Cronus

The 2016 summer Olympics will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 5. This tradition started in 776 BC in ancient Greece (“The Real Story”). The final games of the ancient Olympics ended in 393 AD because of the fact that a Greek ruler named Theodosios decreed that all cult practices, including the Olympics, be ended (Cartwright). Barron Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocrat, suggested 1503 years later the idea of bringing back the Olympics in 1804 because he thought the more physical…

Homer’s captivating epic, The Iliad, invites readers to compare the protagonist, Achilles, and his foil, Hector, during the span of only a couple bloody weeks of the lengthy Trojan War. Thousands of men sacrifice their lives at the cost of one Trojan’s selfish act of stealing Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, from the Greeks. Homer presents the recurring motif that the will of Zeus prevails regardless of man’s attempts to escape. The weight of the Greek hero and the Trojan leader’s…

fears the giants and the Cyclopes possess the potential to eventually overthrow him. To prevent this from happening, Uranus imprisons his children in the underworld. Gaea becomes angered by this and wants to free her children, so with the help of Cronus, her powerful Titan son, she decimates Uranus. Gaea, the mother goddess, receives help from her son to sabotage his own father and her own husband. Ironically, she receives satisfaction from doing this to one of the most important people in her…

Greek myths give people a different way of looking at life and how they live; what views and morals they believe in, their culture, and the society they live in as a whole. It has become extremely important for people to know and understand why the ancient Greek civilization were known as one of the greatest civilization in the ancient times. This civilization worshiped many Greek gods and goddesses. Most of these mythological figures come with some sort of moral or lesson the can be taught.…

A delightful day on Earth, the Kronia festival just started. Summer was calling from all over, kids were playing on the narrow streets of small towns, birds were singing, golden crops were coming out of the ground, but some people were still desperate and poor. The miners didn 't enjoy this transformation, they didn 't have any soil that can bare the harvest, they only had the mines of the Great God Pluto,which had a lot of gold and gemstones. This wealth was trade with the God for some…

and vengeful, with a very sinister reputation. While stories of Hera started out innocent enough, she turned out to be very bitter and almost mad with jealousy towards those who Zeus would lay with. In the beginning, Hera was one of the children of Cronus and Rhea, one who had been swallowed by her…

There is more to reveal behind this painting. In other words, this painting portrays the arrival of a beauty and love. Why is that so? Firstly, the title of this painting – The Birth of Venus. While the Romans knew Venus as an ancient Roman goddess, the Greeks recognize the goddess as Aphrodite. The representation of mythological subjects was the trend back in Renaissance. Despite the different names, the main character of this painting symbolizes fertility, love and beauty. Botticelli followed…

Loyalty manifests itself in abiding by a specific, moral code of conduct of a society, a group, or relationship. Loyalty also means having the moral strength to be true to a person or an ideal. Thousands of years ago the ancient Greeks held fast and true to their beliefs and to the cast of characters that populated their pantheon of human-like gods. Homer’s Iliad, an epic poem of the Trojan War, shows the Greeks’ value of loyalty to their gods, their military, and to their family. In the…

happen the way it does. The Greek gods are unable to alter the fate of mortals, even if it is to help them from suffering. In Book 16 of the Iliad, Zeus wishes to alter the fate of his son Sarpedon, but Hera urges him not too: “Dread majesty, son of Cronus—what are you saying? A man, mere mortal, his doom sealed long ago?” (Homer, Iliad 16.523-524). It is shown here that Sarpedon was destined to die and it would not be accepted for Zeus to prolong Sarpedon’s life. God’s will, however, is not…

Many people through out history have achieved the impossible which is to be remembered thousands of years later after their death. In history, one could see a trend; famous people die young, the people who have made a difference in the world are always taken to early. Some people who have influence the world include, Freddie Mercury from the British Band Queen; he died from HIV and AIDS. His musical talents and voice is still remembered by people young and old. Anne Frank who died during the…