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The importance of structure in "The Agamemnon" is a classic Greek tragedy written by Aeschylus.
... child-my palace pearl? Bloody my hands in that virgin flood? A fathers hands at the alter side? Oh which is worse? But how ... says "But even losing suits a mighty man." this means that a mighty man wining would be the usual thing, but losing would still suit ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
A Hero's First Death, an essay on Homer's The Odyssey
... a man whom the Phaiakians sing about, a near immortal, a great hero, is presenting himself for the first time. It conjures an image of a father ... Athena" (5.456-457). This is the moment where Odysseus loses his body, Athena takes it over, she possesses it. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
The Artist-Scientist: Orpheus and Daedalus. Compare and contrast two Greek myths. Make sure to link to Joseph Campbell's The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
... a regular Joe, Dædalus would not have lost his son. Although, it is the fault of Icarus for not taking the advice of his father ... queen, Persephine. Orpheus put into song his grief and pain of losing Eurydice and asked Hades to return her to him. Hades could ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Oedipus
... Oedipus shows himself to be just, merciful, successful, religious, a prince, a father to his country. Oedipus' pride is evident in his first ... that Laius was slain where three roads meet. Oedipus loses all patience and without the slightest shred of evidence ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
The oresteia
... the actual decision, Agamemnon decides to act as a king instead of as a father: But when necessity's yoke was put on ... of Menelaus and Argos aside? He realizes that it is a lose-lose situation: "What of these things goes without disaster?" ( Agamemnon , 211). ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Realism in "The Iliad": quotes taken from penguin classics/ Mark Hammond translation.
... a father, especially to his favorite son. The emotions Priam shows when he loses Hektor are very believable and one might expect any father to react in a ... also is a very realistic character. Priam is the King of Troy, but first and foremost he is a father, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Comparison/Contrast "Oedipus-Rex" and the "Metamorphosis": A comparison between Kafka's and Sophocle's use of dramatic irony and tragedy.
... In Oedipus-Rex, although the main character goes through a horrible shame, killing his father and marrying his mother, he find out about ... this man who was dehumanized by his work and family, loses his job, produces disgust to his family, and later dies ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Virgil the art of imitating ho
... a goddess. He also loses a close friend like Achilles does and is the one who slays the other army's champion after a ... meets Dido, Palinurus, and his father Anchises. The fact that he does leave Carthage raises a very subtle echo between Homer and Virgil ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Oedipus & Creon, a Great man or a Great Fall? Compare/contrast two characters in Sophocles' Plays and relate them to the great fall of man in Greek society. (Oedipus and Creon)
... and tells him that he is the murderer of his own father and also that he has slept with his mother. Oedipus , the ... 's faults as a character, including his hubris and impatience which leads to his ultimate downfall and causes him to lose those that are ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Antigone as a Tragedy
... a tragedy because there is some evidence for it being one, even according to Aristotle. Antigone comes from noble birth because her father ... hang herself instead of enduring the slow death. As a consequence, Kreon loses his wife and son and is left to rule ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature