Diomedes

Stretching all the way from the Bosporus Strait in the west to the Diomede Islands in the east, Asia is not only the planet's largest continent but also it's most populous with 4.4 billion people calling it home. Following Marco Polo’s epic tale of an overland journey to China in the late 1,200’s and the marvels he encountered upon the Silk Road before arriving at the great market in Peking , the Venetian travellers exploits spurred a new wave of explorers to find a safer, quicker way to the…

In the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad, friendship plays an integral transformative role. When Enkidu and Patroclus die, the surviving friends, Gilgamesh and Achilles become better people by exposing their vulnerability through the grieving process. This results in a lifelong transformation. This kind of everlasting friendship is also illustrated by Oeneus and Bellerophon,whose friendship lives on through their grandchildren,after their death. In this paper, I will claim that the Epic of…

Hercules was one of the greatest heroes in greek mythology. Hercules was both the most famous hero of ancient times and the most beloved. More stories were told about him than any other hero. Hercules was worshipped in many temples all over Greece and Rome. He was the son of zeus and Alkmene, however, Amphitryon was his mortal father. This is because Alkmene is married to Amphitryon and they raised Hercules together. Hera is married to Zeus. Since Zeus fools around with many women, and the…

mortality evident in all books of Homers Illiad. In book 6 of The Iliad, a Homeric simile arises that compares the many deaths of the soldiers to leaves on trees and changing seasons. Glaucus, a man on the Trojan side, upon running into Achean member Diomedes compares the…

had 24 hours to complete this. The sixth labor was to shoot the crazy birds who ate people in the Stymphalian wetlands. Capturing the terrorizing bull that lived on the island of Crete was his seventh task. Eight, to catch man eating mares of King Diomedes at Bistones. Next, Hercules had to take the girdle of the queen of the Amazons, Hippolyte. (10) the capturing of the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, who ruled the island Erytheia (meaning Red) in the far west; (11) the bringing back…

The religion of ancient Greece is unlike most religions that we have in modern society today, especially American society. This country was built on Christianity, and so imagining how the Greeks worked can be difficult. They had no sacred religious texts; the descriptions of their gods came from Homer’s and Hesiod’s works (Schironi, September 29). They were polytheistic and the lack of sacred texts led to syncretism, adding more gods from different places. The gods were immortal beings that…

The Trojan War (1226 BCE) also know as "The Bronze Age", where conflict began between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece. Men from Greece, well the best men and some women sailed all the way out to Asia to fight in the war for 10 years. Some say the Trojan War was consideed to be the greatest tragedy ever written. This essay will provide you with not only proof of the Trojan war but inform you as well. Most believed this war was fictional, and was just a myth of the Greeks but I'm here…

Homer focuses on leadership in his epic, The Iliad. The Iliad includes great leaders such as Achilles, Odysseus, and Diomedes. Agamemnon stands out amongst these leaders. Agamemnon stands out not for his excellence, but rather for his poor leadership qualities. The first eight books prove that Agamemnon is a mediocre leader at best. In book nine, the Achaeans are being pushed back by their enemies, the Greeks. Thus, Agamemnon the opportunity to rally his troops with a motivational speech. The…

The Iliad and the Old Testament play a significant role in American culture. Retailing of these stories has appeared in books, film, and other forms of media. The movie “Troy”, Hollywood’s version of the Greek poem, is an example of an old story that was told throughout the centuries retold to a modern audience, with some parts of the poem not being represented in the movie. The Old Testament of the Bible is also another story that is retold through the perspective of others. Used to influence…

Structure and form were of great concern to the ancient Greeks. This can be seen from the many conventions that are found in a Greek epic. These epics are long stories or poems that are spoken in hexameter. This paper will discuss the gods and heroes, who are prominent figures in epics. It will also describe the theme of an epic, what the setting of an epic entails, and the major events in an epic, how epics use extended similes, and what it means for an epic to begin in medias res. The theme of…