Athena

Mythology is a powerful thing. Evolving from fireside stories, through collective learning and into strong religions that shape cultures, it has been in use since early humans walked the Earth. It continues to influence the human cultures in many different ways. Going through the history of Mythology astronomy, great monuments, psychology, powerful gods, the Solar System and more come into play as all the myths are unfolded and the increasing complexity and Goldilocks conditions are unlocked,…

in my youth group. I continue to see this struggle to trust throughout the plot of “The Odyssey” by Homer. The protagonist Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and Odysseus’ ship’s crew all are prime examples. Just as these characters rely on the goddess Athena to get them home and guide them, my friends in my youth group and I have to trust God’s plan to get through phases of life. About a year ago I went on my second missions trip. The farthest away from home yet, my youth group and I traveled to LA.…

The characters in a story are the first thing that a reader will look upon if not the theme or the plot. As for the first six books of the Iliad, Homer introduced to us many characters both the mortals and the gods with each of their own personalities. These characters can be divided into three main groups; the Achaeans, the Trojans, and the Gods. Understanding the personalities of these characters and their struggles in achieving their goal may help us better in knowing the consequences of…

Nupinder Panesar 7855421 Aphrodite The True Mysterious Beauty Aphrodite, also known as Venus in the Roman myths, is the goddess of Love, Sex, and Beauty. Other than these titles, Aphrodite is the goddess of the sea and fertility. The birth of Aphrodite is separated into three different myths. The three myths are: 1) Born of the sea-form through the castrated genitals of the sky-god Ouranos, illustrated by Hesiodic; 2) Daughter of Zeus & Dione, told by homer ; 3) Hatched from an egg (Syrian…

the fairest of all the goddesses. She threw this apple where Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite saw it, and they all thought it was meant for themselves. They fought for the apple, then later agreed to make a mortal, Paris, the Prince of Troy, decide who was the fairest. Paris thought they all were beautiful, so instead, they all bribed him to give them the apple. Hera stated that if he chose her, he would be a great ruler, but if he chose Athena, she promised to make him a great warrior. However, he…

Athene heard him” (5.115-121). Despite of what the gods or the goddesses had done to the mortal world, Diomedes prays to Pallas Athene, or Athena, to ask for her help. Acknowledging the prayer from Diomedes, Athena grants him with strength and courage to fight against the Trojans. Later on, he goes on to the battlefield and killed several trojans army. If Athena refuse his prayer, nothing will have happen. This indicates that gods give aid to those who are favored by the gods and help them as…

As she was a goddesses over a great deal of subjects; it's easy to see how she was the favorite of Zeus's children, although it didn't start that way. Athena was the child of another one of Zeus’s affairs, but in the wind came a voice which told Zeus that if Metis would bear a son, he would depose of him as he deposed of his father. Zeus knew then that he had to destroy her and that child, which caused…

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…

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…

of ancient Greece is one of the most iconic ancient religions known. It is a polytheistic religion with many gods and goddesses, though the ones most commonly worshipped are the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Hephaestus, Hermes, Demeter, Ares and Hestia. They are called the Olympian gods and goddesses because they reside on mount Olympus. Hades, although considered one of the major gods and one of the “big three” (alongside Zeus,…