Artemis

and leads to extensive praise from mortals. This kind of importance places Apollo at the center of countless myths where his power and prestige shine through. Fathered by Zeus, and born to Leto, Daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, Apollo and his sister Artemis came into existence on the floating island of Delos. Facing the wrath of Hera, Leto wandered the world in search of a suitable place to give birth. While walking past Delphi, Leto encountered Python, a dragon-serpent sent by Hera. Apollo’s…

ancient world. One of these alleged buildings was the Temple of Artemis. (Acts 19:27-28 NIV) “There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty. When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!’” Paul’s ministry and his ultimate mission…

The story Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides starts with the main character Agamemnon having second thoughts about going through with the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia to get the winds to move to go to Troy. He decides to write a second letter to send to her telling her to go back home and that her supposed marriage to Achilles would be another time. Before the letter can get to Iphigenia, Agamemnon’s brother Menelaus intercepts the letter and is outraged that his brother would damage Greece…

It is my belief that even though very similar, Ancient Greece has a broader and more vivid culture than modern day Greece. Ancient Greece has many great achievements in government, science, philosophy, and the arts that all still influence us today. Religion over the years in Greece has changed. Ancient Greece’s religion was very accustom to their daily life. People in Ancient Greece were very religious. They worshipped the gods that they believed appeared in human form, but had supernatural…

goddesses worshipped was Artemis, she is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, childbirth, fertility, the moon. Artemis had a very unusual birth,…

Within Euripides Iphigenia at Aulis, and Seneca’s Medea, a variety of atrocious acts take place, sparing no violence and certainly no mercy. Although Seneca and Euripides hail from much different time periods, many parallels can be drawn between the atrocious acts depicted within their works. While the scenarios that lead up to the atrocious acts that take place within Medea and Iphigenia at Aulis differ, many similarities can be found between both antagonists. In addition to the similarities,…

In the novel “Fear and Trembling” by Soren Kierkegaard, one of the main topic discussed was ethical and how it was associated with the universal. Also, how ethical is related to tragic hero and the knight of faith. For instance, the action of a tragic hero, like agamemnon sacrificing his daughter is still ethical because his action was done publicly and for common good. Ethical is temptation for the knight of Faith because they have the choice to do something right. For instance, abraham had the…

Zeus, Hera because she cursed Leto to not give birth on land. The island of Delos was not a real Island that could move anywhere in the world until Leto gave Birth. Leto gave birth to Apollo and his twin sister Artemis who would later create a group of Hunters known as the Hunters of Artemis.…

and Agamemnon's consequence was the sacrifice of his daughter. They took this story and created how they saw it because told an important lesson that needs to be taught to common day people. Iphigenia was a young girl whose father upset the goddess Artemis during the Trojan war and had to be sacrificed to make the goddess happy. She was put into poems and paintings because her is relevant to common day in the aspect that with your actions come consequences. Meaning that if you make any decisions…

A lot colder than the Greek people had originally expected, they experienced their first ever winter. Icy, and frostbitten, the freezing wind lashed at their faces and hands, which they were definitely not used to, or were they expecting it.Khione didn’t think that the first winter would turn out like this, she thought that the people would be happy for a break from Apollo’s never ending summer. As Khione watched she saw Apollo turning it into the heart warming heat of summer. The people, and…