Homer’s Iliad is a powerful‚ beautiful‚ and awe-inspiring work of ancient Greece. An epic poem and a classic of world literature‚ the Iliad recounts portions of the war between Greece and the city-state of Troy. Most entrancing are his vivid & wonderful descriptions of the Great City of Troy and illustrious recounts of the events that took place on this ancient site. It is not a surprise that the 19th century German archaeologist or arguably treasure hunter‚ Heinrich Schliemann was spellbound to
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that only three actors were permitted to perform in a single production. The actors that performed in these productions used specific costumes such as thick boots to appear taller‚ gloves to exaggerate their hands‚ and masks that were made specifically for their characters. These masks were believed to amplify the voice of the actor and make words easier for the audience to hear. Mute characters were played by young men who could not yet fully project their voices. Greek plays were attended by men and
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about how her old age would support her doing household chores. Once a queen‚ she is now a servant to Odysseus‚ King of Ithaca. On enquiring about her daughters she finds that Cassandra‚ who is already traumatized‚ had been personally chosen by King Agamemnon to be his lover. This shocked her mother as her daughter has taken a sacred oath of virginity. I as a reader further noted the unbearable feeling the women may
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ordinary rape: it is a rape by a god. Temporarily embodied in the majestic form of a swan‚ Zeus‚ king of the gods‚ consummated his passion for Leda‚ a mortal princess (Perrine 147). The union produced two offspring: Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra‚ Agamemnon ’s wife. In recounting this "momentous rape" with "large consequences for the future‚" (Perrine 147) Yeats uses rhetorical figures in each of the sonnet ’s three stanzas. The figures in the first stanza create tension and portray the event.
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Heinrich Schliemann By Tia-Rose Shaw INTRODUCTION Heinrich Schliemann used his beliefs in a ’fiction’ book called The Iliad and The Odyssey by Home. Schliemann used these books as guides to assist with his discoveries. These books later on proved to have some historical truth in them. SOURCES Schliemann was fascinated by the story his dad had told him about the city of troy when he was a little boy. Schliemann said that this awoke the hunger in him to search for archaeological proof of the
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number of chorus members‚ there were usually only around 3 main speaking actors. Since plays usually had more than 3 speaking parts‚ actors would have to play more than one part. This worked out‚ since the actors used dramatic masks with very lifelike features and hair. Masks for comedy and satyr plays often had humorous or grotesque touches such as highly arched eyebrows or grinning mouths. Comedy varied more than tragedy in its subject matter and content. Comic poets sometimes put a humorous spin
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Plays were written for a yearly festival‚ in honor of the god Dionysus‚ and were either Comedies or Tragedies. All the actors were male‚ and they all played multiple roles‚ so a mask was used to show the change in character or mood. Therefore the two masks are now used as the symbol for theatre. The Greeks invented the epic and lyric forms and used them skillfully. They also invented drama and produced masterpieces that are still deemed as dramas crowning achievement. Attendance at the festival
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non-individualized group in Greek drama. Despite the large size‚ they represented a collective consciousness‚ or a single body‚ often wearing masks to render sense of unification and anonymity. In Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex‚ the chorus is composed of senators‚ while in Sophocles’s Electra‚ the chorus is made up of the women of Argos.; in Aeschylus’s Agamemnon‚ the chorus comprises the elderly men of Argos; and in Euripides’s The Bacchae‚ they are a group of eastern bacchants; and As they maintained
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THE BRONZE AGE The Bronze Age began in 2800 and lasted till 1050BC. This was almost 2000 years ago. This time period started to replace the use of stone and iron with bronze. The development of trading began with the Aegean and Mediterranean regions. Crete was responsible for major development during the Bronze Age. Their society was based on structures of extravagant places. The Minoans for the next 500 years had had the power in the Aegean but by 1450BC they were over run by the Mycenaean’s
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the golden apple she promises him the love of Helen of Sparta‚ the most beautiful woman in the world. Meanwhile in Sparta‚ Helen sees in a pool Paris’s judgement‚ and happily accepts his choice of her love. She later meets the Mycenaean King‚ Agamemnon‚ who has come to claim her sister‚ Clytemnestra‚ as his bride‚ but is also immediately taken by her attractiveness. During the wedding‚ Helen is kidnapped by two Athenians‚ Theseus‚ and his friend Pirithous. They take her to Athens‚ where Helen falls
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