Aphrodite

The relationship between the gods and the men in the Odyssey is a unique relationship. Sometimes the way the gods treat the men make the gods seem mortal although most of the time they grant help and wisdom to certain people. In a way, the change in the behavior of the gods between the two stories is extremely significant. The gods and the men in the Iliad and the Odyssey help each other most of the time and they both have similar traits and views. In the Odyssey Homer portrays the gods as…

person. Another feature would be how the clothes of the woman remark her figure. In this time, there was an intention for the woman to be desirable, which was not present in the Classical period. I believe this might be because of the influence the Aphrodite of Knidos had in art during Hellenistic…

Comic books may have many influences but it has become very clear that Greek mythology is one of the more obvious ones. To some people comparing mythological figures and comic book heroes would be a far stretch, but with a closer look I believe that the two worlds might actually have some resemblance. The purpose of this paper is to examine the similarities between superheroes and mythological figures. I hope to look further into these connections to provide evidence of classic mythological…

Trojan War began because Zeus wanted a way to reduce the continually growing population. Also, it was a way to bring the Menelaos’, King of Sparta, wife back. She had been taken by Paris, the Trojan prince, as his prize for choosing the goddess, Aphrodite, as the most beautiful goddess when compared to the goddesses Hera and Athena. The Greeks and…

Athens and Sparta Ancient Greek rivals, the city-states of Sparta and Athens, were separated geographically by the Aegean Sea and a swath of land on the Peloponnese peninsula. Their respective locations on the map-landlocked Sparta and seaside Athens- influenced these two poleis in many ways and their differences are a result of this geography. The mountainous terrain made traveling and correspondence troublesome. As a result, each city-state developed independently and different from one…

able to choose the right lovers. The second speech is spoken by Pausanias who splits his definition of love into two types: Common Love and Celestial Love. Common love is defined to be a heteroerotic love, while “the Love who accompanies Celestial Aphrodite is wholly male, with no trace of femininity.” (181c) Phaedrus praises Celestial Love and not Common Love because it is the directed towards bodies rather than the mind which he sees as less intelligent. He concludes that love is to produce…

around the 1st century B.C. this relates to our daily lives because everyone has a table in there house to eat around and share a meal with your family. This shows that traditions being pasted down. As I continued my findings, a nude sculpture of Aphrodite caught my eyes. The time period it from is the Roman, Imperial between 1st and 2nd century A.D. the artist who created this work was a sculptor named Praxiteles. To me the body looked like an average body of a young lady. I do think woman back…

moving.” Explained Athena. “I shall call over Hypnos to monitor sleeping. He will make them go under a type of trance called sleep. This will teach them a lesson!”Artemis agreed. “I say we also make her live the rest of her life alone.” protested Aphrodite. “We’ll let that happen naturally.” explained Zeus. Dawn had a sudden feeling she hadn’t felt in a while. It was fear. She was called into the room and told about her punishment. Her heart sank lower, and lower, leading her out of Olympus.…

by Helios after being exhausted. When me and the other gods fled to Egypt Typhoeus followed our trail and I became an ox and Zeus hit him with a lightning bolt and I set up my anvils and red hot blooms on his neck. I once after being deserted by Aphrodite, tried to rape Athena. I chased here and caught up to her, even though my leg is lame, but with her being the model of virgin self-control, wouldn't let me, but when I finished my semen landed on her leg, and her being disgusted led her to…

The Big Three (A Discussion of My Favorite Greek Gods) It was once said by Kelly Keaton in, A Beautiful Evil, “There is power within great sacrifice, within noble deeds. There are moments...brief, shining moments when the impossible becomes possible.” Let this quote transport us back into the magic of Greek myths, based on Edith Hamilton’s book, Mythology. Greek gods and goddesses have made a huge impact and inspiration to the world, transcending all generations. As always, each unique person…