Acrisius Of Argos

But the royal castle from this land had a curse, hidden inside one of the many

His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of Hesham had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Donʼt despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.

“‘Patroklos’ has fallen, and now they are fighting over his body / which is naked. Hektor of the shining helm has taken his armor,’” Nestor explains to Achilleus (18.20-21). This heartbreaking news overtakes him with such grief that he “led the thronging chant of their lamentation,” according to book 18 line 316. The poet, Homer, compares Achilleus to a great bearded lion and Hektor to a deer hunter. The lion, after leaving his cubs alone, comes back too late and realizes that they have been taken. The lion getting his cubs stolen away by a deer hunter is representative of Achilleus losing his dear friend at the hands of Hektor. Similarly, Achilleus refuses to fight and lets Patroklos fight alone in his armor, according to the beginning of book 16. Both the lion and Achilleus are anguished and angry over their losses, and each vows to avenge their loved ones. Achilleus refers to his future revenge directly after the simile, “I will not bury you till I bring to this place the armor / and the head of Hektor, since he was your great-hearted murderer (18.334-335).” The lion “quartering after the man’s trail”

her to give him the baby so he could swallow it. She hid Zeus in a

have died. This is just one example of the many times Athena has helped Odysseus, showing us

Imagine a five star general of the United States Army betrays our country to side with terrorists and other enemies in attempts to take over America, but is killed in t battle. Does that general deserve a proper burial that is usually given to regular armed service men and women? That’s basically the same situation that King Kreon is put in at the beginning of Antigone. Throughout Sophocles’ Antigone, Kreon, the king of the Thebes, has good intentions, but remains stubborn and inflexible to the outcries of his own family, the unhappiness of the citizens, and even a prediction from a prophet. King Kreon’s initial intentions are good, but his downfall was his inflexibility and stubbornness to reasoning. His stubbornness and selfishness create a completely misunderstood goal and block what is truly good and righteous, this causes everyone to turn on him and lose everyone he loves because he over values the laws of man when the wishes of the Gods come into play.

He was scared of all the other kids even though he was bigger that all of them.

Although there is a lot of controversy surrounding the term dual-identity or dissociative identity disorder, various research and the behavior of characters in The Scarlet Letter and Speak prove it to be a very serious illness. In The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale are both characters that appear to be highly respected but in reality they struggle with internal shame. Andy Evans, on the other hand, thinks of himself as the most popular kid in school and allows his ego to get in the way, but other characters in Speak see his true identity. The illness can be described as a disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states. “Dissociative identity disorder is characterized by identity

Ambition: a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. Generally, ambition is a quality that triggers hard work and yields success. However, when you lust after something as treacherous as power, the risks are high. The strong ambition and lust for power has ended in tragedy for multiple historical figures such as Mussolini or Hitler and evidently, Macbeth. Macbeth’s strong desire to obtain something as “satisfying” as power over others quickly resulted in thoughtless plans and hysterical actions.

The writer Aristophanes wrote the play “The Acharnians” in 425 BCE. It is set during the Peloponnesian War, which is between the Spartans and the Athenians. The main character, Dicaeopolis, is an Athenian farmer that is part of the very small handful of people that actually want peace in Athens and to end the war with Sparta. After the general assembly, the government officials in Athens, refuses to make a peace treaty to end the war, Dicaeopolis take his problems into his own hands and creates a compromise with Sparta stating that he and his family can trade and live in peace while the rest of Athens is suffering under poverty and war. As the play goes on, Athens’ citizens are suffering and starving while Dicaeopolis can be seen living a wealthy life with fancy food and clothes. Aristophanes constantly spreads this theme throughout the play showing how peace brings way better rewards than being constantly in unnecessary wars.

not to kill the king. One of the reasons is that he thinks heaven will

stopped to ask him if he knows what the consequences are of taking her. He said that

guts and that he wanted to survive. In return for his favor of helping the guard,

Oedipus is a boy who was left on the mountains to die by his own parents, the King and Queen of Thebes, due to a tragic prophecy told by the Oracles of Delphi. The prophecy declares that the boy would be destined to murder his father, king Louis of Thebes and then incest with Louis’s wife, Jocasta, Oedipus mother. After being abandoned on the mountain by his wicked parents, a shepherd found this little child and takes him to the King and Queen. King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth decided that since they don't have a child of their own, it would