Koine Greek

to the audience and also to reinforce the “us vs. them” theme present throughout the movie. The script for Chi-raq is written in part prose and part poetry. This was an amazing idea to meld Chi-raq with Aristophanes Lysistrata, given that it is a greek drama. However it was poorly executed for several reasons. The first of which deals with the inconsistency that exists throughout the film. It begins with heavy rhyme, then it dwindles significantly and by the end falls somewhere in between too…

actually has a story behind it. The Greek myth of Pandora’s box eventually lead to this common saying. The main character of this myth, Pandora, is culturally significant and shows how the Greek population viewed the world. Pandora is a Greek mythical character who illustrates Greek values and culture through her actions in the myth, Pandora’s box. The Greek myth, Pandora’s box, is about the first woman ever created. The first woman was created by the Greek gods to get revenge from…

fact, it has a lot of interesting concepts; however, one of the most dominant ones is the topic of justice and vengeance. The war itself is just a personal motivation of Agamemnon to deal with Troy and to punish them for their deeds in the past, the Greeks just want revenge, even though the Troy Priest of Apollo Chryses asks for a forgiveness. The gods play also one of the central roles in the poem. The most interesting aspect is that the role of the god in the poem is to punish the negligent…

he received a premonition of his cousin Patroclus after he had not completed his funeral right and could not move forward to the realm of the dead. Homer’s Odyssey Book XI raises several important themes about the presentation of the Afterlife in Greek mythology during Homeric times. In Book XI readers see another step and obstacle that Odysseus must overcome to return home. In this book Homer formally introduces The Underworld, the place where the souls of people who die end up. Homer suggests…

Throughout my visit to the Hirshhorn Museum there were many video, drawing, and sculpture pieces that really struck me. However, the one instillation that spoke to me the most was a performance piece called “Woman in E” by Ragnar Kjartansson. While I was walking around the museum I kept hearing this ominous and melancholy guitar strum. I originally had thought it was some odd music playing over the sound system to give the entire museum an eerie feel - however, as I kept walking the sound got…

The promotion of war leads the Greek to value certain actions over others, including strength, fame, and honor. The cultural norms that form from the appreciation of warrior traditions develop cultural norms where qualities like logic, morality, and respect are not prioritized. Furthermore…

Does the Hero’s Journey apply to all stories in the media? Joseph Campbell deduced from researching myths and legends that all stories are connected by one big circle of storytelling, the monomyth. He concluded that they all have a similar path of journey from beginning to end, success to failure, and life to death. I believe that his Hero’s Journey theory is actually correct to compare all the stories in the media to the same path, and we just don’t realize we’re watching the same story…

Poseidon was the greek God of the sea. He is also known as Neptune in Rome methodology. He was originally a top God of Mount. Olympus. But, he spent the greatest amount of time in his province of water.Poseidon was the sibling to his two brothers, Hades and Zeus. Their parents were Cronus and Rhea. They were titans, children of the Primeval deities Uranus and Gaea. Cronus and Rhea were siblings. They wed and had 6 children, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades,Poseidon, and Zeus. While Cronus parent…

families. In reality, beneath the idea of a legacy is a negative side. The epic poem is written so that the famous are the ones who experience the greatest misery because they are trapped by public opinion. In the Iliad, Homer subverts the ancient Greek trope that legacies are crucial to a fulfilling life. One of the most complex characters in the novel, Hector is at first a man of honor and nobility, but eventually gives way to his dark legacy. One of the first glimpses Homer gives of Hector…

From this passage in the Iliad, Homer actively surveys the relevance of fate by using dialogue, imagery, and shifts of focus in the order of events. In context, Menelaus had just confirmed the duel between himself and Paris. Leading Iris the messenger goddess to spread the news to unsuspecting Helen in the form of Helen’s sister-in-law “the wife of Antenor’s / son, whom strong Heliakon wed, son of Antenor” (3.122, 123). Although Homer is describing a female, the repetition of the phrase “son of…