true throughout history only until recent years. In Ancient Greece‚ women held an obligation to their house and husband‚ they were property in a sense‚ but at the same time they almost held an important position of power‚ only it was hidden behind the veil of the home life. While they
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The Muses in Greek Mythology and Art The Muses were deities worshipped by the ancient Greeks. They were 9 women‚ sisters‚ whose sole purpose for being was that of the inspiration to mortal man‚ typically in an artistic capacity. The embodiment of the classical idea of the poetical faculty as a divine gift‚ these famous sisters dwelt on Mount Helicon‚ in Greece. The Muses were therefore both the embodiments and sponsors of performed metrical speech: mousike‚ whence "music"‚ was the art of the Muses
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In the Heracles of Euripides‚ Heracles’ story is miserable. Heracles’ parent are Zeus and Alcmene. Zeus camouflage to Alcmene’s husband- Amphitryon to have sex with her‚ Heracles was born with his twin mortal brother‚ son of Amphitryon. Zeus fake Hera to feed Heracles with her milk‚ it makes Heracles more strong‚ but it makes Hera hate Heracles more. When Heracles grows up‚ he is more strong‚ more powerful‚ more people like him‚ every one said he is a hero. Hera was so jealous why Zeus’ paramour
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Chapter one Tragedy and Poetry Since its inception in ancient Greece two millennia and a half ago‚ tragedy has never faded out. It is true that there were periods when other forms of entertainment or other types of drama eclipsed tragedy‚ but it has never failed to maintain the interest of both dramatists and philosophers. It is noteworthy that tragedy has often been written in verse; the use of prose as the medium of tragedy is only a recent phenomenon. This
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story about a queen named Queen Dido and a man named Aeneas. The main focus in Book IV of the Aeneid was Virgil gives specific details about why Aeneus has to leave Queen Dido right after they marry. On the other hand the play Medea was written by Euripides in 431 B.C. Medea was about a sorcerer named Medea and her husband named Jason who decided to leave her. The theme for the Aeneid was “Duty to you gods before personal desire”. As for the play Medea the theme was “To think rationally in difficult
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Confusion can often result from a translation with different page numbers or different wording. The Poems of Hesiod. R.M. Frazer (trans.) University of Oklahoma Press. The Odyssey of Homer. Lattimore‚ Richmond (trans.) Harper Perennial Press. Euripides I : Alcestis‚ Medea‚ Heracleidae‚ Hippolytus. Greene‚ David and Lattimore (trans.) University of Chicago. Sophocles I: Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus at Colonus‚ Antigone. Greene‚ David and Lattimore (trans.) University of Chicago. Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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Comparative Literature The Glamorous Life of a Greek Wife… “We women are the most unfortunate creatures” (Euripides 695). This worn-out grievance has poured through the vocal chords of all women since the first pains of childbirth‚ but more importantly the atrocious day men began to pervert the customs of marriage. Prominence and provocation clothe the declaration as Medea‚ a forlorn woman abandoned by her husband‚ explains the status and circumstances women of ancient Greece were subject to
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[pic] 1) Provide three examples of foreshadowing: - Nurse- “deadly mood’’ - Nurse- “ Good never comes…never to morals…house to portals.” - Nurse- “My mistress’ rage will stop at nothing.” 2) What impact does the literary device of foreshadowing have on the play? The impact that it has is that it keeps you thinking what’s going to happen next and it makes you want to keep reading to see what’s going to happen next. 3) Give an example for the type(s) of irony used (dramatic‚ situational
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