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is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...

without specifically worrying about success or failure, "they cannot be stained by action" (Harrison, 1996). Hearing this, Arjuna ...

deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...

Odysseus,/raider of cities gouged out your eye" (Homer 227). As Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, Odysseus makes a powerful god h...

This essay presented an argument that Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" reflects the ideals of Homer's The Iliad. Four pages in lengt...

This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...

This essay utilizes a feministic approach and an anthropological approach to interpretation of Homer's Iliad. Eight pages in lengt...

as Homer based his story on fiction which would occur in the context of history and mythology. While the tale has been critically ...

In three pages this paper examines the events presented in Homer's epic in comparison with the burial rituals of Egypt in a consid...

we mortals bear perforce, although we suffer; for they are much stronger than we. But now I will teach you clearly, telling you th...

occurs near the end of the conflict. These two warriors fight over who has the greater claim to a captive woman who is also the d...

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

In three pages Homer's Penelope is compared with William Shakespeare's Desdemona in terms of Desdemona's simplicity and naivete in...

In five pages this paper compares the heroes Hector and Achilles as presented in Homer's epic in an evaluation of whose heroism wa...

ultimate control, where there could be no arguments. Although all power was concentrated in the hands of a single ruler, Roman c...

bow rang death as he shot his arrow in the midst of them. First he smote their mules and their hounds, but presently he aimed his ...

In seven pages this paper considers the injustices of war in a consideration of women's unequal roles represented in the works of ...

Homer's and Virgil's works are compared and contrasted. This research report suggests that various trends for each of these works....

In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...

were arranged on three concentic terraces that focused on the royal residence ("New..." 33). Recent excavation has discovered that...

In five pages anger as a motif and character motivation in Homer's 'The Iliad' is explored. There are no other sources listed in ...

Two characters from each of Homer's epics are compared in five pages in order to ascertain which is the most heroic of the charact...

and the Greek forces suffer mightily without their hero. Later in the narrative, his anger propels him into battle. But, just as a...

individual stories into the tapestry that became his famous epics. He did not create the stories; they had come from hundreds of y...

is somber (tragic). "...In great works of art all levels in which interpretation can be pursued fruitfully probably remain in som...

In this essay consisting of five pages the argument is presented that the friendship between these heroes in Homer's 'The Iliad' s...

Aspects of Homer's epic poem are analyzed in this paper that contains five pages. There are no other sources listed in the biblio...

be regarded as a historical document. There is very little certain about the poem itself or its author, who was supposedly a blin...

how all true tragic heroes apply the same principle: by purging his sins in exchange for forgiveness from nature and the gods. He...

In ten pages this paper examines modernism within the context on Ulysses and how James Joyce varies the portrayal of Homer's Odyss...