Achilles tendon rupture

In Troy, Achilles shows that he’s independant, skillful, and fearless. Achilles exemplifies his independence throughout the movie by doing what he feels right and his actions are of his own command. He’s technically on the side of the Greeks, but there are several times where he disagrees and disrespects their king, Agamemnon. Achilles even fires at him, “Imagine a king who fought his own battles! That would be a sight!” He shows no care towards Agamemnon, he just wants to defeat the Trojans.…

Battlefields become sanctified as a way to honor those who fought bravely for something they believed in. The ground is sacred because people gave the ultimate sacrifice. During the Civil War people believed so much for the Union of the United States or against it, that they were willing to sacrifice their lives. Battlefield become sacred due to the sacrifice of war and the power of the memory. The memory of their sacrifice should not be forgotten. By sanctifying battles, the place is remembered…

Praise Before there was King David, there was King Saul and his son Jonathan. Although Saul had his flaws, as we all do, he had been a mighty warrior and defender of the Israelites. He lived in a time when the Philistine city states on the Gaza plain were subjugating the Israelites who lived in the hills. The book of Judges is full of Philistines running roughshod over the Israelites, and part of the initial success was their iron age weaponry. The Israelites were still in the bronze age,…

Code of Honor among the Spartans and Greeks in the 300 In Greek mythology the 300 Spartans and Greeks have their epic battle against the Persians at Thermopylae or the “hot gate” and died heroically against a huge army. This made an incredible movie in the 21st century, but the epic itself is rooted in an even more incredible Greek history with characters with strong and powerful emotions and standpoints. This story portrays the incredible honor of the Spartan people and why they hold a place…

There is a hero in everyone. Even though there are several differences in them each hero shares a common characteristic. In the film Karate Kid produced in 1984 by Jerry Weintraub Daniel, the main character, is forced to move to California and when he arrives there encounters Johnny, the leader of the karate group called the Kobra Kai. After being bullied for several days by Johnny and his gang of friends Daniel then sets out for revenge and trains with Mr. Miyagi in order to get revenge on the…

The ancient Greeks are known for having a rich and prominent culture. As part of their elaborate culture, they had many beliefs about death and the afterlife. The ancient Greeks had various death related encounters, beliefs, rituals and practices, and attitudes towards death for hundreds of years. When thinking of the ancient world, many think of relatively short lifespans; this is not true for the ancient Greeks. A recent study by Menelaos L. Batrinos, shows that ancient Greeks had a median…

during the eighth century B.C.E. The poem derives from the city of Troy and depicts the actions of Ancient Greeks and Trojans, but specifically two egocentric men. Agamemnon and Achilles are two warriors that initially had a motive to fight in the Trojan War, but a request from a priest derails the plan. Agamemnon and Achilles begin to argue over two women, prizes that they won in a war. The Iliad contains several themes and messages about civilizations during the Trojan War. I think the overall…

the book is interesting, but it will probably make more sense once I read the Odyssey because it should connect the chapters in the book that I am currently reading. Something I found interesting was that nobody questioned whether it was actually Achilles fighting in chapter 15. Mason supports his argument because throughout the book, he shows different ways to think of the characters in the Iliad and Odyssey. One of the strengths of this book is the structure; it is very easy to read, follow,…

Three Heroes of Ancient Literature After approximately seven hundred years of Greek and Roman literature, the heroes of legends and myths both remained strong figures struggling through life as well as characters that also revealed the changing cultures of the ancient Mycenaean Greeks, the Golden Age of Athens and the Roman Empire. The lone figure swimming against the waves of pain and lost love remains the same in these stories, but the roles of the gods and the ability of the hero at the…

The Greek gods and goddesses are strange beings capable of great acts of kindness or hatred. They are all different in their own ways, none more so than Athena and Ares. Their differences are everything from the fact that Ares is the god of war and Athena is the god of wisdom. Ares enjoys chaos, whereas Athena generally enjoys peace Ares would rather settle a dispute with fighting, whereas Athena would rather settle one through force of will. With Ares if you are around him he is always…