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The Depiction of Troy in The Iliad and in Film

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

Greek Culture and 'The Iliad' by Homer

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...

Sappho's Poetry, Homer's Epics, and Women

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

Anger and Fear in the Workd os Chinua Achebe and Homer

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

The Iliad and "The Knight's Tale"

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

"Troy" (2004) and Homer's Iliad

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

Myth in Homer's Iliad

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

The Role of the Gods in "Medea"

they were interested in seeing this story play out once again, and that they found meaning in it. It seems logical to assume that ...

Mary Rowlandson's "Sovereignty and the Goodness of God" and Religion's Role in the Text

numbers. However, early on, they read more like a church sermon that Mary had been conditioned to recite from early childhood. I...

The Origin of Evil

Testament. The general thought is that Moses wrote these texts during the forty years of the Exodus which would have been between ...

Myths From Ancient India and Mesopotamia

The controversy over the federal funding of stem cell research is outlined in an article titled "Stem-Cell...

Gilgamesh and Sumerian Religion

on having sex with every bride on her wedding night. It was an imperative belief in the ancient world that for society to exist, t...

Wiencek/On George Washington

than "anywhere else" (Henriques 414). However, the "bad news" is that amidst Wienceks narrative there are numerous errors, as well...

St. Bernard And Abbot Suger And Art

adorned with art, sculpture and other adornments. He even included the Pope in his negative comments (Encyclopedia of World Biogra...

Mortality in Epic of Gilgamesh

afterlife, gods and worship, adventure and achievement, and legacy. The gender roles and children depicted in The Epic of Gilgame...

Gender Roles and the Impacts of Cultural and Social Inflences

doesnt let this bother her in the least (Hurston, 1999). Interestingly, despite Janies assertiveness and her obvious independen...

Herodotus and Ancient Leaders

of the Persian Empire" (Herodotus, 2006). Herodotus begins his story with "an account of the first western monarch to enter into c...

Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days Compared

In five pages the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

God and Morality

In five pages this paper examines the role of God in morality. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

The Rain God: A Desert Tale Viewed Critically

members of the Angel clan, as well as Mexican-American men and women. Gender restricts personal choices, and influences not only ...

Modern Ministers and Gods of Ancient Greece

given to the primary gods and goddesses; this was true from Homeric times on but perhaps it goes back to the Minoan and Mycenaean ...

Temple Priests of Ancient Greece

In six pages the ancient Grecian religion is discussed in terms of examining the different roles of the priests and the significan...

Agape Love, Views of Paul Tillich

This essay offers an overview of the views of theologian Paul Tillich in regards to agape love and the role it plays in defining i...

The Weeping Prophet

The Book of Jeremiah is the longest book in the Bible containing more words than any other book. The greatest majority of the Book...

Greek God Apollo's Influence on Ancient Greece

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...

Homer's Iliad, A Political Perspective

This paper discusses the argument between Achilles and Agamemnon from a political perspective. Three pages in length, two sources ...

Homer's Iliad, Questions

This essay answers three question. The first pertains to the arguments presented to Achilles on why he should fight, the second li...

Can God and Evil Co-exist

One of the questions that has plagued theologians, Biblical scholars, philosophers and others has to do with God and evil. How can...

God's Existence and Reason

In eight pages this paper examines God's existence in a consideration of philosophy's rational arguments. Four sources are cited ...

Gaunilo's Response to Saint Anselm's Ontological Argument on God's Existence

In six pages this paper examines how Gaunilo philosophically responded to St. Anselm's Proslogion as it featured his argument on G...