~THE MORTAL SKEPTIC~ How Euripides Portrays the Gods in Electra‚ Medea and Hecuba to be Inconsequential General comments: “way” “different” – be less ambiguous; don’t use words like “terrible” when you mean “immoral‚” you can say that things are corrupt in like 500 different ways—use them!!! degrades the character of…. Fraudulent actions…. Irreligious/godless etc Vary your sentence structure‚ easiest way to do this is to use active voice To vary your sentences: instead of “this focuses
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” NATO. 09 Apr. 2015. 12 Jan.2016 http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_50313.htm. Daniel Moeckli “The Emergence of Terrorism as a district category of International Law.” 157-183. Ebsco. Miami High school Library‚ Miami Oklahoma. 11 Jan. 2016. Medea Benjamin “10 Ways to Reduce the Threat of Terrorist Attacks on Americans.” Common Dreams. 11 Jan 2016. 11 Jan 2016. http://www.commondreams.org/views/2013/08/06/10-ways-to-reduce-threat-terrorist-attacks-americans. Terror in antiquity: 1st-14 century
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Throughout many works of literature is the recurring theme of the belief in the fate of God/gods. The fate of a person given to them by God/gods is shown many times throughout Things Fall Apart and other writings by Chinua Achebe. According to Foley‚ the chi‚ “functions as the divine agent whereby an individual is created and through which that individual’s life-destiny is determined” (50). This quote clearly supports the theme of the gods dealing with the fate of an individual. Many times in Things
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City Dionysia: Religious festival in honor of the god Dionysus. During the festival‚ theatrical performances of dramatic tragedies were held. Medea was one of the play performance during the festival and won the 3rd prize. People drank wine during play‚ usually in late March or early April. 6. Satyr play: A form of tragic comedy. a short play performed after a tragic trilogy at the city dionysia
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Women Subordination in Greek Mythology The versatility and malleability of Greek myths allowed ancient to incorporate their values and traditions. One recurrent theme throughout times and cultures seems to remain the same: the inferiority of women. In the following pages‚ I will discuss the relationship in Greek mythology between males and female figures. Furthermore‚ I will examine how ancient Greeks displayed their typical gender ideals through the visual representation of such myths. This analysis
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Acknowledged by Nietzsche in The Birth of Tragedy‚ conventional wisdom has it that the Dionysian spirit is characterized by its insanity whereas the Apollonian one is typified by its rationality. These features appear in one of Euripides’ plays where Medea‚ princess of the Kingdom of Colchis‚ kills her own child by hand. The point of the argument is; did she do it on purpose or not? Or in other words‚ was her act rational or insane? In their journal‚ Shams and Hadaegh studied the point of view of
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What was the historical cause of the Trojan War (probably)‚ and what was the mythological cause? Historical: Troy is a city that guards the entrance to the Black Sea‚ and so it’s likely that they were harassing the Greeks’ trade routes. Mythical: Paris stole Helen from king Menelaos of Sparta. Menelaos was brother of Agamemnon of Mycenae. One of the horrific acts committed in the "House of Atreus" (not the literal house‚ but the family that includes Atreus) was that he did what to Thyestes’
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List of possible subjects on the final exam Achilles- Achilles was a powerful hero in Homer’s Iliad‚ and undoubtedly the greatest warrior on the battlefield at Troy. In his youth‚ he had been a pupil of Chiron. When Achilles was just an infant‚ his mother immersed him in the river Styx‚ which separates the land of the living from the land of the dead‚ to confer on him immortality‚ and to make him invincible in battle. But when doing this‚ she committed a grave error. Through her
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The Argonautica‚ written by Apollonius of Rhodes‚ is one of the most famous Greek Tragedies ever written. The epic poem highlights the hero Jason‚ and his quest for the Golden Fleece. According to the myth‚ Jason and fifty other renowned members of Greece set out for the fleece so that Jason could earn back his father’s kingdom. Jason is a particularly interesting hero because he often displays qualities of an efficient leader. This is distinct compared to other heroes‚ such as Hercules‚ who are
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who only care about revenge. The way Clytemnestra is depicted would be horrific to Irigary‚ as it makes it seem as if women are easily overwhelmed by their emotion and let the thought of vengeance get in their way of reason. Also‚ in the story of Medea‚ Irigary would be disappointed to find out that she is portrayed as someone who is almost fully dependent on her husband and seeks revenge upon finding that he has left her. As a strong feminist activist‚ Irigary would strike these descriptions as
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