Achilles Introduction Once upon a time‚ long ago there was a marvelous battle called the Trojan War‚ but before hand‚ there lived a Greek god named Peleus who extracted love for the Sea goddess Thetis. As time passed‚ they became one‚ so they thought why not form our love in to a child. When their child was born‚ Thetis dipped him into the river styx which was in the underworld (Achilles). Thus made him immortal and his name was Achilles. When Thetis dipped Achilles in to the underworld‚
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pedestal and praise because without freedom‚ there is nothing. Freedom is considered intrinsic to life‚ and in the play The Trojan Women written by Euripides and The Joys of Motherhood written by Buchi Emecheta it shows how without freedom it takes a severe negative effect on people’s lives. In the play The trojan Women it captures how tragedy has stuck the lives of the Trojan women Hecuba‚ Cassandra‚ Andromache‚ and Helen. Their city is destroyed‚ their husbands‚ brothers‚ and sons are killed‚ and
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Tragedy of the Trojan Women In the beginning of The Trojan Women by Euripides‚ the city of Troy has been sacked‚ and Poseidon brings attention to Hecuba crying at the entrance of Troy. Poseidon lists the events unbeknownst to Hecuba‚ including her daughter Polyxena being killed by the Greeks in a sacrifice at Achilles’ tomb‚ Priam and Hecuba’s children are dead‚ and Apollo left Cassandra mad (Apollo made her his prophetess). Then enters Athena‚ who wants to bring joy to the Trojans and give the Greeks
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group associated with the University of California at Berkley in 2004. Trojan horses are programs known to have benign capabilities. It neither replicates nor copies itself‚ but can cause damage and or compromise the security system of a computer. Trojan horses are usually sent by individuals in the forms of email. Like the worm it is usually in the form of a joke or a software program. Some tasks that are performed by Trojan worms includes opening an internet connection that allows an outsider
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A scene of devastation. A threadbare city. A misty smoke covered it all. The women were asleep. Those were the first feelings to experience when the audience were watching the play "The Trojan Women”‚ adapted by Ellen McLaughlin from the play by Euripides; performed at the Burke Black Box Theatre in Granville‚ Ohio‚ from October 2-10‚ 2015. The director‚ the production team and the cast have done an excellent job in bringing the world of Athens and the devastated city – Troy‚ to the stage. The adaption
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One of the most controversial questions of all time: Did the famous Trojan War actually occur? Homer’s legend of Princes falling in love with unavailable Queens‚ Gods fighting over the title of the fairest of them all and ruthless demi-gods capable of changing the fate of a war in his story the ‘Iliad’‚ are all nice stories yet they can’t actually be proven. But what evidence do we have that could support these mythical legends? Archaeologists such as Calvert‚ Schliemann‚ Dorpfeld‚ Korfmann and historians
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Who Caused the Trojan War? The Trojan war; one of the longest and most remembered war in the history of Greek mythology. Millions of people died‚ family’s were broken and a few people were to blame for this. One of the most significant influences to the Trojan War was the Beautiful Helen. Helen disowned her country and her people‚ she knew the consequences and she chose love over loyalty. Agamemnon is another cause of the Trojan war. His goal was to overthrow Troy and he would fight to reach
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history both concepts have evolved together. Myths tell tales of the adventures of man‚ frequently the son of a god or goddess and a human‚ who is endowed with great promise and destined to perform great feats. Often these feats involve acts of rescue‚ war or protection. This heroic myth is rooted in the ideal of familial romance. Particularly during adolescence it sustains and expresses the identification of the ego with idealized imagery. The hero myths have been used for centuries to educate and
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Did the Trojan War ever occur? This is a common question that cultivates debate among many historians around the world. Although some research and studies may display the war as a myth‚ stronger physical evidence proves otherwise. Through Heinrich Schliemann‚ an archaeologist‚ and other valued archaeologists‚ the work of a poet named Homer‚ who revealed the great mystery of the Trojan War‚ was discovered. Homer’s literary evidence‚ as well as linguistic and historic evidence from the Homeric Greek
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was the king of Sparta and the husband of Helen‚ the queen of Sparta. Menelaus helped lead the Greeks in the Trojan war. During the war‚ Menelaus helped his brother Agamemnon lead an expedition against Troy. The leader of Troy was named Paris. After the war‚ Paris kidnapped Helen and brought her back to Troy. This kidnapping led to the Greeks creating the plan for the Trojan Horse. The Trojan horse was built by Epeius‚ a master carpenter‚ in 1250 B.C.E.. The Greeks were frustrated because they had
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