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    Fate Human Agency N Reason

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    Days of Socrates: Eythphro‚ Apology‚ Crito‚ Phaedo. London: Penguin p57-58 in Unit Reader Segal. E.(ed). (1983). Oxford Readings in Greek Tragedy. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press‚ 1983‚p 177-210 Sophocles. Trans. Fagles. R.(1984) The Three Theban Plays: Oedipus The King. New York: Penguin Group‚1984‚ p155-253 Wikipedia online. [http://en.wikipedia.org]. 18th September‚ 2005.

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    Marvin K. K. Humanities 11 Sam 3/5/2008 Θεία επέμβαση An analysis of divine intervention in The Odyssey reveals that survival and achievement of goals is impossible without help from the gods as they control everything that happens. Divine intervention is a very important aspect of the Odyssey seen right from the beginning to the end and all who have help from the gods survive while those who don’t die.

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    OEDIPUS REX by Sophocles WebQuest INTRODUCTION You are patrons at the Festival for Dionysus and will be witnessing the first public performance  of Oedipus Rex. Your task is to record your findings on the festival itself‚ the components of  Greek theater‚ and how Oedipus Rex fit well into the classic definition of tragedy. TASK You will have three tasks to complete during this webquest: 1. The Festival of Dionysus ‐ You will travel to the below links and find information on the Festival of Dionysus

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    What Impression Does the Character of Creon create in Antigone? At the start of the play Creon is introduced by the chorus who represent the old Theban citizens who say‚ “Creon‚ the new man of the day” which introduces him in a positive way towards the audience as it gives the audience a strong emphasis on his character as the words “new” and “Man” are both been placed in a positive aspect. After the Chorus introduces Creon‚ he begins a speech which shows him a strong and respectful leader; he has

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    where Oedipus rules as king. Oedipus sends his brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ to the Oracle of Apollo to find out how to help the suffering citizens of Thebes during the plague. It is revealed that the plague will disappear only if the murderer of the former Theban king‚ Laius‚ who was killed many years ago‚ is discovered and banished. Oedipus

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    The Ovidian opinion of human nature is that humans will always do something wrong. When this wrong-doing offends one or more of the gods‚ the punishment typically results in negative changes in the person’s life‚ and often their ruin or death. In the myths Ovid presents in his Metamorphoses‚ the wrong-doing is brought about in one of three ways. The first of these ways is by an act of the gods‚ seen in the myths of Io and Tiresias. The second way is through bad luck‚ as we see in the myth of Actaeon

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    known tragic plays in existence. Oedipus‚ the King of Thebes‚ is the victim of a curse in which he must suffer the tragedy of his own unchangeable fate. The tragic heroism of Oedipus befalls him because of his heroic qualities and his loyalty to his Thebans and to himself. His unchangeable destiny affects so many others throughout the play. These others’ subsequent suffering that Oedipus brings upon them helps contribute to the tragic vision of the work as a whole. Many provide insight on the fact

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    Cited: Sophocles. (n.d.). Sophocles: The Three Theban Plays (R. Fagles‚ Trans.). New York‚ USA: The Penguin Group.

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    Tareik Horne Bossier Parish Community College History 101 Western Civilization 5:00-7:50 P.M. Dr. Roshunda Belton 9/21/14 Battle of Thermopylae The Battle of Thermopylae started out in the late summer of 480 B.C‚ the Spartan King Leonidas 1 held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands upon thousands of the best Great King’s troops. Under thirty-five Persian generals‚ were assembled for the invasion of Greece‚ five whom where sons of the royal house. On the arrival of Xerxes

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    Chapter 3 : Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations Explain the connections between climate‚ agriculture‚ and the Nile River in the development of Egypt and Nubia. Egypt referred to not the territory embraced by the modern state of Egypt‚ but to the ribbon of land bordering the lower third of the Nile between the Mediterranean and the river’s first cataract near Aswan. Cataracts are an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls. The Sahara became increasingly arid‚ cultivators flocked

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