Corinth

“Oedipus Rex”, there is no real “good” or “evil” as the perspectives of each of the characters are subject to extreme variation. The main character of the story is Oedipus, a brazen and brusque young aberration from Corinth who descends from royalty. Oedipus leaves his home in Corinth and comes upon the Sphinx terrorizing the city of Thebes, a land deprived of asylum. The Sphinx promises to capitulate only…

starts to fear the truth and assumes the worst. So then Oedipus agrees with Jocasta to wait to see what the shepherd says and no to jump to conclusions. As a result people start to doubt the gods. Then Herald from Corinth arrives and tells Jocasta about Polybus death and how the people of Corinth was Oedipus to come back and be…

How can one gain or keep salvation? We can achieve salvation only through God’s grace and by confessing our sins. As we read and interpret scripture it will answer our questions. We should ask ourselves who are you God as we read and learn about God through the Bible. As we read the beginning of Romans 6: 1-7 it gives reasoning behind how we are saved, and if we can lose our salvation. Many people are unsure of whether a saved person can lose his or her salvation and whether once they are saved…

Even after the war, Athens eventually rebuilt its walls, navy, League and democracy. Athenians would have not rebuilt democracy if they thought it did not work, if so, then it would be a waste of their time to rebuild something that clearly did not seem to bring any good. Looking at the history, Sparta should have lost the war. Athens had the leadership, resources and money to go to war. Their navy was strong and unbeatable. Sparta on the other hand lacked leadership, money and had no navy.…

Hamlet is the prince of Denmark. His father was the king but dies before the play begins. In the beginning of the play Hamlet is visited by his father’s ghost who tells him that he was killed by king Claudius. King Claudius is not only Hamlet’s mother’s new husband but also his father’s brother. With that information Hamlet conceived a plan to pretend to be crazy to avenge his fathers death. His plan is successful and King Claudius confesses and commits suicide with the help of Hamlet. Hamlet…

this rather well. In his satire, “Oedipus the King”, he conveys a message to teach the audience about the consequences of arrogance. “Oedipus the King”, is a story about the noble king of Thebes. He was the “son” of Polybus and Merope, the rulers of Corinth. He found out that his prophecy was to kill his father and marry his mother. He tried to escape his fate by running off to Thebes. When he arrived, a Sphinx was sitting on the castle doors causing destruction…

Paul commences his letter to “the Church of God that is in Corinth” as he thanks the Corinthians for their efforts and faithfulness (Corinthians 1:2). However despite making such assertions, the author of this letter directly proceeds to list the problems that had arisen among such converts. The first issue addressed is the division existent within the church. It has been brought to the author’s attention that the Church of Corinth has become divided between the preachers of Cephas (Paul) and…

Aquila and Priscilla… One’s name never occurs without the other. As a young believer, I really thought they were twins! It would have been a true loss if I had neglected to ponder on this spiritually-minded pair who walked in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless. I would love to share with you what I learned about this incredible pair… They were a happily married couple, litrerally ‘two hearts that beat as one’. In the truest sense, Aquila and Priscilla were ‘no more twain…

respectable life, two children, and a loving relationship, but he was going to throw all of that away for a new girl. This play is driven by Medea’s desire for revenge and the conflicting values Jason and Medea shared. Medea and Jason are not from Corinth, a city in Greece where they now live, and they have diverging values from those of the Corinthians. Most people during this time felt that women should be submissive and give into the desires of men. They also felt that women…

learned the prophecy that predicted Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother, the Queen had him sent to be killed. Little did they know, a shepherd rescued the infant and brought him to the city of Corinth so the prophecy would be less likely to be fulfilled. The King and Queen of Corinth took in Oedipus and raised him as their own. This left Oedipus in the dark when it came to his true upbringing and a drunken man made Oedipus question it himself. He then went to see an oracle who…