Apollo program

Homer: The Illiad This book starts with the war already going on. The girl’s father is begging for his daughters return. But Agamemnon refused, so the guy prayed to his god. His god sent bad times for them. So Agamemnon sent his chick back and took Achilles girl. This made Achilles mad and made him want to go back home. In chapter 22 Achilles chase hector around and finally kills him and drags him around troy. Homer: The Odyssey This story starts about 10 years after the war and everyone is…

In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is a celebrated king and hero who is tragically lost at sea for 20 years, tirelessly defeating every obstacle him and his crew stumble upon in attempt to get back home to his wife and son in his kingdom of Ithaca. Although Odysseus faces many temptations along his journey, he doesn’t stray from his goal to return home, by always keeping his family in mind. Despite being written centuries ago, this novel holds strong connections to modern day, and our education…

Antigone, like the majority of other Ancient Greek dramas (including it's prequels, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus), followed the idea that each person has a fixed fate, and that the end result of their fate is impossible to change. However, Antigone interpreted this differently. Antigone emphasized the tenaion between free will and fate, showing how destiny was influenced by people's choices and circumstances. The way that characters' fates play out in Antigone affected how modern…

or gods, could imagine. Yes, even gods have psychological damage too. Apollo probably would contain multiple psychological damage because of how he managed to lose his favorite soldier, and could not even do anything to help out Hector because of how Athena stepped in for Achilles aid. When Athena lied to Hector and caused him to lose his stance in the battle. When Achilles is disgracing his body in front of the gods, Apollo ached which is why he helped protect Hector’s body from getting any…

In the Iliad, written by Homer, the Greek god Zeus can be compared and contrasted with the character Oedipus in Oedipus Tyrannus, written by Sophocles. Zeus can be characterized as the father figure, the leader, and very powerful. In the Iliad, his motives center on remaining impartial but also aiding the Trojans at the same time. Zeus’ actions are usually the focal point in the Iliad because he is the one who usually determines the winner on the battlefield. Oedipus can be characterized as the…

Thoth was to be one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon, Thoth was of writing and of the moon he also was God of magic and the mesurment of time as the moon turned into waned phase. He was associated by the Egyptians with speech, literature, arts, learning thought to be scribe to the gods, who kept a great library of scrolls. to the Egyptians he was of speech,for literature,arts and learning he was thought to be scribed in to gods,that a great library of scrolls was kept.…

Existentialism started as a movement in the 19th century. It deals with the nature of being, however, so its beliefs can still be applied to Greek mythology. Direct links to existentialism cannot be found within myths, so existentialism must instead be applied to it. Existentialism does play a prominent role through prophecies, the fighting of prophecy, and the control the Fates have over the universe. The most prominent way existentialism is involved in Greek mythology is how it is not.…

Myths are based on historical events, world events, and unexplained phenomena that have occurred throughout time. Religious myths may teach morals, or the consequences of poor choices. Famous and well known myths revolve around Greek and Roman Gods. Myths of the Greek and Roman time period also involve “real” people. Warriors such as Achillies, the fabled Trojan Horse, and Odysseus all had elements of godly intervention. Their stories of triumphs and shortcomings, success and failure are all…

The topic chosen for this discussion post was the religious aspect of Ancient Greece, the Pantheon of Gods. Ancient Greece, as in so many other ancient societies, was polytheistic and each god or goddess corresponded to some natural phenomena. There were twelve “main” gods each representing some element of society that the Greeks deemed important. The King of the gods was Zeus, who ruled over the sky, and controlled the weather. Next there was Poseidon, who ruled over the seas, and then there…

Imagine being a young boy and girl who have been homeless their entire lives. Now imagine one day, a person who you thought to be your teacher, turns into a flesh-eating monster trying to kidnap and bring you somewhere unknown. This is how the novel The Titan’s Curse opens up. Luckily for these two young children, named Bianca and Nico, the half bloods and an immortal ladies group known as the Hunters came just in time to save their lives. After a long battle and the disappearance of Percy’s…