Gaia

Hesiod and Sophocles discuss how the youth threaten elders and their positions of power. The role of the son in their works shines light onto how rulers in their quest to retain power can be threatened even by those who support them. This fear causes the father to push their son away thus fulfilling their fears as the sons’ future actions lead to a destabilization in the political order. This destabilization is show to be a loss of political power as the son either supplants their role or…

Part One: The Gaia Hypothesis, proposed by James Lovelock, suggests that everything on the Earth makes up a single, living organism. It suggests that if something on the Earth changes, other things on the Earth with evolve to accommodate that change. This is similar to how, if you begin running, your heart will start beating faster to provide more oxygen to your muscles. Lovelock describes Gaia as, “…a complex living entity…which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on…

Greek Mythology gave a reason behind everything that the Greeks could see, feel, and what they had to do to survive. The Gods and Goddesses gave them a feeling of protection from the things they didn’t understand. They gave the mortals someone to believe no matter what the situation was. Myths gave a reason and story behind the things around them, and why the things were the way were. The ancient Greeks believed that in the beginning there was only Chaos, but out of the empty void, Erebus,…

The Titans may be one of the most powerful group of Greek hero’s, not only coming from the Golden Age, but any time period. That is exactly what the name means, “They were immortal giants of incredible strength and knowledge of old religion rituals and magic”. They were also known as the Elder Gods and came from Mount Othrys (“The Titans”, 2016). So why not name a football team the Titans? Whether it is a professional, college, high school or any level of competition having an intimidating name…

Another similarity between the two goddesses is that they are both daughters of gods. Both deities were daughters of Titans. Even though their parents were gods, it does not imply that they did not possess the chthonic attributes. Many of the heavenly deities such as Zeus and Hermes have such attributes (Guiley 42). However, humans did not fear them as much as they did the underground gods. In the case of Circe, her father was the god of the sun, Helios (Kristensen 65). This god also had the…

The Ancient Greeks lead a very complex life with a system of beliefs and practices not a lot of people could understand. One of those beliefs was in a system of Gods and Goddesses that all ruled over something. One of the God’s was Uranus. He was the God of the sky and the Father of the 12 main titans. Uranus was described as many different things by many different people. Uranus was the literal sky. Some said that he was very long; so long that his edges descended to rest upon the outermost…

Imagine being the ruler of all the gods but not having any respect because of all the bad decisions that you have made. Zeus was that god. One of the reasons that Zeus did not get any respect was because he had so many affairs and made bad decisions. While Zeus is the most powerful god, he still has his family, special powers, and his importance to deal with. One thing Zeus cared a lot about was his family. His wife was the goddess, Hera, but he had many affairs on her, which she did not…

I’m Zeus, I’m king of the gods. My father is Cronus and my mother is Rhea. I have two brothers Hades and Poseidon. I also have three sisters Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. My name is Roman mythology is Jupiter. I overthrew my father. My brothers and I, Hades and Poseidon, drew lots to see who would take his place. I won. After Gaea’s victory over the Titans, she became very angry with me. She felt that I had treated her sons so unfairly. She then teamed up with Tartarus to create a scary…

Hazel Levesque, who is a daughter of Pluto, was born with the power of wealth. All of her life, her power has been a curse. She had been selected to be one of the seven in the Great Prophecy. Now, the seven are half way through their quest and we follow Hazel’s perspective throughout the book. This essay will discuss her character’s development throughout the story. The story begins with Hazel feeling homesick and unsafe. Before Percy Jackson had plummeted to the pits of Tartarus, he had…

The features of the Homeric gods will be discussed in this essay. The gods being that of Homers’ found in the Iliad, books I, IX, XVI and XXIV. With the help of G.M.A Grube’s article The Gods of Homer in which he presents his ideas on the gods of Homer and how their features and actions are depicted as humanlike throughout the epic. The human nature of gods in Iliad is made visible from their weakness to act out their emotions. Homer portrayed the gods as manipulative individuals that caused…