Greek words for love

World The woman who made this sublime piece of ceramic artwork goes by the name of Thancoupie. This is an aboriginal ceramic and it was made in a time where clay was used in a ceremonial context. The history of Australian Aboriginal art has spanned over thousands of years. Aboriginal artists still use traditional and modern materials while creating their art. Artist Thancoupie was born in 1937 in the rural town of Weipa in Queensland; she died in 2011. When she was young, clay was very…

That is, Irene, or Eirene, in Greek mythology it is the name of the three Horae, goddess of the seasons, or the goddess of fate and peace. Eirene’s function was to bring peace to mankind. Similarly, in the play, the name Irene connotes peace and love created through art. What is more, signs are indicators of meaning and are not restricted to definite system of communication such as language. It means that Irene is not a mere name; rather, it commutates peace and love brought by Irene for…

funerals now – people didn’t speak ill of the dead, especially when the dead were young. When Ashleigh’s grandfather said something about friendship the woman sitting behind Sarah gasped. Not even the celebrant had mentioned Jo directly; he spoke about love and forgiveness, about tragedy. He talked about the risky nature of youth and…

Antigone by Sophocles Antigone is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles. It is a tale about the conflict between a girl trying to honor her brother and a king who uses his power to forbid it. This Greek play symbolically demonstrates the inner conflict between power and one’s conscience. (Haigh) Antigone was the third and final installment of Sophocles popular trilogy after Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus (Sayre). Sophocles, who lived from 496-406 BCE was a treasurer for Athenian polis…

He came as Achilles’ companion, and was there to help him overcome his anger. He may be a weaker fighter than his friend, however, he is a stronger person because he is wise enough to ignore words and put his faith in actions. Save the air in your lungs for a war cry, do not waste it on insults. (104 words). Homer uses many nature metaphors to describe the fury of war, especially using metaphors for great fighters like Hector, or the wrath of Zeus, or the massive attacks done by either size. I…

bloody weeks of the lengthy Trojan War. Thousands of men sacrifice their lives at the cost of one Trojan’s selfish act of stealing Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, from the Greeks. Homer presents the recurring motif that the will of Zeus prevails regardless of man’s attempts to escape. The weight of the Greek hero and the Trojan leader’s fate lies on the scale of the thundering god of Olympus. Zeus orchestrates the actions of the characters Achilles and Hector in all aspects of…

all the consequences of her action. She is the depiction of oikos and female values inspired by the nature of family love and blood relation. The divergence between the oikos and polis is the key conflict of the tragedy. Although Antigone and Creon live in the same society and come from the same background, they are in different social situations. Antigone is a Greek woman and Greek women of those times were assigned the rule of oikos. In this play, she takes her role as a woman in the…

Subject/Themes The article presents many themes through out its entirety. First, it is understood that this is a speech that is being made at a funeral in honor of the first Athenian soldiers to fall during the Peloponnesian war. Also, the greatness of Athens is referenced through out the entire passage. By instilling pride and ownership for Athens to the people listening there is a sense of recruitment for the country 's military. Getting the audience to turn from the despair of war at…

Without the influences from the Catholic Church, masterpieces, such as, Dante’s Inferno and Petrarch’s sonnets would not have resonated with the people, who were still interested in leading a pious life based on Christian values. In other words, the rise of secularism did not stop writers of the Renaissance from adhering to Christian values for the ones who still followed the church, but also crafted their message for the more secular audience also. Overall, the influence of the Catholic…

book, I ran across a great deal of Greek mythology that I have learned in this course over the past 7 weeks. The Lightning Thief has allusions about a few of the Twelve Olympians, lesser gods, and…