The Powerful Emotion – Anger When people are crying, and shouting, they are showing their anger. In my opinion, everyone can be anger, but they become anger by different reasons. After me reading those three books, I really feel the anger of those authors. On one hand, they use intense words to describe the anger, on the other hand, those authors enlighten me on those anger. This intense emotions have strong power to push me to think some serious problems. In Frankenstein, I still cannot forget what
He was born in Pella, Macedonia to royal parents. “He was educated by the philosopher Aristotle” (“Alexander the Great”, BBC.com). Aristotle taught him stories such as Homer’s epic poems “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey”. These stories inspired young Alexander to become a heroic warrior. After his father’s death when he was 19, Alexander became the new king of Macedonia. After gaining control of his father’s army, he set out to conquer and rule as
If the Iliad (which has to be known before reading the Odyssey), is about the Trojan War then, Odyssey is about Odysseus's cunning and his daring adventures. At the Homer's Odyssey, we see that Odysseus is coming back from Troy to his kingdom, Ithaca to his wife - Penelope and only son - Telemachus. At the beginning, we see that Odysseus is kept captive at Ogygia by Calypso - the goddess nymph, daughter of Atlas, who fell madly in love with him and was unreluctant to let him go. The goddess, Athena
In The Aeneid of Virgil, Virgil set out to make the argument that the old-style hero exhibited in Homer’s epics The Iliad and The Odyssey is not sufficient for the modern world (which at the time was Rome during the first century B.C.E). He attempted to create a hero that encompassed the best of both Achilles and Odysseus while also evolving the meaning of hero beyond that of active accomplishments. From the very beginning, Virgil establishes Aeneas as a hero not known for his warring antics but
a less egregious manner. Another way that ancient cultures compensated for their mortality is through their friends and family. In both cultures there is evidence that immortality, in either the afterlife or on Earth, is dependent on the prevalence and success of the deceased’s family and friends. After Enkidu dies, his presence remains on Earth for a time because of how Gilgamesh reacted; “Gilgamesh will wear the skins of beasts and wander hairy-bodied grieving in the wilderness for you” (Gilgamesh
In the “Iliad,” Apollo is praised as the teacher of epidemics. Chiron, a centaur, was believed to have been taught by Apollo and Artemis. Chiron ended up being the teacher of Æsculapius. Æsculapius ended up being defined as the Greek god of medicine (Outlines of
The Homeric hero legitimized the Olympic games, as the competitions provided the ancient Greeks the opportunity to obtain kléos áphthiton. The Olympic games were a reflection of the Homeric culture established in the epic poetry. During The Iliad, the pan Hellenic competitions reflected the necessary skills required to be victorious on the Homeric battlefield, as they included boxing, javelin, chariot racing, footracing.cr52 These same events were present during the Olympic games, as well as other
Life by Henry Longfellow. The novel, Mythology by Edith Hamilton, is a summary of all the myths about gods and goddesses from several different texts. Hamilton wrote this to summarize and put into one book some of the old Greek poems, such as, The Iliad and The Odyssey both which were written by Homer. The three Greek gods that are most important are Aphrodite, Athena, and Hades. Aphrodite is one of the most important Greek goddesses because she is goddess of love. It is thought that Aphrodite has
Portrayed: The women of Ancient Greece The epic poem The Odyssey by the ancient Greek writer Homer,The Iliad, and the Odyssey movie shows us what women had to go through in the ancient Greek society. The women in the story The Odyssey were portrayed as servants to men. In Greek society, we can infer that men do not respect women as they should. They see women as a lower class. The author treats the women as less important than men in their society. The women, both human and Goddess, played a
A journey through the most dangerous treks, while keeping morals in hand. Only a hero would be able to do this. There are all sorts of mythology stories that lead us to believe in their “heros”. One example is the stories from the Iliad. They seem to make Odysseus seem like a hero, but he doesn’t nessacarily fit the expectations. In his life, he violated his own morals along with society’s, he avoided war, and didn’t watch over his crew. None of those qualities make him such a godly figure. Avoiding