The Edda  was a story created a few centuries after Christianity had become widespread in Norse cultures. The author, Snori Sturluson,...

Plato’s Apology is a drama based on the trial and execution of Socrates, a philosopher of the time. Although this scenario was likely...

Plato discusses a lot of his personal views in his work The Republic but the one I find most valuable is his explanation of the...

The Tower of Babel is a Bible story, from the Book of Genesis describing a time when everyone spoke the same language, and was one, until...

The story of Job is a fable. Job is a tool to teach people faith is how to go through life as a good Christian, but aren’t you at all...

God had recently been asked by the Israelites for a king. The Lord advised against this, but he will provide for the wants of his people,...

The book The Odyssey is a classic from ancient Greece, that has been translated many times over by many different people (Homer, 1997)....

In book 20 of The Odyssey, there are all kinds of things to be learned about dreams and the subconscious. Penelope tells Odysseus, who is...

In books 17 and 18 of The Odyssey, Odysseus is discussed as a beggar. Many characters, namely the suitors, describe beggars as greedy. In...

An obvious question in Book 10 of The Odyssey is: when is it right to deny someone who is asking for help? If you have been following...

In The Odyssey, part of the story, taken out of context, can be quite interesting, if not meaningful, as it is applied to both religious...

It is true throughout all literature, that there is meaning to be found. Even, if not more so, in fictional pieces. If you think of The...

During the time period that The Odyssey was written and set in, the author(s) and the audience believed in the Greek gods. These weren’t...

Throughout Homer’s works, he talks about the gods in a less than positive light. Why? How did Homer see the world? Let’s look into the...

Reading this story, The Epic of Gilgamesh, I became aware of how similar it was to other works of fiction. I ask myself the question, is...