Glory

You wake up in a daze of confusion as your consciousness is plucked from the darkness. Sharp instrumentation and convoluted mechanics crowd you, with the only other person in the room standing at the helm of it all. In a panic, you rip yourself out of your constraints and tear through the room, through the building, and into the bitter-cold woods. Despite your own terror and confusion, any person you seek help from exemplifies that same terror and confusion, running away screaming. Through…

prompted him to leave the battle, rather than keeping him in it as Nestor had hoped it would. Later into the epic, Achilles has acted on his rage, and he has abandoned the Achaeans, leaving them to suffer at the will of Zeus and the Trojan armies. Agamemnon sends three ambassadors to bring Achilles back, offering huge amounts of treasures, but he still refuses. Phoenix, who was the caretaker of Achilles when Achilles was young, asks him to be more flexible, and tells him the story of Meleager.…

Mary Ward, who founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters) was born in England on the 23 January 1585. She became one of the greatest English women of the seventeenth century, a courageous innovator, a mystic, a holy woman and an inspirational leader. Mary Ward passed away on the 30 January 1645 Heworth, United Kingdom. Throughout Mary Ward’s , she wanted to give active service to God and others. Thus began her extraordinary journey. I believe Mary Ward should definitely…

Alexander the Great was born on July 20, 356 BC in Pella, Macedon. He was the son of King Philip, ruler of Macedonia. When Alexander was a child he was taught by the famous philosopher Aristotle. Aristotle taught alexander to read and write, and how to become a good leader in the future. One of Alexander’s biggest heros was Achilles, who he honored and who he strived to be like. Alexander the great? Or Alexander the not so great? Alexander the great was a true hero because he was a leader, he…

Admittedly, Alexey Kim didn’t always bring Korea glory.. He came up short on multiple occasions, but in every match, he lost with grace. He chose to fight until the end, remaining calm and composed even in the face of obvious defeat- something that I consider hugely respectable. I can attribute many…

God,” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10), Paul has some very interesting comments that I believe every single woman (and every prudent man) will unconditionally disagree with. Paul writes: “the head of every woman is man”, “[man] is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man”, and “Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission,” (1 Corinthians 11:3, 11:7, 14:34). Now, we know these ideas are absurd. Women are in every sense equal to men.…

but if he shrank from the fight, the shame would be unbearable. Homer brings to light Hektor’s deep sense of duty to his state which is the context for a large portion of desire he has for honor and glory. This is the key difference between Hektor and other leaders in the Iliad. His desire for glory is proportional to his sense of duty to his state; for him, the two are almost synonymous. This becomes evident when Hektor prays that his child will exceed himself in his own abilities, pleading…

the same characteristics of ambition and ingenuity show themselves again, at first resulting in more success for Themistocles, but ultimately culminating in his suicide. Some believe the motivation for his death was “that he refused to tarnish the glory of his earlier achievements, or dishonor the trophies he had won,” showing that even in his last moments, his greatest concern was for his own…

Glory hunters constantly search for champions. They constantly switch the teams they cheer for. These people cheer for the Alabama Crimson Tide one year and the Ohio State Buckeyes the next year. Who they cheer for depends on who won the season before…

The Dark Ages consisted of a fragile systems of government that relied of powerful individuals. The only opportunity these men had to move up in power was through the attainment of glory through battle and plundering. On the other hand, the Classical era saw a change in political system to that of one which sought the overall welfare of their individual states, and had a much stricter from of government. The Dark ages had little to…