WORLD LITERATURE back to their citadel.

Achilles kills
In the ancient Greek religion and Greek
mythology, the Twelve Olympians are the
major deities of the Greek pantheon,
commonly considered to be Zeus, Hera,
Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo,
Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus,
Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus.
Hector. He abuses the corpse but, in the
final pages of the poem, returns it to
Priam for funeral honors.
The Iliad ends there, before Achilles dies
from an arrow shot into his heel, before
the Greeks enter Troy by means of a
hollow wooden horse and destroy the

I.GREEK LITERATURE
The Iliad is set three millennia ago,
during the final year of the Trojan War,
a conflict in which Greek warriors sailed
the Aegean to what is now Turkey and
besieged the citadel of Troy for ten
years.
citadel.
In the first few pages the Greek hero
Achilles quarrels with the chief king, My favorite character: ZEUS
Agamemnon, over a female slave whom
Zeus was the father of the famous Greek
the Greek soldiers had awarded to
hero Hercules. The name Zeus means
Achilles as a prize of honor in recognition
"bright" or "sky." His weapon of choice
of his exploits.
was the thunderbolt, made for him by the
Cyclops.
Agamemnon seizes the woman. Achilles
withdraws from fighting in a rage, and
II. INDIAN LITERATURE
remains withdrawn for the bulk of the
poem, during which time the Trojans, led refers to the literature produced on
by Hector--Trojan King Priam's son-- the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in
almost burn the beached Greek ships and the Republic of India thereafter. The
drive the invaders into the sea. Republic of India has 22 officially
recognized languages. The earliest works
Hector kills Achilles' close friend,
of Indian literature were orally
Patroclus, prompting Achilles to resume
transmitted.
fighting. The Greeks drive the Trojans

"Shakuntala" is an Indian play that
revolves around a central female figure,
named Shakuntala, who trades her
forest-dwelling lifestyle for a more
refined and noble life as a wife of a
Sanskrit king. Shakuntala is born in a
heavily forested and remote part of
India, an area that she calls home for
many years.
Insert your first love with essay and
explanation
III.ENGLISH LITERATURE
Old English literature, or Anglo-Saxon
literature, encompasses the surviving
literature written in Old English in Anglo-
Saxon England, in the period after the
settlement of the Saxons and other
Germanic tribes in England (Jutes and the
Angles) c.450, after the withdrawal of
the Romans, and "ending soon after the
Norman Conquest" in 1066. These works
include genres such as poetry,
hagiography, sermons, Bible translations,
legal works, chronicles and riddles. In all
there are about 400
surviving manuscripts from the period.
THE FIRST PAGE OF
BEOWULF
The main protagonist Beowulf, a hero of
the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar,
king of the Danes, whose great hall,
Heorot, is plagued by the monster
Grendel. Beowulf kills Grendel with his
bare hands and Grendel's mother with a
giant's sword that he found in her lair.
A hero is anyone who can show courage
when faced with a problem. A hero is a
person who is able to help another in
various ways. A person can become a hero
by saving someone who is in danger.
Another example of a hero is someone
who is there to help others and gives
them strength to go on through lifes
difficulties. A hero can be someone who
gave up his or her life so another could
live. A hero does not always have to show
courage he can be afraid but still be a
hero through his other actions.
I do believe that heroes dont
have to be afraid to do engage in a heroic
act. Most of the time heroes are scared
because they are human just like any of
us. But they feel a moral obligation or
something inside of them tells them to
act regardless of they are scared or not.
A lot of times heroes talk about being
scared at the time but that they had
some type of super human strength or will
that allowed them to act like or helped
them do what they had to do. But
sometimes a hero can be a teacher or a
school counselor. They can teach you to
read or write and that will make a huge
difference in your life. But most of the
time that will go unappreciated during
your lifetime until youre older and start
reflecting on your life. You will sit back
and think that without that teacher that
taught you how to read you would of
never been able to get a job or go on to
college. These are heroes that are
overlooked everyday and dont get the
recognition they deserve. Also, we have
to look at the people who get are children
to school ever day, like the school bus
driver. A bus driver is a person who has
little child lives in their hands five day
out of the week. They take them to
school they put them up from school. For
that time for those hours on minutes that
child life is in that person whom ever is
driver the school bus hands. That is a
hero to me someone who makes an impact
in a person life.
IV.CHINESE LITERATURE
is a vast subject that spans thousands of
years. One of the interesting things
about Chinese literature is that much of
the serious literature was composed using
a formal written language that is called
Classical Chinese.
Analects of Confucius
The Analects of Confucius is an
anthology of brief passages that present
the words of Confucius and his disciples,
describe Confucius as a man, and recount
some of the events of his life.
2.) Anyone learning without thought is
lost anyone thinking but not learning is in
peril
Confucianism Never kiss a
fool, or be fooled by a kiss.
1.) Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you
A command based on words of
Jesus in the Sermon on the
Mount: All things whatsoever
ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them.
The Mosaic Law contains a
parallel commandment:
Whatever is hurtful to you, do
not do to any other person.
Note: Do unto others ... is
a central ethical teaching of
Jesus, often referred to as
the Golden Rule.
V.JAPANE LITERATURE

Earliest extant works are the Kojiki (712)
and the Nihongi (720), which are
histories written in Chinese characters
used phonetically. The earliest
recorded Japanese poetry is in the
Manyoshu (760), which contains poems
dating to the 4th century.
Shakyamuni is meandering around
Paradise one morning, when he stops at a
lotus-filled pond. Between the lilies, he
can see, through the crystal-clear
waters, the depths of Hell. His eyes come
to rest on one sinner in particular, by the
name of Kandata. Kandata was a cold-
hearted criminal, but had one good deed
to his name: while walking through the
forest one day, he decided not to kill a
spider he was about to crush with his
foot. Moved by this single act of
compassion, the Buddha takes the silvery
thread of a spider in Paradise and lowers
it down into Hell.
Down in Hell, the myriad sinners are
struggling in the Pool of Blood, in total
darkness save for the light glinting off
the Mountain of Spikes, and in total
silence save for the sighs of the damned.
Kandata, looking up by chance at the sky
above the pool, sees the spider's thread
descending towards him and grabs hold
with all the might of a seasoned criminal.
The climb from Hell to Paradise is not a
short one, however, and Kandata quickly
tires. Dangling from the middle of the
rope, he glances downward, and sees how
far he has come. Realizing that he may
actually escape from Hell, he is overcome
by joy and laughs giddily. His elation is
short-lived; however, as he realizes that
others have started climbing the thread
behind him, stretching down into the
murky depths below. Fearing that the
thread will break from the weight of the
others, he shouts that the spider's
thread is his and his alone. It is at this
moment that the thread breaks, and he
and all the other sinners are cast back
down into the Pool of Blood.
Shakyamuni witnesses this, knowing all
but still with a slightly sad air. In the
end, Kandata condemned himself by being
concerned only with his own salvation and
not that of others. But Paradise
continues on as it has, and it is nearly
noontime there. Thus the Buddha
continues his meanderings.
Character Analysis

The story entitled "The Spider's Thread"
taught us a valuable lesson about attitude
of a person.This story tells about a man, a
notorious, a murderer, arisoner and
performed other act of evil whos named
Kandata. Despite of being a very sinful
man in the story, the Buddha still gave
him a chance to get out of Hell and gave
him a chance of salvation. Through his one
good deed the Buddha got his attention
and offers his compassion to hound
Kandata from floating and sinking in the
Lake of Blood at the bottom of Hell.
Characteristic:
ARES
Kandata, a sinful man floats and
sank along with other sinners in
the Lake of Blood at the Bottom
of the Hell.
Buddha recalled Kandata's kind
act performed and thought to use
his good deed a way of giving a
chance to save him from fate
What moral value is important by the
story?
An entertaining short story about
death, afterlife, selfishness, mercy
and irony.
He was the son of Zeus and Hera, both of
whom hated him (according to Homer).
Eros (more commonly known as Cupid) was
the child of Ares and Aphrodite. Ares
was most notably referred to as the God
of War; he represented the unpleasant
aspects of battle.
HADES
He was also called the God of Wealth or
the rich one because he possessed the
precious metals of the earth. Hades had a
cap or helmet that made its wearer
invisible. His wife was Persephone,
Demeters only daughter, whom he
kidnapped and made his queen.
HEPHAESTUS
Hephaestus was the only ugly god among
perfectly beautiful immortals. He was the
workman of the immortals: he made their
dwellings, furnishings, and weapons.
Hephaestus was known as the God of Fire.
HERMES
Hermes was considered a trickster due
to his cunning and clever personality. He
primarily served as the herald or
messenger of the gods. Hermes was born
in a cave on a mountain in Arcadia; he was
conceived and born within the course of
one day.
ZEUS
Zeus was the father of the famous Greek
hero Hercules. The name Zeus means
"bright" or "sky." His weapon of choice
was the thunderbolt, made for him by the
Cyclops.
APHRODITE
Aphrodite was the goddess of fertility,
love, and beauty. During the Trojan War,
Aphrodite fought on the side of Paris.
Aphrodite and her son Eros (Cupid)
teamed up to cause Zeus to fall in love
with a human named Europa.
ATHENA
Athena was the Goddess of War, the
female counterpart of Ares. She is one of
three virgin goddesses; the other two
were Hestia and Artemis. Athena served
as a guardian of Athens, where the
Parthenon served as her temple.
HERA
Hera was Queen of the Olympian gods. In
the story of the Quest of the Golden
Fleece, Hera was a gracious protector of
the heroes. Hera had few, if any,
redeeming qualities. She never forgot an
injury.
ARTEMIS
Artemis was daughter of Zeus and Leto
and twin sister of Apollo. She was
primarily a virgin huntress, goddess of
wildlife and patroness of hunters. She
was an important goddess in the lives of
women, especially when it came to
marriage and young creatures.
APOLLO
Apollo was the son of Leto and Zeus. He
was born on the island of Delos. He and
his twin sister Artemis, also an Olympian,
shared an aptitude for archery. The nine
Muses were companions of his; they were
goddesses known for inspiring art and
music.

POSEIDON

Poseidon was allotted his dominion after

the fall of the Titans. He wielded the
trident or three-pronged spear, and this
image of him is reflected in art. Poseidon
was most notably the God of the sea and
the protector of all waters.

DEMETER

Demeter was the daughter of Cronos and

Rhea. She was the goddess of harvest
and fertility. Only women attended the
Thesmophoria, a fertility festival held in
honor of Demeter.
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