THE FALL OF TROY | | THE STORY of the Iliad ends with the death of Hector‚ and it is from the Odyssey and later poems that we learn the fate of the other heroes. After the death of Hector‚ Troy did not immediately fall‚ but receiving aid from new allies still continued its resistance. One of these allies was Memnon‚ the Æthiopian prince‚ whose story we have already told. Another was Penthesilea‚ queen of the Amazons‚ who came with a band of female warriors. All the authorities attest their
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is what I call a hero ‚ and through the movie we saw allot of courageous powerful warriors that were dying in the sake of their country like ; Paris ‚ Patroclus. Achilles‚ Odysseus‚ these are the people that we would really call heroes. but among these heroic people there is one particular one that would rise above them all‚ and that would be ‘hector’’ the oldest son of’’ priam ‘’ husband of Andromache‚ and father of Astyanax‚ and he is the hero of troy because ; hector led the Trojan through
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a. Describe THREE significant events in the life of the personality you have studied. 10 marks (Length: 250-300 words) Three significant events in the life of Leni Riefenstahl have been her knee injury‚ her first film “The Blue Light” and finally‚ her film “Triumph of the Will” which have had an undeniable impact on her life. A very influential event in the life of Riefenstahl was her knee injury which occurred during her dancing career. This facilitated her interest in acting‚ and later film
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HELEN OF TROY In Greek mythology‚ Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in the world. A daughter of the god Zeus*‚ she is best known for the part she played in causing the Trojan War*‚ a story told by Homer in the Iliad] and the Odyssey]. Some scholars suggest that Helen was also a very ancient goddess associated with trees and birds. Birth and Early Life. Some myths say that Helen’s mother was Leda‚ the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta*. Others name Nemesis‚ the goddess of revenge‚ as her
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Most Significant Events Danielle Wilson Axia College of University of Phoenix September 20‚ 2009 Selecting an event from certain decades is not as easy as it may seem. Some of the decades had more than one event going on but only one had a significant impact on that decade. So the events mentioned will be those who have had a powerful impact culturally‚ economically and on government policies but those who had an influence here in the United States. The following decades are being put
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BY: MA. ROSELLE PAULINE PERALTA The movie “Troy” which was released in 2004 was a fairly remarkable movie. However‚ the scene starting with the Trojan Horse being found by the Trojans and ending with Troy being sacked had lacked effectiveness. This may be due to insufficient details delivered throughout the whole movie. It may be a disappointment if one decides to look at the accuracy of the movie’s depiction of the stories of Homer’s The Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid. Both poems are known
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Was "Troy" the Movie Accurate According to Homer? Did the movie Troy‚ released in 2004‚ accurately depict the story of Homer’s epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ and was it a good movie from a critical point of view? I think it was a good movie from an entertainment standpoint‚ but it fell short in it’s comparison to Homer’s epics. As a fan of "epic" movies‚ I have watched the movie Troy a couple of times. In comparing the movie to the epic‚ there are various discrepancies between
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The most significant event in Canada’s history would be the building of the railway. It opened up new markets to the country and brought areas together. It also created a need for new resources and technology‚ which led to the important development of industries in Canada. Early railroads in Canada were mainly for shortline and were developed for transportation all year round‚ so when the canals and rivers were frozen there was still a way to get around. The development in railroads in C
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good friend‚ and better realist‚ an adventurous man. Briseis Godly‚the girl who capture Achilles Heart important: Achilles died in deed by Paris but along time ago before we‚ Greeks entered Troy. It was disgusting and very insulting to the epic story to see Achilles dies inside the burning Troy with several arrows on his chest and belly as Achilles was invulnerable because his father Pileas baptized him in a blessed water when he was an infant but as he was holding him upside down he did not
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Helen of Troy In Greek mythology‚ Helen of Troy‚ also known as Helen of Sparta‚ was the daughter of Zeus and Leda‚ and was a sister of Castor‚ Pollux‚ and Clytemnestra. In Greek myths‚ she was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. By marriage she was Queen of Laconia‚ a province within Homeric Greece‚ the wife of King Menelaus. Her abduction by Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ brought about the Trojan War. Elements of her putative biography come from classical authors such as Aristophanes‚ Cicero
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