Aphrodite

Greek mythology although based in ancient times is still prevalent today. Many themes that appear in myths are still maintained in modern adaptations. Homer’s Greek epic, The Odyssey gets a fresh perspective in Margret Atwood’s novel The Penelopiad. Taking place during the same timeline of Odysseus’s long journey home, The Penelopiad brings to life the perspective of his wife, Penelope. Penelope who is miserable and longing her husband’s return has to take care of kingdom he left behind on her…

Ancient Greece Reading Challenge: 5.2 Required Reading: Ancient Greece: 1. Explain the importance and development of the Greek city-state and the difference between a citizen and a non-citizen: A city-state have city or town that is surrounded by villages and farmland. The city-states in Greek were very independent and they often quarreled. The citizens were strongly patriotic. Many of them participated in public affairs. Only citizens could own land and participated in the government.…

reasons; according to the myths, a lot of gods and goddesses were born after this world was created. By their own roles, they have ruled over from a small tribe to a big society that is larger than a country with diverse names. Inanna, Ishtar, and Aphrodite are the goddesses who have similar roles, personalities, and characteristics but different names because those three regions of myths are adjoined. However, the faraway continents such as Asia and America have completely different myths.…

Medusa was once the considered the most beautiful woman in the entire world. When she proclaimed her beauty as far superior than the Gods, the Goddess Aphrodite struck her with a terrible curse. Medusa went through a metamorphosis, becoming a hideous beast with snakes for hair and a stare that turned men into stone. The story is seen as a cautionary tale of hubris, and the infinite power of the Gods. Some believe that Medusa’s transformation is actually a blessing, a blessing which kept her…

god. In fact, I doubt that anyone reading this has heard of him. Even though few know of him, he did something that effects us to this day. When Ouranos was was castrated by his son was and thrown into the ocean. Out of the sea foam the goddess Aphrodite was born. Nearby nymphs who saw this rushed to her immediately. They were so distracted by her beauty, they didn’t notice another god rise out of the sea foam and slink away. This is just the beginning of a long struggle to be noticed. Plíris…

Castor and Polydeuces, my beloved, divine brothers, how I long for you. The war has adjourned and Troy has been burned to the ground and I despair that my brothers are no longer of this realm and now spend their days between Mt. Olympus and Hades, even now the two of you are inseparable. I have always admired and envied your bond and yearned for the same between Clytemnestra and I and now I am even more alone than ever. Did the King of the Heavens know of the events he’d set off, I wonder?…

Zeus, the god and father of immortals and man, is connected to almost all ancient Greek literature. Through either self-intervention or the intervention of his bloodline, he is present in some sense in the conflicts and resolutions inflicted on man. He is a figure that all characters can look to in times of tragedy, prosperity, or misguidance. The nature of Zeus is often conveyed through a judiciary sense. In the Greek Tragedies Women of Trachis, Medea, & Hippolytus, Zeus partakes in the…

seen in what Sappho asks of Aphrodite and how she imagines Aphrodite will react, that provides a new way of interpreting Greek mythology. Sappho first introduces us to this idea through what she explicitly asks of Aphrodite. The story begins with Sappho begging for Aphrodite to “not break with hard pains, / O lady, [her] heart” (Sappho 1:3-1:4). Here she is calling Aphrodite looking for help with a situation that is taking a heavy toll on her heart. She asks Aphrodite to change her situation…

In the hand of several God and Goddess the first mortal woman was born, first created from clay by Hephaestus. Lights pierced through the darkness of Pandora as life was breathed into her by Athene. The God and Goddess appear before her very eyes, one with a beard and distorted face, one with a golden helmet and long hair, one with boundless beauty, and lastly one with a winged helmet. Pandora wonder who was those people next to her were, “My name Zeus and we are God, the ruler of the universe,…

goddess of love, which created twelve great gods in the hall. From left to right, the gods and goddesses sat as follows: Zeus’s sister Demeter, goddesses of harvest and her daughter, Persephone, Hermes the herald of the gods, Hephaestus god of fire, Aphrodite goddess of love, Ares god of war, Hera, Zeus’s wife and queen, then Zeus, Poseidon god of the seas, Athena goddess of wisdom, Apollo god of light and music, Artemis goddess of the hunt, and finally Dionysus. He was the youngest of the gods…