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Agamemnon's actions led to his demise at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra. While Aeschylus shows her as a strong woman who exac...

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

Epic simile and imagery employed by Homer in 'The Iliad' are analyzed in 6 pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

In five pages this paper examines how democracy is metaphorically depicted in the actions of Achilles and Agamemnon in 'The Iliad'...

can one accept that time runs out and that everyone will die someday? After all, time is of the essence. How does one love, be hap...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

and in order to protect the city and its citizens, Oedipus was compelled to take drastic action. Also, he wished to cement his re...

In seven pages these works by Stephen Crane and Homer are examined within the context of the tragic hero and his combat motives. ...

In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...

In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...

so "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" are rare glimpses into the feminine status in what was essentially a strict Greek patriarchy. Wh...

and Achilles argue over who has the "rights" to one of the "spoils of war," which in this case is a person, a girl who has already...

the long journey is not necessary, but that does not mean that the odyssey as a concept was not necessary years ago. Indeed, in th...

Antinoos and Eurymakhos, presided" (IV 654-657). In this way, sports is used as competition for a womans hand in marriage. The c...

Cimmerians and their cloudy city at our backs, Turning our faces instead toward life, toward home, Defying the goddess of the is...

finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

rested for two days, then sailed on again, but where blown off course once more by the North Wind (Homer). They ended up in the la...

a national science fair (Homer Hickam Online, 2006). With help from a supportive teacher and inspired by rocket genius Werner von ...

truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...

such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...

banquet. Aeneas begins to talk to Queen Dido. Dido becomes enamored with Aeneas, something not unprovoked by the gods and goddess...

many as he can. If his own life is destroyed in the process, then that intrinsically establishes him as both a stellar leader and...

in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

not something he will believe as he has already made a choice to be a shepherd and not a priest which is what was determined for h...

as Achilles, this is the good life. He is not a character who seems to desire times of peace or quiet but rather a man who is happ...

that Aegisthuss death is certainly deserved, "But my heart breaks for Odysseus, / that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long -- ...

and error, in an artistic career that lasted 50 years and produced some 2,000 known works. Such a large body of work leaves admir...

his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...

(Hickham, 2000, p. 1). That one simple opening sentence tells readers what kind of conflicts the book explores: there is the confl...