Athena Parthenos

A Story of the Gods While the Odyssey was centered around Odysseus, it seems the gods play an even bigger role than he does. We follow Odysseus all around Greece, encountering some unbelievable monsters and near death experience, but every single thing that happened was caused by god or to fulfill a god’s motive. So, is the Odyssey a story of Odysseus or a story of the gods? If you were to look past all the trivial adventures of Odysseus, you would notice that nearly the entire epic is a sibling…

Brenna Haufler Ben Mascuch Project Extra Catapult Study During the Middle Ages, several advances in the architecture of castle walls were made and a new way to destroy them was also created. Thus, the catapult! The word, “catapult,” comes from the Greek word "katapultos." It was begun as a type of siege engine. In 400 B.C., the first catapult was invented in the Greek town of Syracuse. Catapults were introduced to the rest of Europe in the Middle Ages. Catapults were first used to increase the…

Imagine being abandoned by your father at birth, because your father wanted a son. This was Atalanta. She was a woman hero liked by many, but some people didn’t like that she was a female hero, the neglect that she gave people after she was married, and others thought that her and her husband insulted Zeus and Aphrodite. Though all of these can be overlooked with many positives, because her positives outweigh negatives. One reason that Atalanta wasn’t liked was because she was a female hero…

An example of an actual mythology in the first movie of Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief, is Medusa. In Mythology, Medusa and her two sisters were once very beautiful Gorgons, but were punished by Athena. Athena gave them snakes for hair and Medusa was the only one of the three Gorgons that wasn’t immortal. If anyone looked into Medusa’s eyes, they would be turned to stone. Later on, the demigod Perseus went to the Gorgon's cave and killed Medusa. In the movie, Percy and his friends must find…

The Odyssey have a religious view of Greek mythology. In Greek mythology they believe in demi gods like Zeus and Athena and Poseidon. Greek mythology was a form of how the ancient Greeks explain the environment in which humankind lived. A bible verse I would've used if I were Odysseus would've been Philippians 4:6 and it says “don't worry about anything; instead, pray…

Athens which began to be built around 447 BC and was completed in 438 BC during the Classical Greek period which lasted from 450 BC to 400 BC. It is considered to be the time when Greek art was at its highest point. It is dedicated to the goddess Athena. The temple tells the story of Athena’s birth and the contest between her and Poseidon. The Parthenon is a doric temple which means its columns are sturdy with plain capitals. Not only…

This statue portrays the goddess Sakhmet in a seated, and therefore static position. Her head is that of a lioness--as most Ancient Egyptian gods were depicted with the head of a creature--and she is frontal, engaging the viewer with her gaze, giving herself a sense of presence. The statue is does not stand freely and is attached to the throne in which she sits. She is clothed in typical royal egyptian garments. Being that Sakhmet was a goddess worshipped from Old Kingdom to the Early Period, it…

from the past. The gods and goddesses, more specifically, Athena had always peaked my interest. Not only was my favorite character from Percy Jackson her daughter, but all the gods respected the Goddess. I saw glimpses of myself in the immortal and traits that I hope to possess someday. The author portrayed Athena as wise, just, and calm. From the glimpses of her I received from the books, I painted her in my mind as all these things. In Athena, I recognized traits I possessed…

Greek Mythology can allow people to learn about many fascinating stories, gods, and goddesses. Some of these stories from gods/goddesses can teach us important lessons and may even leave an influential impact on others. Astraios is a Greek Titan God who is represented by various symbols, an fascinating family history, and played an important role in Greek Mythology. To begin with, Astraios is the father of the seasonal winds and all the stars. As well as the god of astrology and planets. In…

the Amum museum they were design to hold a lighter weight lode, mainly of millet and wood which created a cooler meeting place out of the heat for the men of the community. The Caryatid were design for a religious purpose for those that worshiped Athena goddess of wisdom, but they were also a open gathering place for the community. Unlike the Togu na House Post which purpose was solely for being a symbol for a man only meeting…