In Sophocles “Oedipus the king”, Oedipus was sent to mount Cithaeron as a new born baby to die after his father (King Laius) was cursed by the gods and heard of a prophecy that his son is to kill his father and marry his mother (Queen Jocasta). The Shepard in charge of this could not kill the baby so instead Oedipus is adopted. Later Oedipus hears about the prophecy, and leaves, afraid that the prophecy would come true. Along the way he gets in a fight with a man and kills him, unknowingly his father. He then solves a riddle from the Sphinx, which has been terrorizing a kingdom, and in return, the kingdom gives him their queen's hand in marriage, which is his biological mother.
Allusion Adonis – Week 10 Source: “Adonis.” Bulfinch’s Mythology. Page 67-69. Summary: Adonis, a mortal was born to King Theias of Smyrna and his daughter Myrrha. The Goddess Aphrodite encouraged the incest since the king forgot to make an offering to her. The king was enraged and chased his daughter with a sword, intending to kill her and the unborn child, Aphrodite took pity on Myrrha and turned her into a tree.
According to the poem, a great leader is one who thinks rationally, keeps his country at peace, takes care of his people, believes in God, has Divine kingship, and has good morals. This great leader is exemplified by none other than our epic protagonist and namesake of the poem: Beowulf himself. Beowulf is granted kingship of Geatland as a reward for defeating Grendel and his mother in two separate battles. Grendel was an evil demon who was terrorizing
Big foot's group was caught during their journey by Major Samuel M. Whitside and the Seventh Calvary. They were forced to withdraw back to the bank of Wounded Knee Creek. At Wounded Knee, as the Indians were helpless, the whites started taking all of their weapons. massacre break out by one of Indian open fired, they believed that it was an accident shot done by a deaf man, Black Coyote, when the soldier was trying to take the gun away from him. Within minutes, gunfire from the military unleashed upon the unarm Indians, they were outnumbered by 500 U.S Soldiers.
He had the courage to see many men trying to take his place as the King of Ithaca and the husband of Penelope. Before Odysseus came back, Penelope proposed a contest that if you could string Odysseus’s bow and shoot it through 12 rings, you would get to marry her. Once all the suitors could’t string the bow, Odysseus asked if he could try, the suitors said no but Penelope said yes. Odysseus strung the bow and shot the arrow through the 12 rings. After he shot the arrow through the 12 rings, he started to shoot the suitors, killing them all with the help of his son, Telemachus.
In the Enuma Elish, Ea “created mankind from his [Quingu] blood, imposed the toil of the gods (on man) and released the gods from it.” Due to that, Year after year at the New Year Festival the Mesopotamian people recited and performed The Babylonian Creation. This signifies that Ea became an intricate vital part in the culture of the Mesopotamians. By creating humans, Ea demonstrated the close relationship formed with humans. The Atrahasis , very similar to the Enuma Elish, portrays the role of Enki, otherwise known as Ea, and its involvement in the creation of man and how the toil of gods were imposed over them. Although both myths note the importance of Ea and its involvement in human creation, it is more evident in the Atrahasis.
It can be seen as the first humane law ever created to protect classes of Babylonian society. However, in the epilogue, he mentioned that he is he had been called by the gods "to cause justice to prevail in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil." As mentioned above, Hammurabi saw himself as the king of righteousness. Therefore, he expected every citizen to see him as a figurine of God from Heaven. Almost as if he is the God dictates “The great gods proclaimed me and I am the guardian governor, whose scepter is righteous and whose beneficent protection is spread over my city…” One can say that Hammurabi is an extremely religious man who used religion to rule his kingdom.
I love this part because Gilgamesh wanted so deeply to be known for his accomplishments that he wanted to travel to the Cedar Forest where the fierce Humbaba lived, conquer him, cut down the trees, and kill innocent Humbaba, so the world would know how mighty he was. When Gilgamesh and Enkidu finally reached the Cedar Forest, they started cutting down the trees to get Humbaba to come to them. When Humbaba arrived, they fought until Humbaba was on the ground begging for his life but Gilgamesh and Enkidu spared him no mercy and killed him anyways but before they did he put a curse them. The gods punish them for their killing of Humbaba with the death of Enkidu and Gilgamesh be inconsolable, and his ruthless heart be crushed with grief. The gods punished them because you just can’t go around killing the innocent.
He has given us an immortal soul and through the gifts of intelligence and reason enables us to understand the order of things established in his creation. God has also given us a free will to seek and love what is true, good, and beautiful. Examples are Mark 7:15 and Romans 12:2. God has plans for us all. His plan for each person on earth is for us to prosper that is to have the most amazing life possible on earth.
Macbeth Beware of Macduff! Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.” Act 1, Sc 4, 77) He then sent more murderers to kill Macduff; however Macduff was not there, so the murderers killed his entire family. The witches and Lady Macbeth made Macbeth lose his sanity.