... in dactylic hexameter. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas' wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the ... off of his domestic instincts by invoking his father's name). Although the personality traits are very different between Aeneas, the fact remains that the gods serve to make them hold true to their...

• Word Count: 8864
• Approx Pages: 35
• Grade Level: High School

... what their emotional status has resulted in. These all partake a immense role in the way the story is set up, stemming from the purpose of each character's journey, their personal challenges, and the difficulties that surround them. The story commences when Odysseus, a valiant hero of the Trojan war, journeys back home. Together with his courageous comrades, and a several vessels, he set sail for ... . She complied, and eventually housed Odysseus and his shipmates long enough for him to father three children. Homesick and distraught, Odysseus was then advised by Circe to search the under...

• Word Count: 2524
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... into the freedom that men have to do what they please, but that women do not have the freedom to do what they please, only what their husbands grant or allow them to do. Also, how women are supposed to stay in the home with the children, while men go off to war. "Medea says that she "would ... with the likes of her. Medea basically tells it like it is, and knows all about the true intentions of the men she encounters. She is able to see right through their lies, no matter how viable they are, and either confronts them on it or uses their own lies and deceives them. ... effectively getti...

• Word Count: 7698
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School

... a sense of a dying Athens. There is evidence of cult-worship that was on the rise in Athens at the end of the war. This play is about the resistance to divine power. Dionysus, who is the central character in this play, is unlike most gods in the fact that he is in human ... true story of the infant god. When Hera discovered that Dionysus still lived she wanted to hurl him form heaven. Zeus not wanting harm to come to his son "broke off a piece of the liquid air that rings the earth" and made fake child. He then switched it for his infant son and fooled Hera. Teiresias then went on to te...

• Word Count: 3013
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School