Troy VII

Homer once stated “what he greatly thought, he nobly dared”. These words eloquently written in Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, capture how Odysseus’ personality traits and attributes positively affect the hero status he has earned. His courage, wisdom, and intelligence drive his quest to return home to be reunited with his wife Penelope, and son Telemachus. Over the span of twenty years, Odysseus, pushed to the limits physically through battle, uses his will and perseverance to come out a hero.…

movie Troy is based on a not so true story known as the Iliad by Homer, which scholars believe that he may not have written it himself. The Iliad is 99 percent fiction with very little actual history in it. The story was inspired by the past and the stories that were handed down for generations to generation and then recorded by Homer. Although it is believed that Homer was not the only writer. What the movie got right is that there was actually a city of Troy. The walls surrounding Troy…

The Odyssey was written 3,000 years ago by Homer. It’s about the 10-year struggle of Odysseus and his journey, which takes place in Greece right after the Trojan War (650 B.C.). In the Odyssey, Homer explores the concept of fate. The God’s control and use their power to influence the outcomes of Odysseus and his family’s life. One of these gods is Athena the goddess of wisdom. Athena helps Odysseus by using her power to get him back to Ithaca and dodging war with the suitors. For 10 years,…

The University of Alberta’s studio theatre production of Iphigenia At Aulis, directed by David Kennedy was originally written by Euripides. The play is built around the conflict of the Trojan War. In the beginning of the play the audience witnesses Agamemnon distraught, about having to sacrifice his eldest daughter Iphigenia to the Greek god Artemis. In doing so Agamemnon believes the Greeks will win the war against the Trojans. In Euripides original version the play takes place during the…

Joseph Campbell, an American mythological researcher, invented the Hero Cycle. He discovered that myths normally dealing with heroes have a common pattern. Years of research led Campbell to discover the stages that almost every hero goes through; these stages make up the Hero Cycle. The stages of the Hero Cycle are: Call to Adventure, Supernatural Aid, Crossing the First Threshold , The Road of Trials, Temptation from the True Path, Apotheosis, The Ultimate Boon, Rescue from Without, Crossing…

especially during a war, often signifies the death and utter destruction of a community. Priam’s death as portrayed in both Virgil’s The Aeneid and Seneca’s Trojan Women shows the merciless slaughter of the king on an altar symbolizing the complete ruin of Troy. However, Virgil and Seneca portray Priam in a different light. In The Aeneid Priam is shown to be fighting to his death even though he is frail and old, whereas Seneca focuses on Priam’s death as just one of the many adding to the…

Many characters show up in Virgil’s Aeneid, but none provide as much insight into the character of Aeneas as Dido, the Phrygian queen of Carthage. Pious Aeneas was the proto-Roman that demonstrated the classical definition of piety through his hardships and struggles to found Rome. Aeneas’s relationship with Dido is not the least of the many trials he faces, but how can the reader best understand her? This paper argues that Dido’s relationship with Aeneas can only be understood fully using…

One painting that really caught my eye is the painting Jupiter and Thetis by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Getlein, 2016). This painting was inspired from Homer’s Iliad, “The Greek epic of the Trojan War (Getlein, 2016).” Without knowing what it really means you can tell more or less what is happening based off of the artists creativity. From first sight, you can see A man sitting in a throne which depicts royalty. There are two women looking at the man in an almost lustful perspective. There…

Virgil justifies his opinion when Aeneas chooses his duty in Italy over his feelings for Dido. Likewise, the Trojans allowing the wooden horse into Troy demonstrates the warriors acting upon their duty to the gods. To add to this thought, Virgil provides an example of why one must not disregard their duties and responsibilities by revealing the effect of Dido’s mistake to marry Aeneas and ignore her…

Book IV 264 - 277). Iarbas, sitting at the high rank of king, becomes arrogant and earns a sense of deserving. He believes that, as king, he has a personal belief that he is more important and worthy of Dido’s hand in marriage than a mere soldier from Troy. Virgil uses this to explain how there are people who think of themselves as more deserving than others, which can lead them to personal anger when they do not have their way. This is not the only time someone think highly of their importance…