Even though, he is driven by fate to lead the people, he acts with piety nonetheless. He reveals his reverence towards the gods, by following the orders to guide the people, although it is not his will or desire to do so. Even Juno "[forces him], a man of faultless devotion, to endure so much hardship" (1. 14-15). Aeneas once again proves his piety prevails, as he does not let Juno's efforts to destroy his fleet discourage him.
Zeus commanded that Prometheus reveal the name of the mother, but Prometheus wasn’t a snitch and instead chose to suffer the punishment. To punish mankind, Zeus demanded that the other gods make Pandora as a poisoned gift for man. Pandora was given several traits from the different gods: Hephaestus molded her out of clay; Athena clothed her; Aphrodite gave her beauty; Apollo gave her musical talent and a gift for healing; Poseidon gave her a pearl necklace and the ability to never drown and Zeus being the most canning of all made her idle, mischievous and foolish. Thus the name Pandora meaning (“all gifts”) The most significant of these gifts, however, was a pithas or storage jar given to Pandora by Zeus. Before Prometheus had been chained to the rock he had warned Epimetheus not to take any gifts from the gods.
Odysseus boasted about how he won the Trojan War all by himself, without any help from the gods. Poseidon did not like what he heard so he was going to make Odysseus suffer for denying all the Gods. Poseidon took him too many places.
When Odysseus and his men are clearly safe away from the island Odysseus brags about his successful feat. Polythemus hears this and launches giant boulders in the direction of the ship. Some came very close to sinking the ship, yet that was not enough for Odysseus. Blinded by his pride he unwisely revealed his identity to Polythemus. With that Polythemus called upon his father, Poseidon, to seek revenge on the man who had harmed him.
Poseidon and Odysseus are the most noticeable representatives of the theme of vengeance. In order to escape from the cave of the Cyclops (Polyphemus), Odysseus blinds the one-eyed giant (Book 9). Unfortunately, the Cyclops is the sea god Poseidon's son; Odysseus has engaged a formidable enemy. Poseidon can't kill Odysseus because the Fates have determined that he will make it home. However, the sea god can help to fulfill his son's wish that Odysseus should arrive in Ithaca late, broken, and alone, his shipmates lost, and his household in trash.
First off he raised the bar for rage. Since Agamemnon is the king of all kings of Greece he technically has a right to plunder Brisies away from Achilles. But that does not give him the right to openly mock Achilles and then be sympathetic and say that his honor never was up there with Achilles, which is just saying that honor doesn’t matter. Achilles, boiling like a pot, is just shaking with anger at Agamemnon when he says “Agamemnon may rue his blindness in offering insult to the foremost of the Achaeans” (Homer page). Wow I feel for Achilles I was mad at my brother and it takes me forever to forget about it, just like Achilles.
When Odysseus and his men are trapped inside Cyclopes’ cave, the great hero explains, “…here we stand, beholden for your help, or any gifts you give- as custom is to honor strangers….have a care for the gods’ courtesy”(Homer 153). Despite this plea, Polyphemus roars, “… we have more force by far. I would not let you go for fear of Zeus” (Homer 153). In this way, foolish Polyphemus breaks the hospitality code and threatens his guests instead of honoring them. Later, he is punished for this when Odysseus makes him blind.
One thing that Antony said sarcastically that got the crow angry was “Let me not stir you up to sudden munity. They that have done this deed are honorable.” (3.2.200-202). What Antony was really trying to was, I want you plebeians to go avenge Caesar death because I cannot do this on my own. After Antony speech all the plebeians were fired up and helped to start a war. Antony persuasion was the most effective because all of the men sided with Antony until the end of the
A last example of the Greek cultural value of being devoted to the gods is made visible by the reason that Oedipus is accursed. Creon finally tells Oedipus to “not seek to be master in everything” (Sophocles 470). Because Oedipus relied so heavily on himself, instead of being loyal the gods, he greatly suffered. Because Sophocles wrote the play so that Oedipus would suffer for not being loyal,
As noted in “Apology”, Socrates is trying to defend himself and explain his behavior to the jurymen as he states “I must surely defend myself and attempt to uproot from your minds in so short a time the slander that has resided there so long” (22). Socrates discards exile and prison, and offers to pay a fine only to find out that the jury rejected his proposal and had sentenced him to death. Socrates was against this at first, but then he gives in as he states “He assesses the penalty at death. So be it” (38) because he had decided that he shouldn’t fear something that he has never witnessed before, in this case, death. In “Crito”, Crito comes up with two arguments on the ethical level: if Socrates gave into death, he is helping his foes win by giving in to what they want and he would be leaving behind his sons and family.