Daedalus

According to Greek lore, Hercules was a prideful drunk with a heavy temper. However, he is nonetheless considered ancient Greece’s greatest hero. His great feats of strength and epic victories in battle were what earned him this title, but why give such a moniker to a hero whose personal life told a story of alcoholism and senseless violence? In Mythology, Edith Hamilton unwinds this mystery. The answer lies in the society of the time. While the Greeks were in certain areas (specifically Athens)…

The lifestyle we choose to live come with a variety of factors that accommodate our personal needs. Sometimes there are things that we don’t like to do but are part of the way we contribute to society whether we enjoy it or not. The idea of satisfaction can range from a broad comfort or to a specific joy that causes us to want it and enjoy it. In the poems “Numbers” and “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” the speaker both discuss a sense of satisfaction that they both receive. The first poem…

Lauren Boyd Mrs. Mary Smith AP Literature 20 September 2017 How to Read Literature Like a Professor Essay Thomas Foster’s novel How to Read Literature Like a Professor is an analysis of how most literature is written now and in the past. He hits hard on how symbolism, foreshadowing, and patterns which he mentions both of the topics multiple times in each of the chapters with symbolism being mentioned all the time. Throughout the book, he gives multiple examples for each chapter and he…

09/07/2046 On Space We did it! We could see our blue planet from the outside space now. The earth is …incredible…I don’t know how to praise my planet. Oh, I have mission to do… 09/08/2046 On Space We are good now. Daniel went to check the telescopes. There are several reasons that why the astronomers and the scientist chose the far side of moon to place radio telescopes. It is predicted that on the far side of the moon, there will be extremely high concentration of helium-3 because the…

Close your eyes and picture what your life will be like five years from now. Most people can perceive two or three possible scenarios of their future. For each of us, the same question prompts different visions because we each have personal desires and are unique circumstances surrounding life. This is because the human mind works in such a way that allows us to complexly perceive the past, present, and future situations as compared to our own desires. If someone were able to tell an animal to…

The Graiae women were three sisters who shared one eye and one tooth among them. They appeared in the myth of Perseus, who was trying to find out where three magical objects were located, so he could kill Medusa. He went to their cave, and stole their eye. Then he told them he would return it if they told him where the three objects were. The Graiae Women also encountered Perseus and he used them to get the three magical objects. “Also known as the Erinyes, the Furies are three horrible…

BOOKS: Gnuse, Robert Karl. No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press Ltd, 1997. Robert Gnuse has been a professor of the humanities in the religious studies department at Loyola University since 1980. In his book, No Other Gods, Gnuse provides a scholarly and thorough look into the emergence of ancient Hebrew monotheism. He synthesizes the former historical model – the idea that monotheism developed suddenly because of Israel’s dramatic conquest – with…

The last time Disney and Greco-Roman mythology met was with 1997 's horribly inaccurate, yet still charming Hercules. The film underperformed at the box office and was panned by Greek press. Disney and Greco-Roman mythology haven 't mixed since, probably at least partly because the dark subject matter of many Greco-Roman myths simply isn 't suited for a movie aimed at young children. However, many of the western fairy tales used as source material for Disney films share shocking similarities to…

Magic is the belief in supernaturalism, the belief that there is something beyond the ordinary. Magic is often portrayed as power and knowledge, and thus awarded to those who are worthy. In “The Cliff” by Charles Baxter, magic is portrayed as tradition. In the short story, a young boy and an old man, not distinguishable by name, drive to an unidentified spot along the coastline of California where the old man would teach the boy magic. More specifically, how to fly. Flying would give the boy a…

The appropriation of Greek myth in modern narrative fiction has increased in the last ten years, specifically in the young adult genre. Book series such as Oh. My. Gods. and The Goddess Test draw young girls into the world of classical myths, while Percy Jackson and the Olympians captivated an entire generation and introduced them to the complexities and themes of the poll of mythic traditions from Ancient Greece. These new stories that incorporate the mythos help "[re-introduce] an audience…