Hercules: Disney vs. Classical Literature
The myth of Hercules has been represented in media such as film and television, allowing the general public to be introduced to Greek and Roman mythological characters through entertainment. The 1997 Disney animated movie Hercules is a loosely based adaptation of the Herculean myth. The Herculean myth in the Disney movie Hercules relies heavily on identifying characters with their Greek and Roman counterparts instead of identifying with their classic mythological roles.

In Hercules, Hercules is depicted as being the offspring of Zeus and his wife, Hera. Because he was born to two gods, Hercules is also depicted as being a god himself. In classic mythology, Hercules was born to Alcmene, a mortal and the wife of Amphitryon, and Zeus, who disguised himself as Amphitryon in order to sleep with Alcmene. While Hercules is depicted as being loved by both Zeus and Hera in the movie, in literature,…...

Hercules' life illustrate noble vulgar aspects humanity.
How does Hercules' life illustrate both the noble and vulgar aspects of humanity. How does Hercules' life illustrate both the noble and vulgar aspects of humanity.

Looking at ways in which the life of the well-known mythological figure of Hercules (Heracles, in Greek

) illustrates both the noble and the vulgar sides of humanity, this essay will begin by providing the dictionary definitions of the two notions. The term noble has several meanings which can apply to the current purpose. Noble can denote the hereditary rank or social class, but can also refer to a high moral character, such as courage, dignity, and honor

. Furthermore, the term can describe someone grand and stately in appearance

. On the other hand, vulgar refers to a common person, just as the usual, average, without outstanding features, someone with lack of refinement

. Just as almost all Mythological characters, Hercules…...

mla

"Heracles." Tymeless Myths. 13 April 2013  http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/heracles.html .

"Hercules." Myth Encyclopedia. Myths and Legends of the World. 14 April 2013 http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Go-Hi/Hercules.html.

Gill, N.G. "Who is Hercules? The Basic Facts on this Major Greek Legendary Hero." About.com. 13 April 2013  

men and women depicted in two of the texts? What do some of the explicit and implicit treatments say about the culture's view on men and women? How do the authors use the relationship between the main character and another person or groups of people to highlight characteristics of the main character and his or her development? How conscious and articulate are the male and female characters about their social position?
In the myths of Hercules and Theseus the gender roles are specifically treated and the way in which men and women are portrayed is very deliberate and imply certain suggestions about men and women. For instance, one common trend with these texts is how women are portrayed as either beguiling creatures or as shrews. This is immediately true from the birth story of Hercules. The birth story of Hercules begins with his father's infidelity: Zeus cheated on his wife…...

Polyclitus
The statue of Hercules can be studied at two different levels. Working backwards we must consider that which antiquity has left us to study. In this case, it is the statue of Hercules as it is preserved for us. It is the work of an unknown roman sculptor carved in marble. The balance and harmony in the piece is quite remarkable and is a great tribute to the artisanship of the Greeks. It no doubt must have involved great time and physical labor.

The omans of that period (circa 125 AD) were very much into a neoclassical representation of Greek work as they believed the Greeks to be of a highly developed artistic nature and the omans were eager to capture some of that golden age of the arts in their own time so as validate their own virtues. The statue may have even been worked on by a team of…...

mla

References

Ancient Greek SculptorsOnline at the History Net. Available:  http://ancienthistory.about.com /library/weekly/aa6gkartists.htm

Polyclitus's Canon and the Idea of Symmetria. Online at about.com Available:  http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/ARTH209/Doyphoros.html

So she makes the product of that union, Hercules, go mad, so he kills his wife and child. Once again, the sense of someone exceeding the bounds placed by the gods of humanity (in this case, being the child of Zeus) is punished, although Hercules is able to use his divine attributes to overcome Hera's wrath and endure his punishment.
But of course perhaps the most notable example in Greek mythology of hubris is that of Oedipus. Oedipus, it is forecast, will kill his father and murder his mother. Upon hearing of this prophesy, his father Laius abandons the young son. But the boy is raised by commoners. Oedipus leaves this simple couple once he learns of his fate, from the Oracle and Delphi when he comes of age. After wandering for a long time, he kills Laius, who is a stranger to him, in the road, in a dispute…...

Tanks & Triad
The United tates Armed Forces utilize various transportation assets in support of global operations. Write a paper on the C-130 Hercules, answering the following questions; What is the combined and maximum load capacity of litter and ambulatory patients? What is the range of the vehicle? How many attendants are needed? How fast can the vehicle travel? Name advantages / disadvantages of using this particular asset?

The Hercules C-130 is a turbo-prop, high-wing aircraft that remains in continuous production today even though the original design specification was issued by the Air Force over 50 years ago. In addition to carrying 45,000 pounds of cargo, the C-130 has the capability of airlifting 92 ground troops, 64 fully equipped paratroopers, or 74 injured people on litters, or five standard freight pallets.

The C-130 functions admirably as a personnel carrier, fully accommodating 92 combat troops or, on the side-facing seats, accommodating 64 completely equipped…...

mla

Source:

FAS Military Analysis Network. (2000).  http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/c-130.htm 

2.The performance Triad supports the Ready and Resilient Campaign with the goal of increasing unit health and unit performance and decreasing injuries. The Performance Triad represents Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Sleep- three key components that can influence the cognitive and physical performance of Soldiers. Write a professional paper addressing the questions; While each component is independently important which is the most important subject to you when it comes

In principle, Dworkin argues that the truth is always knowable for any given factual circumstances; the difficulty is that the human intellect is imperfect. In the same way, there is a finite number of individual particles of sand on the earth at any moment in time. Human intellect and capabilities are incapable of determining that precise number; it would require a hypothetically limitless intellectual capacity. Judge Hercules possesses that infinite intelligence and also has the luxury of infinite time for contemplation. Dworkin suggests that Judge Hercules would always make the right decision and that the role of human judges is simply to aspire to be as Hercules-like as possible. Dworkin's Judge Hercules is very similar to John Rawls' allegory about the veil of ignorance that he uses to illustrate the meaning of objective justice.
Principle vs. Policy

To explain the importance of valuing principle over policy in the construct and just…...

He completed the tasks. hen Hercules was dying, he was placed upon a funeral pyre, where he "ascended to Olympus, where he was granted immortality and lived among the gods" (Ellingson).
The Hebrew culture approaches the question of the interrelationship of the human and the divine in a manner substantially different than the Greek or Roman cultures. In fact, there are substantial differences in the Greek and Hebrew schools of thought, even down to descriptions of objects. For example, "the Greek culture describes objects in relation to the object itself. The Hebrew culture describes objects in relation to the Hebrew himself" ("Hebrew Thought"). Therefore, any Hebrew description of the divine automatically reflects the interrelationship between the divine and the human.

Both ancient Greeks and ancient Romans believed that the gods were actively and intimately involved in the lives of humans. In fact, modern Christianity can be said to arise from the…...

mla

Works Cited

Ancient Hebrew Civilization." Public Bookshelf. 2003. LoveToKnow, Inc.Public Bookshelf. 12

Mar. 2005 http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Story_of_the_GreatestNations_and_the_Worlds_Famous_Events_Vol_1/ancienth_ja.html

Ellingson, Lief. "Hercules." Encyclopedia Mythica. 2005. Pantheon.org. 12 Mar. 2005  http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/roman/articles.html .

Epstein, Paul. "The Recovery of a Comprehensive View of Greek Tragedy." Animus: A Philosophical Journal for Our Time. 1996. University of Newfoundland. 12 Mar. 2005  http://www.mun.ca/animus/1996vol1/epstein.htm .

Alexander's execution of his trusted general Parmenion and his son Philotas, and how it affected the remainder of Alexander's life, and his reign.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Alexander the Great was born sometime around July 20th, in 356 .C., the son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, in Pella. As a child, the great philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, tutored him. His father was murdered in 336 .C., and Alexander took the throne at the young age of twenty. He was one of the greatest conquerors in history, taking over Greece, Persia, Egypt, and part of India before he died. "He was not yet twenty-six. In six years he had won greater victories than any hero in Greek history had won in a lifetime, and he had done it, at several turning-points, in the teeth of all advice from his generals and Companions" (urn 175).

He considered himself a relative of the god…...

mla

Bibliography

Burn, A.R. Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Empire. New York: Macmillan Co., 1948.

Editors. "Alexander the Great." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2000.

Untereker, Jed, Kossuth, James, and Kelsey, Bill. "The Great Homepage of Alexander." Williams College. 1996.  http://wso.williams.edu/~junterek/

literacy -- that which is mastered only by Prospero and Miranda, and sought after by Caliban who is considered illiterate in comparison to the pair. Caliban's antagonistic relationship with Prospero is one which the author believes is waged over this literacy and which is so crucial because it is both literal and figurative. Literally it represents the smoothness of language which the aforementioned pair possess; figuratively it involves the books that Prospero has which endow him with magical abilities to cast spells and actuate spirits such as Ariel. The author buttresses this opinion by ascribing significance to Caliban's attempts to counteract Prospero's powers by destroying his books, thereby making Prospero's literacy on par with his own illiteracy.
The most interesting aspect of this article is that its focus on literacy is one which is only shared between the previously denoted three characters (and perhaps Ariel) whose fate is linked to…...

Roman history like Augustus, Charlemagne, and Pericles have soared into Western historical tradition while others like Commodus have received a far less respected legacy, being banished and disgraced with stories of megalomania and decadence. Of the character portrayals of Commodus both in film and literature, only two primary literary sources of Commodus exist. They are from Herodian and Cassius Dio. With such little information available of how Commodus truly was, much was left to the imagination. What could have been a great Roman emperor is now a hedonistic caricature depicted by films like Gladiator and writers like Dio. ut why was Commodus depicted in that way? Was he truly a megalomaniac or a man wishing to gain true power?
Of the primary sources available, the information provided from these sources can lead someone to assume partial inaccuracy. Cassisus Dio for example, worked under Commodus as a senator. He wrote an…...

mla

Bibliography

Dio, Cassius. "Cassius Dio -- Epitome of Book 73." Penelope.Uchicago. Edu. Last modified 2016. Accessed April 30, 2016.  http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/73 *.html.

Hekster, Olivier. Commodus. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 2002.

Herodian, "Herodian 1.14 - Livius." Livius.Org. Last modified 2016. Accessed April 30, 2016.  http://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-1.14/ ?.

Oliver, James H. "Three Attic Inscriptions Concerning The Emperor Commodus." "The American Journal of Philology 71, no. 2 (1950): 170.

" James a.S. McPeek
further blames Jonson for this corruption: "No one can read this dainty song to Celia without feeling that Jonson is indecorous in putting it in the mouth of such a thoroughgoing scoundrel as Volpone."

Shelburne

asserts that the usual view of Jonson's use of the Catullan poem is distorted by an insufficient understanding of Catullus' carmina, which comes from critics' willingness to adhere to a conventional -- yet incorrect and incomplete -- reading of the love poem. hen Jonson created his adaptation of carmina 5, there was only one other complete translation in English of a poem by Catullus. That translation is believed to have been Sir Philip Sidney's rendering of poem 70 in Certain Sonnets, however, it was not published until 1598.

This means that Jonson's knowledge of the poem must have come from the Latin text printed in C. Val. Catulli, Albii, Tibulli, Sex. Aur. Propertii Opera omnia…...

mla

Works Cited

Alghieri, Dante Inferno. 1982. Trans. Allen Mandelbaum. New York: Bantam Dell, 2004.

Print.

Allen, Graham. Intertextuality. Routledge; First Edition, 2000. Print.

Baker, Christopher. & Harp, Richard. "Jonson' Volpone and Dante." Comparative

In fact, among the strongest arguments in favor of Odysseus being high on the list of heroes in Greece is that when he encountered Hercules in the Underworld, Hercules told him that the two of them are "very similar" (www1.union.edu). If one of the most revered and respected Greek heroes says to Odysseus that they have similarities, that speaks volumes as to Odysseus' position as a hero.
hy would Odysseus's attributes and actions be considered so admirable?

One action that surely gave the Greeks good reason to admire Odysseus is that he invented the construction of the ooden Horse, which was "…the stratagem that made it possible to take Troy" (www.maicar.com). Odysseus was also known to be clever, and to use cunning intelligence in his exploits and adventures. hen Odysseus had been forced by Palamedes to admit that his "madness was pretended" -- and hence, Odysseus joined the army as a…...

mla

Works Cited

Gill, N.S. (2013). Readers Respond: Which Greek Hero Is the Greatest (and Why). About.com.

Retrieved July 31, 2013, from  http://ancienthistory.about.com .

Mendeley. (

Union College. (2005). Is Odysseus the Ideal Greek Hero? Retrieved July 31, 2013, from  http://www1.union.edu .

Heracles -- Mythological Hero
Heracles Mythological Hero

Heracles-Mythological Hero

About a Mythological Hero

Heracles, also known as Hercules, was a great mythological hero, who was considered as the son of God. His strength, valor, courage and supernatural characteristic were seen from his very childhood. The biggest turn in his life occurred when he murdered his wife and children, and was thus compelled to fulfill twelve challenging labors in order to purify himself. This article presents one of his twelve labors, which involved slaying away the Stymphalian birds. Several art works including pottery paintings and canvas art work, depict several instants linked with the heroic acts of Heracles.

Character Analysis of Heracles

Heracles or Hercules was a strong mythological hero who was considered as a man possessing supernatural power and was thus called half-god, a son of Zeus. The supreme confidence of Heracles was depicted from the early days of his childhood when he used his brute…...

mla

References

Theoi Greek Mythology (2007), Stymphalian Birds, Retrieved January 3, 2013, from  http://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/heracles.html

The reason I do this is because it's the hottest part of the song that the dancers love and go absolutely nuts over. This ignited a cultural revolution and is how the term "break dancing" formed.
DJ EP: As I understand it, "breaking" has another meaning.

DJ KH: Oh yeah. My "b-boys" (break-boys) and "b-girls" (break-girls) are dancers who "breakdance" while I'm deejaying. ut the term, "breaking" also refers to the slang word for "getting excited," "acting energetically," and/or "causing a disturbance." Double entendre.

DJ EP: I love breaking in the clubs or on the streets. I don't know, tell me if you agree, but there's something so amazing and intense about the energy of deejaying street and park parties as opposed to clubs like Twilight Zone, Havelo, or the Executive Playhouse.

DJ KH: There's no doubt about it. They're absolutely electrifying, probably because park and street parties are spontaneous. A b-boy or…...

mla

Bibliography

1) Chang, Jeff. Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. St.

Martin's Press, New York: 2005.

2) Hager, Steven. "Afrika Bambaataa's Hip-Hop." Village Voice September 21,

1982. Print.

Greek mythology has been reinterpreted and incorporated into modern storytelling mediums in a variety of ways, including:

1. Literature: Many authors have drawn inspiration from Greek mythology in their works of fiction, reimagining the stories of gods, heroes, and monsters in new and unique ways. For example, Madeline Miller’s novel "Circe" retells the story of the witch from The Odyssey, while Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series features modern-day demigods who must navigate the world of Greek mythology.

2. Film and television: Greek mythology has been a popular source of inspiration for filmmakers and television producers, with numerous movies and TV shows incorporating....

Reimagining Greek Mythology in Modern Storytelling

Throughout history, Greek mythology has captivated imaginations and instilled profound cultural influences. In modern times, it continues to inspire and permeate various storytelling mediums, offering a rich tapestry for contemporary narratives to explore.

Film and Television

Greek mythology has found a vibrant home in film and television, with adaptations ranging from classic tales to contemporary reimaginings. The 1959 epic "Ben-Hur" depicts the trials of a Jewish prince during the Roman occupation of Judea, weaving in elements of Greek tragedy. More recently, the "Percy Jackson" franchise follows a modern-day demigod navigating the dangers of the underworld. Television shows....

1. Characters and stories from Greek mythology are often referenced in modern pop culture, such as in movies, television shows, and video games. For example, the character of Achilles from the Trojan War is frequently mentioned in popular media.

2. Many modern books and novels draw inspiration from Greek mythology, incorporating elements such as gods, heroes, and monsters into their plots. Authors such as Rick Riordan and Madeline Miller have gained popularity for their retellings of Greek myths.

3. The themes and moral lessons found in Greek mythology continue to resonate with audiences today, and are often explored in contemporary literature. These....

The Enduring Legacy of Greek Mythology in Pop Culture and Literature

Greek mythology, a tapestry of epic tales, legendary heroes, and divine interventions, has left an enduring imprint on modern pop culture and literature. Its archetypal characters, timeless themes, and evocative imagery continue to inspire and shape artistic expressions across various mediums.

Characters as Archetypes:

Greek mythological figures have become archetypal representations of human traits and experiences. Achilles symbolizes the warrior's pride and vulnerability; Odysseus embodies the cunning strategist; and Aphrodite stands for the power and allure of love. These archetypes resonate with audiences of all ages, providing relatable and universally recognizable symbols.

Literary....