Achilles

20 07, 2017

Duryodhana and Karna – India’s Mahabharata

By |2018-10-26T08:01:07-07:00July 20th, 2017|India, Literature|Comments Off on Duryodhana and Karna – India’s Mahabharata

Duryodhana (Cambodia, ca. 900s AD) Who was Duryodhana? Duryodhana was the enemy of the Pandavas in the story of the Mahabharata. He's forced out of power when the Pandavas defeat him. [...]

16 07, 2017

Penthesileia and Achilles – Greek mythology

By |2018-04-23T10:11:12-07:00July 16th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Penthesileia and Achilles – Greek mythology

Achilles and Penthesileia, on an Athenian vase painted by Exekias Penthesileia (pen-tha-sill-AY-ah) was the Queen of the Amazons, in Greek mythology. The Amazons were a group of warriors who were all [...]

15 07, 2017

Iphigeneia in Aulis – Euripides – ancient Greece

By |2019-09-24T05:02:20-07:00July 15th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Iphigeneia in Aulis – Euripides – ancient Greece

Iphigeneia brought to the sacrifice (Pompeii, ca. 79 AD) Menelaus, Agamemnon, and their oath When Helen ran off with Paris, her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta, was very upset. He went to visit his [...]

12 07, 2017

What is arete? Virtue in Greek philosophy – Definition of arete

By |2018-01-01T18:30:43-08:00July 12th, 2017|Greeks, Philosophy|2 Comments

Arete in action: Penelope and her slave watch Odysseus kill the suitors Definition of arete: In ancient Greece, arete meant "goodness" or "excellence". It's related to araomai, to pray, and [...]

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