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How far do Creon and Antigone fit Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero.
... of her culture. These facets however are not known to be her natural facets, in the sense that this situation has brought the reaction out of her, the history of ... wisdom appeals to one world- mine, another". The manor in which Antigone in the end defies ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Title: Homer and The Iliad Task: Write a report on the significance of Homer and the Iliad to ancient Greece and to Western culture.
... the Greeks on their national and tribal history and had a great influence on their culture as well. Most of the Greek poets consider themselves the descendants of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
An interpretation of love and how it is defined in greek mythology
... of the gods. They worshiped many gods of love, all different types of love. They needed the gods to keep everything right in the world and they needed the ... friends with the gods..."(Plato 28). Throughout history, love has governed much of what has happened ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Oedipus
... history of the people. These stories included many problems of human life and the nature of the gods. The custom requiring use of these mythological stories in tragedy satisfied an essential requirement of the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Lessons from Homer's "The Iliad"
... of the entire epic because it is here that Paris is summoned and subsequently promised the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, queen of Sparta. Once the war commences, the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Views from the bridge
... world came crashing down. In conclusion the play of A View from the Bridge was a modern day version of the play Oedipus the King . The comparison that was the most significant was the ... where he came from, his family history, and what his future held for ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Agamemnon: Power and Vengeance An analysis of Zeus's role in cycle of violence and revenge in Aeschylus's Agamemnon
... the world of Aeschylus, the lives of mortals are rocked by the emotions of a volatile and vengeful god. This human-like god Zeus is equipped with the ... all loveliness," (Agamemnen) predicting that the family's turbulent history and quest for revenge will only ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Oedipus the King
... history of acting in over sixty-five movies and has directed thirty. He has been acting since 1955 with his first film Revenge of the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Oedipus Rex Sophocles "A World of Tragedy"
... World of Tragedy Human nature is as old as mankind itself. Throughout history, despite ... the end of the falling action lies the worst moments in the play, the Catastrophe. It is then that the messenger reports of King Oedipus stabbing his own eyes. "…the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Which epic has most relevance to a twenty first century reader, Virgil's 'Aeneid' or Homer's 'Odyssey'? Examines themes in both epics (from the english translations) and compares the two.
... of Augustus Caesar as an account of the Emperor's descent from the Gods, and Rome's great history. Virgil used Homers Odyssey', and his other oral epic, 'The ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature