Ship of Theseus

“Pride and excess bring disaster for man.” -Xunzi. Odysseus is the Greek King of Ithaca, who along with his comrades, makes his way back home after the final victory against the Trojans in the Trojan War. Odysseus and his men face many hardships along the way, and in the end, Odysseus is the sole man of his fleet to survive the long journey. Although Odysseus from The Odyssey is portrayed as a brave hero who saves his crew from danger, in reality, it is Odysseus’ pride and overconfidence that put

his entire body out of the water with aim to intimidate Odysseus as if he was an eagle destined to soar in the air--impenetrable to all that are in his way--in a majestic, yet terrifying, glory. As Odysseus was clambering to the broken timbers of his ship, he marveled at the feat that the beast was doing yet noticed that Aegeo had one of his seemingly indestructible scales pried half of the way off, revealing a black, fleshy skin of Aegeo. Odysseus scrambled to think of a plan to protect himself from

Brushing aside the invitation to ride along with friends, felt as if I was creating a void in our friendship. The idea of that feared me more than anything. Sometimes one just has to endure their fears and go for it, just as Theseus did when he successfully slayed the minotaur of the labyrinth. The satisfaction of getting off my first roller coaster ride released the tension I had between the it and myself. Luckily, it has also made me realize that fears that may seem too large

The twelve Olympians are not the only gods that exist but there are two other gods of the earth who are just as important and they are Demeter, the goddess of harvest and nature, and Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry and are both usually worshipped at the prime temple at Eleusis. They were worshipped in the same period as stated in the myths, ”The joy-god Dionysus, the pure star that shines amid the gathering of the fruit”. The only difference with the Olympians is that they are affected by seasonal

Theseus Returns to Athens Triumphant: Why Theseus Leaves Adriadne on an Island, How He Keeps the Tributes Busy on the Ship, and Why He Forgets to Raise the Sail. We had just set sail from Crete, fresh from defeating Minotaur and ensuring the safety of my fellow tributes. All that is left now is to sail from Crete to Athens and rejoin our families. Adriadne, King Minos’ daughter, is by my side. She is my one true love, my eternal love. She is leaving everything behind for me, to be my wife, my help

“Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set” (Charlie Chan). Although many believe it to be ominous, death, signifies an end to this earthly and material life; the life of which we are sure of. Plato’s Phaedo and Shakespeare’s play Hamlet offer different perspectives on the life we are unsure of, namely death or the afterlife. Through the characters of Socrates and Hamlet, readers are offered two contrasting outlooks on death. On one side, Hamlet is haunted by the fear

Daedalus realized that the sea was guarded by King Minos’s ships, he had built the sails for them, and he also knew that since it was King Minos’s island, there was no escape route by land. That’s why he had the idea to fly away from Crete. He decided to build two pairs of wings for himself and his son out of beeswax

myth follows the life of a samurai who meets his lover on his quest, and abandons all else for her. Similarly, “Percy Jackson: the Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan showcases Percy Jackson and his journey to find Zeus’s stolen lightning bolt, while “Theseus and the Minotaur” by Gavin O'Rahilly illustrates Theseus’s quest to kill the minotaur, a half-bull half-man monster. The final myth, Michael Gibson's “Orpheus and Eurydice”, depicts Orpheus’s attempt to bring his deceased lover, Eurydice, back to

hero andrew was chopping firewood. when he heard the snapping of twiggs behind him he quickly turns around and raises the axe ready to swing but to his surprise he sees the very chiron legendary centurtur and riding on his back the legendary hero theseus, Andy dropped the axe and he was speechless. But after a minute or so he finally managed to say “you...your…….you're real?” The centaurtaur laughed he said, “I'm real...Im real why of course im real dont you know who your father is” Andy shook his

was considered a monster or a beast as other people would say. Every seven to nine years the people of Athens had seven guys and seven girls taken from their families as sacrifices to the Minotaur. Theseus volunteered to kill the Minotaur, while waiting in the holding cell Ariadne offered help to Theseus in the return of him taking her hand in marriage. He agreed so she handed him a ball of thread, this helped