Essays on Ancient Greece

Euripides’ Greek playwright The Women of Troy is a historical tragedy performed to the Athenian audience in the aftermath of the Trojan war, evaluating the atrocities that were instigated by the Greeks. During wartime, a similar event occurred at both places Melos and Troy. The...

Many people who are interested in archeology would have already heard about Heinrich Schliemann and Sir Arthur Evans, who were both prominent archeologists. They both were fascinated in researching historical sites for excavations and collecting antiquities. Some of the archeologists from hundred years ago say...

Alexander III of Macedon was one of the most brilliant rulers in ancient history, with a fierce temper and carefree spirit, which earned him the title Alexander the Great. Suddenly, at the age of thirty-two, the young king mysteriously died. Medical professionals had closed the...

Alexander of Macedonia is a man famed for his monumental accomplishments and his spectacular display of character. His prestige is immeasurable and has no parallel. The Macedonian king was later referred to as Alexander the Great due to his vast attainments as a scholar, expansive...

Life is a sequence of chained experience, bad and good, yet they all should be used for our favor. In the text “Daedalus” by Thomas Bullfinch should be a great example and source of lessons and inspiration about how to succeed in life as a...

In his poem, “Icarus”, Edward Field creatively expresses the myth of “Icarus and Daedalus” in a modern context, detailing Icarus’ life after he was believed to have drowned. Feeling that he has fallen from greatness to being average, Icarus continuously tries to fix his wings...

Greek mythology is one of the most popular field of study. Many works of artists and poets have been inspired by Greek myth. The myth of Daedalus and Icarus is one of the most studied Greek myth in English literature and many poets have reflected...

Icarus is just a boy whos ignorance gets in the way of his own judgement leading to his own self-destruction. Ovid’s “The Story of Daedalus and Icarus” is the perfect reminder of how easy and quick people can rise, but also how fast consequences can...

In the poem “Helen of Troy Does Counter Dancing”, Margaret Atwood expresses ideas that are unique and unusual in terms of feminism. The work in the style of a monologue, and the narrator herself is the personification of female beauty, Helen of Troy. Helen is...

Towards the end of the second millennium before Christ, the mass dislocations of people in the east Mediterranean destabilized the balance of strong states; the invasions from the northwest of the civilized Mycenaean and Hittite empires undermined the established orders, which had led to several...