Chariots of the Gods?

Epic Conventions : Iliad In the story ,The Iliad by Homer, the Greeks and Trojans battled for years over woman. Though the war was humans fighting each other, the Gods influenced it a lot. Choices made by great individuals, like Achilles, changed the outcome of the war too. While there are many epic conventions demonstrated throughout The Iliad, the two that are most prominent are the starting of the story, and the God’s interference. The author , Homer, started the story in the middle and…

fitness and mental discipline, and they believed that excellence in those areas honored Zeus, the greatest of their gods. The Olympic Games originated in 776 B.C. Ancient Greece. It was a new era for athletes to show their skills and compete. At the first Olympic Games there were only foot races as sports events, but as the Olympics added more popular events like wrestling, boxing, chariot racing, horse racing, javelin tossing,…

Achilles, a strong greek hero, is often known for his fierceness in the Trojan War. Achilles was the son of a greek god and goddess that were a King And Queen, Peleus and Thetis. His mother, Thetis wanted him to be immortal so she dipped him in the waters of the river Styx. This made him immortal. One thing she did not notice was that she was holding him by his heel when she put him in the water, thus resulting in a small spot where he is mortal. Achilles was a strong, fearless, smart and…

Euripides’ Medea is a play of convict and relation. The storyline is based on past events including moments where Medea helped Jason steal a golden fleece from her father and even killing her brother. After this they both ran together to Corinth and had children. Jason then leaves Medea for a marriage to Creon’s daughter, Glauce. In Euripides play Medea, an in-depth view in is given into the life of a women scorned named Medea and her emotionally unstable reactions. The play begins amidst Jason…

for the Passover feast. In Jerusalem was crowded with many people who had come for the annual Passover celebration in a springtime Sunday. Jesus had spent for traveling through the towns and villages of Palestine. He preached about the kingdom of God and healed the sick. Now the time had come for Him to claim as the Messiah. Jesus knew His mission was almost finished and He warned his disciples that He would be put to death and after three days He would rise again. When Jesus came near…

festival called the Great, or City Dionysia. (Brown, 1995, 14). The festival of Dionysus had "developed from older local festivals which celebrated the fermentation of new wine" (Brown, 1995, 14), although it essentially celebrated the Greek god, Dionysus, who was the god of wine and fertility. It was here that theatre began as a religious festival, which included music, song, and dance competitions and other activities such as athletics. The Athenians introduced two contests to the festival,…

purses around their necks (Alighieri). Each one of the sinners had a coat of arms in life and now they are forced to stare at what should have been a reminder of God’s greatness but to them was a symbol of greed. Mocking art is the same as mocking God and his works, and in Dante’s eyes any person who would commit this sin should suffer in hell. However, this creates quite a plight for…

curse her child for an eternity. The curse was forever set upon her to ruin her and her next generations. Her last set of famous kids were Eros and Himeros. They were being carried in the arms of Aphrodite when she arose from the seafoam. They are the gods of love, sexuality, and desire, and Eros depicts what most commonly know as Cupid, with a bow and arrow that will make people fall in love. Eros teamed up with his mother, Aphrodite to get Aphrodite’s father, Zeus to marry a mortal named…

specific way, the name Elohim, in the bible, designates the only One Supreme God. The plural meaning of the name of Elohim carries the sense of the tri-une God and the fact that God has all divine powers in Him. The authors of the Bible added a qualification to the name “Elohim” in order to pinpoint the person of God. Throughout the Bible, the name "Elohim" is combined with other words in order to differentiate between the Supreme God and other divine beings. The singular word for “Elohim” is…

In many cultures, the people or commoners would bring offerings to their gods or their kings. With the new production of wheat and other grains this art piece would have played an important role in showing the gods or kings how successful they were. The sole purpose of this art piece was to please the gods through food offerings. We learned in class that the people of Greece and other cultures always wanted to make their gods happy so nothing bad would happen to them (Lash). Therefore, using…