Orestes

Influential Classical Writers and Poets in World Literature There is tons of existing classical writers and Poets in World Literature. Many of these inspirational composers have continued to live in the modern society. Poetry has derived from many of these poets from the classical age, but is everlasting to our world. We have taken classical world literature’s contributions, studied the contributions, and excelled those contributions for use of the today’s literature. Quintus Ennius was one…

way, but she does not follow these feminine roles. She considers herself just as important as the elders in the chorus. Moreover, when a king is absent, the grown son is supposed to take control of the kingdom. However, Clytaemnestra sends her son Orestes away, so she can have control and successfully murder Agamemnon. Clytaemnestra defies the feminine role by taking control of the kingdom when she knows her son was supposed to have control. In addition, she does not control the kingdom with…

the minds of his readers and may portray that like the elm, she carries an illness which is killing her, yet the new sprouting leaves represent Machado’s hope of her recovery. Leonor was not mentioned in his poetry until after her death, but Macrí Oreste claimed that she was incorporated in his poetry through the Sorian myth and ‘the half-dead elm tree’…

The rise of existentialism coincided with the end of World War II, and for good reason. Such loss and devastation faced by all the nations involved led the masses to take a deeper look at their philosophies and, more specifically, where to find the so-called “meaning of life” after the world had proven its inability to decipher right and wrong. The nations wondered how such a travesty could come about and began to think that everything they knew and relied upon was wrong. Many came this…

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.”- Marcus Garvey. Telemachus has the handsome appearance of his renowned father, but more importantly he has inherited Odysseus’s character. Many times, you have to grow up in your own. You have to learn things you may have learned from someone else even if they aren’t there to teach you. In this story you will see how Telemachus learns to get through without his father. Throughout the monumental story of the Odyssey,…

multiple stonings, and like, previously stated, the ruthless destruction of roman culture. During the riot in the film, we saw the clash between the pagans and Christians ending in death and the injury of Hypatia’s father. Later on in the movie, Orestes also suffered from an injury due to a stone being thrown at him. Hypatia’s life ending prematurely from not submitting to the Christian religion resulting in the stoning. In the film, though either death is brutal, Hypatia died from a…

The blood red scent of dawn washed over the previously white sandy beaches, the light that fell on the Achaean camp brought life to the stench of rot and disease that Apollo sent in with arrows. The rays that hit the walls of troy kept clean by the God of light as it cooked away the morning dew. "They are fighting again today, the men. The Achaeans and the Trojans, who will I fight for today? Who can shed the most blood for me? Will Achilles come, or Hector? Will I take away another of King…

The presence of Pseudo-Neros in the years and decades after the actual Nero’s death is a puzzling matter. At least three men (though Tacitus suggests there were much more) claimed to be the late emperor, then proceeded to gain support from plebians, military officials, and foreign empires. All of them were reasonably competent leaders, but the primary reason for their albeit limited success was their supposed name. This paper hopes to discover how and why more than one man threatened Rome by…

One of the many traditional, core values of the ancient Greek culture that is held in high esteem is the concept of family. In antiquity, family was a closely held treasure that, even to Greeks, was ancient in its’ principle. Allegiance to one’s family was an everyday part of Athenian tradition, and it was a treacherous to go against one’s own heritage. Family relationships are the subject of much interest in ancient Greek myth, and are a reoccurring theme that underlies much of the literature…

Book I: Homer begins the narrative by calling on the Muse to help him tell the story of Odysseus. He briefly writes about how Odysseus’ journey home from the Trojan War was a struggle, and he mentions that Odysseus’ men all died because they foolishly ate the cattle of the god Hyperion. The story then begins. Odysseus is not dead, but he has not yet returned home. The nymph Calypso, who wants to marry him, has held him captive for many years. The gods on Mount Olympus finally hold a council to…