Task 18
In the Royal House of Thebes, Oedipus finds out that he has killed his own father and married his own mother. After realizing what he has done, Oedipus takes his own eyes out and becomes blind. In addition, he also steps down from his position as king of Thebes, but never leaves the city. There, Oedipus dies peacefully with Antigone by his side. What happened to Oedipus symbolizes that people have to repent for what they have done in order to have peace. Antigone’s final action, to bury Polyneices her brother in his home city, are justified because being buried there was Polyneices’s final wish. In the end, Thebes is destroyed by the dead leaders’ sons, who form an alliance to destroy the city and kill everyone who lived in it once and for all.
Task 19
All the stories in Mythology involve Gods who like …show more content…
In the story of Chiron, Hercules uses an arrow coated with Hydra’s blood that causes excruciating pain and a wound that does not heal. In the story of Epimenides, Epimenides falls asleep for 57 years and wakes up with the gift of prophecy. In the story of Hyades,six daughters are turned into stars as reward for raising Dionysus. In the story of Leto, the twin gods Artemis and Apollo are born. In the story of Orion, It tells the story of a great hunter who turns into a constellation to memorialize his death. In the story of the myrmidons, Zeus creates an army for Achilles out of ants. In the story of the Pleiades, It tells basically the same story as the story of Hyades but from a different view point. In the story of sisyphus, Sisyphus must eternally roll a rock up a hill as punishment for angering Zeus. In all of these myths a recurring theme presents itself in the power of an God, showing how Gods can create constellations or take away immortality or punish someone for
In the Royal House of Thebes, Oedipus finds out that he has killed his own father and married his own mother. After realizing what he has done, Oedipus takes his own eyes out and becomes blind. In addition, he also steps down from his position as king of Thebes, but never leaves the city. There, Oedipus dies peacefully with Antigone by his side. What happened to Oedipus symbolizes that people have to repent for what they have done in order to have peace. Antigone’s final action, to bury Polyneices her brother in his home city, are justified because being buried there was Polyneices’s final wish. In the end, Thebes is destroyed by the dead leaders’ sons, who form an alliance to destroy the city and kill everyone who lived in it once and for all.
Task 19
All the stories in Mythology involve Gods who like …show more content…
In the story of Chiron, Hercules uses an arrow coated with Hydra’s blood that causes excruciating pain and a wound that does not heal. In the story of Epimenides, Epimenides falls asleep for 57 years and wakes up with the gift of prophecy. In the story of Hyades,six daughters are turned into stars as reward for raising Dionysus. In the story of Leto, the twin gods Artemis and Apollo are born. In the story of Orion, It tells the story of a great hunter who turns into a constellation to memorialize his death. In the story of the myrmidons, Zeus creates an army for Achilles out of ants. In the story of the Pleiades, It tells basically the same story as the story of Hyades but from a different view point. In the story of sisyphus, Sisyphus must eternally roll a rock up a hill as punishment for angering Zeus. In all of these myths a recurring theme presents itself in the power of an God, showing how Gods can create constellations or take away immortality or punish someone for