On Euripides and War: An Historical Analysis of Hecuba‚ Trojan Women‚ and Iphegenia at Aulis History is written. It did not happen. What did happen can only be described and recorded. Of the records that exist today society judges which are "fact‚" which are and which are "fictional." One striking feature that all records share is a preoccupation with war. This is not surprising‚ however‚ since a convolution of all records during a specific time span will show that somewhere war was being waged
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The Parallels of Greek and Trojan Culture Homer’s The Iliad paints an epic and gruesome picture of the Achaeans and Trojans civilizations warring over a ten-year span. If one were to compare these once great cultures‚ the striking similarities would suggest friendship rather than enemies. Not only did both nations perform similar rituals and sacrifices‚ but also these rites were directed to the same group of gods. Specifically the Trojans and Achaeans had a tremendous respect for the dead and
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Entry 2 Book 9 The trojan horse actually worked. It put an end to a war that many had thought would never end. Once nightfall came‚ my men and i sneaked out of the wooden horse and killed everybody in the village. Our plan didn’t go as expected however‚ most of the men in the village were out partying as a celebration. Due to the celebration we ended up waiting for them to pass out. Once we started back for troy we noticed that our food supplies were rather low. In order to survive we ended up making
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The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa and the Dispersed Kernels of Truth Which Have Cumulatively Been Recorded by Homer as the Trojan War Any historical or archaeological investigation of the Trojan War will most likely begin with a close reading of Homer ’s Iliad which unfortunately only records a few days of the colossal clash said to have lasted for ten years . This conflict involved a coalition of Greek states sailing to Asia Minor to lay siege to Troy. . According to Homer‚ the aforementioned coalition consisted
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When watching "Trojan Women"‚ people may be struck by the strong emotional range and intensity‚ which is present in its main theme‚ the devastation created by war in the lives of women and children. The agony and despair present in the actors voices and the intensity of their actions added to the total success of the play. Each scene deals with barbaric behavior toward women and children‚ but the three most prominent scenes were when Hecuba questions her faith in the gods‚ when the men of the Greek
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Hector the Trojan Hero Hero. A word used widely throughout Homer’s The Iliad‚ but interpreted differently in the eye of the beholder. Though there seems to be numerous definitions of a hero‚ one that can accurately define such a person is someone of distinguished courage and nobility that will put all others before themselves for the greater good of others while possessing the strength and cunningness to overcome obstacles they may be faced with. It can be seen throughout the poem that Hector
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Theme: Glorification of Rome BOOK I * Explains Juno’s reason for hating the Trojans; it was predicted that ‘there was rising from the blood of Troy a race of men who in days to come would overthrow this Tyrian citadel; a people proud in war and rulers of a great empire’ (refers to Punic wars‚ three wars between Rome and Carthage from 264BC to 146BC) * Glorification of Rome * Role of Prophecy and Fate * Describing Neptune‚ Virgil uses the extended simile of the calming of the
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The Trojan War The Trojan War took place in approximately the 13th century. The ancient Greeks defeated the City of Troy. The Trojan War started after an incident at the wedding feast of Peleus‚ the king of Thessaly‚ and Thetis‚ a sea goddess. All the gods and goddesses of Mt. Olympus had been invited except Eris‚ the goddess of discord. Eris was offended and tried to stir up trouble among the guests at the feast. She sent a golden apple inscribed "For the most beautiful." Hera‚ Athena‚
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has gone into the excavations there by many archaeologists‚ and many interesting artefacts have been found. The story of the Ancient City of Troy is a great one‚ however many people believed it didn’t exist and that Homers Iliad‚ the story of the Trojan War was just some story. This has since been proved untrue as the city of Troy was discovered‚ and the pieces of this amazing puzzle have fallen together. Homer described Troy as an exceptionally large city with large high powerful walls‚ wide streets
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Trojan War The Trojan War was between the Greeks and the people of Troy‚ a war that was to influences people in literature and arts for centuries. The two powerful gods‚ Zeus and Poseidon try to forced sea-goddess Thetis to lay with them. Themis or Prometheus warned the gods that any son Thetis borne would become greater than his father‚ and in Zeus’ case‚ would probably one day rule Olympus. Zeus decided to quickly marrying Thetis off to a mortal. Pelus‚ son of Aeacus‚ was chosen by Zeus
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