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o 19) The Iliad: Book XXIV: Achilles and Priam  Summary: This section focuses on the immediate aftermath of Hector’s murder. The gods step in and Apollo protects Hector’s corpse and Zeus gets Thetis to convince Achilles to ransom Hector to Priam. Hermes guides Priam with his treasure to Achilles’s tent for the ransom exchange. The ransom exchange happens and Priam leaves in the middle of the night with Hector’s corpse. The Trojans are aroused and upset with they see Hector and ten days later,…

Ophelia, AKA the Witch of Morpheus, sat at a makeshift table, playing at eating her dinner as she contemplated all that had happened since the night she found herself on Morpheus, naked in a bed with a man she didn't even know. A shiver ran done her spine when she remembered how the feeling of unrealness had come over her and nearly destroyed her. She had fought against it and won the battle for reality that first night. The constant fear that the unreality would come back to claim her haunted…

When a volcano erupts it is hard to comprehend the destruction and devastation that may occur with the event. In ancient times when there was no science to explain why a mountain would spew fire, rocks, and ash cultures look for an alternative justification. Many cultures came to the conclusion that the best way to explain such an event was through legends, myths, and stories. The gods and goddesses described in these tales would do things that would create an eruption, such as Pele the Hawaiian…

1. INTRODUCTION THE CONCEPT OF DYSTOPIA: Dystopia (Greek word dys meaning bad and topos meaning place) or alternatively, cacotopia,1 can be defined as an imagined world in which the society is oppressed and an illusion of a perfect society is maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral or totalitarian control.2 It is a word coined by British philosopher John Stuart Mill. In the dystopian society freedom of thought, action and association (as propounded by Mill) are…

Triton was a merman, the sea god and the messenger of Poseidon. Poseidon, the Greek God of the Oceans, and Amphitrite were Triton’s parents. He lived in the sea with his parents, and he was Poseidon’s messenger. Triton had a human head and torso with a fish 's tail. He was often seen with a horn or conch shell that he was blowing. He would blow on his conch shell to calm or raise the waves. The sound that came from the conch shell was terrible. It was so terrible it scared the Giants.…

Part A: The Palace of Knossos is the most complex structure existing from the ancient Minoan Civilization on the island of Crete. It was built in the Minoan political center of Knossos by King Minos around 1900 BC. The palace is an extremely intricate building standing five stories with large, beautiful paintings on its walls known as frescos; it even had indoor plumbing. It is apparent that only the most important people in Minoan society lived in the palace because of its grandeur and beauty…

Achilles Son of King Peleus and Thetis Fated to die in Troy Champion of the Greeks He refused to fight in the Trojan War at first He had incredibly strong armor He fought for Helen as well as for half of Troy’s treasurers His friend, Patroclus, went to war and died fighting Hector He went to war to avenge his beloved friend that he had lost Killed Hector and tortured him even after death until he was satisfied with vengeance Killed Memnon in combat, it was his last battle He was supposed to be…