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Hero Has Many Characteristics Clever Mind Odysseus
530 wordsThe American Heritage High-school dictionary defines a hero as a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength. Is that what a hero truly is? Does he need only strength and courage? Does a hero not need a mind? Any man can be strong and brave, but dose that mean he is a hero? Nay, a hero must have more. He must be quick-witted and always think with his head and never his fear. A man must be clever (mentally bright, superficially skillful or witty) to be considered...
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Human Qualities Ordinary Man
1,053 wordsThe most admired classical hero is most certainly Odysseus, the mythological Grecian subject of Homer's epic tale, The Odyssey. This legendary figure displays excessive amounts of brains and muscle, seeming almost superhuman at times. He embodies the ideals Homeric Greeks aspired to: manly valor, loyalty, piety, and intelligence. The popularity of Odysseus transcends time. To this day he remains greatly admired as both a hero and an ordinary man who must deal with great adventures and retrieving...
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Trojan War Ancient Greek
1,542 wordsListen, my lords. You have fastened on the house, in the long absence of its master, as the scene of your perpetual feasts, and you could offer no better pretext for you conduct than you wish to win my hand in marriage. That being the prize, come forward now, my gallant lords; for I challenge you to try your skill on the great bow of King Odysseus. And whichever man among you proves the handiest at stringing the bow and shoots an arrow through every one of the twelve axes, with that man I will g...
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Great Warrior P 1
427 wordsMenelaus (Born 70 (possibly) died 130) Menelaus although a great warrior was also a great observer and thinker. Menelaus was the son of Atreus. Menelaus brother was the leader of the Trojan army, Agamemnon. Although he was not a major warrior in the war, his brother was the commander in chief of the forces against Troy (Parada, p. 2). Although little is known about Menelauss life in Alexandria, other records show that he recorded astrological records. Menelaus observed the occultation of the sta...
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William Shakespeare Trojan War
1,032 wordsWilliam Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. During the span of his life he worked mainly as an actor and principal playwright for the Lord Chamberlain's Men. His company went on to build the famous Globe Theater and were later named the King's Men, by James I. As a writer he wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets and two narrative poems. Shakespeare is not to be discredited as an author, but the simple fact of the matter does remain. Although William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest playw...
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Odysseus Also Learns Bragging Can Bring Island
683 wordsThe Odyssey, written by Homer, is the story of Odysseus and how he faced misfortune in his attempts to return home after the war. From these misfortunes he learned to be a better man and able to regain his place in his homeland of Ithaca. During his journeys Odysseus often makes the mistake of to boast to his enemies but learns that doing so gives his a chance to seek retribution against him. After leaving Troy attacks the land of the Cicones. Instead of leaving after his he stays to celebrate u...
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Trust Fund Long Beach
434 wordsW hat went wrong I thought to myself? I remember hearing the news of his death on a local radio station. I've been a Sublime fan since my senior year of high school. The single 'Date Rape' made the Chicago airwaves and I was hooked. I did a little research and I discovered that Bradley had been in and out of rehabilitation centers since 1992. Many people that I've talked to about Bradley's death really didn't seem to care. Being a huge Sublime fan, I was angered by their ignorance. Most of the t...
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Roman Empire Ancient Greek
1,419 wordsOur lives, our mood and mind as we pass across the earth, Turn as the days turn 1 The poem Aeneid was written by Virgil as the logical continuation of the Homers poem Iliad. The Aeneid, like the Odyssey, describes the wondering's of the main heroes and their people after the defeat of Troy. Despite the intentional imitation of the Homers poetic style and form by Virgil, the main idea and the theme of the Aeneid are entirely different and new. The poems Aeneid and Odyssey reflect the difference i...
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Reader Is Left Odysseus Son Telemakhos
660 wordsTelemakhos of The Odyssey Telemakhos, Odysseus son, finally realizes that in order to preserve his estate he must fill in his fathers shoes and grow up. Telemakhos not only needs to do this for himself, but for his father who is still alive. Telemakhos became a man his father would be proud of. Twenty years ago Odysseus left for Troy, leaving Telemakhos without a father figure since he was an infant. He grew up a mommy's boy not knowing his role in the kingdom because Odysseus was far away. Tele...
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Daughter Of Zeus Human Affairs
1,862 wordsSignificance and role of gods in the Homers Iliad One of the main features of the greek literature is that the gods play a significant role in the lives and fates of the mortal dwellers of the earth. As one examines the gods throughout the myths and epic poems of the Greeks, one recieves a strong impression that the gods "play" with and manipulate mortals and each other. The Christian God does not take such an active role in the affairs of people's lives, where, the Greeks regarded direct involv...
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Alarm Clock Doesn T
557 words-Professor -English 1101, Section 519 June 2000 Day In The Life Of - The best part of Jaret s week is the end, like Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Since I m not going to tell you about them, I will tell you about the things Jaret does on Monday, the worst day of the week. The day starts in the morning with school and work, and a very late night. The night happens to bethe only good thing about the day. I will tell you the ups and downs of this very long day, as you follow me through the day of Ja...
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Life And Death Doctor Faustus
1,065 wordsGavin Mace Hist. of Theater and Dance The representation of Gods, spirits, death, and the afterlife has always been prevalent in drama. The thought of not being able to know what comes after our own lives scares many people and that is why it has been represented so much in theater. These phantoms have appeared in plays since the beginning of drama. Plays like The Bacchae, or Everyman, and even more modern plays such as The Death of a Salesman and Our Town. But perhaps two if the most influentia...
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Live A Life Homer
722 wordsConformity and Rebellion The poem I chose to write about is? Ulysses? , by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is a poem based on Homer? s Odyssey, which is the story of Odysseus (Ulysses) and his journeys. Odysseus was King of Ithaca and leader of the Greek army. The Greeks sailed into Troy to fight what turned out to be a lengthy battle. After ten years at war, Odysseus and the Greek army conquered Troy and set out on their voyage home. On their journey they encountered a series of adventures. I plan to ...
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Ancient Greek Early Classical
1,024 wordsAs I began my search for an artifact to identify from the Late Bronze Age in Ancient Greece, I looked for a piece that would symbolize a major difference in stylistic change from the previous period. The artifact that captured my attention and satisfied my requirement, was none other than the Falling Warrior from the East Pediment at the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina. The subjects depicted in the pediment represent the warriors from the battles at Troy. The Falling Warrior was created c. 490 BC and...
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Role Of Women Women In Ancient
1,808 wordsThe views and beliefs of societies are often portrayed in the literature, art, and cinema of a certain era. The epic poems, The Iliad and Odyssey, give scholars and historians an idea how the Ancient Greek lived their everyday lives. By reading the two novels, the reader is able to experience the three thousand years old society of Homer. The various similarities between our society and the societies depicted in the Iliad and the Odyssey are surprising profuse. To name a few: the superfluous vio...
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End Of Book Greek Army
1,604 wordsThe essay of Iliad, Homer finds a great tool in the simile. Just by opening the book in a random place the reader is undoubtedly faced with one, or within a few pages. Homer seems to use everyday activities, at least for the audience, his fellow Greeks, in these similes nearly exclusively. From the heroic efforts in the Iliad itself it is clear that the populace of his time were highly emotional creatures, and higher brain activity seems to be in short, and in Odysseus case, valuable, order. In ...
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Cambridge Cambridge University Ancient Greek
1,522 wordsWomen in Celebration There is a saying that is well known, What is good for the gander is good for the goose. Ancient Greek religious festivities seem to only concern what is good for the gander, or in their case the men. The Greek civilization was extremely male dominated and Greek religion and its activities are looked upon as being andro centric. Very little is known about women s festivities in the ancient Greek religion, even though women were prominent in religious activities and had celeb...
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Characters In Homer Downfall Of His Character Pride
583 wordsYou better respect this essay, it took me longer to do it than you will? ! Pride in the Iliad The period in which the events in The Iliad took place were different than the times of today. Back then, the most important aspect of life for a person was to be a hero and to be remembered. One? s pride would come before everything else. In the present day, this concept would be thought of as illogical or foolish. This is certainly true. But, that is how life was in that time- peoples? beliefs were to...
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Boston Houghton Mifflin Reading And Writing
876 wordsWhats Ideally Real? What is ideal and what is real? We seem to have this idealized concept of what love is supposed to be like according to the way society has molded us. Perhaps these ideals are more about the self than they are about a relationship between two people. We want to feel loved, and when we get that love from another person we become determined to secure that feeling. By securing these feelings we lean towards controlling that relationship. However, control is merely a way of fabri...
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Achilles Private War Reclaim His Honor Social
1,061 wordsStructural Levels of The Iliad Wars are often very complex in nature and are fought for many diverse reasons. The school boy may fight in order to get money for college, the patriot may fight to bring life, liberty and justice to some poor soul, and a coward may fight because he was drafted by force. In the Iliad, powerful gods, great nations, and heroic people all fight for many different reasons. This wide variety of fighting results in unique situations, problems, and structural levels to the...
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