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Is it fair to call Aeneid Book 4 "The Tragedy of Dido"?
... the sword, and Ascanius, too, and served his flesh at his father's table,' as well as hinting at Medea's actions towards ... book he is verified as somewhat heartless, almost losing sight of his destiny. Classicists suggest a number of reasons for this. At the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Gilgemesh
... the Goddess (Siduri) as a means to find his father land, Utnapishtim. Siduri points him in the direction of a ferryman (Urshanabi) that ... he retrieves this flower, yet in a common twist of fate for Gilgamesh he loses it to a serpent. He ends up going home ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
'In The Antigone, Antigone gets what she wants, Creon gets what she deserves.' How far do you agree with this view?
... than just a forgivable blunder, and perhaps the death of Haemon is a just punishment. After all, Haemon himself tells his father ... lose. His first mistake is the labelling of Polynices as a traitor, and the refusal to give him a burial. But is this truly a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
The simpsons
... Therefore, Groening presented Brooks with an overweight, bald father; a mother with a blue unique haircut; and three annoying, spiky- ... a final chance for Christmas money. They discovered a gem in the third race, Santa's Little Helper. How could this dog lose ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Achilles, The Super Yuppie
... says: Give Chryseis back to her father. Naive as he is, he believes ... fifteen or so books, with the Greeks losing. One can conclude, after reading The ... be seen as many different things: a child, a yuppie, a monster, a killing machine, etc. However, Achilles ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
This is an essay on the woman in the Odyssey and their influences on his travels.
... Pylos to seek tidings of his dear father's return..." She sends Odysseus off from ... heard their songs, then the men would lose control of their actions and would go ... In this epic, several female characters had a profound effect on the plot. They wielded ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Roles on Woman in Iliad and Anied
... in negative as well as in a positive light. She is viewed as a negative person when she kills her father and brother for Jason. Then when ... her, which can cause her to lose her life, but she didn't care and went ahead to give a proper burial to her brother. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Dionysus Transformed-Essay on trasformation of Dionysus from Euripides "The Bacchae"
... has died a painful death, mangled by the Bacchic women and his own mother, Agave. As both Agave and her father Cadmus ... a bit agitated that Pentheus will not succumb to his powers, and yet he is still strategically thinking of an idea to make Pentheus lose ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Plot Synopsis of "Clash of the Titans."
... the other gods that Zeus is the father of Danae's child. The monstrous ... footprints. He follows them, attacking Perseus, who loses his helmet in the swamp. The two ... and Hera to provide him with a helmet, a sword and a shield, respectively. When Perseus finds ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
The Importance of the Chorus in Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex"
... one, the messenger reveals to Oedipus Polybos was not your father (3.137). The chorus then express their uncertainty towards ... Oedipus was not truly a bad person. He was merely a man, destined to lose everything from the beginning [a] child by Laios ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature