Book 5 Ah what chilling blows we suffer—thanks to our own conflicting wills— whenever we show these mortal men some kindness. (See Important Quotations Explained) As the battle rages‚ Pandarus wounds the Achaean hero Diomedes. Diomedes prays to Athena for revenge‚ and the goddess endows him with superhuman strength and the extraordinary power to discern gods on the field of battle. She warns him‚ however‚ not to challenge any of them except Aphrodite. Diomedes fights like a man possessed‚ slaughtering
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I remember when I was younger I played a game of hide and and seek with my brothers. I was hiding in my garage when all the sudden I saw a giant‚hairy wolf spider! I ran to my brothers and parents and told them what had seen‚ but when we got there it was gone. Many people have a horrible fear of spiders or arachnophobia. Arachnophobia is a very simple and common phobia and‚ in my opinion‚ is very obnoxious. A person with a very bad arachnophobia could freak out or faint in a very stressful situation
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the Pantheon in Rome are significant in their own ways. They had their similarities‚ but they also had their differences. Both‚ for example‚ are temples. The Pantheon was a temple to all gods‚ whereas the Parthenon was a temple only to the goddess Athena. The columnwork of the Pantheon is far more intricate than the columnwork of the Parthenon. The Pantheon seemed to honour both its creators and the gods: for example‚ after reparation by the emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla in the year 202
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travel. Athena is the protector of Odysseus on his journey back from the Trojan War to his family in Ithaca. Dante on the other hand was led by vigil through hell in order to save his soul. In Dante’s inferno‚ there is a struggle between good and evil setting up the theme of the poem. The journey through hell is symbolic; the presentation of the soul towards God. The two characters‚ Athena and vigil‚ can be perceived as escorts in the journeys‚ both leading them into different endings. Athena is regarded
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of gods and goddesses. One of the most important Greek buildings is the Parthenon‚ which was built between 447 and 438 BC. The Parthenon was designed by Phidias‚ and built by Ictinus on the Acropolis of Athens with the purpose to honor the goddess Athena and the people that honored her. Also‚ the Parthenons frieze and pediment are further evidence that prove the immense influence humanism had on Greek architecture. The Parthenons frieze (a horizontal band that runs above the doorways or windows‚ and
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worship them only. Athena gained the land she called Athens after a dispute with Cecrops a son of the soil‚ with a body compounded of man and serpent. Another similar myth suggested that the gods would determine which god would rule which area on the basis of who would offer the most. The contest for the land called Athens was between Athena and Poseidon‚ king of the sea. Poseidon offered the land a horse a symbol of his being a warrior while Athena planted an Olive Tree. Athena was judged the winner
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the lies and injusticensess in his society which causes him to defy social norms. Despite his god-like exterior‚ on the inside‚ Achilles battles mortal weaknesses hat are dangerous to his relationships and his troops. Thinking through literature 1. Athena calms Achilles down. She told him that he can criticize agamlmnon all he wants but don’t kill him. Agamlnon speaks to Achilles in an angry wa an even threatens hto take brise is away from him. Vestor appeals to both Agamlmnon and Achilles by complimenting
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In just a couple of pages into Book 1‚ we see the ritual of hospitality where Athena‚ “gripping her bronze spear‚” and to world she looked like a‚ “stranger now‚ like Mentes‚ lord of the Taphians (Fagles 81). So to the world‚ Athena is a man now and the first to sees her is Telemachus and to welcome her‚ he say‚ “Greetings‚ strangers! (Fagles 81).” And Telemachus insisted on this stranger to have supper first‚ and then ask what the stranger wanted. It was not just Telemachus who was welcoming to
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first line talks about a fat white spider. This line contradicts the reputation that spiders have. When I see a spider‚ fat or skinny‚ it is usually black. I hate spiders and I would not give them the label as innocent or pure because spiders live in a dirty environment. By giving the spider a white color seems to disguise it. The white color of the spider is a mask that makes people think that it is innocent and pure when it is really not. Traditionally spiders have been associated with dirty
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The essay “Caught in the Widow’s Web” by Gordon Grice describes his experiences with spiders as well as some facts about spiders. With strong uses of adjectives and nouns he creates graphic images in our minds about the reality of Black Widow spiders. In “Caught in the Widow’s Web” Grice discusses the web of the spider by using adjectives such as: “ugliest‚ stiff‚ and smells”. He portrays the image of spiders’ webs being a foul object. Grice intricately uses adjectives to show the spider’s aggressiveness
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