Troy Polamalu

Adrian Olivas September 8, 2015 Classics 40 Mr. Smith 4:00 Berry Strauss’s “The Trojan War a New History” Book Review Barry Strauss, professor of classics at Cornell University attempts to redefine a one of history’s biggest love affairs, the Trojan War. Strauss explains how certain events and characters from Homers “The Odyssey” might have actually existed, but also uses modern discoveries from the Bronze Age to compare Homers account to those of Egypt, the Middle East, and etc

story, the filmmakers can postulate an argument, which the viewers can subtly engage (Winkler 13). In many cases, the audience can forget the set designs and the costumes, but not the words and actions of the characters. “Troy” is one of the movies with a powerful argument. Indeed, “Troy” is an epic film, and would continue to entertain and educate for generations to come. It is a great film because of the presentation and the economic use of words. Each phrase seems to be in a perfect place. The film

is about the dominance, gruesomeness, horror, and plain destruction of Troy, however this is not the main focus. We see Achilles transform from youth to adulthood and go through fundamental personality and character changes from a ferocious warrior in the beginning to a more reserved and hospitable man by the end of the poem. Nine years after the start of the Trojan War, the Achaeans attack Chryse, a small town allied with Troy. During the battle, the Achaeans capture two beautiful maidens, Chryseis

explicitly in book 16, line 592, “Death cut him short.” War cuts off the chance these men would have for a long life with their family and friends. One hero who exemplifies this is Hector. In book 6, Hector goes back to Troy to tell his mother and the other women of Troy to pray for their victory. He encounters his mother and she offers him honeyed wine. He denies the offer saying, “I’d lose my nerve for war,” (Homer, Iliad, 6.314). He realizes that the comforts of home would make him not want

Jordan Gold US History 8 Ms. Saunders December 6, 2014 Women’s Education: Emma Willard and Elizabeth Blackwell In the early 1800s, both boys and girls attended public schools, but girls and women had fewer educational opportunities than males. Girls were not usually encouraged to go to high school unless they planned on being school teachers. They were also not encouraged to study subjects such as history, mathematics, or science, as these were considered "male" subjects. Most people believed

examples society has to offer. In the play Fences Cory looks up to his dad when it comes to sports. However, by the end of the play the reader starts to notice that Troy is not the man to look up to. The plot in Fences by August Wilson is centered around an African American family that looks at the world a little differently by that I mean when Troy was young people believed blacks shouldn’t be able to do the things whites can. People were rude and outspoken about how they felt when it came to sharing public

The city of Troy, which is also known as Ilium, was a city situated in modern day Turkey. The city of Troy was the setting of the Trojan War, event that was described in the poem The Iliad. The Iliad is a poem accredited to the ancient Greek Poet Homer. The poem tells the story of the conflict between an alliance of Greek Cities and those who protected the City of Troy following the kidnapping of Helen of Sparta by Paris. The Iliad focuses only on two weeks out of the ten years the conflict lasted

The warrior Achilles, within the final year of the Trojan War, has shown why he is a skilled warrior and revved individual, nearly godlike. In addition to that, at times throughout the lliad, showing his humanity in moments that have touched him dearly. As it is portrayed throughout the lliad, when it came down between the embassies of Priam and Agamemnon’s, it would be a decision which Achilles makes ultimately for his own reasoning and benefit. It would be Priam, who would be able to sway the great

"We could describe (Heinrich) Schliemann's excavations on the hill of Hissarlik and consider their results without speaking of Troy or even alluding to it," Georges Perrot wrote in 1891 in his Journal des Savants. "Even then, they would have added a whole new chapter to the history of civilization, the history of art" (qtd. in Duchêne 87). Heinrich Schliemann's life is the stuff fairy tales are made of. A poor, uneducated, and motherless boy rises through his hard work

understanding of the history of Troy. Much hard work has gone into the excavations there by many archaeologists, and many interesting artefacts have been found. The story of the Ancient City of Troy is a great one, however many people believed it didn’t exist and that Homers Iliad, the story of the Trojan War was just some story. This has since been proved untrue as the city of Troy was discovered, and the pieces of this amazing puzzle have fallen together. Homer described Troy as an exceptionally large