Antigone questions
Sophocles, Antigone Question 4 & 3 In most plays it’s easy to identify the protagonist and antagonist in every story line. Yet, in Antigone your beliefs can alter your perception of role identification. At first, we sympathize with Antigone, we…
The role of Gaia in HESIOD, THEOGONY
“Chaos was born first and after it came Gaia the broad-breasted, the firm seat of all the immortals who hold the peaks of snowy Olympos, and the misty Tartaros in the depths of broad-pathed earth and Eros, the fairest of…
Hesiod, Theogony
Here are the words the daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, the Muses of Olympos, first spoke to me. “Listen, you country bumpkins, you pot-bellied blockheads, we know how to tell many lies that pass for truth, and when we wish, we…
Analysis of Theogony Hesiod
“Blessed is the man whom the Muses love; sweet song flows from his mouth. A man may have some fresh grief over which to mourn, and sorrow may have left him no more tears, but if a singer, a servant…
King’s Role in Ancient Greece
“And if the daughters of great Zeus honor a king cherished by Zeus and look upon him when he is born, they pour on his tongue sweet dew and make the words that flow from his mouth honey-sweet, and all…
Theogony, Hesiod – Thursday February 9th Assignment by Elias Avila
Hesiod, Theogony When such a king comes to the assembly he stands out; yes, he is revered like a god and treated with cheerful respect. Suchis the holy gift the Muses give men. The singers and lyre players of this…
Hesiod, Theogony HW Post
All this was sung by the Olympian Muses, great Zeus’s nine daughters whose names are Kleio, Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania, and Kalliope, preeminent by far, the singers’ pride in the company of noble kings. And if the…
Online Work 1: HESIOD, THEOGONY (Ayman R.)
Here are the words the daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, the Muses of Olympos, first spoke to me. “Listen, you country bumpkins, you pot-bellied blockheads, we know how to tell many lies that pass for truth, and when we wish, we…
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