Odysseus’ has been missing for ten years in the beginning of Book 1. It has been ten years since the Trojan War‚ which is where we left off in the Illiad. We find out that he has been with the goddess Calypso on the island of Ogygia. She has fallen in love with him and he is not aloud to leave. Odysseus’ goal is to return home to his wife and son. All he wants is to get back to them because he has left his son who was young when he left. One of his ideals is to be there for his family because he
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The Trojan War: Myth or Reality? “Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle‚ but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter”. This quotation from Homer’s The Iliad comes from Hector‚ the strongest and longest standing trojan fighter‚ as he dies when fighting in the Trojan War. He speaks his desire to be remembered and praised as a hero‚ which Homer eventually made possible. Everyone has heard of the Trojan War‚ but not everyone agrees on whether it truly
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Integrated Montessori Center SY: 2013-2014 Book Report of The Trojan Wars Submitted by: Natasha Beatriz Ancheta III- Radon Submitted to: Teacher Orlando C. Pascual I. Introduction a. Biography of the Author Edith Hamilton was a well-known educator and author. She is recognized as the “greatest woman Classicist”. She was sixty-two years old when The Greek Way‚ her first book‚ was published in the year 1930. Hamilton had not yet been to Greece and was only writing about Greek mythology through
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Since the years of the ancient Greeks such as the Achaeans and the Trojans‚ there have been many changes‚ developments‚ and inventions. It is clear that we as a nation have transformed into a more modern world through our rapidly progressing technology‚ but have we really changed through our behaviors? The ancient Greeks were big on two things: power‚ and respect. I believe the Greeks set an example for today’s world‚ and that we as a country use the same motives that the ancient Greeks had during
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Part 1: Provide a detailed description of what worms and Trojan horses are. Viruses‚ worms‚ and Trojans are malicious programs which enter to your computer without your permission and knowing that can cause damage‚ information losses‚ and privacies leak to your computer. They can also slow down the Internet connections‚ and they might even use your computer to spread themselves to your friends‚ family‚ co-workers‚ and the rest of the internet. A worm‚ like a virus is designed to copy itself from
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SITUATION ANALYSIS REPORT Uber Technologies Inc. Group 3: Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Student 4 Student 5 Student 6 Situation analysis Company description Uber Technologies Incorporated‚ commonly known as Uber‚ is a privately held multi-national company providing transportation network. Transportation network company (TNC) serves to connect paying passengers and drivers using non-commercial vehicles through the use of apps or websites. In Uber’s instance‚ services are exclusively provided on the
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The Trojan War The Trojan War was a very important part of the Greeks’ history. There are many myths and legends about the trojan War. In the Iliad‚ it describes certain events in the final year of the war. According to legend‚ the Trojan War lasted 10 years‚ until Greece defeated Troy. Many of ancient Greek stories talk about the Trojan War‚ particularly Homer’s Iliad and the Odyssey. Many scholars believe the legend is based on a real war of the mid-1200’s B.C.’s. People have
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The Trojan War Fact or Fiction? The Trojan War. Confined totally to the pages of Homer’s The Illiad‚ the indulgent fantasy of a Greek poet who lived over two and a half thousand years ago- or a historic fact at the centre of the most famous quarrel ever? The Illiad is the ancient tale of a mighty city called Troy that lay at the edge of Asia Minor whose prince abducted Helen‚ the most beautiful woman of all time‚ from the king of Greek Sparta‚ causing the Greeks to send an army in a thousand
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Who is to Blame? The Trojan War; one of the longest and most remembered war in the history of Greek mythology. Millions of people died‚ families were broken and a few people were to blame for this. In the novel The Firebrand‚ by Marion Zimmer Bradly‚ a Trojan princess‚ by name of Kassandra‚ has been given the gift of foresight. She foresees the Greek ships on the waters of Troy approximately twenty years before they are there. It was then that she met Apollo and was claimed as his. She goes
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The Trojan War is believed to have been a war fought between the Trojans and Greeks in around 1250 BC‚ but there is a level of uncertainty over if a war actually did occur. There are a number of sources providing evidence that reveal the probable causes and likelihood of the Trojan War as a historical event. These sources include ancient epics such as Homer’s Iliad‚ the Cypria‚ historical tablets such as the Hittite records and more archaeological findings from excavations. Through archaeological
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