Chariot

Fabius stood with Scipio and Polybius again on the tower. He could feel the tension in the air, the edginess as they knew the time for action was approaching fast. Polybius pointed along the foreshore to the west, where the Roman fleet stood just out of bowshot range form the walls. “The wind is still coming from the south. Ennius is worried that it will blow the flames back over our own ships. You must give the order before the wind picks up more’. ‘That’s exactly why I don’t like him messing…

a Bible. This shows how the Greeks turned to the Iliad for advice on everything: what is the correct way to pray, which is the best way to bake bread, or mend your chariot (fix your car) - it is all in the Iliad (or the Odyssey). It may seem funny to us these days that people would go to the Iliad to find out how to fix a broken chariot wheel - but things haven't changed so much. There are still people in America who think you can teach archaeology, and even genetics, from the…

The story of Medea, written by the Greek poet Euripides, is about a woman who goes on a vengeful killing spree, after being scorned by her husband, Jason. Having already killed prior to that her scorn fed her murderous impulses. Her worldview indicates that she prays to the gods/goddess to go unpunished for her sins. She seeks out revenge for those who have caused her pain. As a result, Medea believes that revenge is justified. Medea seeks revenge to justify how her husband Jason has mocked…

theories by great thinkers from the ancient and modern times. One example is Plato’s theory of the tripartite psyche, which appears in his famous books Republic and Phaedrus and his illustrious chariot allegory. It depicts humans as a chariot pulled by two winged horses: the body and the soul. The chariot is governed by the charioteer, who represents the intellect, reason, or mind. None of the three components are good or bad on their own, but in Plato’s writing, the right direction of a human…

Upanishads contains an extended analogy that likens the various portions of a being to the makeup of a chariot. This…

chooses her “Society,” (1) or the person she loves, and “shuts the Door” (2) to other options. Although the soul can choose “from an ample nation” (9) of potential lovers, she wants someone who can understand her on a deeper level. Unlike “the Chariots,” (5) or “an Emperor” (7), ideas that represent social and economical status, the soul wants a lover who can render her “Unmoved” (5) or speechless. When she finds the perfectly imperfect lover, she can “close the Valves of her attention” (11).…

year old, Aries was pretty good at detecting lies. Ares didn’t look like he was telling a lie. “ Okay, I won’t look” Ares promised his stepbrother. “Good. Now bury it back before someone sees,” responded Aries. With that Aries walked back to his chariot and rode back to MT Olympus. Ares sighed. After reburying the jar in its original place, he thought, “I wanted to see what he was hiding but I promised. “ Ares decided to quit thinking about it and just head home before night came. Ares was…

from Zeus and Leto, he is often represented with a golden lyre/harp and a bow in hand. He took Helios’s role as Sun God, as Helios was thought as primitive compared to the more recent ones. He is currently responsible for maneuvering the golden chariot led by four horses across the sky, from east to west, to serve as the Sun for the humans below it’s gaze. Furthermore, as the God of music, poetry, art and knowledge, he is leader of the Muses, the Goddesses who represent the the inspiration for…

in the Olympic Games. Melankomas of Caria was an amazing fighter and often won without taking a blow or giving his opponent one; he won many Olympic Games. Kyniska of Sparta had a chariot that won a chariot race and she was the first female to ever win in the Olympic Games. She only won because the owner of the chariot - not the driver is given credit for the…

slaughtered by Achaeans? Aeneas has fallen, he who you hold in as high esteem as Hector himself! Help me rescue him from the stress of the fight!” Ares watched as the Trojans lifted their spirits and heeded his words, he saw Hector jump from his chariot, wearing his armour he went through the ranks of his men. Egging them on for battle. Ares watched as the Trojans ran toward the Achaeans, and began to join in himself, creating a dark veil to cover the Trojans troops and hide their numbers. As…