Lesbos

Achilles hands over his “prize” Briseas so that he may have “another prize ready” (page 110). To Agamemnon and his men women are seen as prizes of war that they have fought so valiantly to be awarded. Although Agamemnon has several women on the island of Lesbos and even a wife, Clytemnestra; he feels he deserves a prize like every other man so he must take…

to Rome was one of a kind, his accomplishments and the wealth brought with them was never encountered till this moment in Roman history. By historical records we can track his return back to Rome from Asia. He stopped in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, he decided to build theater in Rome like the one in this city, also he stopped in Rhodes, and Athens and gave money to compensate and help rebuilding the city that was destroyed by the last Sulla’s war with King Mithridates during the First…

The isle of Lesbos in the 2nd Century AD facilitated Longus in the creation of a romantic novel, Daphnis and Chloe, which conceptualizes gender norms of the classical Greek era. The “island of love” was the setting for the innocent romance that began naturally, but was challenged later by cultural constructs from the city. I believe that in Longus’ Daphnes and Chloe nature and culture are revealed in a conflicting approach in regards to gender and sexuality beliefs. Inset stories within the…

Same-sex rights In the Declaration of Independence the Founding fathers said that all men are created equal. Therefore no matter your spouse all people should have the right to own their property with their significant other. Also homosexuals should be able to get great health insurance as well as adopt children. Same-sex couples are discriminated against in owning property together. A lot of the couples have to pay higher taxes when they sell or buy a house and there are slim pickings for…

First of all, before any details of the doings of the homosexuality, certain information about their history needs to be presented. There weren’t terms or concepts which correspond to the mordern dichotomy of ‘heterosexual’ and ‘homosexual’ in the ancient Greece. The description of acient Greek attitudes is important to recognize that there was regional variation. For instance, there were general strictures against same-sax eros in parts of Ionia, whereas it was approved of and celebrated in…

Supplication is a term that is used for begging or asking someone to do something in return of something for that person 's own benefit. Supplication scenes are the most striking scenes in the poem Iliad. We can see these scenes in some chapters of the book. In the poem, characters perform their supplications by grasping the person 's knee and sometimes by touching the person 's chin or sometimes by just offering them gifts or ransoms. Achilleus is the most significant character in the poem. He…

Mytilene took place in the year 428 B.C and the debate took place in the city of Mytilene who had surrender to Paches (2013 p 94) 2. The Athenians believed that the revolt at Mytilene was premeditated as the Mytilenean people had planned to unify with Lesbos and revolt against the Athenian Empire (2013 p 94). Their government had plotted a rebellion with the help of the Spartans and Boeotian’s as well as cities on other islands to revolt against the Athenian powers (2013 p 94). Whilst the…

Sappho lived during the sixth century BC on the island of Lesbos. There is very little that is to know about the life of Sappho, she is one of the greatest women of Greek lyrics, and through her work of both lyrics and narrative poems she focused on beauty and love. Catullus was a Latin poet from the late Roman Republic, his style of writing is mostly neoteric poetry. Sappho’s writings are softer and more feminine, she would express how passion, relationships and jealousy felt like. Her writings…

were inscribed pieces of lead, usually in the form of thin sheets, intended to bring supernatural powers to bear against persons and animals. The great majority or early tablets come from Attica. Nevertheless, they were found everywhere, including Lesbos. The more early examples come from the 5th and 4th century B.C. and are quite simple in form. It is almost certain that these tablets were accompanied by oral prayers, incantations and invocations. These tablets contained highly formulaic…

word to cut to the innermost soul of their prey. If someone is overweight, a typical verbal taunt would be to call them “fat”. If an individual being bullied is a homosexual or lesbian, the words they hear ringing out are “homo”, “fag”, “lezzie”, “lesbo”…and much, much worse. The final ability in the bullies arsenal is through cyberbullying. With the advent of personal computers, smart phones, text messages and social networking sites (facebook & twitter, for example) the power the bullies…