Minos

In the novel of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce a künstlerroman written in a modernist style, we see the religious and intellectual awakening of the fictional alter ego of James Joyce named Stephen Dedalus. We see the struggles Stephen are faced with as he grows up and these struggles are his family, morality, religion and nationality. As these struggles between Stephen and the above issues progresses Stephen reaches a point in his life where he decides to reject the…

Who, in pop culture, does society consider a hero? What does it take to become a hero? Greek hero stories, like Theseus, helps society create more popular hero stories, such as the Hunger Games. If Theseus is a hero then Katniss Everdeen is also a hero because both stories have very similar outlines. The first part of a hero’s journey is the departure. Within this part of the journey, there is the unusual birth, call to adventure, and crossing the threshold. Katniss is born into a dystopian…

position in Hell. However, he was not particularly frightening in the service of Hades but is described as a “devil … with eyes of glowing coals” in the Inferno (1063). Another mythological Greek figure that falls under the reigns of Dante’s Hell is King Minos who, like Charon, keeps the same position he had in Hades as judge of the dead but, also like Charon, is corrupted in appearance. He is described as standing “grotesquely, and he snarls” with his “tail in coils” (1067). Plutus, too, is…

Art resembles that of a teacher. It takes viewers on a journey somewhere to a certain setting with something taking place despite its still nature. Art teaches many lessons in many different subjects. To put it simply, art is a form of expression in which one displays their knowledge or opinions. For example the painting Landscape With the Fall of Icarus by Pieter Bruegel the Elder tells the tale of pride, punishment, and the unsympathetic nature of mankind by using characters as symbols and…

been written on flight, one of the most famous ones being of Daedalus and his son, Icarus1. In this story, Daedalus and his son have completed the Labyrinth for King Minos, which was involved in the story of Theseus. Daedalus and Icarus were locked up in a tower with no way down on the completion of the Labyrinth, because King Minos wanted no man to know how to get in or out. Daedalus had to collect the feathers of birds to make artificial wings for himself and his son. In the story Daedalos…

Perhaps death is a change of place and Socrates believes that his conviction is based due to bad judges in this state and his death will take him to a wonderful place and thus will be vindicated, because Minos and Rhadamanthus will be the true judges. Socrates believes that the corrupt judges of Athens will not kill Socrates language and mind in his afterlife. Thus, death is a good thing if one is virtuous, and good but if a one is unjust then death is bad…

The Greco-Persian wars were a big thing. Seriously. We all think that the Greeks were so great, but really the Persians had a bigger navy, a bigger army, and a less non-existent air force. So in other words, the Persians were pretty much superior numbers-wise. Greeks only had heavy infantry, whereas the Persians had heavy infantry, light infantry, cavalry, (It was a big thing at the time) and archers. The Greeks had this giant decorative helmet for scaring the other side off, that a blacksmith…

The given passage from the bildungsroman novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, is written by James Joyce. The extract appears towards the end of the novel, after the priest spoke to Stephen about becoming a priest and living a clerical life and before Stephan receives an epiphany from a girl wading in the sea. In this extract we witness how Stephen devotes the rest of his life to one of artistic expression. This is relevant to Joyce’s Aristotelian approach to art. This approach…

How has the plumbing methods change overtime? There are so many things that have changed the world we live in today such as plumbing. Could you imagine living in a world without plumbing? I know I couldn’t that’s for sure now here’s a look into how the methods of plumbing have changed overtime. Such as Ancient plumbing methods, how plumbing has evolved over the years into what it is today, and what has plumbing done to make the world a better place. Now let’s begin in about 6000.BC where the…

the story of Heracles and the Nemean Lion could’ve sparked a conversation about Heracles’ twelve labors, and his role as a Greek hero. The story of Theseus and the Marathonian Bull could’ve sparked a conversation about the Minotaur in Crete, King Minos, and Minoan culture. Or it could’ve started a conversation about Athena and their love for Athens. The compositions chosen for these pieces were in no way arbitrary. The role of the ceramic pieces, such as this particular stamnos, was crucial to…