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    poet Homer in 750 BCE. I will compare both artworks and connect them to the contemporary period debating the similarities and differences that the poem and the ceramic have and how they influenced our modern world, which help the creation of the film Troy led by Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom in 2004. The bilingual amphora was painted in Athens, Greece during the ancient Greek period in a black figure and red figure style. This was a typical style in Athens, Greece at that time and it was mainly

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    Odyssey Diary Entry

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    back to Troy. Menelaus heard and the ex-suitors of Helen made a deal with Agamemnon saying that If the princess of Grease won that Menelaus would get Helen back and Agamemnon would get Troy. Rumors have it that Odysseus the king of Ithaca, was sent on a journey to find you and persuade you to join the war between the princes of Greece and the Trojans. Odysseus was a great persuader , and with you thirst for adventure and glory, he talked you in the joining the fight and you sailed for Troy. You took

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    Troy has long been shrouded by myth, with historians and other experts trying to answer the questions that this great city poses. One of the questions at the center of the mystery of Troy that has long plagued historians is whether or not Troy actually existed. The setting for the great epics of Homer, a location that bore witness to one of the most famous wars of all time, that saw the fall of some of history’s greatest heroes; but was any of it real? Is there a historical basis behind the story

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    "Colloquium (literary composition in the form of dialogue) of Héctor and Andrómaca" In the first part of the Iliad, some details of war are presented, what continues happening while Héctor enters Troy. Menelaus kills Adrasto, although he almost did not do it, since he was moved by his plea and was going to accept the reward that Adrasto offered him, but Agamemnon, king of men, arrived and persuaded him to kill him. While Nestor encouraged the Achaeans with such words that they excited all the courage

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    adopt a middle ground. Troy/Wilusa VI is indeed architecturally highly impressive, and most interpretations seem to agree with Korfmann's identification of a defensive structure. It seems unlikely that an insignificant power would have had a settlement of such a size, or that without some prosperity it would have reached such a size, and with that in mind it seems sensible to consider Troy VI as a valid candidate for the grand city that Homer

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    each to emphasize the other – an emphasis that is facilitated by Virgil's common use of fire and flame imagery to describe both types of love. Upon analyzing the lustful episode between Dido and Aeneas and the image of Aeneas fleeing troy bearing his father, Anchises, on his back and holding his sons hand (beautifully sculpted by Bernini, see attached), it becomes clear that the love in each situation is very different, despite the common use of the Latin

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    Death In The Aeneid

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    in other notable works. Creusa’s death, which closes Book 2 of The Aeneid, serves as a manifestation of the will of the Gods. Her role in the epic, while small, is important, as she is the one who convinces Aeneas to flee the burning city of Troy. Just as Troy was destined to fall, the Gods also ordained Creusa to die. As the only female in The Aeneid to advocate order and fate, she gives the reader a hint at the circumstances of

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    the Trojans. The Greeks and the Trojans previously fought constantly and finally agreed to cease the violence between the nation’s strongest armies. Although the Greeks were defeated after attempting to invade Troy’s walls with footmen, they defeated Troy during the night with a trick. In the book The Trojan War: A New History by Barry Strauss, the author creates an argument that undermines Homer’s credibility on his interpretation of the Trojan War. Strauss identifies that much of what we know about

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    thousand years ago- or a historic fact at the centre of the most famous quarrel ever? The Illiad is the ancient tale of a mighty city called Troy that lay at the edge of Asia Minor whose prince abducted Helen, the most beautiful woman of all time, from the king of Greek Sparta, causing the Greeks to send an army in a thousand ships to attack and lay siege to Troy for 10 years. Historians have long doubted the credibility of Homer as a reliable historical source. However evidence has been uncovered by

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    While many accounts of the Trojan war vary by author, the motivation that drove the war remains the same by all accounts, which was the beauty of Helen Of Troy. The Trojan war is proclaimed to have been a mission to rescue the most beautiful woman on earth. Being a woman myself I am very aware of the influence that a woman can have on a man’s way of thinking and behaving but can beauty alone be the thriving force to sail 1000 ships in its pursuit, 10,000 soldiers in its conquest, and engage in a

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