Apollo Belvedere

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…

article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Nick Nikolis There are so many things to do and see in Delphi that it will amaze even the most experienced traveler. The god Apollo had his sacred precinct located in Delphi, which was called the 'Pan-Hellenic Sanctuary'. Beginning in 586 B.C. the best athletes from the surrounding areas would come every four years to compete in the Pythian Games. These games were the…

Apollo, the god of music and healing: Mighty Athena, goddess of war and wisdom. The Greeks believed the god was humanlike who influenced lives of all Greeks. Although the Greeks had a group recognized as deities. They didn’t have any organized religion or religious beliefs. They even have a word for religion. Apollo was also an oracular god (holding or claiming the authority of an oracle). Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated. Several towns…

In Greek mythology, the Nine Muses provided inspiration for literature, art, music, and science. They were the daughters of Zeus, the king of the gods, and the goddess of memory, Mnemosyne. The nine Muses were also goddesses who lived above the summits of Mount Olympus, Helicon, Parnassus, and Pindus. Melpomene was one of the nine Muses, and her sisters were Clio, Thalia, Calliope, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, and Urania. Each Muse was assigned a specific role, which was the comedy,…

oracle was someone who offered advice or a prophecy thought to have come directly from a divine source like the gods. Many oracles give vague and obscure advice that creates their mystical presence. For example, the oracle at Delphi, who spoke for Apollo, is a figure of great historical importance, whose legend is still an enigma. In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, many characters such as Creon, Oedipus, Laius and Jocasta, sought out the oracle in order to ask for advice. Before the play…

She also fought and killed many monsters in Greek Mythology. Orion was a giant and a hunter who tried to rape the virgin goddess. She killed him with her bow and arrows. In other versions of the story, Apollo tricked Artemis into killing Orion out of jealousy. Orion was said to be her friend and hunting partner. Once Artemis found out what she had done, in grief, she placed his body into the constellations. Actaeon was another hunter who stumbled upon…

Control, to the people of ancient Greece, meant having the supremacy to decide the fate of every being. In Homer’s Iliad, the control obtained by the gods played a large part in the lives of many Greeks, and the events that occurred in the book. Homer’s Iliad shows the Greek ideology that the gods had complete control over life and death, humans’ actions, and the outcome of war. First and foremost, the Iliad shows that Greeks believed the gods had the power to decide life and death…

Ancient Greece. Artemis was the goddess of hunting, the best archer amongst gods and men, protector of forests and virginity. She was also the twin sister of Apollo, the god of sun. Orion was a giant, who had explicit skills on archery and therefore on hunting, a fact that made him the only man Artemis would ever fell for. Artemis’ jealous twin Apollo, tricked his sister so she would end up killing Orion with a far-shot. In Ani King’s version, nothing changes, except of the representation of the…

Zeus headache was getting worse and worse. He screams with agony, that the entire world could hear his cry. All the Olympians came to see the issue of their leader. The god Hephaistos, comes in with his an axe and hits Zeus in the head, splitting his skull open. Out sprung the mighty Athena in full armor. Greek myths were created to explain the world around them. Most of the myths are about the greek gods and goddesses. In these stories, not only are the gods in power but so were the…

One day the great god Apollo had decided to come down to earth to play a brand-new song that he wrote for the mortals, called “Can’t be Tamed”. He wanted to share his song with the world so he could spread his message of freedom and self – expression to the world. So, he disguised himself as a mortal, grabbed his guitar, and started traveling the United States sharing his song with the world. The last stop on his tour was Hollywood, California. As he played his song up and down Hollywood…