Athena Parthenos

religious worship, but it was also used as a successful political platform, and at this point in history as a sign of authority and knowledge. The Parthenon was a religious symbol for the city of Athens, its where they would have offered an agalma to Athena to ensure the city’s safety. It is not just about what the temple stood for but also what was depicted on the temple. The friezes of the Parthenon hold so much cultural insight from the depiction of the procession to the sacrificial ceremony.…

Mythology is filled with many stories about gods and goddesses, as well as the many journeys they went on. Mythology is a collection of myths that belong to a specific culture or religion. Greek mythology is one of those specific cultures. Throughout Greek Mythology, the myths consist of tales about irony, adultery, morals, crimes, and human disputes. One of the gods that continued to appear in certain myths about human disputes or adultery was Poseidon. People considered Poseidon to be a very…

Both men are the kings of their homelands at some point. “. . . leaving Beowulf to ascend the throne, to sit in majesty and rule over the Geats. He was a good king” (163). On the other hand, Odysseus is the king of Ithica from the beginning. Both epics are written to focus on honor and glory. (quote about defeating Grendel). Beowulf defeats the demons in order to attain glory and a better name. (Odysseus yelling at Cyclops quote). Odysseus also wants to better his name by achieving his actions…

The next theme is perseverance. Penelope and Odysseus especially showed the most perseverance. One of the reasons that they showed the most perseverance is that they both are survivors. Odysseus was gone for twenty years, ten in the Trojan War and ten more in his voyage home. Penelope has persevered against the intruders for about four years, playing one against another with plenty schemes, in example, when she knitted a shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes. Odysseus' perseverance is…

On another occasion Poseidon clashed with the goddess Athena for rulership over the town of Troezen, but this time Zeus intervened and insisted that the city be shared equally by both parties. Needless to say this did not sit well with the sea god. Poseidon also challenged Zeus for rulership over Aegina and Dionysus for Naxos, but was unsuccessful at both attempts. Poseidon's most famous dispute over land once again involved the goddess Athena, but this time the area in question was the district…

selfishly refused. When he tried to escape, she always caught him. She loved him, after all. He was imprisoned. On Olympus, the gods were forming a plan on how to rescue Odysseus from Calypso’s clutches. Finally, Hermes was sent to gather Odysseus while Athena was sent to Odysseus's home, Ithica, where he was king. Unknown to Odysseus, back at his house, his wife was being lusted after by hordes of barbaric “suitors.” Her and Odysseus’s son tries to defend his mother’s honor, but he is…

Hygieia, is designed with a marble exterior, making the statue seem as it is of Greek origin however this statue has an origin dating back to Roman times, during 200-250 A.D. Hygieia is the daughter of Asklepios, the god of medicine; a personification of good health, she was typically portrayed feeding a coiled snake, a reference to the serpent-entwined rod wielded by her father that later came to symbolize the healing arts. Her cultural image often merged with other deities, such as Aphrodite…

Athena Lemnia, a modern copy of Athena Lemnia’s reconstruction, currently resides in a niche in Carpenter Library of Bryn Mawr College. It used to exhibit in Thomas Great Hall and it was moved to carpenter Library in 1997. and before The statue is made of plaster and slightly over life-size. Its dimension is 228.6 cm x 106.68 cm x 68.58 cm (Height x Width x Depth). The statue was made by August Gerber and was painted black to resemble bronze texture of the original. The original sculpture it…

In the history of the Greek culture, myths emerged to explain the unexplainable. Some of the myths that came about were about monsters, and one monster is the Minotaur. Son of Queen Pasiphae of Krete and an actual bull, the Minotaur came into this world. His mother Queen Pasiphae shut him in the Cnossian Labyrinth, with the only food source being the bodies of youths and maidens that the Athenians were obliged to send as tribute. Asterion, the birth name of the Minotaur, means “starry one” that…

Poseidon is the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. As god of horses, he often could adopt the shape of a steed and as god of earthquakes, he used the trident to make the earth shake causing earthquakes. Poseidon is a brother to Zeus and Hades. At birth Poseidon was swallowed whole by his father Cronus. After the overthrow of their father, Cronus these three gods divided up the universe. Zeus became ruler of the sky, Hades got control of the Underworld and Poseidon was given all water, both…