(pgs- 56-61) 82: “Works of damnation cannot lead to salvation.” The Bodhisattva and Hui-yen came across a monster when they came to The River of Sands. This monster was originally a marshal and because he had broken a crystal dish was banished and transformed into a Monster upon the orders of the Jade Emperor. The Bodhisattva questioned the monster because he was being punished for a sin and is was still committing sins by eating travellers who happen to pass by the river. “If the Government gets hold of you they’ll flog you to death; if the Buddhists get hold of you they’ll starve you to death.” The monster replied telling the Bodhisattva that it didn’t matter how many travellers he ate or the fact that he ate them because he would still be stuck in the river trying not to starve either way. “Heaven helps those who mean well” The Bodhisattva made the monster an offer and told him about how they were on a quest to find a seeker of scriptures.
Antinoös- The most arrogant of Penelope’s suitors Iros Argos Be familiar with the following concepts: “Scraps from the Homeric Banquet” , Aeshylus is reported to have said that his own tradedies were “scraps from the Homeric Banquet” Telemakhia- The first four books of The Odyssey are together called the Telemachia because they focus on the problems Telemachus faces while waiting for his father Odysseus to return home When do we see Odysseus, “the great tactician,” strategize? Line 405 When do we see Penelope, wife of the “great tactician,” strategize? Evidence of oral culture, oral storytelling in The Odyssey. Xenia-hospitable Character Frame Narrative Conception of the Underworld according to Homer What parts have scholars proposed were later added to The Odyssey? What is Odysseus’ relationship to his crew?
Sparta was eventually the victor of the conflict but at a terrible price to Greece. The Peloponnesian War began in 431BC and ended in 404BC. The Peloponnesian War is broken up into three phases. Phase one (431BC-421BC) is known as The Archidamian War which ended in a stalemate. Phase two (421BC-415BC) erupted from a 6 year truce which was broken by military skirmishes.
Trojan War- Myth or Legend Paige Gillham The Trojan War is one of the greatest Greek stories that comprise of a great war containing a thousand ships that set sail to claim what was taken from them, one of the most beautiful women Helen of Troy. Written by the Greek poet Homer, the great story has been a debate of myth and legend for many centuries. Not only was the Iliad written 500 years after the great Trojan War, it was meant for entertainment purposes and not as historical evidence which can question is liability and truth. Though there is nothing to say that the whole Iliad is myth, Homer may have based his poetry on a real historical event that could have taken place and that may well have been a great war between Troy and the Greeks. Archaeological evidence claims that it has found Troy in one of 9 different layers at one hillside site first discovered by Heinrich Schliemann.
Statement of Intent Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey” is irrefutably a story of an archetypical hero, Odysseus’, journey home. The poem begins ten years past the fall of Troy in Ithaca where a mass of aggressive suitors continue to pillage Odysseus’ resources and court his wife. Nevertheless with Telemachus’ departure from Ithaca and Odysseus release from Calypso’s island, Ogygia, the situation takes a turn for the better. Subsequent to fighting countless battles Odysseus finally lands in the safety of the Phaeacians’ island. Here, he recounts his adventures, including the occurrence involving Helios’ cattle in Trinacia.
The second occurred while exploring in the mountains. He discovered a cave and was both terrified that some great monster might lurk there, and driven by curiosity to find out what was inside. Leonard's early life has been the subject of historical conjecture. Vasari, the 16th century biographer of Renaissance painters tells of how a local peasant requested that Ser Piero ask his talented son to paint a picture on a round plaque. Leonardo responded with a painting of snakes spitting fire which was so terrifying that Ser Piero sold it to a Florentine art dealer, who sold it to the Duke of Milan.
Cicones-72 men died “Arrayed in battle order, they attacked/ alongside our swift ships; with bonze tip shafts, / both we and they struck hard” Lotus Eaters “Those three who feasted on the honey-sweet, / enticing lotus fruit had had not the least/ desire to bring back word or soon return/ at all: they wanted only to stay there,” Cyclops- 6 men killed “I asked my comrades to cast lots to see/ which men would dare to lift that stake with me/ and grind it into the great Cyclops’ eye” Aeolus “Into that sack he stuffed the howling winds/ of every sort of course: for Aeolus-/ so Zeus had said-was warden of the winds” Laestrygonians-only Odysseus’s
He built the Argo ll by himself, he operates the ship, he can make weapons in a matter of minutes, maybe even seconds and the best of all he can summon fire. In this book, Frank is shown to be so much more potent than last books it’s unbelievable. While they are in Venice, Hazel is dying because the Katobleps(it’s a monster that looks kind of like a sheep and a dog) got their poison on her and Nico is turned into a potted plant; it is up to Frank to get what he needs for the man who did this, Triptolemus. Frank needed a python, and he needed his dads help but to get his attention he had to do something impressive. So, Frank went out and defeated all the Katobleps.
For instant, he creates a plan to escape from the Cyclopes cave. “Three absent/ I tried them silently together… then slung a man under each middle one.../ so three sheep can convey each man.”(IX. 466-478). Odysseus in this way fools the Cyclopes into letting Odysseus and his men escape from the cave. Odysseus is also clever when he planned out a way to pass through the island of siren, which had a monsters that sang and lured sailors to jump off the ship and swim straight to the monster and it would eat them: “Take me and bind me to the half way up the mast; bind me as I stand upright, with a bond so fast that I cannot possibly break away…If I beg and pray to set me free, then bind me more tightly still.’’(XII.
Authoritative and powerful people have been described to be major figures during the Trojan War such as Helen of Troy, Hector and Achilles. These characters have been created to exaggerate the story. It is believed that the Trojan War started over the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, a Greek stolen from her husband Menelaus by Paris, a Trojan. Heinrich Schliemann, an ‘archaeologist’ excavated Troy during the 1870’s finding Jewels which he believed to belong to Helen of Troy. This accusation is impossible as they were dated 1000 years after the war.