Corinth

Introduction: Euripides’ Medea is an emotional play that follows the tragic tale of Medea, a sorcerous and a princess from Colchis, who used her powers and influence to help Jason, her new husband, to procure the Golden Fleece. Now living with Jason in Corinth, they have two children together. Not before long things start to go bad when Jason abandons Medea and his two children for the daughter of King Creon, Glauce, leaving Medea to fend for herself with their two children. The Australian Zen…

unfair and that he is breaking the Laws of Marriage which is true but this clearly doesn't apply to Men. This would have been very shocking for an audience member to watch as the way in which Medea acts is a complete opposite to how the Women of Corinth were expected to Act, especially those in a Middle Class Society. For Medea to then do the things that she does to Jason like killing his new wife and The King, then to kill there're children would have been appalling for Men when they…

behind to give his son a proper burial. Unfortunately, Jason came to believe that Medea could be advantageous in some situations, but his marriage to her was a bad idea. Therefore he reasoned that once he was leading the life of peaceful citizens of Corinth, she could be seen rather as a foreign barbarian and an aged witch. Which from his logical reasonings Jason becomes eager to continue building his kleos, forgot his promises and all her help, and decided to dispose of Medea, his lawful wife,…

In the narrative, The Histories, Xerxes Invades Greece, Herodotus, also known as the “father of history”, attempted to capture what a free society could achieve when they worked together in the form of the poleis. He did this by showing the differences between the Persian and Greek soldiers and their mindsets during the Persian War. Herodotus wrote this narrative after the Persian War was over and during the early years of the Peloponnesian War which was around 431 B.C.E. Herodotus believed…

Social issues are far and wide, but what are people doing about them? There are many organizations dedicated to helping solve problems that are plaguing millions of people. One such issue that impacts society the most is the economy. Inequality in economics has always been around since the beginning of money and before that. It has always been about the haves and the have nots. This is where organizations like the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) and National Woman’s Law Center (NWLC)…

• City Dionysia – The City of Dionysia, one of if no the most historically famous festivals took place every spring in Athens. The reason for this is because Spring was the best time for sailing. People would travel from all over to join in on the festivities and watch the competitions. It included processions, sacrifices, musical and dramatic performances. The dramatic performances would include three tragedies, a satyr play and choral poetry. The tragedy competition would last three days and…

While one observes the background of believers in Corinth and the key verse of 1 Corinthians (1:10), it is vivid that there was division among the believers. There was division concerning to leadership (1:12), moral standards (5:1-8), between people who have knowledge and weak, higher class members and lower class members, rich and poor, accusers and accused (6:1-8) and so on. One of the controversial, cultural, ethical and the religious issues which brought division among the believers was the…

will become victorious. Free will and fate can both control one’s life. How can the reader understand which one is guiding the character’s actions? In the play Oedipus by Sophocles, Oedipus makes multiple decisions; for example, deciding to leave Corinth to avoid marrying his mother. How can the reader judge which of the two ideas governed his actions? I think Thomas Hawkins completely answers the question in his “Fate vs. Free Will”, emphasizing the uncertainty of readers: . . .do the…

Oedipus tells Iocaste that “if he maintains that still, if there were several/ Clearly the guilt is not mine. I was alone” (Scene II, 44). He cannot see the net closing in around him, preferring to grasp at straws. Upon hearing that King Polybos of Corinth, whom he believes is his father, has died, he says happily, that “Polybos has packed the oracles off with him underground/ They are empty words” (Scene III, 50). Because the oracle had disclosed that he would be the one to kill his father, and…

In Oedipus the King, Oedipus marries his mom and kills his father. In doing so Oedipus acts without knowledge because he does not know he killed his real dad. He does not realize that because he does not know that Laios was his real dad. Which led Oedipus to try and change his fate but ended up following it anyway. From the moment Oedipus was born, he had a predestined fate for him which was to kill his dad and marry his mom but Oedipus is innocent of fate because he acts without knowledge.…