Delphi

"Antigone and Sisterhood" Chapter 1: "Two Sisters" Oracle at Delphi that he will die at the hands of his own son. To prevent this from happening, he leaves his baby boy on a mountain to die, but another man saves the baby. Years later, Laius is murdered by robbers on the road. At the same time, a huge Sphinx has been terrorizing the land. One man, Oedipus, comes upon it on the road. Oedipus has been running away from home because an oracle has predicted he will…

The Olympic gold medal represents the greatest achievement for athletes in modern day Olympics. The winning athlete receives a personal victory for their physical abilities and training, and it is also a victory for their family and country. The successful athlete catapults to another level of great honor, and duly earns respect for their victory when engaged in Olympic competition. Pindar’s epinician poetry celebrated Greek ethos during ancient Olympics. The victorious athletes of Pindar’s time…

To assess the validility and value of Herodotus' Historys there are multiple factors one must consider. Why did he write his works?; who did he write them for and how did he gather his information? Though these questions are still the subject of debate among many scholars, it is fairly well accepted that more than two centuries passed before the past had been bound to any kind of chronology that was to be compiled in the writings of Herodotus(Finley 1986, 17). For his sources Herodotus gathered…

Approximately one month ago, a teenage girl was going about her day, when she abruptly received shocking news that changed her life forever. This teenager, going by the name of Alexis Manigo was told that was not her real name; rather, it was Kamiyah Mobley. She was informed that she was snatched from her biological mother’s arms in 1998, just hours after she was born, and the woman she had been calling “mom” for the past eighteen years was actually just an unrelated stranger. Out of nowhere,…

The Control of Fate in Oedipus Rex It is a common theme in much of ancient greek literature that mortals do not control their own fate. Prophecies are sent from the gods, and the gods are never wrong. In a few stories, the mortal hero bests the gods and does manage to change his fate. Oedipus Rex is unfortunately not one of these stories. This play starts off with a King and a Queen being told of a prophecy. The prophecy states that their son will kill his father, and sleep with his mother.…

Socrates and Phaedrus, the two main characters of Plato’s Phaedrus, ruminate on many things, ostensibly love and erotic love, however the dialogue also discusses rhetoric itself and the ways in which it is and should be practiced, as well as subjects such as metempsychosis. The dialogue in Phaedrus does not allow for other interlocutors to introduce the story, or a retelling of events preceding the scene. This is somewhat unusual as it comes as a first-hand unmediated dialogue, and plays out…

Socrates’ Nightmare Ignorance has been viewed as the enemy of wisdom and society frowns upon when they (who’s they? People?) simply “don’t know”. In Socrates’ “Apology” recorded by Plato, Socrates shows the audience and the jury that ignorance is not an enemy of wisdom, but it only becomes an enemy if they are not aware of what they do not know. Socrates makes the stunting--(stunning?) remark that “a good man cannot be harm in life or death,” and that killing him will do more harm. He…

change her mind when Ismene tried to talk her out of it. Oedipus shows these traits several times throughout Oedipus the King. He shows his ability to make quick decisions when he is tried to solve the problem of the plague. He quickly sent Creon to Delphi to help rid the plague, and when Creon returned with information about how to rid the plague he sent for the blind Tiresias to help them. Oedipus shows his stubbornness when he refuses to believe Tiresias about him being the killer of Laius.…

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last king of Rome, ruled from 534 to 509 BCE after his ascension to the throne by means of murdering his brother-in-law Servius. Tarquinius Superbus, Latin for Tarquinius the Proud, was the son of Rome 's fifth king, the foreigner Lucumo, later named Tarquinius Priscus, who himself was killed by the sons of the king preceding him. Tarquinius Superbus would end his reign in exile after his son Sextus 's transgression against Collantius 's wife Lucretia,…

Olympian religions The Olympic religion of ancient Greece is one of the most iconic ancient religions known. It is a polytheistic religion with many gods and goddesses, though the ones most commonly worshipped are the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Hephaestus, Hermes, Demeter, Ares and Hestia. They are called the Olympian gods and goddesses because they reside on mount Olympus. Hades, although considered one of the major gods and…