Caring, protective, cold, angry, who does this sound like... certainly not Hades, the God of the Underworld, or should I say Hadrian. When Spencer Perry's boyfriend Micah died, she just knew there was an underworld where she could make a deal with Hades. When she meets Hades, he isn't at all what she thought he was, least of all not his proposal. She was to spend 6 months in the underworld, but when weird things start to happen on the surface, invisible forces attacking people, who else is there to blame except for Hadrian. She made the deal, and there is no going back now.…
Mythology 101: From Gods and Goddesses to Monsters and Mortals, Your Guide to Ancient Mythology by Kathleen Sears talks about Hercules death. Hercules death takes place after he married a woman named Deianeira. The couple were traveling after their marriage, and another woman named Nessus who is a Centaur tried to kidnap Deianeira. The plan did not work because Hercules stepped in and shot Nessus with poisoned arrows. Nessus died and gave Deianeira Nessus blood soaked shirt.…
Skolopendra was a gargantuan whale-like creature that lived in the Aegean Sea. It sat, waiting to be caught by a fishing line or to destroy a passing ship. When this sea creature was caught on a fishing line, it would throw out its stomach to release the hook and then swallow its stomach again. However, if it was caught no one would have enough courage to look at it. This creature with many legs and crayfish-like tail was normally of a neutral behavior, but when provoked by a boat or another nuisance it could attack violently.…
I did my research on the funeral and marriage rites, roles of women and the festival of Dionysus. During the 5th century in Athens, Greeks emphasized the importance of a proper burial and considered not having a proper burial an insult to human dignity. The women relatives of the deceased would conduct a series of rituals beginning with Prosthesis or the laying out of the body. During this time relatives of the dead would pay their respects.…
The constellation I have chosen for this assignment is Hercules. Hercules has always been one of my favorite characters in mythologic stories, therefore I chose the constellation named after this hero. Hercules, the constellation, has a declination of +30 and consists of 15 stars and planets. It is great to see that the constellation seems to step on the head of draco (the dragon of snake) as he defeated snakes according to the myth. Hercules is the roman name of Heracles, a greek hero.…
The Two Types of People (An Analysis of the differences and similarities between Odysseus and Achilles) There are only two types of people in this world; people like Achilles, the epic hero from The Iliad (Homer 800-700 B.C.) or people like Odysseus, the epic hero of The Odyssey (Homer 800-700B.C.). These two epic poems have the greatest heroes from Greek culture are the groundwork for all other heroes who came after them. There are traces of Achilles’ the straightforward mindset in many of the world’s most popular heroes. Odysseus passes on his cunning and respect, through great authors who used him as the example for their own heroes.…
God of the Sky and Ruler of the Olympian Gods; Zeus Zeus wasn't all just lightning bolts and thunder, he was the deity of the universe, the most powerful God, and the ruler of the Olympians. He punished those who displeased him mostly oathbreaker and liars (Richardson, 3). Being the father of men, he watched over his people rewarding charity, fairness, and truth, while punishing lying and wickedness. Zeus had his flaws as a husband and father, did what his ancestors did before him, but was a strong leader, and solved many problems in the Greek mythology world. Zeus’s birth story was like no other.…
Crash! Bang! Pow! Zeus, the god of the sky- power from above, is raining down on the mortals of Greece. Greek mythology was often told to young children to explain unnatural events they would otherwise not understand (“Greek Mythology”).…
It is very important for a person to know his or her true identity. This is important because a persons identity is what separates them from other people. If a person did not show his or her true identity, they would not be unique or different. A persons identity is what people will learn to love them for so they do not need to hide it. In the video, April hides what her identity is with a mask.…
I am Liaison the greek god of power and wisdom. I am the most powerful god in the mortal world. Although I have been challenged by many I have only been beaten once. With my mighty power, I always come back from adversity. Even after being continuously being knocked down I always get right back up with even more strength.…
2. Within the article Aristotle suggests that it is improper for female characters in tragedy to be “manly or formidable”. Thus, he would not agree with the entire characterization of Antigone in Sophocles’ play, Antigone. In which Antigone is the main character who constantly stands up against Creon and all who oppose her, so that she can fulfil what she thinks is right. Thus, in some ways she is formidable in personality because of her adamant nature on fulfilling her values and is not in any way inferior to the men in the play.…
Although Atreus appears to be fearless in his performing bloody revenge, his wickedness is uncertain; after all, he sacrifices moral justice, defined by the chorus and his subjects, in favor of a pursuit of sinful pride that intertwines itself in a notion of masculinity. Through Atreus’ focus upon his failure to perform as patriarch and through the ironic nature of his revenge, he establishes masculinity to be central to how he identifies himself. Because this sense of identity proves to be so fragile, Atreus attempts to reclaim his masculinity with hyper-masculine acts and ironically domestic acts. Instead of reclaiming that masculinity, however, he only succeeds to relate the toxicity of fragile masculinity to justice’s…
Have you ever wondered how to explain something you have no idea explaining? The Greeks did also, and then the Romans. The Greeks and Romans gave each God and Goddess a power and a name. There are 12 Gods and Goddesses in all. Whenever something happened that involved the sea or a body of water they believed that Poseidon was responsible for it.…
Hercules movie and book are the same and very different in ways. Like in the movie Hercules , Hades is the bad guy, But in the book Hercules There is no general bad guy except Hydra. So as you can see there are many bad guys. In the book there is lots of detail about what the gods are giving as temporary gifts but in the movie there is less detail. In the movie it has an adrenalin rush that goes through your body but, in the book you have no adrenalin rush maybe but not lots.…
Comparative Analysis in Lysistrata Lines 507-520 & 360-369 I will argue that these two passages are a commentary on the state of masculinity in this play. These two passages reveal the fragility of masculinity. This fragility is revealed through their tendency for violence and aggression, poor decision-making abilities and absolute refusal to be questioned about their decisions. Aristophanes uses these passages to remark on how instead of men being the stronger sex, their fragile masculinity ultimately makes them inferior to women. When the Councilor attempts to end the women’s siege on the Acropolis, Lysistrata confronts him on the damage men have inflicted to the society through the war.…