Mesopotamian mythology

Odysseus versus (Shrek the Movie Character) The Odyssey is a historical book, written by Homer, about a hero who was lost and he had to face many obstacles to make it back home. Shrek is an older movie, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, which is about an Ogre who has to rescue a princess to get his swamp back. To be considered a hero, the character has to be charged with a quest, a presence of mythical beings, and a low point where the character nearly gives up. I think that Shrek…

Plato states in The Republic that “[u]ntil philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophize, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincide…cities will have no rest from evils…there can be no happiness, either public or private, in any other city” (473c-e). People have known for thousands of years about Plato’s concept of philosopher kings, so why hasn’t there come to be more societies under such rule? George…

Michelangelo’s David is a Marble Statue of the Biblical figure, David, in the nude, posed as if he were contemplating something. It was sculpted in 1501-1504 and is about 4.08 meters tall and is located in the Gallery of the Academy in Florence, Italy. Donatello’s David is a bronze statue of the same biblical figure, but, this sculpture has a hat and boots, and is holding sword in his right hand, blade to the ground whilst he steps on the decapitated head of Goliath. This was sculpted in…

Either You’re in Town or Remembering Water Urinetown, while a humorous musical, is about more than being whimiscal. It shines a light on the depleting resource that is water; “But too bad the water that we share could fit inside a cup!” (Kotis and Hollmann 52). The conceptual minds of Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann, authors of Urinetown, align with Emmi Itaranta, author of Memory of Water. Their ideals concerning water contribute to a common theme exploring the possibilities of a world where…

Written in the archaic period, around three-hundred years prior to Plato and Diogenes, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey provide substantial evidence to support that the body and the soul both play major roles in forming the concept of self. The emphasis placed on the body through the Homeric lens is evident in the dialogue Hector and Achilles have in The Iliad before their duel. Hector, aware that his chances of victory against Achilles are grim, pleads to Achilles, “Once I’ve stripped your glorious…

Scott O’Dell: Intentional Misinterpretation or Accidental Appropriation? She braves the wrath of nature, fighting both the world around her and the world inside of her; her brother is eaten alive by dogs, her father is killed before her eyes; she has to make the choice of abandoning her tribe’s traditions and living, or keeping them and dying. In Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins, Karana is the fictional representation of the Lone Woman, who spends roughly twenty years isolated on San…

heaven drinks all the water from the rivers causing the city folks and farmers to suffer from lack of food and drinking water. After Gilgamesh and Enkidu destroy the bull of heaven the drought is said to be over. These stories prove to us that the Mesopotamians looked up to the gods to supply them with the resources they needed. When they had droughts and bad years it was said to…

Homeric and Hellenistic Epics and Tragedy are two genres distinct from one another in many ways. Tragedy is more compact than Epic, not wasting time on repetition or embellishments. They also differ in that the purpose of Tragedy is to show the downfall of great heroes and royalty, but Epic focused more on the heroic code and the glory of heroes. One of the things that both genres showcase though, is fate is important in everyone’s lives. Although Greek society’s ideals of heroes have changed…

INTRODUCTION Kerberos is a compound network authentication system that was initiated by MIT in 1989. In Greek tradition, Kerberos was a wild three-headed dog that controlled the passageway to the underworld (Hades). Kerberos shielded that only the deceased, not living humans, pass into Hades. In our world, Kerberos is a system that handle powerful data encryption algorithms ahead with message digest algorithms to guarantee data confidentiality and integrity in the time of the authentication…

Kali mera sas? Good morning. Wake up, you are in Athens. Athens is your corporate regional headquarters for Africa and the Middle East. It used to be in Beirut, but, when Lebanon became a war zone, many companies moved their regional operations to Athens. The local laws provide regional headquarters with permits for residency. There are also no taxes for regional headquarters that conduct no actual sales/manufacturing business in Greece, but create administrative and marketing jobs to focus…