Essays Tagged: "Beeswax"
Traits of an epic hero
ong he is also very intelligent. He knows when to do the right thing at the right moment. He carved beeswax from an enormous cube to give to his men to put in their ears so they didn't have to listen ... ir ears so they didn't have to listen to the Siren's songs. Since Odysseus didn't have any leftover beeswax for his ears, he had to resist the temptation of hearing the songs. Secondly, he tricked the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Odysseus: What his Decisions Say
devises a plan from to pass the island of the seductive Sirens. He has his men plug their ears with beeswax and tie him to the mass of the ship. He is therefore the only one who hears the songs, and t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Steganography
g attack to Greece by writing it directly on the wooden backing of a wax tablet before applying its beeswax surface. Wax tablets were in common use back then as reusable writing surfaces, sometimes us ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Sociology
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology