Athena Parthenos

Doctrina is the daughter of Athena, the Goddess of wisdom, and Zeus, the father and ruler of all gods, as well as the god of law, order, and justice. She was form formed from the wise thoughts of her mother and brought forth from her mind. She and her older brother Ares were raised by their parents. She learned a great deal from her brother but they were polar opposites. Ares is the god of violence and represents the chaos of war. He is moody and unreliable. Doctrina learned her military…

Athena is one of the many Greek Goddess's. She is the goddess of wisdom, war, patriotism, good citizenship, skill Athena is known most specifically for her strategic skill in warfare. Athena is the Protector of Athens. She taught cooking, sewing and weaving to the women and agriculture and metallurgy to the men. She had many siblings, but about 5 times as many half-siblings. These half-siblings were a result of Zeus' many affairs with his Her various names are: Anemotis ("protector of the…

Odysseus’ voyage makes mostly a positive impact, easing out some challenges he would have to face. On his way toward the Phaeacian city, Athena disguises herself and helps Odysseus in secret. “Pallas Athena, harboring kindness for the hero, drifted a heavy mist around him, shielding him…” (7.16) Athena is often written as a safe haven for Odysseus. Here, Athena takes a liking to Odysseus, and decides to protect him from anyone who might recognize him as an outsider and harass him. This shortens…

In lines 150-97, Odysseus is seen persuading Alkínoös’ daughter, Nausikaa, to assist him. Odysseus uses words of a blessing on her family, words of weariness from his travels, and words of beauty towards Nausikaa. On page 104, lines 185-87, Odysseus uses the words, “ And now the terror of Storm has left me stranded upon this shore- with more blows yet to suffer, I must believe, before the gods relent,” to evoke pity from Nausikaa while subtly hinting that he is known by the gods. By bringing up…

Drakon, happened to have a brobdingnagian rock in his hands and he threw it at the sail boat. The sailboat sunk immediately and the heroes assumed the king had died. Once they regained all their items, they began to resume their quest. The Goddess Athena lead the Drakons on their journey and they didn’t have much problems afterwards. The Drakons finally reached the Island of Tinos and got prepared for a fight because they heard of…

doubt you can do anything about it with power over things like that. How would having powers like those help you, ever?” Unsure of what to do about this Plíris left and went to seek help from Athena. The goddess was somewhat understanding, but at the same time she wanted a new temple so she wasn’t much help. Athena advised him to just let the temple be destroyed. She asked him to consider the fact that the temple wasn’t even created for him. Unaware that he felt so strongly about this, she urged…

She was then given gifts from all the Olympian gods. Aphrodite gave to her unparalleled beauty, grace and desire. Hermes, the messenger god, gave her a cunning, deceitful mind and a crafty tongue. Athena clothed her and taught her to be deft with her hands. Poseidon bestowed on her a pearl necklace that would prevent her from drowning. Apollo taught her to play the lyre and to sing. Zeus gave her a foolish, mischievous and idle nature and last but…

Learning Log #5 American Renaissance Murals The image of a 1903 mural created for a US courthouse, is typical of an American Renaissance mural because it has a sense of a unified national identity. Also, the mural has various examples of Renaissance ideals of art. Some specifics being the columns on either side of the woman on a throne. The mural also shows the architecture (throne, columns, steps) as white. This is similar to many American Renaissance murals, to imitate the White City in…

The Hero’s Journey in Mythology In 1949, American scholar Joseph Campbell introduced the concept of the hero’s journey, also known as monomyth, in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The concept proposes the pattern continuously seen within heroic stories, where Campbell concludes that all tell the same story in various forms. The pattern follows the protagonist through evolutions of the character, allowing readers to experience the hero evolve from living an ordinary life to emerging…

Trials of the Hero’s Journey An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. In the epic poem “The Odyssey”, the author Homer describes the fictional journey of a Greek hero, Odysseus, as he travels through many physical and emotional stages of hardship and success. There are three stages of his journey; the Separation, the Initiation and Transformation, and the Return. These three…