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The Trojan Horse is a story from the Trojan War about the trick that the Greeks used to enter the city of Troy and win the war. In the acknowledged version, after a useless ten year war, the Greeks built a massive wooden horse, and hid a select group of troups inside. The horse was put together by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist. The Greeks, act as if they desert the war, and sail to the nearby island of Tenedos, leaving behind Sinon, who convinced the Trojans that the horse was a gift to

The Power of Beauty Helen plays an important role in Greek mythology, history, poetry, and drama. Each writer portrays Helen in a different way, showing how they each understand a woman’s behavior. Helen’s beauty tells the story of the destruction to Troy during the Trojan War. Helen, the queen of Sparta, left her husband, Menelaus, to be with Paris, a Trojan prince, and caused a thousand ships to be sent after her, starting a ten year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Christopher Marlowe and

significant difference in plot, how each character evolves, and how the themes and values differ from book/chapter. In book three the Trojan Army meets the Achaeans (Greeks) to go get Helen back from Paris who stole her from Menelaos. Helen happens to be one of the most beautiful women in the ancient world. In trying to get Helen

Aphrodite, some people said she was the one to cause war. This is what was said to happen……...A long time ago, Aphrodite gazed at her reflection in a stream. She asked the stream spirits, “Who is the fairest in the land?” They replied, “Paris heard Helen was the loveliest women in the land. But I think you are the fairest!” Aphrodite was furious. She knew she could not deal with what she had just heard. When Aphrodite turned to Hera, the queen of the gods, she pointed out that paris was her half sister

Women in the Odyssey are seen as untrustworthy and dangerous. While Agamemnon was away Clytemnestra obtained a lover and when Agamemnon returned, Clytemnestra’s lover killed him with her help. Helen betrayed her husband and ran off with Paris to Troy. While she Greeks were infiltrating Troy with the wooden horse, she called out to the soldiers within the horse to persuade them to call out to her and give themselves away. Circe, a goddess of the Greeks, drugs men and turns them into swine. Kalypso

Exam 2 Essay Helen, twenty-two year old of a wealthy family, is a group of people. The group is most likely lead by two men, Allen and Mark. They hold Helen captive for many weeks, abusing her, threatening her with bodily harm, and failing to provide necessary nutrition and sleep. Helen observes what she thought to have been Allen attempt to murder Mark, injuring him greatly, and is then forced to finish Mark off. If she failed to kill Mark, her life would have surely been taken sooner or later

The myths of Achilles are well known, and are mentioned in modern society. But, they have been morphed to society’s desires. This is demonstrated in the movie Troy, where the stories have been changed for modern audience. The director condensed the story, and changed the story to show some romanticism and love. This is shown from the absence of the greek gods, significance of certain characters, inaccurate information, the morphed traits of certain characters, and the falsehood of romantic presence

The next goddesses i'm going to be talking about is Aphrodite, she is the goddesses of love, desire and beauty; even though she had natural beauty, she had a magical girdle that compelled everyone to desire her. There are two stories to her birth;one of them being that she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the other being that she arose from the sea on a giant scallop. Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus; however, cheated on him with Ares, god of war. After he found out he formulated a plan to

Bronze Age. The Trojan War began as a way for Zeus to consider reducing the enlarging population of humanity, and a way to reclaim Helen, also known as the wife of Menelaos. Helen was captured by Paris, and taken as his prize for choosing Aphrodite as the most astonishing goddess in a competition between Athena and Hera. Menelaos and the Greeks came to an agreement to get Helen back, and attack the Trojans. The Greek forces were led by King Agamemmon of Mycenae. In the midst of the Greek warriors,

I chose the poem "Helen" by Hilda Doolittle because it revolves around the central theme of hate, which the main character receives from her society as a whole. The poem relates to Medea's excerpt because both depict how the main characters are despised by their societies. As well, both emphasize the critical role that gender plays in directing this hate. As a result, they both identify the same stereotype of women trending in society: women are dangerous. The theme, content, and tone of the poem