...The Minotaur, a well known half bull half man monster, was killed by a man while sleeping. Theseus, the son of King Aegeus and Poseidon, successfully killed the monster. This all happened when this brave man volunteered to be one of the tributes that were supposed to be fed to the monster, telling everyone that he wanted to fight the Minotaur to save the people of his father’s kingdom and to stop the sacrificial tribute. With this action, so many people from the kingdom experienced many different kinds of emotions. Mark, one of the tributes that was with Theseus, expressed the feeling of nervousness, and hope by saying “When I heard him say that he wanted to come with us and try to defeat the Minotaur I was so nervous for him because I have never heard someone say that they wanted to go against the monster that everyone is afraid of, especially from someone that just arrived in Athens....
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...he Minotaur sat in his labyrinth and started to get angry. Every day he sat in his maze of a prison. All alone. It wasn’t his fault, not really. He blamed Hera and the rest of those God forsaken, well gods. He hated to live like this. If he ever smelled a god he would destroy it. The prison was never ending. He hated his stupid brain. The only things he ever felt was hatred and anger towards the gods that made him miserable. He wanted to cave their skulls in, but he knew they wouldn’t die. They would live forever. So one day he started to think, which was rare. He may not be able to kill a god but maybe he could kill their kids. He got treats every nine years,and they would come tomorrow, one eventually had to be a demigod. All this thinking...
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...Theseus is a great hero of Affic legend son of Aegeus and Aethra. Aegeus being childless was allowed by Pittheus, king of Troezen, to have child (Theseus) by his daughter Aethra. Pittheus thinking to help fulfill the prophecy of the oracle at Delphi regarding how childlessness of king Aegeus would end, Pittheus plied Aegeus with wine and lured him into Aethras bed. Aegeus on his departure hid his sword and his shoes under a large stone as birth tokens. He told Aethra if she had their son and if he could lift the stone, to give him the sword and shoes to their son and send him to Athens. When Aethra thought Theseus was man enough, she took him to the stone and told him to lift it. Theseus lifts it with no problem. Aethra then told him...
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...The story of Theseus and the Minotaur is one of the most fascinating in Greek mythology. It is a story where man and beast break borders and create the unknown. The story begins when Poseidon, a mighty Greek god, gives a beautiful bull to the king of Crete. Expecting the bull to be sacrificed in the name of Poseidon, the king was infatuated by the beauty of the bull and kept it for himself. Enraged, Poseidon punishes the king by making the king’s wife fall madly in love with the bull. In result, the Minotaur was created: A half man, half bull cannibal. Mortified and disgusted, instead of killing this creature, the king created a labyrinth and locked up the Minotaur. Every nine years, to feed the Minotaur, the king would order Athens to choose seven boys and seven girls to be sent to the labyrinth. Because of the complicated architecture of the labyrinth, the youths would be helplessly lost until the Minotaur would find them and devour them. Why did Athens agree to do this? Why is the Minotaur so intimidating? Athens and the King of Crete could have treated the Minotaur as an individual, but instead they were captivated by fear. Although the Minotaur has many human features, we categorize him as a beast because we fear him: his abnormality, inscrutability and forbidden nature. The Minotaur, aside from being too big and a carnivore, was thrown into a never-ending maze mainly because of shame and chagrin. The Minotaur was never seen; only the king, the queen as well as the...
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...Furious, Minos demanded that Athens pay a yearly sacrifice of fourteen citizens to feed the Minotaur. The monster lived in the labyrinth under King Minos’ palace. Theseus volunteers to go to Crete as a sacrifice and slay the Minotaur. Aegeus is unhappy but Theseus feels he must prove that he is a hero. Theseus arrives in Crete with the rest of the sacrifices. He proclaims to Minos that he is the prince of Athens and son of Poseidon. Minos challenges those claims and tells Theseus to fetch his signet ring from the ocean. Theseus, with the help of the nymph Thetis, retrieves the ring and an old crown. Minos’ daughter Ariadne wanted Theseus to kill the Minotaur, so she gave him a spool of thread to unroll as he traverses the Labyrinth. Thus, he can easily find his way back to the entrance. She also made Theseus promise to marry her and take her away to Athens. Then came the Reward, the Road Back, and the Resurrection. Theseus took Ariadne as his prize back onto the ship he came in and set sail for Athens. However, he decided to abandon Ariadne on a deserted island after Dionysus threatened him. When Theseus was pulling into the Athenian docks, he forgot to change the sail of the ship to white. Thinking Theseus had failed, Aegeus jumped off a cliff and died. Now, Theseus’ Return with the Elixir became his new title as the king of...
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...The Myth of Daedalus and Icarus Summary: The Myth of Daedalus and Icarus is one of the most well-known Greek myths today. Daedalus was a well-known and respected Athenian architect, sculptor, and inventor. He created the plan for the Minoan Palace of Knossos, an important archaeological site today. He also designed the Labyrinth, a maze so complex that no one could escape it. King Minos of Crete had Daedalus build the Labyrinth to contain the Minotaur. The Minotaur was a monster with the body of the man and the head of a bull, who lived in the Labyrinth and fed on humans. The King of Athens (King Theseus) had to send tributes to King Minos, and then would be sent into the Labyrinth and sacrificed to the Minotaur in memory of his dead son Androgenos....
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...of his story to emphasize their importance and meaning. Catullus starts his poem by dictating the story of Peleus falling for Thetis. But this is merely a frame story for the story of Theseus, his love tryst with the princess Ariadne and his conquering of the Minotaur. Catullus uses many styles to convey his purpose in his poem. The first that we shall look at is his set up of conflict. Catullus starts the main story with Ariadne having already been faulted and abandoned on the shore. He sets up the story so that you know that the “hero” of the story is in fact a villain as well. The images he uses gives the idea that this woman is abandoned with nothing. Even her clothes leave her, she stands there totally naked and vulnerable, the last thing she has is the gods. Even this story is somewhat of a frame story. As the fates say that Venus put the nettles of hurt in her heart when Theseus left his homeland, and then the story shifts to the beginning of Theseus’ story. The Heroic story then starts about the man who is willing to give his life for his people. He volunteers to take the place of one of the Athenians who will be sacrificed to the Minotaur. Ariadne then falls for him and with her help Theseus beats the Minotaur. At this point Catullus breaks the fourth wall of writing and switches to directly talking to the reader. Catullus openly questions his own poem saying that why would he digress so far from his original poem. He then answers himself thereby telling the reader...
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...and the Cyclopse from the underworld. The Cyclopse give Zeus the power of the lightning bolt as thanks for liberating them. * The Clash of the Titans begings. This is a fight between the Titans, ruling gods of the universe, and the newly formed Olympians who get help from the Hundred Handers and the Cyclopse. * The Titans get help from Typhon but Zeus beats him with the lightning bolt and banishes him to Mt. Etna. * The Olympians win the fight and the three male gods [Zeus (the youngest), Poesidon (middle), Hades (the eldest)] draw lots to see who will rule. Zeus becomes ruler of the heavens, and king of the gods, Poesdion ruler of the seas and Hades is ruler of the underworld. * Zeus marries Metis (goddess of wisdom), she was the one who gave him advice to poison his father. When she becomes pregnant he gets worried that their offspring will overpower him the way he did to his father. He swallows Metis. * He gains her wisdom and starts to have headaches. Athene is born from the forehead of Zeus reliving him from his headaches. * Zeus marres his sister Hera and they have two sons, Ares and Hephaestus, and one daughter, Hebe. * Hera is jealous of his cheating and attempts an uprising which fails. She is punished by being...
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...------------------------------------------------- Ishmael Question 1 In the novel, Ishmael, the phrase that the gorilla uses to represent society’s creation of a reality for an individual and a group is Mother Culture Question 2 at the end of the novel, the narrator expresses the idea that what he wants from Ishmael is a program Question 3 Daniel Quinn wrote the novel “Ishmael” in the twentieth century Question 4 According to Ishmael, if the takers accumulate knowledge about what works well for things, the leavers accumulate knowledge about what works well for people Question 5 The premise being acted out by Leaver cultures, according to the novel, Ishmael, is humanity belongs to the world Question 6 In the novel, Ishmael, the gorilla says there are two stories being enacted by humans at the present time: the takers and the leavers Question 7 Based on the text of the novel Ishmael, complete the following analogy. The Takers are to the Leavers as Cain is to Abel Question 9 In the novel, Ishmael, the dialogue eventually deals with a biblical story. Which biblical story is a key part of the novel? Garden of Eden Question 10 There are two trees in the biblical story of the garden of Eden, as recounted by Ishmael. One tree is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The other tree is the tree of Life Question 11 According to the novel, Ishmael, if the Takers know the one right way to live, Leavers know the way that they prefer to live Question 12 ...
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...the benefit others or one who performs extra ordinary feats. The aim of this paper is to compare and contrast ancient Greek heroes with modern heroes, for the purpose of understanding both concepts of heroism. Differences There a few differences between modern and ancient Greek heroes, one of them being the religious background of the ancient Greek heroes. In Greek mythology, heroes were usually religious figures, specifically demigods. They were usually born from liaisons between mortal and immortal parents. These heroes were favored by the gods, hence were able to accomplish supernatural tasks, which were beyond the abilities of normal men. Hercules’ mother for instance was a mortal, while his father Zeus was a Greek god, who disguised himself as her husband. As a result, Hercules was a demigod, and was able to accomplish extraordinary feats. Modern heroes on the other hand are ordinary people, who are able to accomplish extraordinary tasks. At the same time, they are not restricted to religious cults, thus modern heroes originate from various backgrounds. Firemen for instance are ordinary men who are constantly laying their lives on the line to save people’s lives. They are neither demigods nor religious...
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...One of the most compelling tales Hawthorne illustrates is Pandora’s Box. The story of Pandora’s intense curiosity leading to the unleashing all of the evils in the world is especially applicable to children. Pandora can’t help herself even when everything and everyone is attempting to convince her otherwise. In the end, the lesson is that curiosity can be dangerous. Children have and will always be curious and explore things they should not. But curiosity comes at a cost. There is a deeper message in the famous tale. There was something else in the box along with the disease and problems; it was Hope. The one thing needed to combat all of the horrors that were released is Hope. The story teaches that no matter how bad things get, there is always something to fight for, and that is a much more important...
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...Don Quuixote Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read, he decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked. After a first failed adventure, he sets out on a second one with a somewhat befuddled laborer named Sancho Panza, whom he has persuaded to accompany him as his faithful squire. In return for Sancho’s services, Don Quixote promises to make Sancho the wealthy governor of an isle. On his horse, Rocinante, a barn nag well past his prime, Don Quixote rides the roads of Spain in search of glory and grand adventure. He gives up food, shelter, and comfort, all in the name of a peasant woman, Dulcinea del Toboso, whom he envisions as a princess. On his second expedition, Don Quixote becomes more of a bandit than a savior, stealing from and hurting baffled and justifiably angry citizens while acting out against what he perceives as threats to his knighthood or to the world. Don Quixote abandons a boy, leaving him in the hands of an evil farmer simply because the farmer swears an oath that he will not harm the boy. He steals a barber’s basin that he believes to be the mythic Mambrino’s helmet, and he becomes convinced of the healing powers of the Balsam of Fierbras, an elixir that makes him so ill that, by comparison, he later feels healed. Sancho stands by Don Quixote, often bearing the brunt of the punishments that arise from Don Quixote’s...
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...What is a Myth? Before defining the term "mythology" one needs to define the meaning of the word "myth". The word itself comes from the Greek "mythos" which originally meant "speech" or "discourse" but which later came to mean "fable" or "legend". So the word "myth" is defined as a story of forgotten or vague origin, basically religious or supernatural in nature, which seeks to explain or rationalize one or more aspects of the world or a society. Furthermore, all myths are, at some stage, actually believed to be true by the peoples of the societies that used or originated the myth. The definition is thus clearly distinguished from the use of the word myth in everyday speech which basically refers to any unreal or imaginary story. A myth is also distinctly different from an allegory or parable which is a story deliberately made up to illustrate some moral point but which has never been assumed to be true by anyone. Some myths describe some actual historical event, but have been embellished and refashioned by various story tellers over time so that it is impossible to tell what really happened. In this last aspect myths have a legendary and historical nature. Definitions of Mythology The word mythology has two related meanings. Firstly it refers to a collection of myths that together form a mythological system. Thus one can speak of "Egyptian Mythology", "Indian Mythology", "Maori Mythology" or "Greek Mythology". In this sense one is describing a system of myths which were...
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...civilization. Mountains separated Greece into regions where the Ancient Greeks settled and formed separate city-states and types of government. The mountains and the peninsula of Ancient Greece isolated Greek society from other city-states and also helped to keep them safe from enemy attack. Transportation over the rocky land was difficult, much of the land was not suitable for farming, and there were limited natural resources. The lack of natural resources and the difficulty of traveling by land caused the Ancient Greeks to depend more on the sea. Ancient Greece was surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on three sides. Much of the land of Ancient Greece was linked by the sea and the sea also linked Ancient Greece to other societies. The Ancient Greeks became skilled sailors, fishermen, and tradesmen. The climate of Ancient Greece was moderate all year long and there was adequate rainfall. Due to the mild climate, Greek men spent much of their time outside where they discussed politics and the issues in their city-state, and attended outdoor events and sporting activities. This promoted citizen participation and strengthened their democracy and unity. “This was not a society that lived quietly behind closed doors” (“Ancient Greeks Order and Harmony” 27). Ancient Greeks spent much time outdoors where they were actively...
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...Their downfall only came when they were overwhelmed by the Spartans in the Peloponnesian war, for concessions, the Spartans took their colonies and set up an oppressive regime. Democracy was set up again in Athens but stagnated until they were conquered by Macedon. Now, Athens was not able to do much with their meritocratic system, due to their circumstances, but it did put the idea of democracy into western culture, springing back up in the enlightenment era. One of those students of the enlightenment was Simon Bolivar, unlike Theseus, Simon really wavered when It came to things such as equality, democracy, and meritocracy, although he is very passionate about these things, he always gives himself too much power and it makes people like him less for it, and unlike theseus, Simon had to make tree journeys to his homeland and back until he learns what he wants for his nation. To give some backstory to what was happening in his life when he was born, the european colonies had started to revolt against their masters, Spanish South America had received a great number of these, and the Spanish had become more and more brutal in quelling every revolt, this was going on at around the time of Simons birth. Simon was born in Caracas to rich parents,...
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