The Herdsman

in its mercy, which could mean that time is changing but allowing him to still be a child. Line fifteen and line sixteen go together because the speaker is stating that he had control over something else. The lines say that he was a huntsman and a herdsman, so he had control over what the animals did. Line seventeen and line eighteen go together because they are explaining that a sabbath rang through that pebbles in the holy streams. This could mean that the speaker sees the lands as holy and…

The Telemakhy(Books 1-4) Characters: -Gods: Zues*, Athena(Also disguised as Mentor, 284~)+, Kalypso-, -Mortals: Telemakhos(son of Odysseus)+, Penelope(Wife of Odysseus)+ , Antinoos(Suitor of Penelope)-, Eurymakhos(Suitor of Penelope)-, other suitors-, Peisenor(Crier of Ithaka)*, Leokritos(???)-, Mentor(Comrade of Odysseus)+, Eurykleia(Devoted nurse of the Laertes household)+, Nestor(Prince of charioteers, comrade of Odysseus)+*, Menaloas(Comrade of Odysseus)+, Eteonas(Guard/Doorman for…

of the abridged and adapted version of the 1999 Oedipus The King shows Oedipus which means “Swollen-foot,” having a passion to find his real parents which lead to his downfall unfortunately. Oedipus, the child of Laius and Jocasta, was given to a herdsman named Polybus, to have Oedipus killed after his father Laius, the king, was eager for future-knowledge, and journeyed to the oracle at Delphi and found out the most unwelcoming news that his newborn son would grow up to kill his father, Laius,…

In the Theban Plays, written by Sophocles, we are introduced to Oedipus, a man whose very existence leads to a series of pre-destined events which not only affects him, but everyone else around him as well. His efforts to prevent an oracle’s fulfillment proves to be useless as he, unknowingly, carries the prophecy to fruition. Sophocles uses dramatic irony in the tragic plays to show that one’s fate is not easily escaped especially if past events continue to weigh one down. The “sins of the…

Taking Over Rome: Someone Was Going to Do It "Greatness might have cost the Romans their freedom, but it gave them the world" - Tom Holland Julius Caesar completely changed Rome. He initiated transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Without this morph in government, Ancient Roman culture as it is known to the modern world never would have existed. This is because the Pax Romana, during which Roman culture really developed, would not have been started by Augustus if…

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.…

“Creon thus serves as a pivot about which Oedipus turns in his contrasting phrases of self-confidence and abasement” (Kirkwood 70). He not only ignored others but even accused them of the crime. “Oedipus is proud and overconfident; he harbors unjustified suspicions against Teiresias and Creon” (Dodds 19). Rather than acknowledging the information of other characters, Oedipus was threatened by their attempts to help. “The suspicion is confirmed, the connection between Creon and Teiresias is…

Genghis Khan: Research Paper. Genghis Khan was born between 1162-1167, on the Mongolian Steppe of Northern Asia, born clinching a knuckle sized blood clot, his father Yesugei, a tribal chief and accomplished warrior himself, declared it was a sign that Temujin would be a great hero. Genghis Khan is the ultimate rags to riches story. In a span of just 70 years, Genghis Khan ruled over the largest continual landmass (12 million square miles) empire of human history. While his tactics and military…