Athena Parthenos

Nag is a snake in “Rikki-tikki-tavi” and the author is “Rudyard Kipling”. Nag is a big black hooded cobra. He has a circle symbol on his hood. Nag is the enemy of Rikki-tikki. Nag also has a wife “Nagana”. Nag in the story is big, creepy, and greedy. Nag is a very big black cobra. In the story it said “Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail” (8). So in the story it said that he was five…

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World inspired awe and fascination during their time. They are impressive structures. They all took a lot of time and effort to be built. One of the significant wonders seven wonders is the statue of Zeus. The impact on Zeus is he wore a wreath around his head and held a figure of Nike, the winged goddess of victory in his right hand. These seven wonders all had a special reason for being constructed. This could have been a big achievement for Antipater.…

There are many different Greek Goddesses. The original six names are Hera, Aphrodite, Artemis, Athena, Hestia, and Demeter. Some of the non original are Dione, Eris, Gaia, and Hebe. The muses names were Clio, Urania, Melpomene, Thalia, Terpsichore, Calliope, Erato, Polyhymnia, and Euterpe. The muses had all different jobs. Can’t forget about Nyx. Nyx was the greek goddess of the night. There was also a greek goddess and/or Queen of the underworld Persephone. She ruled the underworld with her…

A hero is typically depicted as a caucasian male who is handsome and visibly strong. The typical hero does not match with heroes in today’s reality. Many people can be described as a hero, each with a different gender, culture, race, special quality, and so on. A hero is not justified by their physical qualities, yet they all have slightly similar characteristics and are depicted in many ways in all forms of art for reasons depending on the artist. A person must learn to be their own hero.…

Greek periods also called Ancient Greek was full of fascinating pottery and there was the Hellenistic era which has the history of Alexander the Great. During those eras there were a lot of painting on pottery and there were a lot of figures being painted for representing people instead of animals or goddess, those paintings on the pottery is mostly stories from Greece past and their tale for others to learn and to explore the beauty of being painted on pottery. Most of the potteries could be…

courage. Her name is to be known as Athena who is the daughter of Zeus. Her mother's name is Metis, Athena had many siblings that Zeus offspring with his other wife's. Apollo, Artemis, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Porus, Aphrodite, Hermes, Muses, Hebe, Hephaestus, Graces, Dionysus, Minos, Ares, Apollo, and Perseus. Apollo and Hermes is Athena's half-brother and Artemis is her half-sister. Cronus and Rhea members of the Titans both were the grandparents of the goddess Athena. She had a stepmother…

Chaos was all there was in the beginning, then out of it appeared Erebus, followed by Gaea, the earth. Gaea alone gave birth to Uranus, the sky. Uranus became Gaea's husband. They produced the three Cyclopes, the three Hecatoncheires, and twelve Titans. Though, Uranus was a cruel father and husband. So, Cronus the youngest titan, castrated him with a sickle. It is unclear as to what happened to Uranus afterwards. Cronus became the next ruler, he imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires in…

Hera Hera was a wife, mother, sister and lastly a queen.She loved animals and was kind to married women.Hera may have been jealous more than one but she made it through. Hera was the wife and sister of Zeus, she loved the animals peacock and the cow.The god Hera especially protected married women. Her least favorite god was Hercules she tried to destroy him at every move. For example she meet with the amazons and convinced them to dislike Hercules. Zeus, being king of the gods, eventually…

The sculpture “Athena Battling Alkyoneos” relates to social context by the artist representing the original battle, the Pergmene victory over the invading Gouls in the late 3rd century. There is a second, smaller and less well-preserved high relief frieze on the inner court walls which surround the actual fire altar on the upper level of the structure at the top of the stairs. They depict events from the life of Telephus, legendary founder of the city of Pergamon and son of the hero Heracles…

approaching enemies, as well as the opportunity to possible reach the ear of the patron god since it was the closest structure to the Heavens. The Parthenon is the most famous example of an acropolis, and it was built for the city of Athens that worshipped Athena. It doubled as the main temple and the treasury, a hub of funds gathered by neighboring Greek cities to pay for the many battles with barbarians. Its columns were built of white marble, transported from out of the township’s territory,…