Cadmus

play, Sophocles sets out to fulfill the requirements for his protagonist, Oedipus Rex, to be classified as a tragic hero. In order to do so, he makes Oedipus’ first line a question as he asks the children, “Children, young sons and daughters of old Cadmus, why do you sit here with your suppliant crowns...What do you fear or want, that you sit here suppliant? Indeed, I’m willing to give all that you may need…” (Sophocles 1). This first line puts readers under the impression that Oedipus is a…

They both are blind to their own salvation because of their delusional thoughts. Both are warned that if they continue with their actions, they will be sealing their fate with death. Pentheus doesn’t acknowledge the advice of Cadmus and Tiresias to accept Dionysus as a god. Is Dionysius himself who gives a last warning to Pentheus: "My friend, it is still possible to put this right", but the desire of Pentheus to impose a dictatorship as the sovereign leader of Thebes is what…

justifying the means is Oedipus the King by Sophocles. In the classic work of Greek literature, the ends are that Thebes is no longer a city in which “A fever-demon wastes the town and decimates with fire, stalking hated through the emptied house where Cadmus dwelled” (Sophocles 6). Rather, Thebes has returned to its former glory, ruled by Creon and void of any plagues. However, getting there was not as pleasant as one might hope. During the process of restoring the city, Oedipus not only found…

Dionysus, known by his Roman name Bacchus, which he seems to have two distinct starting points. Dionysus was the divine force of wine, agribusiness and richness of nature, however then again he likewise speaks to the riddle in religions. Researchers accept that this god happened later in pre-history, dissimilar to different divine beings. All savage countries had their own adaptations of Dionysus under numerous names, for example, Bacchus, Zagreus, Sabazius, Adonis, Antheus, Zalmoxis, Pentheus,…

The Greek play Bacchae by Euripides explores the concepts of religious fervor and skepticism and helps a reader analyze how these concepts are opposed to each other, how these ideas are demonstrated in the play and how religious fervor and skepticism are still relevant in our society today. Euripides uses religion, one of the most controversial subjects in the world, to demonstrate the power it has on its believers. Euripides also demonstrates the criticism believers can receive from non…

city. When Oedipus got this news nothing stopped him, he was ready to do what he was asked. He expresses, “I shall shrink from nothing in my search to find the murder of Laius, of the royal line Thebes, stretching back through Labdacus, Polydorus and Cadmus, to ancient Agenor” (16). Even when he got…

asked, but I guess I was in a rough place so I accepted. I seemed to have a very specific skill set that he needed, genetics. But in the late 80s no one cared about genetics, well that was with one exception. The government funded genetics company Cadmus had been my first employer. They asked me a simple question come and work for us and we will pay you any amount you ask. Under one condition, I couldn't tell anyone, talk to anyone, or see anyone for however long it took. They didn't tell me…

codes through a family tree? This was the dilemma I faced when I began to plan my visual aspect of my Antigone project. On one side, my tree is a very literal layout of Antigone's relatives. There is representation of her family all the way back to Cadmus, and the family extends out even into the gods Zeus and Dionysus. With pullout explanations on the side, we learn where each of the family member's loyalties lie, what their motivations are, how they connect to Antigone, and how they relate to…

Bacchae Dionysus is at Thebes at the palace of Pentheus. He tells the audience his lineage and his mother then he says “And here I stand, a god incognito, disguised as a man” (Euripides 19) and goes on to tell of how his mother, Semele daughter of Cadmus, was mocked about her virgin birth. In Isaiah 53:2, 4 it says “for he grew up before…

I am Artemis, the goddess of the hunt and protectors of women, and I am and will always will be a virgin goddess. I simply have no interest in men and had no desire to be with them. Contrary to many female figures on Mount Olympus, I did not need a man to satisfy my need for affection. Instead I obtained adoration for those I took care of, such as the inhabitants of the forests or the women I help guide through the transitions of their lives. Although I do not have any aspirations to be with a…