Argos

mythology with his interpretation of gender roles by introducing versatile women characters like Clytemnestra. In place his absence during the war in Troy, Clytemnestra commanded the kingdom of Argos till the recent homecoming of her husband, Agamemnon. Though the fall of Troy was of great success to the king of Argos, he’d soon come to find that war awaited his return in his own backyard. The fate of his life fell at the hands of Clytemnestra whom was eager for his death as revenge for…

My thesis is raising and answering the question: what argument can be used to advocate the existence of sweatshops? The answer to that question is the argument of the next best alternative. This argument comes from asking the question if the workers do not work at these sweatshops, is there are better feasible alternative for them or is there another place they can work? The answer is no, these employees have no better alternative than to work at a sweatshop. First, in order to understand…

This idea of autonomy has become more prevalent in society over the last few years, with the topic of driverless cars becoming more and more popular amongst the general public. This spike in popularity comes as companies, such as Google, make their work with autonomous vehicles more widespread, with their driverless cars even being tested on the roads, accumulating over one million miles on the streets of Mountain View, California, and Austin, Texas.1 Of course, as much as this idea has only…

with Hera are the scepter, the cuckoo, and the pomegranate. Other common Hellenic images portraying Hera a beautiful woman, wearing a crown, in a chariot, pulled by two peacocks. The Ancient Greeks worshipped Hera at her temple (Heraion of Argos) in Argos. According to http://www.olympia-greece.org/templevideo.html “The temple of Hera, one of the oldest monumental temples in Greece, stands in the north-west corner of the sacred precinct of the Altis, on the south slopes of Kronios hill,…

These offerings indicated that Hera is the mighty protectress. The cult of Hera was started when the daughter of Eurystheus fled from Argos to Samos. As a punishment for fleeing, pirates were sent to carry the wooden Samian cult image away. The ship was not able to set sail and the pirates had to escape, the Samians found this image outside their temple they thought it had escaped, with…

encountered. Odysseus was rewarded with the return to his island after twenty years. After the return, Odysseus sees his wife and son who do not believe in his heroic return back to Ithica (16.71). Argos, Odysseus’ dog, waited for him to return and even tried “,... to wag his tail…” but Argos had no strength. After Argos heard Odysseus’ voice one last time, he passed away (17.15). Odysseus reclaims his throne on the island of Ithica and realizes who his loyal friends are after all of those years…

What is a hero, is it someone of noble blood or just a commoner? The story of Agape is birthed to life in both traits. Agape's father was the ruler of Persia. But on the other hand the poor girls mother worked in the kitchen in a nearby tavern. Agape never knew her father because his wife would have been crushed if she knew of Agapes conseption. So the girl grew up poor filling cups and cleaning pots and pans. On one breezy fall day Agape was in the market shopping for her mother, when…

one also should make sacrifices for the roles of every god. In Jason and the Argonauts, Jason is presented with opportunities to present sacrifices to the gods and present the importance to those who were willing to learn from the myth. Before the Argo set sail for Colchis, the Argonauts offered a traditional sacrifice to the god Apollo. Jason prays to Apollo “for a safe return to Greece under his personal guidance, which the god had promised at Delphi, and then vows further sacrifices upon…

Lynching was a punishment served by hanging and torturing an individual. Race, gender or age was not discriminative factors to who was lynched for crimes by white racist lynch mobs. The 19th century was when racial tensions first moved thru the United States, lynching developed into a common resolution for white mobs to anyone defiant to the law. As time progressed lynchings developed into a bigger problem known as race riots. Southern States introduced lynching early, African Americans were…

from the gods in order to aid him. He ended up using a shield as a mirror in order to prevent petrification, cut off Medusa’s head with the sword of Hermes, and used her head to turn Polydectes into stone. Finally, Perseus and Danae travel back to Argos where Perseus participates in an athletic event. One of his discus got thrown incorrectly and ended up killing one of the spectators, which just so happened to be…