Research Paper On Olympia

There once was a girl named Rhea. She lived in Greece at the time when burnt offering were still made to the gods of Olympus. Her story has been passed down for generations as a warning for others. The story begins the day that Rhea’s best friend, Olympia, tells her a dangerous secret. Olympia was a demigod and a daughter of Apollo. A demigod is someone who is half god and half mortal. Rhea swore on the river Styx never to tell anyone Olympia’s secret. To swear on the river Styx was a very serious thing that was not to be taken lightly back then. It was even said that if you broke your oath you would suffer a fate worse than death. But sadly, Rhea broke her promise. She was goaded into telling her mother after a monster attacked the village that she lived in. The …show more content…
Rhea was horrified when she realized that she was the reason that the innocent people had died she left. She packed her few belongings and left after the sunset. She decided to travel to the Oracle of Delphi to see what she must do to atone for her crime. She traveled for days and experienced many mishaps until she finally reached Delphi. To talk to the Oracle, she had to give up a prized possession as payment. She gave the only precious thing she had. A ring from Olympia. When she asked the Oracle what she must do to make what she had done right the oracle told her that she would die young for her crime, but not yet and that what she did now would affect what happened after her death. Though Rhea was distraught to hear that she would die she was determined to live the rest of her life helping others. First, she went to the Amazons and asked them to train her to fight. The Amazons were willing to help her and so Rhea trained there for eleven months. During that time, she became one of their best warriors. When she left, she traveled all over Greece and even into India and Persia. Everywhere she went she trained women how to fight and defend themselves. She also taught