Midas, the king of Phrygia, is a myth mostly everyone had encountered throughout ones" lives. ... Midas, the greedy king, asked "grant me this boon then that whatever I touch may turn into Gold!" ... One day when Midas was in his immense room, where he kept all his wealth, a stranger appeared. ... In all three variants the same message was delivered about being a greedy man who lost everything but came to realize his fault. ... King Midas and Laomedon share common grounds. ...

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Hence, these concepts make Oedipus a symbolic figure for all man kind. ... One always wants to get all of the facts on every situation, but it does not always lead to contentment. For example, Oedipus wants to get the entire truth about who murdered King Laius, the original king of Thebes and Oedipus's real father. ... Humans are always on a constant search for all of the facts, when they already know all that is necessary. ... The world leaders all try to help each other and come together in times of need, and that shows excellent leadership skills. ...

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According to the myth, King Laios and his wife Jocasta visit an oracle. ... These are the reasons why King Creon had potential for greatness. ... King Creon is too worried about his pride to listen to the prophet. ... These are all examples of how Creon's pride affects the decisions he makes. ... If King Creon wouldn't have let his pride get in the way, all of them would still be alive. ...

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First of all, Oedipus's fall is a result of fate because of actions that occur when Oedipus is an infant. ... Oedipus grew up in Corinth with King Polybus and Queen Merope. ... Out of all the men who previously tried, Oedipus is the only one able to solve the riddle proving that fate cannot be controlled (OR). ... He reigns long in peace and honor as the king of Thebes (Freud 102). ... All of it was destined to be true! ...

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Oedipus, the protagonist of the play, is the birth son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. ... King Oedipus again exhibits fear when he forcefully accuses Teresias, an all-knowing seer and prophet, of being the master mind of the death of Laius and the inventor of the plague in Thebes that is really a result of his own past misdeeds. ... King Oedipus anger is not deliberate; it stems from the subconscious and his anger is exhibited through displacement. ... Oedipus displays feelings of anger all through the play and portrays it when he falsely accuses Teresias the all-seeing sear and Cr...

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As the story of his life unfolds in The King Must Die, Theseus develops from a passionate youth who had a small grasp of life to a reserved and knowledgeable king. Although some of his outlooks have changed, he possesses many of the same characteristics all throughout his life - honor, the understanding of moira, a strong will and quick mind, and the ability to persevere. ... The fate of a king is not unknown - it is preordained. ... He believes that strength and bravery are not sufficient qualifications for a king; a king must also have cunning and foresight. ... He knows that they are all...

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In order to recover Helen, Menelaus's brother, Agamemnon, the powerful king of Mykenai, had gathered a large force that included many prominent Greek warriors, themselves either princes or kings, and sailed across the Aegean to win back Helen and humble the great fortress-city of King Priam. After ten years of stalemate, the gods themselves became closely involved in the war down below, as King Agamemnon offended first of all Apollo and then his own greatest warrior Achiles, whose mother was the sea-goddess Thetis and who was able to enlist the support of Zeus himself to restore her son&...

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One such myth that has undergone this change is that of King Oedipus, the youth who had slain his father and married to his mother. ... The issues raised by King Oedipus such as incest, parricide, genetics, values and faith are all relative to that period in time. ... Particles of the text are shown in a new context, such as the popular film The Lion King where ruling lands are destroyed as a result of the King's actions. ... This also illustrates the ambiguity in life that all that seems certain may not necessarily be as it seems. ... Movies such as Terminator, Die Hard, Mad Max all were...

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While all the different forms of violence propagated by Orestes, shows that there is a need to alter the justice system, it is not clear whether carrying out a trial is the legitimate approach towards acquiring justice. ... Fowler deduces that masculine power is threatened by the murder of the King, Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra. ... Therefore, the viper ends up attacking her mate, king Agamemnon, and in turn is attacked by her children Orestes and Electra. ... The lion cub represents the two women, Helen and Clytemnestra who are perceived as violent, unfeminine women and disrespectful to...

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., wrote Antigone and Oedipus the King. ... "Is it your pleasure to hear me with all these Gathered around us? ... The revenge against the murderer of Laios is just concern for all the people to hear. ... There is too much work involved with bearing this name: "Think of this first: Would any sane man prefer Power, with all a king's anxieties, To that same power and the grace of sleep? ... - (Scene III, 105) "Whoever is chosen to govern should be obeyed "Must be obeyed, in all things, great and small."" (34-35). ...

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As a result, Oedipus killed them all, excepted on of the servant. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... After all the proofs from the messenger, the shepherd and the herdsman, it proved Oedipus was the child of King Laios and Queen Iocaste. ... Fate also makes him King of Thebes. Fate again takes away all his dream, love, and power. ...

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As a result, Oedipus killed them all, excepted on of the servant. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... After all the proofs from the messenger, the shepherd and the herdsman, it proved Oedipus was the child of King Laios and Queen Iocaste. ... Fate also makes him King of Thebes. Fate again takes away all his dream, love, and power. ...

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As a result, Oedipus killed them all, excepted on of the servant. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... After all the proofs from the messenger, the shepherd and the herdsman, it proved Oedipus was the child of King Laios and Queen Iocaste. ... Fate also makes him King of Thebes. Fate again takes away all his dream, love, and power. ...

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All this behavior shows Agamemnon in an unfavorable light. ... He isn't acting like a very good king, and his people aren't impressed by him. ... Tieresias warns him, Jocasta warns him, and the old shepherd warns him, but he brashly ignores them all. ... No king, no matter how hard he tries, can be a perfect ruler. ... Jason brought all of this upon himself because he loved the idea of become royalty more than he loved his w...

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You spent all day, sunrise to sunset, picking cotton in the fields. ... All because of the color of their skin. ... Throughout the play, Oedipus tells Jocasta many events about his past, pieces that could be put together to form the mystery puzzle and answer all the questions Thebes is asking such as, who killed the King and why? ... He wanted all the secrets and power to himself. ... Unfortunately, pride was all he had. ...

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My tears are all For them, whom fate has made its sport" King Kreon grants Medea one more day because he thinks it would be too little time to work any spells and leaves it at that. Medea is pleased by his decision for one more day is all she needs to get her revenge. Now an old friend of Medea enters the play, which is Aigeus, king of Athens. ... Aigeus agrees with this and vows by all the gods. ... She betrayed her father and brother, King Kreon by making him feel sorry for her, King Aigeus by making him swear by the gods that he will protect her, not knowing from what. ...

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This applies to all religions. ... In "The Fiery Furnace", Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to worship the king Nebuchadnezzar rather than God. ... In The King Must Die a boy, Theseus, makes a transition into to becoming a man. ... In this story Antigone's brother Polyneices is killed by the king and since he is the kings enemy he is denied burial and left to rot. ... In the end there is one thing that relates all of the religions, societies, and cultures together and that is persecution. ...

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Beginning when Paris, the son of king Priam of Troy, stole Helen the wife of king Menelaus. ... Zeus refuses to give her this consent because Poseidon has the right to be mad, after all Odysseus did kill Poseidon's son... Zeus - King of gods and men, who mediate the conflicts of the gods on Mount Olympus. ... Nestor - King of Pylos and a former warrior in the Trojan War. ... Menelaus - King of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon, he helped lead the Greek forces in the Trojan War. ...

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Book 1 The first book highlights the quarrel between Achilles, the great Greek warrior, and Agamemnon, the King of Pyros and the leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War. Agamemnon is infuriated that he must return Chryseis to her father in order to end a plague sent by Apollo against the king and his people. ... In response, he promises that he and all his men will desert Agamemnon and completely withdraw from the war effort. ... The wise King Nestor understands the depth of the quarrel between the two when he points out that the conflict is really between the authority of the ...

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No one would doubt Oedipus as a glorious king, especially the King of Suffering. ... In addition to a successful king, he possesses the capabilities of investigating as well-swiftness, perseverance, and wisdom. ... They try to shove him off to make the way for the king. ... Oedipus here thinks of himself as a king seeking to save Thebes but confronted by Teiresias, Apollo's dignified servant who deserves respect. ... Without reasonable evidences, he addresses to Kreon, "I'll give you all my anger. ...

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He wed the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth; which is also the Greek city where the play is set. This is the root of all the problems that stem from this play and its main characters. ... After her encounter with Jason, Medea happens to cross paths with the King of Athens, Corinth. ... All together Euripides was believed to have written over 92 plays. ... The articles also all stated that he was an easy target for all the comic poets and was made light of quite often. ...

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When Odysseus is almost attacked by the watch dogs Eumaios welcomes Odysseus by saying, " rudeness to a stranger is not decency, / All wanderers/ and beggars come from Zeus. What we can give is slight but well meant- all we dare," (249). ... At the expense of all?... The suitors" disrespect for tradition and for the King himself alienates Penelope and Telemachus, but more significantly, it directly disrespects the gods. ... Among all cultural elements of ancient Greek society embodied in the Odyssey, extending generosity to visitors was the most renowned. ...

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In Oedipus the King, Iocasta says that Laius was slain at a place where three roads meet. ... In Oedipus the king, the crossroads is part of the distant past, dimly remembered, and Oedipus was not aware at the time that he was making a fateful decision (Murray 59). ... That mighty king, who knew the riddle's mystery, whom the entire city envied, fortune's favorite. Behold, in the event, the storm of his calamities, and, being mortal, think on that last day of death, which all must see, and speak of no man's happiness till, without sorrow, he hath passed the goal of life" (Sophoc...

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At the beginning of Oedipus the King, Oedipus is highly confident, and with good reason. He has saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx and becomes the king of the city virtually overnight. ... All of his life Oedipus had solved mysteries and puzzles about subject other than he. ... The decision to execute her set off a chain reaction that ended with a body count of three and one remorseful king. ... Throughout all Greek tragedies and myths, people and even Gods have attempted to evade their fate, but have never been able to do so. ...

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In "Life Cycle", Dawe even goes so far as to suggest that football keeps us young while at the same time celebrating the notion that football appeals to all ages and different types of people. ... Icarus was the son of Daedalus, a most skilled artificer who built the labyrinth for King Minos of Crete where he kept the Minotaur. One day, the king heard that Daedalus had done some work for one of the king's enemies and he ordered Daedalus and his son imprisoned. ... The king called for his guards, who chased after them. Daedalus and Icarus were still trapped on the island and could not get...

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