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Autumn Of 328 10 000 Talents Alexander
1,302 words... he met serious resistance at Tyre, where he was refused entry into the island city. The Tyrians walled themselves inside their island fortress. Alexander could not leave them to attack his rear and he could not attack by sea so he decided to build a land bridge, which still exists. He succeeded finally only after seven months, not on land but in a very brutal naval battle. During the siege of Tyre, Darius opened negotiations to his surrender. He even offered a division of his empire. He want...
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Stage Directions God Apollo
1,923 wordsAlcestis is a myth that is "the most touching of all the Greek dramas to a modern audience" (Lind 213). It is a tragicomedy by the playwright Euripides and it centers on the king and queen of Thessalia. Admetus, the king, has been fated to die yet, due to his alliance with Apollo, is given the chance to find a replacement. His wife, Alcestis, volunteers for the position claiming that she cannot imagine life without her husband. After Alcestis submits her life, Admetus discovers the pain of loss ...
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Olympian Gods Trojan War
1,568 wordsThe heroes of the Greeks were an intricate part of society. After the gods and demi-gods of Greece, the heroes were extremely revered by the people. One hero in particular has distinguished himself from the rest through his quest and adventures. That hero is Odysseus. Odysseus displays the necessary qualities to be honored as a hero, but also has distinguishing traits that set him apart from the rest. In order to describe the traits that contrast Odysseus from the customary Greek hero, it is fir...
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Femme Fatale Ancient Greece
1,588 words... red various monsters and beasts from his quest of the twelve labors. Jason came across the dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece in his quest to regain the throne at Iolcos. And, Theseus met with creatures and beasts, such as the Minotaur, from his own labors in his quest to regain the throne at Athens. Along the way, the hero is also certain to encounter a femme fatale or an enchantress, who tries to add difficulty to the task at hand, but also sometimes ends up helping out. Helen can be co...
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Oxford Oxford University Red Figure
1,124 words... Based on a continuum of stylistic development, this kylix dates between 510 - 500 BC. In an early red-figure vase dated to 520 BC, a scene depicts Heracles in battle. The hero lunges toward an unseen opponent, his arm outstretched. The artist has painted patterned drapery, as Heracles' clothing appears to be drawn on him rather than over him. His hair and beard are not textured, but rather a solid color layered by shading. A thin curved line is drawn to convey a mustache. His lion skin is va...
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Metropolitan Museum Of Art Young Man
1,065 wordsHeracles and His Labors The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents us a bronze statue of Heracles. It is dated last quarter of the 6 th century B. C. The statue is made of bronze; it is 5 1 / 16 in. (12. 80 cm) in height. Artists and sculptors traditionally present Heracles as a child killing a snake, a young man who takes rest after a heroic deed, a young man who makes a heroic deed, or a strong man with a beard, with a stick in his hands. The statue of Heracles from The Metropolitan Museum of Art...
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Lion Skinned Mortal Skinned Mortal Giants
216 wordsThe Giants Revolt Enraged because Zeus had confined their brothers, the Titans, in Tartarus, certain tall and terrible giants plotted an assault on Heaven. They had been born from Mother Earth at Thracian Phlegra, twenty-four in number. Without warning, they seized rocks and fire-brands and hurled them upwards from their mountain tops, so that the Olympians were hard pressed. Hera prophesied that the giants could never be killed by any god, but only by a single, lion-skinned mortal; and that eve...
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God Of War Greek And Roman Mythology
2,206 wordsParallelisms Between Greek and Roman Mythology Western Civ I Greek and Roman mythology have many similarities between them. Each type has there own set of Gods and Goddesses, although they were worshiped for similar reasons. The following will explain each God or Goddess and explain how they compare to each other. The King of Gods in Greek Mythology is known as Zeus. Zeus was the ruler of the sky, and had the power to create thunderstorms and lightning as well as earthquakes. He was the child of...
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Theseus And Heracles Doesn T People
263 wordsTheseus and Heracles were very similar characters in mythology. In this paper I plan to point out these similarities, and also tell what is different between them. First of all, Theseus and Heracles were both well know for their strength and hero-like attitudes. They were well known for helping people, or places, out from certain evils such as Theseus killing the Minotaur so that the tributes to it would cease. Much of these similarities are all because of Theseus, who looked up to Heracles and ...
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