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Greek Culture and 'The Iliad' by Homer

occurs near the end of the conflict. These two warriors fight over who has the greater claim to a captive woman who is also the d...

Comparative Analysis of the Concepts of Confucius and Homer

as Homer based his story on fiction which would occur in the context of history and mythology. While the tale has been critically ...

Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' Theoretically Studied

spiritual awakening. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC POEM: Epic poems all share similar characteristics which define them as such. Fo...

Anger and Fear in the Workd os Chinua Achebe and Homer

and the Greek forces suffer mightily without their hero. Later in the narrative, his anger propels him into battle. But, just as a...

Sappho's Poetry, Homer's Epics, and Women

we mortals bear perforce, although we suffer; for they are much stronger than we. But now I will teach you clearly, telling you th...

Trojan War and 'The Iliad' by Homer

were arranged on three concentic terraces that focused on the royal residence ("New..." 33). Recent excavation has discovered that...

Classical Literature Identity Questions

In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...

History and the Epic Poems of Homer

In five pages this essay examines what is revealed about ancient Greek history in Homer's poetic epics 'The Iliad' and 'The Odysse...

Values of the Greco Roman Societies

In six pages this paper discusses how the values of the societies of ancient Greece and Rome are reflected in such works of litera...

Overview of Homeric Warfare

In five pages this paper examines Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' in its portrayal of Homeric warfare in a consideration of ...

The Early Christians and the Ancient Greeks Comparing Their Gods

Looking at Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' and Homer's 'The Iliad', the author finds characters and situations that represent the ...

The Anger of Homer's Achilles

In five pages anger as a motif and character motivation in Homer's 'The Iliad' is explored. There are no other sources listed in ...

Achilles and Odysseus

A 5 page comparison of the characters in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad. The author contrasts qualities such as heroism and humanism. ...

Comparing Marital Attitudes by the Hebrews and Ancient Greeks

allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...

Romance and Epic Characteristics

individual stories into the tapestry that became his famous epics. He did not create the stories; they had come from hundreds of y...

The Iliad and "The Knight's Tale"

This essay presented an argument that Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" reflects the ideals of Homer's The Iliad. Four pages in lengt...

"Troy" (2004) and Homer's Iliad

This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...

Myth in Homer's Iliad

This essay utilizes a feministic approach and an anthropological approach to interpretation of Homer's Iliad. Eight pages in lengt...

Similes of Violence

ugliness of battle and death. Homers soldiers do not die cleanly and quickly; they suffer, they claw the ground; they cry out an...

Psychology of Characters in The Iliad

(Tracy). He traveled from place to place and although poor and impoverished at many points in his life, he was also warmly receive...

Women in The Iliad

This 3 page paper discusses the role women play in "The Iliad" when it comes to marriage and sexual relationships; it also discuss...

Mortal Women in the Iliad

and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...

Helen and The Iliad

no power and they were possessions. So in that respect with Paris of Troy stealing something from Athens was cause enough for batt...

The Nature of War: The Iliad, Herodotus’ Histories, and Thucydides Peloponnesian War

ultimately started the war, Priam, his father and the king of Troy, and Hector, the other son of Priam. While there are other impo...

Themes in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In three pages life and death as they are thematically represented by the Trojan war and the city of Troy are examined in this ana...

Jesus Christ's Origins

In five pages this paper discusses the origins of Jesus Christ in myth in a comparative analysis of possible literary precursors H...

Comparative Analysis of Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain

In five pages a comparative analysis of these works is presented in terms of differences and similarities in characterization, plo...

War and Its Futility as Conveyed by Poetry

In five pages this paper analyzes war's futility in a comparative poetic analysis of 'Poor Man' and 'WPA.'...

Comparative Analysis of Homer's 'The Odyssey' and the Christ Teachings in the Book of Matthew

In five pages the teachings featured in these texts are contrasted and compared. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Comparative Analysis of Voltaire's Candide, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In five pages this paper examines how society changed from individual acceptance to individual oppression in a comparative analysi...