Rhesus, King of Thrace, came to the aid of Hector near the end of the Trojay War, claiming that he would destroy the Greeks in one day though the Trojans had failed to defeat them after ten years. Ironically, he was killed in his sleep on that same day by Odysseus and Diomedes, who spied on the Trojan camp and stole his precious horses. His death caused distrust and strife […]
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“Philoctetes” by Sophocles
Perhaps this man is as well born as any, second to no son of an ancient house. Yet now his life lacks everything, and he makes his bed without neighbors or with spotted shaggy beasts for neighbors. His thoughts are set continually on pain and hunger. He cries out in his wretchedness; there is only a blabbering echo, that comes from the distance speeding from his bitter crying. There is […]
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“Ajax” by Sophocles
Quotes of Characters: Athena Who was more full of foresight than this man [Ajax], Or abler, do you think, to act with judgment? Odysseus None that I know of. Yet I pity His wretchedness, though he is my enemy, For the terrible yoke of blindness that is on him. I think of him, yet also of myself; For I see the true state of all us that live– We are […]
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An epic story of the hero Odysseus’ journey home from war against all odds. He endured many hardships and troubles, perils on the sea, on the land, man-eating monsters and giants, nymphs and witches, the Olympian gods who were angry with him, and above all, he had to overcome the folly and greed of his own gluttonous companions who perished because of their own madness, and the murderous men in […]
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