Greek Literature and Drama Trojan Horse Odyssey Iliad

Greek Literature and Drama �Trojan Horse �Odyssey �Iliad �Oedipus Rex and Antigone �Icarus and Daedalus �“The Tortoise and the Hare”

Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse � The Greeks used a special way to capture the city of Troy � They built huge wooden horses and left them on the plain. � The Trojans brought the horse within their city as a war trophy. �The Trojans, thinking the horse was a gift from the Greeks, celebrate and roll the giant horses into the city. �That night, the Greek warriors quietly climb from the horse and capture the city.

What is Odyssey?

Who is Odysseus? �Odyssey had attended the Trojan War. �a king in west island in Greece. Because of his intelligence and wisdom , he was celebrated in the Greece. After the battle , he brought his soldiers came back home. �ignored the warning of Poseidon and went through a lot of troubles. �defeated the witches and overcame the monsters. After having �spent seven years in captivity on Calypso’s island , Odysseus had escaped. �Pass ten years, he went homeland –Sake by good luck at last. Many rich suitor were killed by Odyssey and his son. They lived happily in together finally.

Iliad � The first line in the Iliad is "Achilles' anger is my theme. " � The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to homer. � The Illiad tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. � It starts with the arguement between Agamemnon and Achilles and ends with the death of the Hector � Achilles once was angry with Agamemnon and give up the war but because of his friend’s death. � He came back to the battle as well as killing the Hector at last.

�This story is a tragedy about Oedipus. �Oedipus becomes the king of Thebes and was always destined from birth to murder his father Laius. �Marry his mother Jocasta without knowing that. �When he realize himself married his mother, he pierce his eyes. �Antigone was Oedipus' daughter. �After Oedipus blind, Antigone took care of him and finally buried him.

ICARUS �Icarus is purely a myth. �Icarus is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus. �Icarus in his attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. �He ignored instructions not to fly too close to the sun, and the melting wax caused him to fall into the sea where he drowned. �This is a myth with a sad ending.

Daedalus �Icarus‘s father Daedalus was a talented and remarkable Athenian craftsman. �He built the Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete �Minos imprisoned Daedalus himself in the labyrinth because he gave Minos' daughter, Ariadne, a clew(or ball of string) in order to help. �Theseus, the enemy of Minos, to survive the Labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur. 2021/12/26

The Tortoise and the Hare �A Hare who ridiculed a slow –moving Tortoise. �Tortoise was challenged by the tortoise to a race. �The hare soon left the tortoise behind. �He was confident of winning and took a nap midway through the course. � When the Hare awoke he found that his competitor had arrived before him.

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