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Nature Of Human Epic Poems
1,790 wordsBarbarians &# 038; Bureaucrats Mycenae No other texts in the Western imagination occupy as central a position in the self-definition of Western culture as the two epic poems of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They both concern the great defining moment of Greek culture, the Trojan War. Whether or not this war really occurred, or occurred as the Greeks narrate it, is a relatively unanswerable question. We know that such a war did take place around a city that quite likely was Troy, that Troy wa...
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Gods And Goddesses Oedipus The King
1,518 wordsThe Three Great Epics- Three of the greatest literary works are Oedipus the King, Antigone and the Odyssey. Oedipus the King and Antigone, part of a three part series, was composed by Sophocles and performed on the stage during a three day festival. While Odyssey was story written down by Homer and was one of the first recorded epics that was and is still being read today. The following shall be a comparison between these three great epics in terms of their similarities and their differences. In...
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Thousands Of Years Caste System
1,131 wordsHinduism: A Brief Description Hinduism is a religion that originated in India in or around 1500 BC. It is a major world religion with more than 700 million followers. It is a very flexible religion with its extraordinary tendency to absorb new ideas and concepts into it s already vast array of beliefs and morals. Because of this, the religion has been divided into two pasts or sections. They are described as: 1) those people who seek the sacred and profane rewards in the world, and 2) those peop...
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16 Th Century Beliefs And Practices
4,651 wordsHinduism, religion that originated in India and is still practiced by most of its inhabitants, as well as by those whose families have migrated from India to other parts of the world (chiefly East Africa, South Africa, Southeast Asia, the East Indies, and England). The word Hindu is derived from the Sanskrit word hindu (river-more specifically, the Indus); the Persians in the 5 th century BC called the Hindus by that name, identifying them as the people of the land of the Indus. The Hindus defin...
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Homer Man Named
878 words? The Odyssey? is one of only a few epics still in existence today. An epic is a long narrative poem which focuses on the lives and struggles of a great hero or heroes. Homer used many literary techniques to make his poetry more fully understood. He was very versed in his Greek gods and uses them as great heroes. ? The Odyssey? was written approximately 2500 years ago. Top scholars have spent much time attempting to confirm who created these epics, ? The Odyssey? and? The Iliad? , when they were...
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