This paper explores the possibility of using an off the shelf video game, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, in teaching a history class about ancient Greece. The study used a method where 7th grade students during one lesson got to experience the videogame together with two surveys about the students’ experiences learning with the video game. The study’s theories focus on previous research and educators’ ideas about using virtual museums and students’ active participation. The questions asked in the study are “in what ways can Assassin’s Creed’s virtually guided tours stimulate a genetic and genealogical history awareness in classroom-based teaching?” and “how do students experience the use of video games in history teaching?”. The results of the study conclude that it is possible to use video games in teaching that enhances the students’ knowledge about a subject, but that there are obstacles to cross nevertheless.

The purpose of this essay is to analyze how the Trojan prince Paris is described in the Iliad and in the movie Troy in regard to love and bravery. Thereafter an analysis of the similarities and differences between the Iliad and the movie Troy will be made. There will also be a discussion why there are differences between an epic story which was made for over two thousand years ago and a modern movie made in the twenty-first century. The differences will be based on the perspective ancient Greek culture versus filmmaking of the twenty-first century. The method that has been used is narrative analysis where the primary data, the Iliad and the movie Troy, have been interpreted.                         The Trojan prince Paris is described as a young, handsome man driven by his passion for Helen. Because of his passion for Helen he started a war and sacrificed thousands of men of Troy for her sake. The study showed that Paris was described in both the Iliad and the movie Troy as a coward, although some of his actions were brave. One reason why there are differences between the Iliad and the movie Troy is Wolfgang Petersen’s decision to remove the interference of the gods but other reasons are also discussed in the essay.

This paper compares Odysseus and Achilles from an existential, psychological and religious perspectives in order to understand the Homeric characters and shed light on the importance of, particularly Odysseus, in our postmodern time. It starts by describing the Homeric field of research and the ideas about Odysseus that were common for the ancient Greek philosophers, and continues with the discussion of the topicality, value and advantage in studying the antiquity. In comparing Odysseus and Achilleus, the paper elaborates on the idea of the relationship between man and god, notably the relationship between Odysseus and Athena and Zeus respectively. It ends with the discussion of the divine connection between Zeus’ and Odysseus’ kingship.