Iliad and Odyssey HIS 1113 25 September 2012 The Iliad and the Odyssey The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of Homer’s surviving works. These two epics poems are great works of literature that help us understand life in ancient Greece. The Iliad is compared to a tragedy while the Odyssey is compared to a comedy. The Greeks used both the Iliad and the Odyssey as a Bible and even as a history book. The two epics taught the ancient Greeks virtues and values. The Iliad is known as the greatest
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The signs of the greek zodiac are identified by the twelve groups of stars‚ also known as constellations. The signs of zodiac were associated with the four elements: Earth‚ air‚ fire‚ and water. The word zodiac comes from a Greek word meaning circle of animals.Zodiacs relate to Greek mythology because each zodiac sign originated from a Greek myth. The twelve signs explain how each group of stars found its way into the heavens. My birthday is November 6th‚ therefore my zodiac sign is the scorpio
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VALUES AND LIFESTYLE OF THE “HIPPIES” Origins and Beliefs of the Hippies. The 1960s counterculture movement was comprised of the baby boomers who had grown into their teenage and young adult years in the 1960s‚ so they were often found in large numbers. The people involved were youths of America who were typically Caucasian‚ white‚ and middle-class‚ with ages ranging from fifteen to twenty-five. However‚ the conformity and peaceful times of the 1950s were not enough for their children‚ who were ambitious
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election. However‚ are we living in a fated world whereby our choice of voting is already pre-destined? That is what Aeneid got me thinking about‚ maybe fate is just believing that you are fated. We are actually citizens in a fated world where we are just a puppet under the control of god. Just like Turnus‚ we believe that there is fate and fate will always win (12.900). However‚ Iliad and Odyssey makes me start to wonder that we actually still have a choice even though everything is already fated
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American Values There are many values of American culture; three common ones that come to mind are freedom of religion‚ education‚ and family. The freedom to choose what religion you believe in or the career you want. Also to be able to choose what college you want to attend or what major you want to select. To be able to have the freedom to choose what religion you believe in is something society doesn’t think of every day. A lot of countries don’t have that value; to choose their religion like
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No Name October 23‚ 2006 The Image of Females Goddesses and Mortals The role of the Gods is a constant theme reoccurring over and over again throughout Homer’s Iliad but it’s the Female Goddesses and the image of femininity that displays contradiction. The Goddesses posses large amounts of power over mortals and at Mt Olympus mostly through manipulation and intertwining relationships that affect the war and the different individuals. The mortal women on the other hand display weaknesses
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Death In Book Twenty-Two and Book Twenty-Four of the Iliad‚ Homer portrays the tragedy of war through the death of Hector and Achilles. Someone may say that war is the enemy of pity which means that if you do not have pity‚ you may fate to die from war. Pity states that one person is able to read‚ sympathize‚ feel‚ and understand another person well. We can see that Hector shows no pity in war‚ so he faces his death. Nevertheless‚ what if someone show pity to another person in war? Is he
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things really are. Beliefs tend to be deep set and our values stem from our beliefs Values are about how we have learnt to think things ought to be or people ought to behave‚ especially in terms of qualities such as honesty‚ integrity and openness which when people are asked what are their values tend to be the main values. Attitudes are the established ways of responding to people and situations that we have learned‚ based on the beliefs‚ values and assumptions we hold. How we respond to situation
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the Greek world is‚ what did it mean to them and how did it change? Overall there was little to no change to the definition of justice‚ just the blurring of lines between it and revenge. Revenge seemed to be what the Greek writers considered to be justice‚ as long as they were even with whoever wronged them‚ and then they were completely whole. The exploration of revenge clashing with justice can be seen throughout the passages about to be presented. Starting with Homer’s epic‚ The Iliad‚ we
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failure.” In The Iliad‚ the audience is told of the brutal Trojan War and how the Trojans were destroyed in the tenth year. Nonchalantly‚ the Greeks celebrated and won prizes‚ while Troy was burned to the ground‚ leaving the remaining stragglers to run away under the leadership of Aeneas. Focused on the Trojans’ journey to the founding of Rome‚ The Aeneid portrays the good aspects of the Trojan life compared to the battling Greeks as shown in The Iliad. Although‚ in The Iliad‚ the Greeks uphold their
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