Euripides

“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” Euripides once said. Although there are many precious things that one can have in the world, good friends are vital for a healthy, balanced life and are perhaps the most precious. We make friends not to use them, but for the bonds of friendship. Friends are those who will support you through everything you do and accept you for who you are. With the support of good friends, life is made more meaningful, for it has a cause, and the highlights of…

Countee Cullen was born in New York City on 1903. There are many experiences that influenced his writing. As evidence Cullen lost his parents and brothers , he have a famous quote “your love to me was like an unread book “ this show that he suffer in a way that he don't know what family love is . Cullen was raised by his paternal grandmother until she die , at the age of 10 years old Cullen were adopted by Carolyn belle and Reverend Frederick A. Cullen who were a Episcopal church in Harlem.…

with the rape of priestess IO, whom is turned into a heifer or protection or revenge (178-180). Demeter is the goddess of fertility of soil and grain. She is associated with life, death and rebirth. Demeter is the “gift of grain” as it is said in Euripides Tragedy the Bacchae. She is also well known for being the mother of Persephone, who is raped and then married to Hades (184). Hestia unlike her sisters is a virgin. She is unmarried and protects the hearth and sacred fire. No myths are known…

There are two external forces that control the universe in the Bacchae, man made traditions and the gods’ control of humanity. Euripides emphasizes that humanity needs to balance the laws and customs of civilization (reasoning) and the sensual and mystical forces of nature (“spiritual” exploration) in order to avoid chaos and self-destruction. He does this by contrasting masculine and feminine characteristics of Pentheus and the Maenads women, particularly Pentheus’ mother Agave. The…

Assessment Prepared By: _______Katie Fuhs____________________ 1) What are the strengths of the myth? Which elements are most compelling? Do the plot and characters make sense? The biggest strengths of this myth are most definitely the application and combination of the plots, themes, struggles, characters of the ancient myths we have read in class. This original story obviously had many influences, and you do a wonderful job of weaving these points into a believable story. The references…

opposites attract and furthermore that similar poles will repel away from each other. The final quality that defines a loadstone for the scientist is that it attracts iron ore or smelted metals to itself. “Plato mentions that the magnet, so called by Euripides, draws to itself iron, and not only attracts iron rings but also endows them with the power of doing as the stone itself, to wit, of attracting other rings, and that thus sometimes a long chain of iron objects” (Gilbert 74). Gilbert’s…

Untethered τέχνη “…The only thing that restrains science is the sense of the sacred.” Dr. Warren Gage The polls tell us that we as a collective whole are becoming less religious and less concerned about sacred and holy things, at least in the Western world. At the same time we are becoming more and more entranced with science and technology, what the ancient Greeks called τέχνη (Techne). Most people walk around with a fairly advanced computer that we call a smart phone. We now drive “Smart Cars”…

Play Review For my play review I chose Medea, originally written by Euripides and redone by director Robert Whitehead in 1982. The play Medea is about a wife betrayed by her unfaithful husband, Jason who marries Clauce, the King of Corinths daughter. Medea and her two sons are then exiled by Creon the King of Corinth in fear that she may cast some spell or evil doing upon his land and daughter. Medea’s heart has already turned cold by the loss of her husband to another woman and the loss of her…

Throughout history, many authors found ways to express their creative personality and thoughts by writing. Many individuals spoke their minds on current problems that are occurring in the world while others just write for fun. Throughout this paper, we will be discussing about two plays one written by Sophocles, Oedipus the King’, and the other being Hamlet written by William Shakespeare. Although these two plays are set in different time periods and authors as well as different outcomes, there…

In Euripides’ play Medea the characters show how selfish a human being can be. Selfishness is shown in the two major characters Jason and Medea, as well as through the minor characters. Jason shows his selfish ways by abandoning his family to marry another woman in order to achieve a higher status. Medea anger by this plans revenge on her husband and plans to achieve it anyway possible. Jason’s selfishness first shows when he leaves his wife and marries the king’s daughter. He does this in…