The Immortals

The outcome of this trial characterized the city of Athens to be unreasonable. Orestes, who murdered his own mother was proven not guilty. The votes were equal for both sides, resulting in Athena having the vote that would be the final verdict. In Apollo’s defense for reasoning as to why Orestes killing his mother was acceptable was “The mother of what is called her child is not the parent, but the nurse of the newly-sown embryo. The one who mounts is the parent, whereas she, as a stranger for a…

The epic of Gilgamesh is a story that tells us about the king Gilgamesh or Bilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a demigod which means he was half a god and half a human. Being a demigod granted him an overwhelming strength which he used to rule his people in Uruk (a city of Sumer that later becomes Babylonia) . According to Dalley (2000), “Gilgamesh ruled sometime between 2800 and 2500 BC“. The people of Uruk prayed to the gods to help them with their suffers, so the gods sent Enkidu, a strong wild man who…

Located inside The Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the Magi Chapel is home to Benozzo Gozzoli’s famous frescoed walls. The Procession of the Magi, which is a series of frescoes spanning over three walls of the main room, depict portrayals such as the Shepherds awaiting the announcement, which is located above the doors of the vestries. The walls of the small Scarsella are decorated with the Angels in adoration as well as the symbols of the Four Evangelists behind the altar. The narrative begins outside…

While she rides by, withdrawn from this mortal realm, both her own mortality and the promise of an immortal life in another world fight for the speaker, with Death being the great resolver by taking the woman’s soul. This poem’s message of conflict is significant due to Dickinson’s views on death, and the next life. She believed in a separate spiritual…

spirit, so you will never die.” “If you get a spiritual awakening and immortal soul, is it the true happiness?” “Yes! Of course! Dying is scary, right? So if you get an eternal life, you will be happy. Also we are serving to the god, so we are the most superior being. If you want happiness, live with us. You can be superior being as well” … “I am sorry, I am sometime afraid of dying, but I am not sure about being superior and immortal being is the true happiness … I need to go” He gave me a look…

The story of Beowulf’s quest and heroic deeds starts off with the request for his aid from another kingdom. Hrothgar sends Beowulf on a hunt for Grendel, an evil monster that has killed many of his soldiers. Grendel’s first appearance is demonic in nature being the complete opposite of Beowulf himself, but this foil just brings out Beowulf’s heroic nature even more. When facing off with Grendel, Beowulf stubbornly turns this situation into one of pride and honor, going so far as stripping his…

going to occur (Millman). He has to build a big boat, and told to save one male and female of all animals, plus save his family. Another myth that talks about a “Great Flood” is a Babylonian tale Epic of Gilgamesh. In this tale, Utnapishtim became immortal by the God’s by building a boat to survive the “Great Flood” (Lyons). This is learned when Gilgamesh travels to Utnapishtim because he wants the secret to…

Death is feared by many people because of the simple fact that is it unavoidable, well unless you are granted immortality like a god. Throughout “The epic of Gilgamesh” we are shown that Gilgamesh and Enkidu fear dying without being remembered. The pair of friends go on various journeys for the simple pleasure of having fame and being seen as heroes throughout Uruk. Gilgamesh and Enkidu face great despair that completely change their perspective about what life and death really means. At the…

Jainism and Buddhism are two ancient religions that emerged on the Indian peninsula approximately 2,500 years ago. Jainism is believed to have appeared between the seventh and fifth century BCE in the Ganges basin of Eastern India (Britannica) and its philosophies are widely based on the teachings of Mahavira (The Great Hero), considered the twenty-fourth and last of the Tirthankaras or “fordmakers of the current cosmic cycle” (Fisher, 2014). Buddhism emerged between the late sixth century and…

Hesiod, in his Theogony, has written a poetic account of the origins of the universe and the source of political order in our world. Hesiod locates these things in the mythological stories that form Greek Mythology and though Hesiod may not be the first person to tell these stories, he passed on a way of thinking about the world that was formative to others. Thales is the first ‘philosopher’ in that he tries to discover a rational explanation for the universe. This is not to say that Hesiod’s…