Helen Thomas

The Anonymous Years (Enters Orestes into the main living area) The Chorus Orestes, we have brought news from Argos. Your mother has betrayed your father and his kingdom. Your father has endured a gruesome death. The Kingdom of Argos is now laying at rest alongside your father. We no longer have a reason to thrive. Unless, the justice that your mother deserves is carried out upon her and her lover, Aegisthus. Orestes The news from Argos, but how could this be? My mother has murdered my father.…

(Trojan War, History.com). As a result of this war, many lives were lost but the Grecians eventually won after ten gruesome years of fighting (Cartwright, Mark. "Trojan War."). This war was fought because of the “capture” of Helen. It is said that the disappearance of Helen was a result of a curse on the House of Atreuis. However, others believe the Trojan War occurred because of Heracles’ mercy. Some still believe the second downfall of Troy was a result of Paris’s ruling. After the ruler of…

rhetoric of its model. For Menelaus belies Helen’s claim of new-found loyalty to the Greeks, when he mentions (apparently en passant) her second Trojan husband, the man she married after the death of Paris (Odyssey iv 276). Before beginning her tale, Helen had said “Enjoy these speeches (μύθοις). For I will narrate fitting, seemly things (ἐοικότα)” (Odyssey iv 239). But after Menelaus’ response,…

Dionysus My favorite Greek god was Dionysus or Bacchus. He was known as the god of the wine. Dionysus was the son of Zeus and the princess Semele of Thebes. Unfortunately, His mother died because of jealousy of Hera. Zeus snatched Dionysus from Semele and hid him away from Hera. When Dionysus was born, Hermes took him to the nymph of Nysa. They treated Dionysus and taught him to viticulture. Later, he invented the wine and spread it to humans. Therefore, people worshipped him. In the ancient…

mortals, Helen and Clytemnestra, who one day have a great impact on what is now known as southeastern Europe. Though Leda’s rape may be seen as a small incident when compared to occurrences in the world, it results in the Trojan War, Agamemnon’s death and the ultimate formation of the Roman Empire. These events may have happened long after the rape, but they are undeniably connected.…

verbal agreement; Inside of their marriage, deception and backstabbing appear frequently. Opposite of them, Hector and Andromache show true love and care, as their marriage show true love and caring for each other– They truly love each other. Paris and Helen show that how loosely the term love can be used throughout life and how love…

Many of the individuals from greek tales who have encountered moments of overwhelming emotion that caused rash actions have often blamed it on a god. Specifically pertaining to the Helen of Troy and aphrodite. Some say it was Paris’s own jealousy of the king of sparta that warranted him to steal away his wife Helen. Prompting the question, could it be that mortals created the pantheon to be scapegoats for their uncontrollable attributes. By specifically giving the promiscuous and jealous nature…

influential woman, Helen of Troy. These two authors will go on to tell you that Helen is a beautiful lady that is admired and loved or if she is a danger to all and causes disorder all around. To begin, the speaker in Poe and H.D.’s pieces both severely vary, you can certainly tell this by just the titles. Edgar Allen Poe’s poem is entitled as “to Helen,” Poe poses as if he was directly talking to her. Unlike Poe, Doolittle’s title is simply “Helen,” indicating that she is talking about Helen,…

Characters of Mythology A. Paris / insolent B. “The ties between guest and host were strong. Each was bound to help and never harm the other… shamed the hand that gave him food, stealing away a woman.” (Hamilton 257) C. Although he was entitled to Helen by Aphrodite, she had already been wedded to another man. The god of beauty had no other choice but to grant Paris his wish. The way that he had taken the wife of Menelaus, however, was cowardly and dishonored the sacred ties between host and…

with his best friend Helen when they were younger. He took off his helmet and lay it in the ground and continue thinking about the promise that he made to her on the night before he left to become a soldier. He was 16 years old when he made that oath that he will come back once he become a famous soldier just like Achilles. Now at the age of 24, that dream is still far from reality. Not far away, he heard people running and screaming away from the town. He…