Essays on Greek Mythology

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Gender Roles in The Medieval and Ancient Greek Literature

4 pages / 2024 words

Literature is one of the best ways to understand a culture. Through literature, in fact, it is possible to analyze the customs and traditions of a specific society and to comprehend its way of life. While the Homeric poems, for instance, offer a description of...

Iliad

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Love Issues and Romances in The Homer’s Iliad

2 pages / 953 words

In today’s society, movies in all genres thrive on romantic plots and subplots. There is often a form of “Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back” or a variation of that, wherein the guy’s decisions are all centered around securing a love...

Iliad

307

The System of Values Homer Imposed on The Readers in The Illiad

2 pages / 888 words

Humans are complex beings, each with individual traits, and an individual set of traits that they value in others. Despite this individuality, cultures are formed, in part, by the values they possess and nurture in their society as a whole. In the Homeric society, two...

Iliad Reader

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Sarpedon as a Symbol of a Strong Character in The Iliad

4 pages / 2140 words

If the Iliad were a simple war narrative with a clear bias towards the protagonist’s side, Sarpedon would be portrayed as a two-dimensional enemy soldier who dies during the action. However, the Iliad is no such story. Complex and intensely human ideals, morals and emotions...

Iliad

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Achilles as a Powerful Protagonist in The Iliad

3 pages / 1576 words

Achilles, the swift, godlike warrior of Greek lore, is among the most complex of Homer’s epic characters. Achilles and his ill-fated tendon figure prominently in the Western archetypal notion of a tragic hero; however, the application of the term “hero” to the Achaean fighter is...

Achilles Iliad

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The Role of The Gods in The Success of Odysseus and Akhilleus

3 pages / 1575 words

Things are not always as they seem. A hero may be more than the sum of his deeds, or perhaps much less. Throughout Greek mythology, heroes wage war and titans clash, often resulting in the praise and immortalizing of the names of great men who...

Iliad

311

Father-son Relationships and Sisyphean Challenge in The Illiad and The Odyssey

4 pages / 1930 words

In Greek myth, Sisyphus repeatedly rolls a giant boulder up a mountain only to have it roll back down the peak every time. He serves a sentence of eternal suffering for trying to escape from Death and Hades. Like Sisyphus, the warriors of Homer’s The...

Iliad

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Iliad and Odyssey: a Comparison in Terms of The Life Lessons

4 pages / 2117 words

The respective endings of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey prove the different world-view that each epic takes. While both concern the era of the Trojan War, the characters in each seem to value two opposing outlooks. A close reading of the concluding passages regarding the heroes...

Iliad

313

Homer’s View on Honor and Leadership in The Iliad

2 pages / 1200 words

In his Iliad, Homer uses the character of Diomedes to personify his definition of effective leadership, often juxtaposing him with the unproductive and cowardly Agamemnon. Homer believes that the bravery to assert one’s opinions and the willingness to act independently, even against authority, constitutes a...

Iliad

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Trojan War, Homer and The Other Historical Embracements of Iliad

3 pages / 1315 words

Introduction For centuries, Homer’s epic Iliad was taken as a literal interpretation of the Trojan War. Only rather recently has the reliability and accuracy of the Iliad in terms of depicting the war come into question. Modern historians and scholars have come to the same...

Iliad Trojan War

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Iliad and The Materialistic Views on Life

4 pages / 1812 words

Since the advent of bartering, materialism has been a prime concern for human beings. Inherent in our human nature is the desire to improve ourselves. This originates as an individualist need for improvement. The only way the individual can measure their standard of living is...

Iliad

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The Fight with Death by The Hector in The Iliad

2 pages / 1066 words

In Homer’s Iliad, two conflicting desires motivate Hector. He adheres to the heroic code by fighting for honor and glory, but he does not always actively pursue battle. He has a strong instinct for self survival that urges him to remove himself from danger and...

Iliad

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The Cruelty of War in The Iliad

2 pages / 1223 words

The Iliad, in that it is more about the Greek hero Achilles than any other particular person, portrays the Achaean in surprisingly shocking light at times throughout the story. In his encounter with Lycaon, who had previously been taken prisoner by Achilles long ago, Achilles...

Iliad

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Achilles and Job as a Comparative Iliad Characters

2 pages / 818 words

The Timeless Fascination with Heroes Throughout human history, people have been infatuated with the role of the “hero.” The concept that someone would be willing to risk life and limb for someone else never ceases to amaze. Just take a trip to Washington, D.C. The...

Achilles Iliad

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The Civic Law and How It Developed Through Time in Iliad

2 pages / 1165 words

When contemplating the ultimate nature of the Greek gods and the ensuing roles they play in human affairs, it is helpful to view instances of divine intervention through the actions of the goddess Athena. Athena occupies a central place in The Iliad, The Odyssey, and...

Iliad

320

The Improvements of Achilles Throughout The Iliad

8 pages / 3908 words

There is a minor ambiguity in this title, which must be clarified for the purposes of this essay. The emphasis on an impression of the characters changing as you read more of the poem, may indicate the effect on a reader’s initial interpretation of the...

Achilles Iliad

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The Way Virtue and Rank Work in The Iliad

2 pages / 1217 words

Rank was central in Homeric Greek society. Though first given by one’s pedigree, a man’s standing in society was affected by his aret (virtue). A man of low rank, unless elderly or a seer, was supposed to be physically weak, unremarkable or ugly, and unable...

Iliad

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Achilleus as a Main and Crucial Character of The "Iliad "

2 pages / 1026 words

Introduction During the first 125 lines of Book 18 in the Iliad, the character of Achilleus undergoes a metamorphosis as he responds to the death of his beloved friend, Patroklos. Tragically, Achilleus finally finds his role in the Trojan War just as he accepts the...

Iliad

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Andromache’s Lament as an Important Element of The "Iliad"

2 pages / 807 words

Andromache, one of the few female characters in the Iliad, is part of perhaps one of the tenderest sections of Iliad. Along with Helen, she is the only other mortal woman to have any substantial speaking lines in the entire epic. Unlike women in general...

Iliad