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Symbols In Ancient Greek Literature

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Symbols are common in Ancient Greek literature. Symbolic uses of punishment, symbolic roles of gods, and color are usual to see in Ancient Greek literature. Symbolic uses of punishment are exile, death or blind. For example, in Oedipus the King, because of incest, Oedipus claimed his own punishment. He blinded himself first, and exiled from Thebes forever. Blind and exile are considered more serious than death because you keep suffering. Also, Tiresias, the blind soothsayer of Thebes, he was blinded because he enraged the god. Symbolic roles of gods are helpers, messagers and leader. For instance, in the Iliad, Athena perferred Greek, so she always helped Greek in the war. But Apollo supported Troy at the same time. Because Agamemnon
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