But yet have I a mind/That fears him much, and my misgiving still /Falls shrewdly to the purpose”, from this we can see how he still shows some signs of uneasiness about them giving Antony a chance but is still not able to bring his point across to Brutus and the other conspirators as they all reason with Brutus and later on even submits himself to accepting Antony and even trying to convince him to join them. -Lack of foresight/ambition(1) With the exception of wanting to remove Antony, he shows a lack of foresight towards other aspects of conspiracy. As his primary motive of the conspiracy is to get rid of Caesar because of jealousy towards his power, he fails to plan for what happens after. This can be
11. … 12. Oedipus, after talking to Teiresias about Creon, begins to believe that Creon is suspicious of teaming up with him in a plot to kill Laios. 13. The Chorus rejects Teiresias’ accusations against Oedipus saying that they believe in the knowledge of the gods and not lesser wisdom of someone like Teiresias.
This shows that Odyseus is intelligent because knowing that he will end up hurting the Cyclops, he does not want the Cyclops, Posidons son, to call for his father or other Cyclops's. Therefore due to Odyseus’s quick thinking he told Polythemus that is name is Nohbdy. So when Odyseus hurts or injures him Polythemus will yell Nohbdy hurt me, sounding like Nobody has killed me. This is proven when Odyseus says, “My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me.” This is found in The Odyssey Page 12 lines 360 to 361. Another quote that proves this part is when the Cyclops yells, “Nohbdy, Nohbdy’s tricked me.
In the epic Oedipus the King, Oedipus Rex suffers a major downfall because he does not believe that the gods are in control of his life. Oedipus has the qualities of a tragic hero, starting with him being noble of birth. In the epic, Oedipus was born into royalty, but was given up by his parents because of a horrid prophesy from the gods. Different parents then raised Oedipus, but they were still royalty. When he became king of his birth land, even though he grew up thinking he was not adopted, he thought that he could outrun the predictions of the gods.
/My quiet Penelope - whom I know so well, would seem a shade before your majesty.”(V) Odysseus knew that he couldn’t lie to Calypso because she was a goddess, so he told her what she wanted to hear; That she was indeed prettier than Penelope, but notice there was a second issue in her question and he neglected to address it. He never once said that Calypso was far more interesting than Penelope because he would be lying and Calypso would see right through it all. Not only was Odysseus sneaky, he was also very arrogant! After defeating Polyphemus he was in the ship
Socrates then realized why the Oracle said he was most wise because he knew that he did not have this wisdom. Those that thought they did do not at all because it is only the God who is truly wise and Human wisdom is basically worthless. “The wisest amongst you, human beings, is anyone like Socrates who has recognized that with respect to wisdom he is truly worthless.” (23b) Socrates is separated from most because he does not claim to have a knowledge of value, he is not ignorant of his ignorance. Socrates first defends himself against Meletus’ charge of corrupting the youth by bringing him into question in front of the court. He proves Meletus wrong by showing how he cannot be the only person that is corrupting the youth while others improve the youth.
In the odyssey, the gods are vital within the structure of the story. Their role determines the events within the odyssey and how exciting they are. Though they are success in making the story interesting, so may feel that the repetitive interference of the gods devalues both Odysseus and the plot. In book five of the odyssey, it begins with the council of the gods deciding on Odysseus’s fate. Athena speaks to her father Zeus of Odysseus’s constant misfortune.
By the end of the story, Euthyphro says he has to be somewhere and just leaves Socrates, never fully answering his questions about what is holy. I would say Euthyphro is just prosecuting his father because that is what he believes the gods would do, so that is why he is doing it. He is not doing it because he necessarily wants to. Entry #2: Crito In Crito, Crito goes to visit Socrates before he dies, trying to convince Socrates to let him help sneak him out so that he can live in exile. Crito told Socrates that it will be worth sneaking out and living so that he can raise his children, continue his teachings and that Socrates is welcomed to Thessaly.
Socrates was genuinely worried about why the young men were so disappointing. Socrates' young students had been a particular disappointment to him. If Socrates could figure out exactly how the fathers had failed to properly educate their sons, he could save the city and restore Athens to its former glory. Socrates’ interesting idea was that human excellence was really a kind of knowledge. Sophists were skilled in elaborate argumentation; were they would try and make the argument they were focusing on the stronger side, even if it was wrong or weaker.
His country would have been just as strong and capable militarily after Helen left as before. Whether for pride, or to prove that offending the Greeks will have consequences, the cause may seem noble at first, but probably does not justify a ten year long war. In a display of selfish anger and pride, Agamemnon at first refuses to return Chryses to the Trojans when the priest of Apollo offered many gifts in exchange for her. “The Achaians cried out in favor/ that the priest be respected and the shining ransom be taken;/ yet this pleased not the heart of Atreus’ son Agamemnon, / but he harshly drove him away.” (1.22-25) Thinking only of his own pleasure and gratification at keeping Chyses as a slave and lying in bed with her (although he is married), Agamemnon foolishly turns away the priest favored by Apollo. The Greeks suffered the wrath of Apollo for nine days, until Agamemnon finally agreed to give her up.