LITERATURE 2 – WORLD LITERATURE

FINAL EXAMINATION

NAME: RANNAH JANE S. RAYMUNDO

YEAR/COURSE: 5TH YEAR ACCOUNTANCY

1. Hermes
2. Ares
3. Poseidon
4. Cronus
5. Hephaestus
6. Hera
7. Phoebus Apollo
8. Zeus
9. Aphrodite
10. Hestia

1. Homer's most important contribution to Greek culture was to provide a common set
of values that enshrined the Greeks' own ideas about themselves. His poems provided
a fixed model of heroism, nobility and the good life to which all Greeks, especially
aristocrats, subscribed.
2. Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who is credited with laying the
fundamentals of modern Western philosophy. He is known for creating Socratic irony
and the Socratic method (elenchus). ... He has had a profound influence on Western
philosophy, along with his students Plato and Aristole.
3. Herodotus (5th century bc), Greek historian. Known as 'the Father of History'. He was
the first historian to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a
certain extent, and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.
4. Plato was born circa 428 B.C.E., ancient Greek philosopher Plato was a student of
Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. His writings explored justice, beauty and equality,
and also contained discussions in aesthetics, political philosophy, theology,
cosmology, epistemology and the philosophy of language.
5. Aristotle is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to
logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture,
medicine, dance and theatre. He was a student of Plato who in turn studied under
Socrates

a. Achilles - He was said to be supremely handsome and had supernatural strength.

He was also said to be extremely loyal and sacrifice for his friends and family but
he was vengeful and easily angered when he did not get what he wants.
b. Priam - is the king of Troy and the father of Hector and Paris (and over fifty other
children). He has many strengths, which include empathy, love for his
 sons, courage, and a desire to protect his people. Those strengths, in many cases,
turn out to be some of his greatest weaknesses too.
c. Hector - is drawn in most favourable colours as a good son, a loving husband and
father, and a trusty friend. ... Achilles, distraught and wanting to avenge the death
of his friend Patroclus, returns to the war and kills Hector.
d. Helen of Troy - Greek Helene, in Greek legend, the most beautiful woman of
Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. She was daughter of Zeus, either
by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri. As a young girl she was carried
off by Theseus, but she was rescued by her brothers.
e. Paris - also called Alexandros, is a person in Greek mythology. He is an important
person in the Trojan War, and Homer's Iliad. Alexandros (Paris) was the son of
King Priam of Troy and his wife Hecuba. Because it was prophesied that he would
bring the end and destruction of Troy, he was left to die in the wilderness.
f. Menelaus- in Greek mythology, king of Sparta and younger son of Atreus, king of
Mycenae; the abduction of his wife, Helen, led to the Trojan War. During the war
Menelaus served under his elder brother Agamemnon, the commander in chief of
the Greek forces.
g. Odyssey - Famed for his courage, intelligence, and leadership, Odysseus
(Roman name: Ulysses) was one of the great pan-Hellenic heroes
of Greek mythology. Homer also states that the name Odysseus means “victim of
enmity”, no doubt in reference to the ill-feeling which Poseidon directed against
the hero.

Who among them have noble character? Why?

- Prometheus pronounced [promɛːtʰéu̯ s], possibly meaning "forethought") is a Titan,
culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with the creation of humanity from
clay, and who defies the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity as civilization.

Was it right for the Acheans to destroy Troy? Why?

- All in all, it was “right” for the Greek/Achaean to break into Troy to end the conflict
but the way that the sack went was not. ... So, the “right” thing for the Greeks to do
was to see Helen back to Menelaus' custody in the quickest way possible. Reasonably,
the conflict could have ended once Paris was killed.