Apple of Discord Essays

  • Research Paper On Aphrodite

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    So, what does it take to be a model? Can just anyone be one be a model? What personality traits do you need to have? Aphrodite, is the Greek Goddess of love, mother of 19 children, and wife. Her symbols include sea shells, mirrors, golden apples, the evening star, the number five, the ocean, the triangle, the dove and the swan. Aphrodite would make a great model because she is beautiful, clever, and helpful. One important reason why Aphrodite would be a good model is because she’s beautiful. The

  • Private Motivations for War in The Iliad

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    private motivations seem to influence and shape each other in many distinct ways. The universal war between the gods over the apple of discord consequently lead to the social war between the Greeks and the Trojans. For example, Aphrodite promised Paris that he could have the most beautiful woman in the world if he gave the apple of discord to her.  He did so, and decided to go and get his reward.  Unfortunately, the most beautiful women in the world, Helen, was the wife

  • The Importance Of Respect In The Iliad

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    example, in the Greek myth “the Apple of Discord,” the God Hephaestus is abased by his father just because he is ugly. When the beautiful Aphrodite refuses to marry him, Zeus forces her to marry his son Hephaestus in requital. Zeus shows his son disrespect by acting as if he is trash that can be forced on someone in punishment. He does not recognize let alone respect Hephaestus for his crafting skills or any other talents he possesses.

  • Peter P The Stars, The Goddess Of The Stars

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    Iris The iris is the name of colored part of the eye. Inside the iris is the pupil, and surrounded by it is the sclera. In Greek mythology, Iris was the name of the goddess of the rainbow. She was also a messenger to the gods. Iris was also responsible for replenishing the Earth with tranquility after a time of disruption. Inside the eye, the iris had gotten its name because it is full of color and hue, representing many shades in the rainbow, which the goddess Iris was in charge of. Pan Pan is

  • Comparing Yeh-Shen, The Prince And The Pauper

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    were being passed down from generation to generation. Nowadays, not many people tell these kinds of stories anymore because the stories are slowly “dying” out. Some of these example of famous stories are “Yeh-shen” from China, “Black Ships” and“Apple of Discord” from Greece, and “The Prince and the Pauper” from England. Yeh-shen is a fairytale from China that is similar to the version of Cinderella. This fairytale teaches people that what comes up, must come down. Because in the fairytale,

  • Apples and Oranges

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    Apples and Oranges No two things could be more different than apples and oranges. Just by looking at them one can see many different characteristics that set them apart from each other. Apples are red, yellow, russet, and sometimes striped in color and oranges are usually orange. Oranges have to be peeled before one can eat them. These two different fruits grow in different parts of the world, on different trees, and in different climates. What could these complete opposites have in common?

  • Prize Women In The Iliad

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    The Homeric Epic, The Iliad, is a narrative about a war between the Greeks and the Trojans, which lasted ten years. The war started after a dispute between the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Each goddess turned to Paris, prince of Troy, to solve the dispute. In particular, Aphrodite promised Paris the most beautiful woman in the world, prompting him to choose her. The woman Paris was given was Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. Having discovered that Paris took his wife away, he declared

  • The Impact of Women in The Iliad

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    origin of the war is traced back to jealous goddesses. The gods and goddesses were feasting together to celebrate the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Eris, the goddess of discord, had not been invited. She came, however, and threw among the guests a golden apple, on which was inscribed "For the fairest." Three goddesses claimed the apple. They were Hera, wif...

  • King Achilles: The Heroic Greek Hero

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    Who was this man named, Achilles, and why is he as known as he is? Achilles was a great man with a lot of Personalities. Achilles was introduced as the epitome of destructive might, in his, tent he realized his true force was more that martial dominance over another (Champagne 65). Achilles was a warrior and because of that, people wonder who he is. Achilles is one of the heroic Greek gods because of his help and saving of the Trojan War. In the beginning of the two men’s lives, Achilles, and Paris

  • Agamemnon

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    shepherds. Just before the beginning of the Trojan War, Zeus arranged to have Thetis, a goddess, marry Peleus, a mortal. All the gods and goddesses were invited except for Eris, the goddess of discord. At the wedding while all the gods and goddesses were enjoying themselves, Eris threw a golden apple into their midst wit... ... middle of paper ... ...laced a curse on her: although she would remain a prophetess, no one would ever believe her. Cassandra also envisions her own murder. She then

  • Odysseus Piggy Quotes

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    Even though Henry Shaw lived in St. Louis, he was originally from England. Thus, drinking Gin & Tonic will remind him of his home. Aphrodite Apple Pie & Goat Cheese - Aphrodite had a discord with Hera and Athena over some golden apples. Although she won, she also lost because her victory brought a terrible fate over humans. Therefore, she’ll be eating apple pie to remind her that family comes first. She'll also eat goat cheese, because a goat is one of the symbols that represent her. Mead - This

  • Trojan War Timeline

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    The Trojan War Timeline 1. The Golden Apple Eris, the evil goddess of Discord, was angered because she wasn’t invited to the wedding of king Peleus and Thetis, the sea nymph. She responded to this by throwing a golden apple with "For the Fairest" written on it. Though all the goddesses wanted it, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite wanted it the most. When they asked Zeus to decide he said he didn’t want anything to do with this, instead he told them to go to Mount Ida, close to Troy, and find prince Paris

  • Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Chivalric Code Essay

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    The Medieval poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, presents a denunciation of changes to the chivalric code which could lead to its destruction. By comparing Lady Bertilak (the archetype of depravity and lust) to the Virgin Mary (the archetype of chastity and purity), the Gawain poet points out the incompatibility between spiritual love and the courtly love which had undermined the values behind chivalry. In its essential nature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a warning to its aristocratic readers

  • Black Ships Before Troy Argumentative Essay

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    Black Ships Before Troy: Argumentative Essay The Trojan War is one of the most known battle or war in history, if not the most known. It was a very, very long war, but there was one main source or reason of conflict that drove it to last so long, it seemed endless. Paris, a Trojan prince, was promised a wife as fair as the goddess of beauty by Aphrodite herself. The particular woman she promised was already married to a Greek King by the name of Menelaus. This started not only tension between the

  • Greek Mythology Themes

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    In Greek mythology, there are so many ‘big themes’ that someone could go through every myth, every line, every paragraph, and will probably find a million and one of these ‘big themes’ coming up with an extremely long list nearly going on forever. Edith Hamilton was one of the best writers on Greek mythology and all stories being used will be based on Hamilton’s versions she tells in her book ‘MYTHOLOGY: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes’. There are two big themes that stand out from the others as

  • Trojan Horse and Trojan Virus

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    Trojan Horse and Trojan Virus. Today people know the “Trojan” or “Malware” as a computer virus. Trojan horses falsely show themselves as useful and valuable software to download from the Internet. People are fooled by the Trojan because it can describe itself as an application that can be useful on your computer, then people end up downloading them. But before that happens did you know that the Trojan itself is not dangerous at all it’s just a vessel for the other harmful applications to attach

  • The American Apple Pie

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    ‘I’m living the American dream” is as common of a phrase in the United States today as the game of baseball, hot dogs and good ol’ American apple pie. People have grown up with these things just as they have the hair on their head. You see, part of being an American is being a part of this bigger pie rooted in our history called the constitution. Our forefathers created this document stating that we are all born with this basic right to freedom and equality and it is our duty as citizens to uphold

  • Paradise Lost

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    The book that I have chosen to write about is called Paradise Lost, which is an epic poem about Satan gaining power once again to take over Heaven, and to destroy God’s new world. The epic poem also conveys the struggles of God’s creation, mankind, with Satan’s sinful deeds, and the punishment that mankind has to go through for God’s forgiveness. After reading Book 1 of Paradise Lost, which was about Satan starting to plot against God, I was impressed by Satan’s determination to make an attempt to

  • The Trojan War

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    Thessaly, and Thetis, a sea goddess. All the gods and goddesses of Mt. Olympus had been invited except Eris, the goddess of discord. Eris was offended and tried to stir up trouble among the guests at the feast. She sent a golden apple inscribed “For the most beautiful.” Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each claimed the apple as their own. Paris judged the quarrel and awarded the apple to Aphrodite because she had promised him Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. Helen was already married to Kin

  • Hubris the Curse in Ancient Greece

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    Early Greece, a period that began 1000 B.C.E was a transition into one of the most successful periods in human civilization. The Greeks transformed art, sculptures, theater and wars. They established the stepping-stones for the future civilizations of the world. The first known “writer” for the Greeks introduced the Heroic Age with the “Iliad and the Odyssey”. During this time period Homer displayed the great tragic flaw in heroes, which was hubris. Hubris is defined during the time period as excessive