Ancient Greek Cultural Values (Fiero 76-136) rational explanations experiential extensions Pericles’ Funeral Speech (88-89) the Iliad (81-84) Aristotle’s Poetics (99) the Antigone (92-98) Plato’s Crito (102-104) Sappho’s poems (128) Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (104-107) Pindar’s Odes (128) Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics (109-110) Vitruvius on Symmetry (114-116) * * * * *
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existential trust. This transition is essentially portrayed in the allusion to the story of the Helen of Troy‚ recited by Hamlet himself in Act 2 Scene 2 where Pyrrhus‚ a son who vows to avenge his dead father‚ seeks revenge on his murderer‚ Priam. Pyrrhus goes on to slay Priam‚ but before doing so‚ “like a neutral to his will and matter [does] nothing”. However after this pause‚ he is able to follow through with his mission. Pyrrhus hence portrays a true warrior. Similarly‚ we see in Act 3 scene 3‚ Hamlet
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when three powerful goddesses wished to claim the prize as the fairest: Hera‚ Athena and Aphrodite. The three goddesses asked Zeus to be their judge. However‚ Zeus directed Hermes to refer the arbitration to Paris‚ a Trojan prince‚ the young son of Priam and Hecuba. Each goddess offered to reward him if he chose her. Athena offered to make him become a great hero or general; Hera offered to make him ruler of the richest and powerful kingdom; while Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman in
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Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen 2004 The movie Troy is about the conflict between the Greek city-states‚ led by Agamemnon‚ and Troy‚ ruled by Priam. These two have this conflict because Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ fell in love with Helen‚ wife of Menelaus who is Agamemnon’s brother and king of Sparta‚ and took her back to Troy against the wishes of his brother‚ Hector‚ who‚ with his father‚ had been trying for years to make peace with Sparta and had finally gotten that peace. Agamemnon had recently
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Reaction Paper for Helen of Troy Helen Paris Priam Achilles Menelaus Hecuba Agamemnon Ulysses Hector Cassandra Aeneas Andraste Andros Diomedes Ajax Polydorus Cora Patroclu sAndromache Nestor Alpheus The movie Helen of Troy shows the important details before and inside the book Iliad. This movie helps the readers to understand this book. Also‚ it shows how the Trojan war started and how Troy has fallen. Like in the book‚ because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the
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HAMLET On Claudius: “A little more than kin‚ a little less than kind” “Smiling‚ damned villain!” “Keeps wassail” “drains his draughts of Rhenish down” “remorseless‚ treacherous‚ lecherous‚ kindless villain!” “what‚ frighted with false fire!” On Polonius: “these tedious old fools” “i’ll lug the guts into the neighbour room” “you are a fishmonger” “thou wretched rash‚ intruding fool‚ farewell.” On Gertrude/Ophelia/Women: “i shall in my best obey you madam” “Like Niobe‚ all tears” “incestuous
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inscribed “for the fairest” and thrown by Eris‚ goddess of discord‚ among the heavenly guests at the wedding of Peleus‚ the ruler of Myrmidons‚ and Thetis‚ one of the Nereids. The award of the apple to Aphrodite‚ goddess of love‚ by Paris‚ son of King Priam of Troy‚ secured for Paris the favor of the goddess and the love of the beautiful Helen of Troy‚ wife of Menelaus‚ the king of Sparta. Helen went with Paris to Troy‚ and an expedition to avenge the injury to Menelaus was placed under the command of
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dangerous situations and leads him to King Alcinous. The next step in Odysseus’s journey is crossing the threshold. After the war‚ the gods are angry at the Greeks because of their overly prideful ways and for violating Cassandra‚ the daughter of King Priam‚ in Athena’s Temple. This caused the gods to throw them off course and destroy many of their ships. This also happens when Odysseus’s men open the bag of winds blowing them back to Aeolian Island and when Odysseus and his men’s ship is destroyed and
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and Achilles by his inflexibility. Achilles is eventually overcome by the pressure and kills the Trojan warrior Hector‚ but has another chance to demonstrate his areté by cleaning up‚ dressing‚ and turning over the dead warrior’s body to his father‚ Priam. Homer’s second epic‚ the Odyssey‚ is much different than that of his first. It follows another ten-year journey‚ but the similarities end there. The main character‚ Odysseus‚ is making his journey home from the Trojan War. While en route‚ Odysseus
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presented‚ allows this story to be meaningful modern day. Although The Iliad is old and outdated‚ it is still relevant and useful today because of it’s portrayal of love‚ hate‚ and war. In The Iliad‚ love is the first cause of war. Paris‚ son of Priam and Prince of Troy‚ love for Helen sparks the war. Helen is with Menelaus; who is associated with a rival army. Paris’s infatuation is so strong that he takes Helen from Menelaus. Menelaus‚ seeking vengeance‚ proposes war on Troy. This is how the tale
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