Treaty of Paris

Paris may be known worldwide today as ‘the city of lights’ and home to the unmistakable Eiffel Tower that dominates the city, but there was once a time when Paris was a medieval town, with ancient buildings and streets. Prior to the drastic actions of Georges-Eugène Haussmann to modernise the city, the river Seine was the centre of commerce. This was until his boulevards became the new highways of the city. Haussmann’s renovation of Paris took place between 1853 and 1870, and saw buildings like…

In Homer’s The Iliad not only is Achilles the main character, he is also the perfect depiction of what a self-sufficient man looks like. Sometimes we get the idea that we are able to accomplish and conquer anything without help. To add on, the point of human interaction is to create human empowerment. Human empowerment is the ability to come together as a unified whole. Thus when you are unified together as a group you can conquer, solve and learn from one another. Human interaction is also…

were followers of the immortal gods, that loved war, and did not believe that they would be defeated. The heroes in the Iliad are fighting over Helen, the wife of the Menelaus king. After Helen had been promised to the prince of troy by Aphrodite; Paris, the Prince of Troy, had taken Helen away to Troy. Angered, her husband had begun gathering an army to bring her back to him with the help of this dear brother. Successfully, Menelaus had gathered enough Greeks to support him in the war against…

Greek and Sumerian (Mesopotamian) cultures can demonstrate two completely different ideologies as they existed and thrived in two different time periods. However, because it existed in two different time periods, it does not mean that it cannot give the readers an idea of what they regarded their virtues at the highest standard. Whether it discusses the stories of great men, evil tyrannical lords, hypocritical gods, or the contradiction of how they viewed women, both stories discussed some of…

This is not the first time I have read the Iliad. I took a course back in my sophomore year called Love and War in the Ancient World. After reading the Iliad for a second time, I realized something that I did not see when I read it the first time. I realized that the Greeks were not all that much different than myself. While reading the Iliad, I got a sense that there was a theme of God, Family, and Country. This reminds me of a lot of important in my own life. Let me explain the Greeks are more…

Arguably the most dynamic city on earth, London has for centuries, in the areas of finance, literature, politics, art and theater, been the center of the world. As the capital of the United Kingdom, it ruled at its peak about a quarter of the world that may be one of the many reasons London still is a beloved setting for a novel or a short story. Distinguished writers such as Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf all have an allurement of this city. As…

Demodocus sings about the love story during the war in Book 8 line 300 to 410. The song is about illicit affair between Ares, the god of war, the son of Zeus and Hera, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, the daughter of Zeus and Dione. And Hephaestus husband of Aphrodite tries to stop their adultery. The main theme here is that comparing with Odysseus his own experiences. Homer connected this story to Odysseus himself. First of all, Ares and Aphrodite meet secretly in Hephaestus’s…

Attack on Paris Newspaper,” by Tara Fowler and Peter Mikelbank, showing hope and strength in dire circumstances through the unity of victims in suffering, the ability to stay true to one’s self, and the determination to survive oppression. The citizens of Paris and the occupants of the annex unite in suffering, enabling the reader to see the strength it provides for them. After the shooting of 12 people at the magazine offices of Charlie Hebdo, demonstrators crowd the streets of Paris as they…

Didot. Just the word, the name, conjures visions of elegance and propriety in the heads of typographers. A go-to font for many, it has been used on magazine covers to TV shows and even chosen by CBS to be shown next to their iconic eye logo. Didot has been around since it creation in the eighteenth century by a Frenchman by the name of Firmin Didot. It is a very structured font, with an attitude all its own. The bold strokes and thin serifs give Didot is timeless look, a look that has survived…

The Louvre, also know as the beholder of history, is one of the most illustrious tourism sites in the world. The Louvre is located in Paris, France and encloses some the most eminent pieces of art ever constructed. Founded in 1792, the Louvre is composed of preeminent works of art including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Liberty Leading the People, and The Raft of Medusa. Before the Louvre was founded it served as palace for approximately two centuries. It accommodated many noble figures of…