Essays Tagged: "Thebes"
Sophocles portrayal of unversal justice through Oedipus the king
Oedipus, Sophocles shows the futility and consequences of defying the divine order. Oedipus served Thebes as a great ruler, loved by his subjects; but it is his one tragic flaw, hubris, which dooms h ... fore Apollo. Punishment for this lack of faith takes the form of the plague which Apollo imposes on Thebes, an eventual consequence of Oedipus's defiance and hubris towards the him. (The death of Laio ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Compare and contrast the views of Oedipus and Queen Iocaste as to the validity of uncontrollable fate, and oracles being able to see the future.
validity of uncontrollable fate, and oracles being able to see the future. 'King Laios the ruler of Thebes, has a son with his wife Queen Iocoste. His name is Oedipus. The soothsayer Teiresias, a loya ... iot, and the man falls dead to the ground. Oedipus continues his travels, he comes to a city called Thebes.After solving the riddle of the Sphinx, Oedipus becomes the King of Thebes and marries the cu ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Hercules' 12 Labors
s still a baby, strangled the snakes. Hercules conquered a tribe that had been demanding money from Thebes. As a reward, he was given the hand in marriage of the Theben princess Megara and they had th ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Fate Versus Free Will
ts into a fight with a stranger and kills the man. Resuming his journey he arrives at a city called Thebes. Oedipus saves the city from a sphinx and marries the queen. The play starts here in Thebes w ... ow to stop this epidemic. When he returns, he tells Oedipus that the killer of the previous king of Thebes must be found. King Oedipus seeks help from Teiresias who then tells him that he, Oedipus, is ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Changing Views of the Chorus in Antigone
ning lines from the chorus merely inform the reader about the war whichhad just taken place between Thebes and Argos. Their last lines of this opening choralpassage, however, introduced king Creon, ma ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
King Oedipus, not the hero everyone thinks he is.
ban king ever? Why is it that the chorus neglects to mention any of Oedipus' great contributions to Thebes, except that of defeating the Sphinx. If he were an excellent leader, it seems curious that t ... ssed him and the truth.Oedipus is a person of great importance: in fact, the security and health of Thebes depend upon him. At first, he is a person who acts decisively and who is celebrated for doing ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Is Oedipus a hero or a victim of circumstance? The essay is about Oedipus Rex which was written by Sophocles. This essay proves that Oedipus is definetly a hero. The essay gives why and how.
to try and find the truth even though he knows that the truth may hurt him. He helps the people of Thebes by solving the riddle of the sphinx, saves the city, and becomes king and marries the queen ( ... ld kill his father and marry his mother. He solves the riddle of the sphinx and saves the people of Thebes from disaster. Closer to the end of the story Oedipus leaves the town because he is disgraced ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Pharaoh Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV). Who was he? was he an eventful or event-making pharaoh? What did he do to Egypt during his rule? What resulted? Where did he focus mainly during his reign.
rom 1350 B.C. to 1334 B.C. He became a pharoah by the help of his mother. He moved the capital from Thebes and built a new one in the middle of Egypt at Tell-el-Amarna and also revolutionized art so i ... artists greater freedom of expression and art became more realistic. He also moved the capital from Thebes and built a new capital in the middle of Egypt at Tell-el-Amarna and called it Akhtetaton (ho ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt
Oedipus - defying the divine order
Oedipus, Sophocles shows the futility and consequences of defying the divine order. Oedipus served Thebes as a great ruler, loved by his subjects; but it is his one tragic flaw, arrogance, which doom ... fore Apollo. Punishment for this lack of faith takes the form of the plague which Apollo imposes on Thebes, an eventual consequence of Oedipus' defiance and arrogance towards him. (The death of Laios ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Antigone, a play written by Sophocles in the 5th century B.C. Antigone somehow shows how good people can do evil things based on Creon
cles and Polynices agree to rule in alternate years, but Eteocles refused to relinquish his rule of Thebes, and as a result Polynices fled to Argos to gain the aid of the Argive army. Polynices and th ... Argos to gain the aid of the Argive army. Polynices and the Argive army attacked the seven gates of Thebes, and the two twins ended up in killing each other. Also, evil is a common factor in this play ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Wisdom is the Key. Creon's pride is the ultimate downfall for him. Y/N? From "Sophocles. The Theban Plays"
romise leads to destruction, a new hero is form.In Antigone, King Creon is the most powerful man in Thebes. He makes the laws and punishes the ones who break the law. Creon's decision to deny the buri ... Antigone, 1947, p.153). Creon's decisions makes the Gods mad at him but it also makes the people of Thebes mad as they oppose to the punishing of Antigone. Creon's greed and pride makes him fail to se ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Tragedy of Oedipus the King
ter what he may have done to avoid it. His past actions were determined by fate, but what he did in Thebes, raising himself to the level of the gods by circumventing the divine will, he did so from hi ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
A response to a paragraph in Oedipus
Men of Thebes: look upon Oedipus.This is the king who solved the famous riddleAnd towered up, most powerful ... f tragedy: One of high station due to a flaw (Hamatia) in Oedipus' character meets his demise. When Thebes is terrorized by the monster - Sphinx (a hybrid creature, with the lion's body, woman's head, ... o destroys all who cannot solve her riddle, Oedipus comes and rescues them from the miserable fate. Thebes welcomes her savior and offers him the vacant job of ruler, and the hand of Laius' widow, Joc ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
This is an essay describing the themes of Freewill versus Fate within the play of Oedipus. The title is "Freewill versus Fate" and it delves into it effects of such themes upon the reader.
made the conscious decision to deny the prophecy and move from what he thought was his hometown, to Thebes, in order to flee from his predestined plan for life. While some individuals chose to believe ... come, and through his choices, did what he could. At the beginning of the play, the priest explains Thebes is suffering from a plague. Plants, animals, and people are all dying. The people there know ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
The lone star: Antigone The role that gender plays in the play Antigone
to a woman. By letting Antigone go, Creon would not be taken seriously as the king by the people of Thebes. By letting her win, Creon thinks Antigone will take away some of his power, "When I am alive ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Alexander the Great's life and accomplishments.
tors and to immediately get them out of the way, he had them all executed. In 335 B.C. he destroyed Thebes, located in upper Egypt, for rebelling against him. In the following year, Alexander had the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Greek play, "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.
th Creon's return from the oracle at Delphi, where he has learned that the plague will be lifted if Thebes banishes the man who killed Laius. Tiresias prophesies the capture of one who is both father ... to sleep with his mother, and murder his father. When he ran from this prophecy, he ran straight to Thebes, straight into the arms of his fate. Desperately running away from his fate, he in fact fulfi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
How Oedious came to experience his final downfall.
her and marry his mother. In order to avoid this prediction, Oedipus flees Corinth and heads toward Thebes. I think that Oedipus' traveling to Thebes is the point where his fate begins to fall into pl ... to Thebes is the point where his fate begins to fall into place.After leaving Corinth and entering Thebes, Oedipus said that he was "near the branching of the crossroads," (pg. 45) when he met with a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
How far do Creon and Antigone fit Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero.
must be someone of high stature and status. Antigone is someone who is part of the royal family of Thebes. She occupies a position of aristocracy and to an extent represents nobility. Furthermore the ... erself to deserve this; she chose to bring this upon herself.In comparison Creon was the king of Thebes. He therefore is in a position of high stature and represents nobility and virtue as part of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
"Oedipus the king".
ayed as a great and respected king. He is ready and willing to do all he can to help his people rid Thebes of the polluter of their land. "I would willingly do anything to help you, indeed I should be ... elops through out the play. The next main speech given in the play is from Oedipus to the people of Thebes. He is extremely confident in warning the citizens of Thebes about their fate if they do not ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature