This paper analyzes a genre known as the “creation myths,” as told by a quartet of eastern Mediterranean cultures. These stories’ share a common outline and contain similar facets; especially, when looking at the mythology that explains the creation and establishment of the human race. The stories examined in this paper include, Sumerian/Babylonian’s When on High “Creation and Marduk” (composed circa 2000 BC), Greek poet Hesiod’s Theogony and the Works and Days (composed circa 700 BC), Judaism and Christianity’s Genesis “Creation” (composed circa 700-400 BC), and Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses (composed circa 43 BC).…
The Aeneid, a long poem written by Vergil, focuses on the journey of the Trojan Aeneas and his men as they travel to found Rome. Vergil’s intricate and carefully planned writing provides a background to each character and place that the heroes encounter on their travels. In Book One, three gods; Juno, Aeolus, and Neptune; give speeches that give insight into their personalities. Juno is the queen of the gods who fears and dislikes Aeneas because he has the potential to overthrow her beloved city of Carthage. Aeolus is the god of the winds who assists Juno in attempting to throw Aeneas off course.…
Hercules, Athena, Dionysus, Hades; everyone from Ancient Greek into todays society has heard of these respectable names. These famous symbols being the Goddess or God of their respectful emotion or achievement (and others). But there is one Goddess who was not as notable as the others were. This Goddess had many great achievements just as any Greek God has, was respected for their kind nature, and helped any person who was drastically in need but had fallen from the top to rock bottom due to a controversy This Goddess was named Laticus. Laticus was the sister of Athena.…
In “The Odyssey”, Odysseus’s hubris is an advantage because it tricks individuals into viewing the almighty epic hero as more of an iconic and courageous figure. When Odysseus and his crew, cleverly fight off and get past the horrendous cyclops Polyphemus, Odysseus bravely taunts the beast to make sure he knows never to attack him or his crew again. In fury, Polyphemus pounds out to Odysseus’s boat, forcing Odysseus to get the “longest boat hook out” and begin “fending off” his crew (95-96). This act of fearlessness shows Odysseus’s crew that he’s willing to protect them for the future, even if that means sacrificing his own safety. Any other person would’ve taken that get out of jail free card, and quickly got off the island, waiting like bait for Polyphemus to strike again.…
Religion October 12 2015 Euthyphro Essay In the story of Euthyphro, Euthyphro meet Socrates outside the court of Athens. Socrates is there for a charge of corrupting the young by Meletus. Socrates asks Euthyphro why he is at the court of Athens.…
In the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part 1 by Homer, Odysseus and his crew are on an empty island where they spend their time drinking wine, eating wild goat, and examining the land where the cyclopes live. The cyclops live across from the island that Odysseus is on and its known as “The land of cyclops”. One day Odysseus wants to go over to the island and actually explore it so he does and he takes his best men with him. When they get to the cave where the cyclops stays he is not there, because he has gone to pasture his sheep, so they look around they cave. Then after a while Polyphemus, the cyclops comes back and sees Odysseus and his men and calls out to them.…
I believe this passage means is that people will see what they want to see, mostly if they have a deep enough connection with the person. Eurycleia was a nurse to Odysseus and seeing him ‘standing in the sea of dead bodies’ she was proud of him. She tells Penelope that seeing him like that 'it would of warmed your heart' showing us that those who truly love Odysseus would not be horrified by his actions. This connection is important because we see it throughout the book. That if you care and love for that person enough, you will do anything for them.…
Hemera used to rule the entire world every was always day. The sun beams always streamed through the leaves on the tree. This used to make almost everyone happy because the natural benefits from the sun, but many complained that they could not sleep and needed the darkness. Nyx was the first real activist to say we needed a darkness on earth. She thought if she hit hemera hard enough and knocked her out she would be able to cause darkness.…
The human-god relationships and their purpose in ancient civilizations often tell much about the beliefs and ideals of the culture as a whole. The connection between humans and their gods in both ancient Hebrew and ancient Greek culture are similar, but also vary in multiple ways. Both of these relationships can be seen between the humans and their gods in literature from the time period, specifically the relationship of Moses and God in Exodus, and between Athena and Odysseus and Telemachus in The Odyssey. The relationships and individual connections are defined differently in each story. The similarities and differences of both cultures is seen by comparing the human-god relationships and their purpose in both stories, leading to an overall…
Throughout the poem, Aeneas receives lots of decisions from both of his parents. Then I ask, should the hero not make his own way? In classical literature, there are two kinds of heroes: the hero-hero, and the tragic hero. In the Aeneid, Turnus is the hero-hero, and Aeneas is the tragic hero. The tone of the Aeneid is heroic, not tragic.…
A main aspect of Greek culture is the importance of family. Specifically, respecting and listening to the wisdom of the elders in a family is of utmost importance. This is a valuable lesson that is taught in the myth of Daedalus and Icarus. The myth also supports two of Joseph Campbell’s four functions of a myth, and essentially provides evidence for why many Greek and universal customs are they way they are today.…
They worshipped the gods that they believed appeared in human form, but had supernatural powers. The ILliad and Odyssey are the earliest surviving examples of Greek literature. They recorded man’s interaction with many gods and goddesses whose characteristics and appearances changed very little over the centuries that followed. Some of major…
The senior member of Robinson College and the author of Persian Mythology, John Hinnells describes that “myth is part of history, for myth embodies the views of man about himself, his world and its development” (110). In continue, he believes that his definition of myth is abundantly compatible with what he perceived off Persian mythology. To Hinnells’ idea, the perspective of Persian myths dealing with emergence and reemergence of the cosmos is relying on the interpretation of the world’s state of being (110). Given that, Persians described the world as a round plate, and they perceived the original earth as an intact object, on which there were neither mountains nor valleys; the creation of mountains and valleys on the earth was the result of the devil’s hierarchical pervasion to the world; after breaking the sky, order, and the peace, devil fell into the water and penetrated the core of cosmos and shook it, which resulted in creation of the mountains and valleys on earth (Ebrahimi,…
Cesar Quiroz 20 April 2015 Mr. Farson English 1A Greek Gods In today 's world, there is a vast amount of knowledge and information to learn from. Many subjects are important to incorporate, but none are as important as literature.…
In classical Greek mythology, Phaedra is the daughter of King Minos of Crete and Pasiphaë, and is the wife of Theseus. Due to a divine plan set into motion by Aphrodite, Phaedra falls in love with Hippolytus, Theseus’ son from another marriage, bringing about the destruction of both individuals. These themes of incest, fate, and adultery are all present in Desire Under the Elms. This play can be shown to have been influenced greatly by classical representations of this myth.…