into the underworld: “His task was to bring Cerberus‚ the three-headed dog‚ up from Hades” (Hamilton 174). This task requires a lot of strength and courage as mentioned by Hamilton‚ “He lifted him and carried him all the way up to earth and on to Mycenae” (Hamilton 174). Without Hercules this task could not be accomplished by anyone. All twelve of the tasks that Hercules was to perform didn’t not require much intelligence or cleverness‚ just strength. In many Greek myths there are no brains involved
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of the treasures.In 1873 Heinrich found treasure there that included golden earrings‚ necklaces‚ pots of silver‚ gold and other itemssuch as gold diadems believed to have been worn by queens and princesses. He also found the mask of Agamemnon in Mycenae‚ in Greece.Most of this treasure was believed to be owned by King Priam who ruled Troy.He‚ however‚ left Turkey with the treasure without giving the government anything and was later sued and was fined $5000‚ which he gladly paid ten times over since
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Hell or Underworld: An Adventure After Death A judgment placed on the soul of a human being determines the future punishments and consequences after death. Dante Alighieri and Homer‚ two authors each publishing epic novels explaining the outcome of death‚ the afterlife‚ and one’s potential punishment. Alighieri is the first individual of his time to evaluate people in a poem‚ The Inferno‚ and place them in Hell for their sins and illegal actions. The Greek poet‚ Homer‚ uses
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Greek → geographic identity - See human habitation in Greece sometime between 10‚00 BC - Neolithic society‚ stone age. • Stone stools‚ small tribal groups - Worship female earth goddesses - 3000BC‚ fire and the development of copper and tin together‚ to work bronze (a hard metal that can hold an edge) - The people then make a huge leap forward‚ abounded there stone stools - Bronze really helps begin their history proper - Sumer‚ Mesopotamia → along major trading routes - Because
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Ithaca‚ also Achilles’s friend persuades him to go to Troy as Greeks greatest warrior. The consequences that come with Achilles decision to go to Troy is that he won’t return. When Achilles is at Troy he chooses not to fight because Agamemnon‚ King of Mycenae‚ takes away his girl Briseis. Out of Achilles own free-will he chooses not to fight so that Greece can fall and give back his girl when they realise how much they need him. Although there is the consequence that Greece lose many men before Achilles
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Film vs. Text: A Comparative Analysis of Homer’s Epics Film vs. Text: A Comparative Analysis of Homer’s Epics Homer created two ancient Greek poems which are commonly known in the Literature. These are “The Iliad” which has the film version entitled “Troy” and “The Odyssey” which has also the film version. Though these poems played in movie version‚ there are some differences from the book that is maybe cut‚ change or re-modified. In Iliad‚ all the actions happen because of the Greek Gods
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Different Period and Their Works of Art Stone Age The stone age can be divided into two phases: Paleolithic (old stone age) and Neolithic (new stone age). During the Paleolithic‚ humans lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers. During the Neolithic‚ humans adopted and settled agricultural life. Neolithic Period or New Stone Age The term neolithic is used‚ especially in archaeology and anthropology‚ to designate a stage of cultural evolution or technological development characterized by the use
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Having murdered his family he wanted nothing other than to die‚ but his friend Amphitryon couraged him to live. Living with the guilt he went to an oracle that he needed to be purified by only a terrible penance and told him he must see the king of Mycenae. There he became a slave to Eurytheus who gave him twelve impossible task known as “the labors of Hercules.” Throughout the task‚ Hera‚ still upset that Hercules was the son of Zeus tried making the task harder to accomplish‚ but of course
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all had faced choices that not one knew what direction to go to solve them. Most of the conflict that was held was between the old goods and new goods and neither behalf having a clear cut right and wrong. Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae‚ know as the great commander f or the Greek Trojan war‚ and also had for children with Clytemnestra. As the story goes on he was later murdered by Clytemnestra and her new found love Augustus. Clytemnestra was the daughter of King Tyndareus and Leda
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By 2000 B.C.E. Indo‐European peoples moved into the Greece mainland and established a city at Mycenae‚ which became the center for and gave its name to the Mycenean civilization. The Myceneans expanded outward to overpower the Minoans and also establish colonies in Italy and Anatolia. This seafaring civilization became a center of Mediterranean
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