Achilles tendon rupture

In sports, competition with friends or family makes the friendship stronger. With the movie Warrior - Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime, and the wreckage of their broken family. A former Marine, haunted by a tragic past Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for a Sparta tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize,…

Step Up is always the same, like the Odyssey Homer's The Odyssey is about a hero named Odysseus returning from The Trojan War trying to get back to his home Ithaca. In the end, he returns to Ithaca and lives happily ever after. This story was so epic that a man named Robert Fitzgerald decided to translate it to english so that everyone can read it. The Odyssey then inspires other authors to tell many of the great stories written in this epic poem which makes the Odyssey so relevant to others.…

story a secondary plot centered around Achilles interreges the readers. Agamemnon the king loses his wife and radiates buy confiscating his friend’s concubine. Achilles the mighty warrior, who is Agamemnon’s friend, fell into hated once he found out what happened. He is found scheming throughout the story to plot his revenge. However, some historians…

Pliny’s versus Pericles’s Letters to the People Both Pliny and Pericles aim to take the dead people seem honorable and attempt to replace the people's mourning with Pride Throughout their letters, Pliny and Pericles both make the dead seem like fearless leaders. Pliny is quoted as saying “Meanwhile on Mount Vesuvius broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points, their bright glare emphasized by the darkness of night. My uncle tried to allay the fears of his companions by…

between conflict and resolution. In Fagles’ translation of Homer’s The Iliad, the scene in which Achilles and Hector face off displays violence in three forms; the emotional violence of senseless killing ,the physical violence of war, and the mental violence of exertion. The scene in which Achilles murders Hector reflects firstly emotional violence. Hector begs Achilles to have mercy on his body, but Achilles is not persuaded Hector pleads, “...Come, we’ll swear to the gods, the highest…

The Funeral Oration of Pericles is a document which contains a funeral speech made by Pericles, a prominent Athenian politician. This speech was dictated, edited and transcribed by Thucydides, an Athenian historian and soldier in his written work, History of the Peloponnesian War. The speech was given at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) and Thucydides fought in the war and lived and therefore wrote his works during the time of Pericles. The speech was made to…

The Gods played an Important part in Greek religion and their society as they entered all parts of Greek society, domestic affairs, civic organization, gender, agriculture and war. One of the most recognized Religious wars was the conflict between Athens and the Persians. In 490 BC, during the Persian Wars. The Persians attacked Athens for their support for the Cities of Ionia during the revolt of the Persian War. The Persians looted and and burned the temples of Athens leaving it in ruins. In…

Odysseus as a leader is genius because of his idea for troy. The idea of giving them a horse for a peace treaty but then end up attacking troy from the inside out is remarkable. Odysseus as a leader is amazing he has the power to think of ideas no other men can do. His leadership is great he actually convinced an entire army of troops to get in a giant horse and swaddle right into troy. He also is a bad leader. The reason behind this because in the book when Odysseus and his men are the cave…

fighting in the area of the bomb, was hit by the blast. The phosphorus chemical was eating away at his skin where the body armor wasn’t. Johnny, the other SEAL, was otherwise okay, except for his feet. The only thing keeping them attached was his Achilles tendons. Despite the insurgents still crowding around the team, two other SEALs carried Elliot until other men came. Once the team felt like the two were ready, they carried both of them to a vehicle. Thanks to their teammates Elliot and Johnny…

While Achilles is the son of a sea nymph, Penthesileia is the daughter of the mighty war god Ares. In the Posthomerica, is states, “of the tireless war god’s daughter in her long greaves.” Though Ares does not directly intervene during the Trojan war to aid Penthesileia in the battle, Quintus notes how she is clothed in armor given by her divine father. As she steps onto the battlefield, Quintus writes, “Her armor finely wrought, the war god’s gift.” Her armor, created by the gods, is befitting…