How do these texts illustrate the relationship between kinship and politics? In Greek Mythology‚ the power of right is passed by kinship in generations‚ and people’s belief in gods leads their life and their acts show gods’ will. In the meanwhile‚ politics originally indicates certain relationships are between politics and groups of individuals. Moreover‚ politics is always referred to methods‚ including the purpose and the use of power‚ for addressing impacts on the tendency of those individuals’
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The Transformation of Justice A cycle of murder and death spurs from the curse on the House of Atreus in Aeschylus’ The Oresteia but transforms from justice as vengeance to justice as fairness and forgiveness through the wisdom of Athena‚ establishing a new cycle of growth and life. The curse upon the House of Atreus was brought forth through the event of Zeus’ eagles devouring a pregnant hare which angered Artemis for she is the goddess of young animals and creatures. The big black bird swoops
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The House of Atreus is one of the finest examples of uncontrollable fate in all of ancient literature. The lineage of Atreus is steeped in the spilling of family blood starting with Tantalus and continuing with Agamemnon. However it is Atreus who is responsible for the curse on the family‚ since he was the one who tricked Thyestes into eating his children. It was this one event that caused the continuation of family bloodshed and forced family members of the House of Atreus to fulfill their obligatory
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Fate in The Odyssey In Homer?s The Odyssey‚ fate plays an important part in the story development. People who believe in fate or destiny think that their lives are spun out in front of them before they are born‚ and there is nothing they can do to change that. Some characters‚ like Polyphemos‚ find out their fate beforehand but still end up fulfilling prophesies they tried to avoid‚ but most characters acted out their fate without realizing it‚ like Odysseus. He blinded the Cyclops without knowing
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impunity because a god said his ships would perform better‚ and that was apparently all he needed. But for Orestes‚ his decision to kill his mother in order to restore some type of honor for his father is extreme. Apollo said it was okay‚ then Orestes decided to murder her because he was convinced it was the right thing to do‚ which Athena agrees with. Her vote results in an overall split vote and Orestes is acquitted‚ even though the Chorus says he “is meddling in matters of blood‚ and it is not your
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Diana was initially just the hunting goddess‚[citation needed] associated with wild animals and woodlands. She also later became a moon goddess‚ supplanting Titan goddess Luna.[citation needed] She also became the goddess of childbirth and ruled over the countryside. Catullus wrote a poem to Diana in which she has more than one alias: Latonia‚ Lucina‚ Iuno‚ Trivia‚ Luna.[11] In Rome the cult of Diana should have been almost as old as the city itself as Varro mentions her in the list of deities to
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Justice and Gender in the Oresteia Justice and gender are put into relation with each other in Aeschylus’ Oresteia. In this trilogy‚ Greek society is characterized as a patriarch‚ where the oldest male assumes the highest role of the oikos (household). The household consists of a twofold where the father is the head‚ and the wife and children are the extended family. The head of the oikos is the only one who possesses the authority to seek justice. This is because the father acquires the authority
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Arthurian legend. The story begins shortly before the coronation of Romulus as Emperor in the year 470. His father‚ Flavius Orestes‚ is the commanding general of the Roman army. Odoacer‚ leader federated barbarian army‚ Orestes makes certain demands on the night before the coronation that rejects Orestes.The day of the coronation‚ Rome is attacked by barbarians who kill Orestes and Romulus takes refuge in Capri with his counselor Ambrosino. While in Capri‚ are the mythical sword Excalibur and the left
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largely identified by early Christians with Paganism. As such‚ she was the focal point in the tension and riots between Christians and non-Christians that racked more than once in Alexandria. In this time Cyril roused negative sentiment toward Orestes and Orestes was attacked by 500 Nitrian monks. Due to Cyril and his negativity and
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of being wrenched from her home‚ and she is placed among people foreign to her‚ which results in her inability to acclimate to the situation and find a new family group. As soon as the opportunity presents itself for her to leave the island with Orestes and Pylades‚
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