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- From: lnh@soliton.physics.arizona.edu (sometimes a Wombat)
- Newsgroups: sci.classics
- Subject: Re: Classical heroes in Ancient Greece
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.150835.17527@galileo.physics.arizona.edu>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 15:08:35 GMT
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- adjg@sour.sw.oz.au (Andrew Gollan) writes:
- > yunus@loro-next.Stanford.EDU (Jonas Sami Celebiler) writes:
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- > |The Oddysey was one of the primary texts of Greek education in the
- > |classical age. What values did it teach through the character of the hero
- > |Odysseus? Are these the same values represented in the tragedies of
- > |Sophocles and Euripides? Are there characters in these plays whom you
- > |would consider comparable to, even if different than, Odysseus?
- >
- > Is this an essay topic?
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- Sounds like it.
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- Larry "TOO much like it" Hammer
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