Ancient Greece and Alexander the Great

1. part 1. During the Corinthian War, the Persians helped fund the Athenian Military and got there fleet back to the way it was before the Peloponnesian War.

part 2. They were able to get islands from Asia Minor back under they're control and were starting to build their empire again.

part 3. In 376 B.C. the Delian League was reborn.

2. part 1. After the Peloponnesian War, Sparta had a Tyrant and started taking over cities in Greece. Many major cities started a war against them.

part 2. The Corinthian War was between Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Argos, and Sparta. It was all those cities against Sparta because of their Tyrant.

part 3. The temple of Apollo in Delphi was destroyed in 373 B.C.

www. scaruffi.com/politics/greeks.html- it is a good website because it has a timeline and looks believable

www.infoplease.com- looks beliveable

Part I

1. Oedipus in a way is responsible for his actions and some of it is isn’t his fault. In other words he killed a man and Oedipus didn’t know who it was, when it actually was the king and it was his father. But if Oedipus new that the man was his father then he wouldn’t have killed him. So I think that Oedipus is innocent. Oedipus also didn’t know that his mother was Jocasta and so its not his fault that he married her. He wouldn’t have married her if he knew before hand. I also think that Oedipus is not guilty because his father Laius wanted to kill him when he was a baby, so their is the revenge to Laius. But I know that if Oedipus knew that Laius was his father, then he would not have killed Laius no matter what Laius said to Oedipus. But if someone harasses you then you have to do something about it by defending yourself. Let say a random person on the street came up to me and said you suck and the Lakers suck! I am not going to just stand their and let him talk about me like that. I am either going to fight back physically or mentally.

Part II

“You can be confident that I will help.” Line (10). This is saying that Oedipus is sure that he will help the Priest. Oedipus is confident that he can help the priest.

“For our city, as yourself can see, is badly shaken.” Line (26). The priest is saying that Oedipus can see that the city is doing bad. He is mentioning how the city has badly shaken and it is not going in the right direction.

Oedipus Foreshadowing Redux

1. “If you’re to rule as you are doing now, it’s better to be king in a land of men than in a desert.” (62-64) This is saying Oedipus needs to continue ruling like he has done in the past and do not let the citizens suffer or we will all hate you. No one will be listening to you and that is where the ruling in a desert comes into play.

2. “We might get somewhere if we had one fact— we could find many things, if we possessed some slender hope to get us going.” (144-146) This is saying that if we find one clue about how Laius died they could find more clues and eventually find the bandits that had killed him. Once they find that, lord Apollo said it would help Thebes return to its grateful state since it is in a depression at the time.

Part I:

I do think that Oedipus is responsible for some of his actions. When he killed his father, I do not think that he was responsible for knowing it was his father, but he did kill a man which he could not say he is not responsible for doing. When Oedipus married his mother though I do believe that he was not responsible. In this case I was the fault of the mother if she recognized him. If Oedipus’s mother did not recognize him then I think it is really neither one of there faults. If people though did not have a choice of free will then I would look at Oedipus’s view differently. Fate to me seems to be something that is already planned for you,sort of like a story on how your entire life is going to be or it could be just the major things that you are going to do. Either way without free will I don’t think anyone can be guilty for a guilty person is someone who chooses the bad version of two options, but when you don’t have a choice then you can’t be claimed guilty. On the other hand you can only be innocent within yourself. Other people would not really be able to tell. To be innocent within yourself, it would have to be a person who is forced to do something because of fate but if it were bad the person doing it would not like what they were doing and know that is was wrong.

Part II:

"Act to consolidate your fame, for now, thanks to you eagerness in earlier days, the city celebrates you as its saviour."(47-49) - In this the priest is saying because of how smart and how much Oedipus wanted to escape his fate he was a great leader to many people.

"For in this matter, even if a god were not prompting us, it would not be right for you to simply leave things as they are, and not to purify the murder of a man who was so noble and who was your king." (255-259) - Oedipus is saying that though the gods did help them it still would be wrong if the people were to let the murder of Laius to just get away with it with no punishment.

I believe that Oedipus is innocent because he was given the fate that he would kill his father and marry his mother. He tried to avoid his fate by leaving Corinth since he thought his real father was the king of Corinth. Laius, who is his real father, even tries to get rid of him so his fate won't happen, but the servant would not get rid of him. He did not get to have free will because he never got a chance to leave his fate behind him. When he met Laius he did not know who he was and he defended himself from the servants. They were making him leave the road and he didn't want so they started attacking Oedipus. What are you supposed to do when someone attacks you. Not attack back? That is what he did and killed all of them including Laius. If you lack free will you can't be guilty because it would happen whether you like it or not. You can avoid it as much as possible but it will happen and that was what happen. You cannot escape fate which is the reason why Oedipus was not able to have free will during his life.

Anagnorisis

Ever since 7th grade I have always had a weakness for History class. English, Math, and Science were always pretty easy for me and I enjoyed the classes, as well as looking forward to going to school each day. History class was hard, really hard, for me. The subjects either did not interest me or we just kept covering the same material. I always had to force my self to pay attention and not fall asleep in that class, I would take notes in many different formats and I would look over the material about three times a week. On the homework and class work I always got good grades usually A’s sometimes B’s, but whenever we had a test I would always flunk it. One time I ended up getting a bad grade on my quarter report card, and so my homework schedule had to change. After school I would always take the buss home, school ended at 3:30 and I usually got home at about 3:45 - 4:00. Once I got home I would start my nightly homework and try to finish as fast as I could, but once I was done with that, my grandmother would then help me with my history. We would go over my homework and then look at the notes I had, and make notecards for the coming up test. I usually finished my homework at 5:30 or 6 and then from 6 to 10:30-11 I would study my humanities notes. I did this every single night I would memorize the information and then my grams would test me. Whatever I missed we would go back over and then she would retest me again. We continued to do this until i knew all the information, studying for about 4 to 5 hours on just history. The next test I got all A’s and B’s on passing them easily, but once a test was over I always had to start studying for the next one. On the last test for my 3rd Quarter I had been studying really hard hoping that I would get and A or B like all the rest of the test. Then next day I walked into class and when I got the test I knew everything and finished pretty quickly. Since I had lots of time I went over the test two more times making sure I had done everything, then I got up and turned it in. The next day when the teacher handed back the test I saw that I had gotten a C- , I didn’t know what I had done wrong. When I looked over the answers I realized I had hurried through the information while studying, and had studied the wrong information. I ended up getting a B that quarter. I was sad I had not gotten the A I had wished for but new that I deserved a B ‘cause I had been lazy and not checked my notecards before studying.

Lost Bet

In 2008, I was 12 years when I thought the Packers were going to beat Giants in the NFC championship game. I was so confident that the Packers were going to beat them I bet one of my friends who was a big Giants fan $50 that the Packers were going to win. I told everyone at school Packers were going to kill the Giants in that game. He was getting really annoyed at me and so were a few other kids. Even Sportscenter said the Packers were going to win by a lot. Every was going my way until that dreadful fourth quarter and when the game was over and the Giants had beaten the Packers in overtime. I was completely stunned and upset that I had lost $50. I couldn't believe and to make matters worse my friend called me up after the game and told me I owe him $50. I was almost crying afterwards. Later that day I had to ask my parents for $10 because I had only $40 on me and I needed 10 more. When I told about the bet, they got pissed off at me and was even more upset. The next day at school I was embarrassed and my friends were making jokes about me being dome and accepting a bet I should have never accepted. Other kids who knew about the bet did the same thing. I was angry, upset, and embarrassed for the next week. Then, I also made a bet the Giants would win the Super Bowl with the same guy who I made the Packers bet with. He also loves the Patriots and he wanted them to go undefeated. Even though he likes the Giants he wanted the Patriots much more. The bet was five dollars and I won it so I felt much better. I have supported the Giants since then and he made me a Giants fan.

The Critical Moment, Lakers lose

A Very Depressing Moment in My Life

The Los Angeles Lakers are my favorite sports team, and 2 years ago in 2008 the Lakers made it to the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. I had a great feeling about them winning the championship. I have never experienced the rivalry of the Lakers and Celtics until that year. I was very exciting thinking the Lakers were going to easily take the championship away from Boston and watch my team beat an old school rival. So as the NBA Finals began I went to Los Angeles over the summer and the gam was in Boston. As I arrived at my cousins house thinking the Lakers would be dismantling the Celtics, the Lakers were not only losing but falling behind badly. I was shocked and didn’t know if it was a dream or reality. Eventually the Lakers lost that game and I was very disappointed and sad. But it was only the first game I said. Then the Lakers lost the second game of the NBA Finals which made me very depressed and upset. The Lakers then came back to Los Angeles and luckily I was able to go to the game. The Lakers won that game which made me very happy. But then it turned to game four. As I was watching the game the Lakers were winning by more than 15 points in the game and I was happy and for surely thought that the Lakers were going to win. Then it turned into the fourth quarter and the Boston Celtics made a comeback and defeated the Lakers. I was shocked and I thought the Lakers were going to win the game and they lost, it was a very sad night for me and my cousins and I could not have been more sad that year. The Lakers won the next game, but eventually went to Boston for game 6 and lost the game of the series and it was an embarrassing loss. I was definitely not one of the happiest people on Earth.

Oedipus the King

1.) A.) There was a forshadowing that "But when I count the days - the time he's been away - I now worry what he's doing. For he's been gone to long,well past the time he should have taken" (72) B.) It tells of how Oedipus had gotten a bad feeling of how it was taking his brother so long to retur.

2.) A.) Then there was also " They all died - except for one who was afraid and ran away. There was only one thing he could inform us of with confidence about the things he say" (140) (b) This tells of how they wanted to kill the men that had killed his friend.

3.) A.) "While you are ruling now it is better to be ruling of men than a land of desert" (60). b.) This shows that it is better to be able to controle and know the people in the city than it is to just be a ruler.

- Cadmeians - to refer to, or to talk about a group

- suplient - asks for help or a plea

- agonies - long amounts of pain or prolonged suffering

Answers for Oedipus Play

1. Foreshadow- 1. “ With the god’s help
 this will all come to light successfully, or else it will prove our common ruin.” 175-177 This may anticipate that Apollo may save Thebes or destroy it.If he is right Thebes will survive and flutter with beauty and greatness. If he is wrong our city could be destroyed. That would be bad.

2. “For he’s been gone too long,
 well past the time he should have taken.” 87-88 This anticipates that Creon may have been killed on his way to Apollo's temple or on the way back. This would not be good for Oedipus because he sent his brother to try to be the savior of Thebes. He may have gone missing which may still mean hope for Thebes because he may escape his captors and find his way back. Creon could have also gotten lost and never find his way back. If he doesn't make it back, Thebes could lay in ruins.

3. “I would be a hard-hearted man indeed,
 if I did not pity suppliants like these.” 14-15 This anticipates that Oedipus will help the citizens of Thebus any way he can. Towards the end of the play I predict that Oedipus will have saved the people of Thebus and brought the city back to life.

Question 2.He says that the murderes of the former king of Thebes should be punished by death. He says if you show yourself you might not get the death penalty but you will still be severly punished. I believe this is justice for the murderes because they murdered the king of a city and that should be punishable by death just like it is in the United States today if you kill the president. If you kill someone, it is your fate to go to jail as a punishment. Fate and justice are intertwined because justice is punishing the guilty to protect the citizens and that would be their fate if they commited a crime. You can have justice and fate at the same time because of the explanation I gave in the last sentence.

Question 3.Cadmus- introduced writing to the Greeks and founded the city of Thebus

Delian- a citizen of Delos

Countenance- an expression on a face

Oedipus Post

“For you came here, to our Cadmeian city, and freed us from the tribute we were paying to that cruel singer” -Line(40-43) “My poor children, I know why you have come- I am not ignorant of what we yearn for.”(67-68). Oedipus is saying to the people of the land that he is not ignorant and that he is a good person. He told them in a hint way before, and before actually showing them that he is not ignorant. ”The action takes place in Thebes.” The people of Thebes kind of got a hint that Oedipus was coming through the palace doors and that the priest would most likely be their too. Before Oedipus entered through the palace doors the people had a thought of that.

2. Oedipus is saying that if the person who murdered the king has to reveal him self. Oedipus is also saying that who ever murdered the king doesn’t reveal him self then the charges and the consequences will be more severe. Fate is development of events and justice is basically a behavior. If the person that killed the king doesn’t reveal him self any time soon then his consequences and charges will become more severe and it could be possible that it is death. Oedipus is also saying that if somebody knows that the killer is a stranger, from some other state, let him not stay mute. If the killer is from another state than they must reveal him as quickly as possible.

3.Define:

Suppliants: Suppliants basically means a beggar. It could also mean a person who is in the lower class begging and asking for something from someone who extraordinary amount of power.

Saviour: A saviour is a person who saves something or someone. For example an example of saviour could be superman, he is a saviour because he saves people and does good things. But a saviour doesn’t necessarily have to be a person, a saviour could also be a person who puts out a fire at their neighbors home.

Shrine: Shrine is basically a place that is holy. For example a temple or a church for the Jewish and the Christian faith is considered a place that is holy.

Prophesies: A prophesies is basically saying that something will happen in the future. For example a prophesies could be about hover cars in the future. Prophesies could also mean inspiration.