to Homer. Set during the Trojan War‚ the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states‚ it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war‚ the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege‚ the earlier events‚ such as the gathering of warriors for the siege‚ the cause of the war and similar‚ tending to appear near
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The Vietnam War and the anti-war protests signified a fundamental shift with the relationship between political leaders and the citizens of the U.S. World War II was a conflict that was collectively considered necessary by the people of the United States. Vietnam represented a divisive conflict that Americans came to believe the United States was not fighting for a righteous cause. The anti-war movement was significant because it shifted American demographics in politics to a younger age group
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HISTORICAL ASPECTS Since times immemorial drugs has been employed for treatment of patients and for ritualistic ceremonies. The Greek writer Homer had written about opium in his great epic ‘The Illiad ‘in 8th century B.C .Hippocrates spoke about the medicinal of opium more than 25 centuries ago. The use of cannabis sativa‚ the “Indian Hemp”‚is mentioned in Atharva Veda and its derivatives-bhang‚ ganja and charas are traditionally used by some followers of Lord Shiva and have
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Contemporary Anti-War Art Especially the Iraq and Afghanistan war triggered a range of anti war art. There is an American website set up by artists to support anti war protests: http://antiwar.us/mission/index.php – allowing free download of graphics. Banksy Compared to other contemporary anti-war art Banksy’s work is rather subtle‚ intelligent and witty – and as such probably more influential than the into your face art later on in this text and that often concentrates on a morally driven and
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Anti Drug War In this chapter it asks do I feel that the anti- drug laws are adequate. My reply to that is no it is not. The legislation needs to implement harsher laws that will prevent the drug problems that the United States is currently having. At this point in time it’s the Mexican Drug Cartel’s that are the main problem. The Mexican Drug Cartel’s have been around for many of years as early as the 1980’s till present day. (Article: Mexican Drug War Wikipedia.com). My opinion
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Katy Jaber Miss Knox English 10 29 March 2013 Epic Heroes in the Iliad: Achilles and Hektor The Iliad‚ an epic poem by Homer‚ takes place in the last month of the tenth year of the Trojan War. It is about two warriors‚ Hektor and Achilles‚ fighting in the war which was started by Paris‚ a Trojan prince who kidnapped a Greek princess named Helen. The protagonists of an epic are called epic heroes‚ and all epic heroes share four traits. First‚ as World Masterpieces explains‚ an epic hero
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are set in time when Gods were known to make appearance on normal basis. The plays are main characters are Achilles and Ram‚ Achilles is a demi god and Ram is an incarnation of God Vishnu. In the Iliad‚ Achilles is an arrogant warrior who goes to war to claim glory and fame. In the Ramayana‚ Ram is a prince who is exiled to the forest. So what is the nature of injustice to the hero in these epics? What customs/values inform the heroes’ responses to this injustice? How do differences in customs/values
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Option B 6. Whose death has led Achilles to seek to end his quarrel with Agamemnon? Patroclus 7. Give three details of the gifts that Achilles has just received from Thetis? Shield of five layers made of gleaming metal. 8. Who was the maker of these gifts? Hephaestus 9. How effectively in this passage does Homer convey Agamemnon’s mood? This passage is effective in showing Agamemnon’s mood. Homer shows Agamemnon as trying to be conciliatory however even though it seems like
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Literature Mr. Jason Then 3/24/14 “War is Hell” Adventurers seeking for a live blood fest should be cautioned‚ however‚ that all this riotous violence is induced through the words of a sole actor‚ played by James Devitta‚ in An Iliad. James Devitta tells the story of the Trojan War as he is living and referring to all wars that were fought since. "Every time I sing this song‚ I hope it’s the last time‚" the Poet tells his audience. But it never is because wars keep happening all over the world
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