In I Samuel 17 David is troubled because his three oldest brothers had refused to follow Saul to the battle against the Philistines.
The Whiteboard presentation on Ancient literature explains that Ancient literature was rarely written in the epic form that Homer employed.
Athena assists Achilles as he is trying to kill Hector in Book 22 of The Iliad.
Thetis refuses to do what Achilles asks her to do in Book 1 of The Iliad.
Because they are enemies, Achilles and Priam share no moment of understanding and sympathy in The Iliad.
Kreon is vindictive at the end of Oedipus the Kingand tries to pay Oedipus back for being treated so badly.
The main reason Achilles is angry with Agamemnon in Book 1 of The Iliadis because he is desperately in love with Briseis, and he says he can’t live without her.
In Book 1 of The Iliad, Chryses prays to Apollo to send a plague into the Greek camp because Agamemnon refuses to return his daughter.
Oedipus is happy to hear the truth that Tiresias gives him in Oedipus the King.
Oedipus makes it clear, at the beginning of Oedipus the King, that he will hold himself accountable if he has any association with the murderer of Laios.