“The Cyclops” from the Odyssey by Homer
... a major character.) Heroes usually represent qualities that their society admires. Some people today, for example, see sports stars, popular singers, great scientists, or firefighters as their heroes. In epics told long ago, the heroes are often superhuman warriors, who set off on journeys to win so ...
... a major character.) Heroes usually represent qualities that their society admires. Some people today, for example, see sports stars, popular singers, great scientists, or firefighters as their heroes. In epics told long ago, the heroes are often superhuman warriors, who set off on journeys to win so ...
Hecuba
... a violent death very soon. With that, the women are summoned to the ships and leave to meet their fate. According to Aristophanes, who loved twitting Euripides in his comedies, Euripides scandalized Athens by showing women in what he called an unflattering light. In fact, what might have offended th ...
... a violent death very soon. With that, the women are summoned to the ships and leave to meet their fate. According to Aristophanes, who loved twitting Euripides in his comedies, Euripides scandalized Athens by showing women in what he called an unflattering light. In fact, what might have offended th ...
Trojan War…In a Nutshell
... Tyndareus, was swarmed with men that wanted to marry her. They all stood before him and he declared an oath that the man chosen to be Helen's husband would not be harmed by any other man. Tyndareus chose Menelaus (brother of Agamemnon) and made him the King of Sparta. Since Helen was in Sparta, Aphr ...
... Tyndareus, was swarmed with men that wanted to marry her. They all stood before him and he declared an oath that the man chosen to be Helen's husband would not be harmed by any other man. Tyndareus chose Menelaus (brother of Agamemnon) and made him the King of Sparta. Since Helen was in Sparta, Aphr ...
Epic Conventions
... retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune. She was a personification of the resentment aroused in men by those who committed crimes with apparent impunity, or who had inordinate good fortune. Nemesis directed human affairs in such a way as to ...
... retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune. She was a personification of the resentment aroused in men by those who committed crimes with apparent impunity, or who had inordinate good fortune. Nemesis directed human affairs in such a way as to ...
Theater of War: A Guide for the General Reader Associate
... lives for the sheer pleasure of spilling the blood of lesser creatures. Sophocles’ gods can seem all the more terrifying because the playwright seems to believe that they are just. This tension between cruelty and apparent justice will be quite apparent from the very opening of Theater of War as the ...
... lives for the sheer pleasure of spilling the blood of lesser creatures. Sophocles’ gods can seem all the more terrifying because the playwright seems to believe that they are just. This tension between cruelty and apparent justice will be quite apparent from the very opening of Theater of War as the ...
Hermes - Mrs. Seale and Mrs. Iannucci
... • While Odysseus was on Circe’s island, Hermes appeared to him and warned him about Circe’s spells and told him how to resist them. Otherwise, Odysseus would have been turned into a pig. ...
... • While Odysseus was on Circe’s island, Hermes appeared to him and warned him about Circe’s spells and told him how to resist them. Otherwise, Odysseus would have been turned into a pig. ...
Divine intervention is a feature of ancient Greek literature
... ognized Athena's active role as an influence and intercessor with others. This is what made Athena s o "popular" with the Greek people. In the Odyssey by Homer, Athena has an incredible relationship wi th Odysseus. After reading the epic poem, one can witness the very complete, very extensive bond s ...
... ognized Athena's active role as an influence and intercessor with others. This is what made Athena s o "popular" with the Greek people. In the Odyssey by Homer, Athena has an incredible relationship wi th Odysseus. After reading the epic poem, one can witness the very complete, very extensive bond s ...
E T : H
... Odysseus would risk his life to depart, in spite of the pleasant beauty of the island and of his lover: “I long—I pine, all my days—to travel home and see the dawn of my return. / And if a god will wreck me yet again on the wine-dark sea, / I can bear that too, with a spirit tempered to endure” (5. ...
... Odysseus would risk his life to depart, in spite of the pleasant beauty of the island and of his lover: “I long—I pine, all my days—to travel home and see the dawn of my return. / And if a god will wreck me yet again on the wine-dark sea, / I can bear that too, with a spirit tempered to endure” (5. ...
The Iliad Test - Whalen English
... Why does Agamemnon return Chryseis to her father? a. He fell in love with Bryseis, and he wanted her instead. b. He believed that he was ordered to by the gods in a dream. c. Achilles threatened to kill him if he did not do so d. Apollo has cursed his armies for as long as he keeps her e. As long as ...
... Why does Agamemnon return Chryseis to her father? a. He fell in love with Bryseis, and he wanted her instead. b. He believed that he was ordered to by the gods in a dream. c. Achilles threatened to kill him if he did not do so d. Apollo has cursed his armies for as long as he keeps her e. As long as ...
Oedipus of many pains: Strategies of contest in Homeric poetry
... his version represents the authoritative account for his time, while it may be the case that both poets are departing from the tradition in which they are rooted. Indeed, the scholarly enterprise that frames the typical literary response to the Odyssey’s Oedipus tale suffers from being too rigidly H ...
... his version represents the authoritative account for his time, while it may be the case that both poets are departing from the tradition in which they are rooted. Indeed, the scholarly enterprise that frames the typical literary response to the Odyssey’s Oedipus tale suffers from being too rigidly H ...
Suppliant, Guest, and the Power of Zeus in Homeric Epic
... successful, while the Iliad’s suppliants, in all cases but one, fail. In his 1973 article “Hiketeia”, John Gould addresses the question of what may cause a supplication to fail, suggesting that it depends on the completeness of the act, and whether or not contact between suppliant and supplicated is ...
... successful, while the Iliad’s suppliants, in all cases but one, fail. In his 1973 article “Hiketeia”, John Gould addresses the question of what may cause a supplication to fail, suggesting that it depends on the completeness of the act, and whether or not contact between suppliant and supplicated is ...
The Trojan War Summary
... offered him the most beautiful woman in the world as his wife. In the famous Judgement of Paris, Paris gave the apple to Aphrodite. 5. Helen, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, was also the daughter of Zeus, who had made love to Leda in the shape of a swan (she is the only female child of Zeus and a mo ...
... offered him the most beautiful woman in the world as his wife. In the famous Judgement of Paris, Paris gave the apple to Aphrodite. 5. Helen, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, was also the daughter of Zeus, who had made love to Leda in the shape of a swan (she is the only female child of Zeus and a mo ...
“The Odyssey”---Background Notes
... D. The epic begins in the ___________ of the story, as is a common characteristic of a true epic poem. E. This is known as ____________________, which means in the middle. F. The epic opens with _______________ furious with King _____________ over a slave girl named _____________, to whom Achilles h ...
... D. The epic begins in the ___________ of the story, as is a common characteristic of a true epic poem. E. This is known as ____________________, which means in the middle. F. The epic opens with _______________ furious with King _____________ over a slave girl named _____________, to whom Achilles h ...
To Helen
... which made her (Venus) really upset. In order to punish Psyche,Venus sent her son Cupid to shoot an arrow at Psyche and make her fall in love with something really ugly. He went down to carry out his mother's sinister plan, but when he saw Psyche he was so taken with her beauty that he accidentally ...
... which made her (Venus) really upset. In order to punish Psyche,Venus sent her son Cupid to shoot an arrow at Psyche and make her fall in love with something really ugly. He went down to carry out his mother's sinister plan, but when he saw Psyche he was so taken with her beauty that he accidentally ...
Books 1-4 Honors1
... 1. Why does Telemachus call together the assembly? 2. How do the suitors respond to Telemachus' speech? 3. How did Penelope scheme to avoid being married to one of the suitors? How was the plan revealed after three years? What is she weaving on her loom? What does all this tell us about her characte ...
... 1. Why does Telemachus call together the assembly? 2. How do the suitors respond to Telemachus' speech? 3. How did Penelope scheme to avoid being married to one of the suitors? How was the plan revealed after three years? What is she weaving on her loom? What does all this tell us about her characte ...
Characters
... King Aegeus: Theseus was the son of the Athens king Aegean. The King of the Mioniers had a pet, The Minotaur. Theseus was to be sacrificed to the Minotaur He told his father that if he came back and he was alive that he would changed the color of his sails from black to white.Theseus killed the Mino ...
... King Aegeus: Theseus was the son of the Athens king Aegean. The King of the Mioniers had a pet, The Minotaur. Theseus was to be sacrificed to the Minotaur He told his father that if he came back and he was alive that he would changed the color of his sails from black to white.Theseus killed the Mino ...
ENG 251 Homer Study Guide
... reconciled and Achilles reentered the battle, killing Hector, the greatest Trojan warrior, although Achilles knew that he himself would die shortly after Hector's death. The story of Achilles' wrath is told in Homer's Iliad. In the tenth year of the siege, the Trojans were deceived by the hollow Tro ...
... reconciled and Achilles reentered the battle, killing Hector, the greatest Trojan warrior, although Achilles knew that he himself would die shortly after Hector's death. The story of Achilles' wrath is told in Homer's Iliad. In the tenth year of the siege, the Trojans were deceived by the hollow Tro ...
An Extended Narrative Pattern in the Odyssey
... arises, however, between Odysseus and the band of young men. The young men abuse Odysseus in various ways and violate a divine interdiction. The leader of each band has the parallel name of Eury-. Their consequent death, earlier prophesied, is brought about by a divine avenger. A divine consultation ...
... arises, however, between Odysseus and the band of young men. The young men abuse Odysseus in various ways and violate a divine interdiction. The leader of each band has the parallel name of Eury-. Their consequent death, earlier prophesied, is brought about by a divine avenger. A divine consultation ...
Trojan War and The Fall of Troy
... • Helen is the fairest mortal in the world; Aphrodite knows this and brings Paris to Helen. All the former suitors of Helen have sworn to punish anyone who tries to take her away after her marriage to Menelaus. • When Paris (the prince of Troy) breaks the bond and carries Helen away, they vow reveng ...
... • Helen is the fairest mortal in the world; Aphrodite knows this and brings Paris to Helen. All the former suitors of Helen have sworn to punish anyone who tries to take her away after her marriage to Menelaus. • When Paris (the prince of Troy) breaks the bond and carries Helen away, they vow reveng ...
Mirror Journal Issue IV 2010
... Tyro (LINE 133): married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus, who refused her amorous advances. One day Poseidon, filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union was born Pelias and Neleus, twin boys. Tyro exposed her sons on a mountain to die, but they were found by a herdsma ...
... Tyro (LINE 133): married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus, who refused her amorous advances. One day Poseidon, filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union was born Pelias and Neleus, twin boys. Tyro exposed her sons on a mountain to die, but they were found by a herdsma ...
the trojan war
... impressed by her status as daughter of Zeus, were proud of their prince who had carried off such a prize, and, ignoring the threat of war, refused on several occasions to return her. ...
... impressed by her status as daughter of Zeus, were proud of their prince who had carried off such a prize, and, ignoring the threat of war, refused on several occasions to return her. ...
Annotated Bibliography_Mythology Fiction
... even more horrors on their journey, including an encounter with Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool. Gray-Eyed Goddess (Book 4) ELE/MS For nearly twenty years, Odysseus has fought terrifying giants and monsters, weathered the loss of his men, and angered gods and godd ...
... even more horrors on their journey, including an encounter with Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool. Gray-Eyed Goddess (Book 4) ELE/MS For nearly twenty years, Odysseus has fought terrifying giants and monsters, weathered the loss of his men, and angered gods and godd ...
Discussion Questions on Edith Hamilton`s Mythology
... He rejected her, as he had everyone else. She had been cursed by Hera never to speak freely, but only to repeat what was said to her. She wasted away to nothing and all that remains today is her voice (an echo). Narcissus finally fell in love with himself as punishment for breaking so many hearts. H ...
... He rejected her, as he had everyone else. She had been cursed by Hera never to speak freely, but only to repeat what was said to her. She wasted away to nothing and all that remains today is her voice (an echo). Narcissus finally fell in love with himself as punishment for breaking so many hearts. H ...