Essays on Greek Mythology

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...

The David Plates, located in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an example of silversmithing and relief sculptures created during the early Byzantine empire. The plates were commissioned pieces constructed in Constantinople. This research paper explains David Plate’s historical context and how they appear to...

“Oedipus the king” is an Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles in the 5th century. It represents the Greek culture in that time where they used to believe that no one can change the destiny written by God. Oedipus who tried to change his fate became...

Paradoxes are a huge interest I’ve had concerning ideas and the real world. The idea of something being so enigmatic to the human mind and yet still hard to visually understand. Paradoxes such as “Schrodinger’s Cat” have left me for hours trying to make a...

Hasn’t everyone heard of greek mythology; including the Odyssey, or the Iliad. Well if one has not that’s okay; because the topic of this paper is about a specific figure in greek mythology. This paper is on Achilles which is an almost indestructible warrior in...

The Greek mythological figure of Medusa is one that is familiar to many, but the story surrounding the Gorgon is something that is not so well-known and has many conflicting interpretations. Throughout time, various artists and authors have focused on different parts of the myth...

In Homer’s Iliad, there is a recurring theme surrounding the idea of being the ‘greatest.’ Both the Achaeans and Trojans have heroes whom they believe embody their ideal of the ‘greatest.’ For the Achaeans, this hero is Achilles, while for the Trojans Hector is their...

The Greek’s myth has great influence on both English literature and idioms. On the other side, the stories have always been attractive and interesting. The story I read this time is The Gorgon’s head. This story is mainly talking about a young man who is...

In Homer’s Iliad, the audience is presented with the complex virtues of glorious battle – of warfare. In his portrayal of warfare, Homer offers many examples of supposed heroes, of whom, most debate between Hector or Achilles as the most prominent. The greatest hero presented...

What is human nature? According to the dictionary, human nature is “the general psychological characteristics, feelings, and behavioral traits of humankind, regarded as shared by all humans.” It is the total of our species identity, all the characteristics that make humans uniquely human. Throughout the...