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Classical Mythology June 22, 2016 Theseus: Man of The
Tudor 1 Paula Tudor Dr. Angela Hague English 3410: Classical Mythology June 22, 2016 Theseus: Man of the People While the tales of many Greek heroes emphasize the fantastical, Mary Renault’s account of Theseus and his exploits in The King Must Die bring to a life a relatable hero. Though mythology underscores his entire life’s journey, it is relayed as Theseus’s true beliefs in the gods and their powers. This serves the reader well in their ability to mentally transcend these mythological elements, and allows them instead, to focus on Theseus and the Greek culture that defines him. By walking the reader through Theseus’s upbringing and meticulously unveiling the flaws and shortcomings that make him inherently human, Renault depicts the story of a legendary hero that could be almost anyone. Theseus’s heart influences his behavior and the way he views the world. This is exemplified early on in the way he expresses his feelings about the sacrifice of the King Horse. He states, “the blood seemed to tear the soul out of my breast, as if my own heart had shed it” (Renault 11). This same mentality exists, though to a lesser degree, when he has to kill kings himself. This is because he does not kill for glory or fame. He kills out of necessity or a sense of compulsion from the gods. In fact, many times the motivation for killing comes from protecting someone or avenging someone’s death. This is a characteristic that is evident in Theseus’s childhood, and can be seen in the way he “leaped down on the bull’s head” (Renault 22) to save Dexios, and later when he avenged his death in the Isthmus. -
Stories of the Ancient Greeks the Gods of Greece Stories of the Ancient Greeks
STORIES OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS THE GODS OF GREECE STORIES OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS BY CHARLES D. SHAW illustrated by GEORGE A. HARKER YESTERDAY’S CLASSICS CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA Cover and arrangement © 2008 Yesterday’s Classics, LLC. Th is edition, fi rst published in 2008 by Yesterday’s Classics, an imprint of Yesterday’s Classics, LLC, is an unabridged republi cation of the work originally published by Ginn and Company in 1903. For the complete listing of the books that are published by Yesterday’s Classics, please visit www.yesterdaysclassics.com. Yesterday’s Classics is the publishing arm of the Baldwin Online Children’s Literature Project which presents the complete text of hun dreds of classic books for children at www.mainlesson.com. ISBN-10: 1-59915-269-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59915-269-1 Yesterday’s Classics, LLC PO Box 3418 Chapel Hill, NC 27515 PREFACE The tales in this book are old; some of them, it may be, are even older than we suppose. But there is always a new generation to whom the ancient stories must be told; and the author has spent pleasant hours in trying to retell some of them for the boys and girls of to-day. He remembers what joy it was to him to read about the Greek gods and heroes; and he knows that life has been brighter to him ever since because of the knowledge thus gained and the fancies thus kindled. It is his hope to brighten, if possible, other young lives by repeating for them the immortal fi ctions and the deathless histories which have been delivered to new audiences for thousands of years. -
Ancient Socialism
Baldwin 5/19/06 8:36 PM Page 59 59 Ancient I dedicate this essay to the memory of Ken Coates, scholarly Socialist and quite the Socialism best man I ever knew. More another time on Marxism and the Classics; just one sample here to kick off. Robert Service’s biography of Lenin suggests he ‘first learned from Barry Baldwin Demosthenes how to discern a crack in the wall of an opponent’s argument and prise it open’. A nice link here with Ken Coates’ last Spokesman editorial (no.109), which twice ironically applies the Greek democrat orator’s name to David Laws. Homer’s Iliad has literature’s earliest articulate squaddie. Thersites lambastes Agamemnon for filching the best loot from rank-and-filers who do the fighting and dying, urging his comrades to pack up and go home ‘that he may see how completely he depends on the men’. Since the Iliad was geared to aristocratic audiences, Thersites – ‘ugliest man in the army’ – can’t win. While Agamemnon stands gob-smacked, Odysseus simply knocks the humpbacked agitator down. But, it is notable that the poet felt bound to include this bolshie private to challenge the Greek army brass. In the Odyssey, though, our hero looms paternalistic. The shepherd Eumaeus confidently expects a retirement pension of The author is Emeritus land, cottage, and woman from his grateful Professor of Classics at lord – mutatis mutandis, the Upstairs the University of Calgary Downstairs ethic. Primitive feminism is in Canada. He studied in also adumbrated: Queens Penelope and Nottingham during the Arete both wield philanthropic influence 1950s. -
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.E.) by Louis Godbout
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.E.) by Louis Godbout Encyclopedia Copyright © 2015, glbtq, Inc. Entry Copyright © 2004, glbtq, inc. Reprinted from http://www.glbtq.com An ancient bust of Alexander the Great. Photograph by Andrew King of Macedonia and conqueror of a kingdom extending from Greece to Persia, Egypt Dunn. and India, Alexander the Great is one of the most fascinating men of all times. He was Image appears under the not only a great soldier, but he was also renowned for his love of his comrade-in-arms Creative Commons Hephaestion. Attribution ShareAlike License. The handsome and courageous Alexander was already, in antiquity, the subject of many histories, some written by people who had known him, most unfortunately lost. The irrefutable achievements of his short life are so extraordinary that they seem almost legendary. It is therefore difficult to distinguish the truth from the many myths that coalesced around such an appealing figure. Alexander's father Philip was himself a brilliant general who had greatly strengthened his kingdom and brought it to dominate the Greek city-states; his dream was to lead them against the Persian Empire, the arch-rival under whose rule Greek colonies on the coast of Asia had fallen. Philip undoubtedly felt very early on that his son, who was born in 356 B.C.E., had exceptional potential, for he hired Aristotle to be the boy's tutor, even though the cost incurred was the rebuilding of Stagira, the philosopher's hometown, which had been razed and its population sold into slavery. Examples of Philip's trust in Alexander's abilities abound. -
Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece
Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ancient Greek Philosophy but didn’t Know Who to Ask Edited by Patricia F. O’Grady MEET THE PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE Dedicated to the memory of Panagiotis, a humble man, who found pleasure when reading about the philosophers of Ancient Greece Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece Everything you always wanted to know about Ancient Greek philosophy but didn’t know who to ask Edited by PATRICIA F. O’GRADY Flinders University of South Australia © Patricia F. O’Grady 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Patricia F. O’Grady has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identi.ed as the editor of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Ashgate Publishing Company Wey Court East Suite 420 Union Road 101 Cherry Street Farnham Burlington Surrey, GU9 7PT VT 05401-4405 England USA Ashgate website: http://www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Meet the philosophers of ancient Greece: everything you always wanted to know about ancient Greek philosophy but didn’t know who to ask 1. Philosophy, Ancient 2. Philosophers – Greece 3. Greece – Intellectual life – To 146 B.C. I. O’Grady, Patricia F. 180 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Meet the philosophers of ancient Greece: everything you always wanted to know about ancient Greek philosophy but didn’t know who to ask / Patricia F. -
Filming Mary Renault.Pdf
Works by Mary Renault Historical Novels Non-Fiction • The Last of the Wine (1956) The Nature of Alexander (1975) • The King Must Die (1958) • The Bull from the Sea (1962) Medical Novels: • The Mask of Apollo (1966) Purposes of Love (1939) • Fire from Heaven (1970) Kind are her Answers (1940) • The Persian Boy (1972) The Friendly Young Ladies (1944) • The Praise Singer (1979) Return to Night (1947) • Funeral Games (1981) North Face (1948) The Charioteer (1953) The Last of the Wine tells the story of Alexias, an Athenian youth who comes of age during the Peloponnesian War, and his older lover, Lysis, a real figure known from Plato. Alexias and his family are fictional, but the novel is filled with real figures: Lysis, Plato, Socrates, Xenophon, the generals of 415, Kritias, Autolykos, Euripides, Aristophanes etc. The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea tell the story of the legendary Athenian hero, Theseus, the first the adventures of his youth ending with his return from Crete, and the second the rest of his eventful life and his meeting with Hippolyta, the love of his life. The Mask of Apollo is set in the 4th century and narrated by Nikeratos, an Athenian actor, who gets involved with Plato and his ill-fated attempt to establish an ideal republic in Sicily. Again Nikeratos and his family are fictional, but the rest of the ‘cast’ include philosophers (Plato and the Academy), actors and dramatists (Thettalos), and political figures at Athens, in Sicily, and in Macedon. Fire from Heaven traces the early years of Alexander the Great, from his childhood through to his accession to the throne of Macedon in 336 BC. -
Theseus, Ariadne, and the Otic Labyrinth
Special Report _____________________________________________ Theseus, Ariadne, and the Otic Labyrinth James H. Scatliff and Faustino C. Guinto Authors' Note: Theseus, Prince of Athens, labyrinth after doing in the minotaur. She also offered to go to Crete in the periodic tribute of was fairly certain that the Aesculapian Hearing Athenian youths required by Crete. In the past Center in Delphi had an oracle who could tell there were no survivors, all having been devoured them the exact plan of the labyrinth. by the minotaur in the labyrinth. When Theseus Two weeks before embarking for Crete, The entered the labyrinth, Ariadne, the daughter of seus and Ariadne had charioted to Delphi. The the King of Crete and in Jove with Theseus, tied seus loved his four horsepower, his balanced yam to Theseus so that, as it uncoiled, he could wheels, and having Ariadne holding on to him as find his way out of the labyrinth. He kj/Jed the they flew past Thebes. Some of the Theban minotaur and returned to Ariadne. The Athenian ladies, who knew Theseus from past relation tribute ended and Theseus and Ariadne sailed ships, were jealous when they went by. The only away (1, 2). limitation for complete exhilaration were the Theseus was having second thoughts as the Spartan crash helmets they had to wear to con Cretan ship got closer to its home shore. As the form to Attica road rules. palace of Knossos and the upturned petrous ridge The oracle, after being sure Theseus's oracular behind it loomed into view, Theseus wondered insurance was paid up, told them an incredible why he had been stupid enough to volunteer to tale. -
Selected Booklist Jacq,Christian
BOEKWEê RELD raven. This title features well-known Bibliography Doherty,Paul. The slayers of Seth.- British figures of ancient history such as Good fiction guide.- Oxford U.P., 2001. Headline, 2001. Boadicea. This famous Iceni queen who Lukas,Georg. The historical novel.- Falconer,Colin. When we were gods.- Three Rivers P., 2002. lead her people againstthe mightof Rome Humanities P.,1978. alsofeaturesinthe fairlyrecent Manda Scott Mcleish,Kenneth. Bloomsbury good Gedge,Pauline. Child of the morning.-Dial Press,1977. trilogy. reading guide.- Bloomsbury,2001. Gedge,Pauline. Lords of the two lands.- An extremely gripping historical adven- Martin,Rhona. Writing historical fiction.- Black,1988. Coronet, 2001. ture setduring the same periodis David George,Margaret. The memoirs of Wishart'sThe horse coin. Jules Watsonin Cleopatra.- Macmillan,1997. his half-historical/part-fantasy titleThe Jacq,Christian. Nefer the silent.- Simon, white mare,firstoftheDalraida trilogy, 2000. features Roman expansionism during 79 Jacq,Christian. Paneb the ardent.- Simon, ADin the northern Britain/Scotland areas 2001. where an Irish prince tries to unite the local Jacq,Christian. The battle of Kadesh.- tribes in a unified defense. Simon,1998. One ofthe well-regarded authors Selected booklist Jacq,Christian. The black pharaoh.- Simon, aroundisAllanMassie,whoinhisThe 1999. Matter of Eternal Rome series covers the Roman Empire duringits declining years. ERICH BUCHHAUS Written for the more sophisticated mid- Book Selector dlebrow readerit provesinformative, entertaining, and well realised. Michael Biblical Curtis Ford covers more or less the same Card,Orson Scott. Rebekah.- Forge, 2002. topic in a much readable package in his Diamant, Anita. The red tent.- Macmillan, Gods & legions about a young scholarin 2001. -
Prometheus Bound and Contemporary Trends in Greek Natural Philosophy Georgia L
Prometheus Bound and Contemporary Trends in Greek Natural Philosophy Georgia L. Irby-Massie HE PROMETHEUS BOUND is a lively testament to the Greek intellectual achievement of the sixth and fifth T centuries B.C.E. In Aeschylus’ poetry one finds subtle reflections of the new learning and advances in both ethical and natural philosophy.1 For instance, Apollo’s defense of Orestes, that the mother is not even related to her children, but rather that the father provides the “seed” and the generative material, evinces the current state of medical theory and an- ticipates Aristotle’s efficient cause.2 Okeanos’ mandate to Pro- 1 See J. Duchemin, “La justice de Zeus et le destin d’Io. Regard sur les sources proche-orientales d’un mythe eschyléen,” REG 102 (1979) 1–54; D. Cohen, “The Theodicy of Aeschylus. Justice and Tyranny in the Oresteia,” G&R 33 (1986) 129–141. Thomas G. Rosenmeyer, The Art of Aeschylus (Berkeley/Los Angeles 1982) 371, suggests that the intellectual theories broadcast by sophists, including Gorgias and Protagoras—both born about a generation before Aeschylus’ death—were not fully available in Athens in Aeschylus’ time. However, Aeschylus may have become familiar with the rhetorical theories of Gorgias during his visits to Sicily: C. J. Herington, “Aeschylus in Sicily,” JHS 87 (1967) 74–85, at 74. Kratos, as he binds Prometheus, calls him a “sophist” (σοφιστής, PV 62), as does Hermes in his opening words to Prometheus (σὲ τὸν σοφιστήν, 944). The term seems already pejorative: A. J. Podlecki, Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound (Oxford 2005) 163 and n.3. -
The CHARIOTEER a Review of Modern Greek Culture NUMBER 4 1962
The CHARIOTEER A review of Modern Greek Culture NUMBER 4 1962 .from TWO NOVELS AND A PLAY by ANGHELOS TERZAKIS THE SHORT STORY IN GREECE Seven Short Stories by Six Pioneers: KONDYLAKIS KARKA VITSAS PSYHARIS pAP ADIAMANDIS VIKELAS MORAiTIDIS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN GREEK PROSE by ANDONIS DECAVALLES THE BULL FROM THE SEA An Essay by JoHN A. STONE GREEK FLOWER; GREEK ECSTASY An Essay by LEE HATFIELD THE PAINTINGS OF SPYROS V ASSILIOU Autobiographical Word and Critical Mosaic With Six Reproductions TWO POEMS by LEE HATFIELD Published by Parnassos Greek Cultural Society of New York $1.50 Pamassos wishes to thank the Honorary Board for their kind interest in the previous issues of The Charioteer. Because of unavoidable circumstances the new editorial board has not been in touch with each member of the Board, and so we have temporarily omitted the roster of their names. We are grateful to Sir Maurice Bowra, Professor Moses Hadas, and Lawrence Durrell for their generous and unfailing support. THE CHARIOTEER A REVIEW OF MODERN GREEK CULTURE Published by Pamassos, Greek Cultural Society of New York VOLUME I NUMBER4 EDITORIAL STAFF Executive Editors ANDONIS DECAVALLES BEBE SPANOS Art Editor MILTON MARX Copy Editors THOMASINA ALEXANDER ALICE-MARY MAFFRY Business Manager KATHERINE HoRTIS Parnassos Representative in Greece DIMITRI S. GEORGEOPOULOs Pattission 236, Athens, Greece. Telephone: 876-494 and 870-633 PARNASSOS EXECUTWE COUNCIL President ANDONIS DECAVALLES Vice-President KATHERINE HoRTIS Secretary CLEO VLAHOS Treasurer ANGELICA MANTAS Cultural Committee Chairmen ETHEL CosMOS LEE CAKIADES Library Committee HELENE PANDELAKIS Membership Chairman MARIA CAKIADES Publications Committee BEBE SPANOS Social Committee VASILI KLIMI NICHOLAS HERZEGOVITCH THE CHARIOTEER is published by PARNASSOS, GREEK CULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YoRK, a non-profit organization under the laws ofthe State ofNew York, Box 2928, Grand Central Station, New York 17, N.Y. -
The Eleusinian Mysteries
THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES. BY THE REV. CHARLES JAMES WOOD. II. PRIMITIVE RITES OF ILLUMINATION. ON the psychologic or pathological side, now, we find the same parallel between the primitive sacred dramatic dance and the Eleusinian rites as implied in the Attic theatre. For if we examine closely into the methods and means of a sacred secret organisation, say that of the Sioux and of the Nagualists of the Pueblo Indians, we find all the factors of character transformation, purifications by water and by fire, fasts and sweats, ordeals of pain and terror, auricular confession, narcotic and intoxicant food and drinks, pre- scribed dances protracted to point of frenzy or hysteria, all followed by trance, vision, and dread vows to secrecy. Less and more ob- scurely we see allusions to these characteristics of the Eleusinian Mysteries in the Greek plays. The playwright had to be exces- sively guarded, but said in effect to the mystae or to the epoptae, " He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." Lobeck, in his Aglaophanius, quotes from Formicus, De Err. Pr. Relig., p. 45, an account of the consummation of certain mystic rites, in which the priest "whispers in a gentle murmur" certain words of a like tenor— the god, however, and not the neophyte, strangely enough, being represented as the sufferer of severe trials " Be of good cheer, ye initiates, in that the god is delivered ; for the deliver- ance from his evil is of you." Take an instance. It is evident that Euripides wrote the Bacchae as an apology for the Dionysiac cult. -
Stories of the Ancient Greeks
Conditions and Terms of Use PREFACE Copyright © Heritage History 2009 The tales in this book are old; some of them, it may be, Some rights reserved are even older than we suppose. But there is always a new This text was produced and distributed by Heritage History, an organization generation to whom the ancient stories must be told; and the dedicated to the preservation of classical juvenile history books, and to the author has spent pleasant hours in trying to retell some of them promotion of the works of traditional history authors. for the boys and girls of to-day. The books which Heritage History republishes are in the public domain and He remembers what joy it was to him to read about the are no longer protected by the original copyright. They may therefore be reproduced Greek gods and heroes; and he knows that life has been brighter within the United States without paying a royalty to the author. to him ever since because of the knowledge thus gained and the The text and pictures used to produce this version of the work, however, are fancies thus kindled. It is his hope to brighten, if possible, other the property of Heritage History and are licensed to individual users with some young lives by repeating for them the immortal fictions and the restrictions. These restrictions are imposed for the purpose of protecting the integrity deathless histories which have been delivered to new audiences of the work itself, for preventing plagiarism, and for helping to assure that for thousands of years.