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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 ...

spiritual awakening. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC POEM: Epic poems all share similar characteristics which define them as such. Fo...

In five pages the epic heroes that are featured in epic literary works are discussed in a consideration of 'The Song of Roland,' '...

'The Iliad' by Homer is examines with the focus being on the women who are featured within and their classification in a paper con...

Looking at Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' and Homer's 'The Iliad', the author finds characters and situations that represent the ...

Epic simile and imagery employed by Homer in 'The Iliad' are analyzed in 6 pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

In five pages this paper compares these pleas in an analysis of 'The Iliad' by Homer. There are no other sources listed....

"Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh...

and Achilles argue over who has the "rights" to one of the "spoils of war," which in this case is a person, a girl who has already...

Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...

of common suffering or accomplishment. Once the student working on this project sees these factors, it becomes obvious throughout ...

In five pages this paper examines Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' in its portrayal of Homeric warfare in a consideration of ...

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

In five pages this paper examines how democracy is metaphorically depicted in the actions of Achilles and Agamemnon in 'The Iliad'...

in the following: "Oh be it ours to come to Theseus famous realm, a land of joy! Never, never let me see Eurotas swirling tide, ha...

In a more recent translation we note a great deal of anger and a powerful sense of revenge, as we see in the following excerpt fro...

being mindful of his station. Agamemnon is the king of the Achaeans, and Nestor has no designs on Agamemnons position. He does w...

traits he possesses that is less than admirable, one thing is clear. He exhibits loyalty and trustworthiness. He respects the gods...

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

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...

book, Ares is battling Diomedes; he thrusts at him but Athena knocks his spear away and Diomedes stabs the god. Ares flies up to O...

ugliness of battle and death. Homers soldiers do not die cleanly and quickly; they suffer, they claw the ground; they cry out an...

that allows the poem to celebrate or immortalize its national culture (Epic Poetry). The distinguishing characteristics of Homers...

are only half in existence any longer. There are rooms that are connected, and dwellings that apparently possessed entrances on th...

and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...

Achilles is well aware that he is mortal and that his life will be brief, and Thetis recognition of his mortality "contrasts sharp...

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

ultimately started the war, Priam, his father and the king of Troy, and Hector, the other son of Priam. While there are other impo...