Hades

Poseidon is just one of many gods in Greek mythology. Poseidon however is the god of the sea, horses, and earthquakes. The reason on why Poseidon is famous is because the sea is his domain meaning that he can decide which ship gets trapped in a hurricane, or which one gets a calm sail, and the sea was a very popular way of travel for the Greeks in ancient times. Greek sailors would pray for calm weather and safe passage. The reason why Poseidon is important to learn about is because he was a…

There is a lot of controversy around the play Antigone. Where do the faults truly lie? Did fate or free will bring her to her untimely death? Was Antigone truly guilty of all that she is accused? Should she be blamed for everything that has happened? The decree of King Creon is ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous! Antigone is innocent and can’t be blamed! During this time period in ancient Greece, Family loyalty was extremely important. Family loyalty, especially of the female, plays an important…

The Greeks vs. Hollywood In the Greek myth about Perseus starts when King Acrisius throws Danae and Perseus into a trunk and into the ocean, then Zeus leads the two to Dictys’ boat where he saves the two, he then marries Danae and raises Perseus, King Polydectes wants to marry Danae and sends Perseus to kill medusa, on the way back Perseus saves Princess Andromeda whom he marries, King Polydectes turns to stone when he looks at Medusas head, during there honeymoon Perseus kills his grandfather…

want to know what the difference and the similarities are of the book and the movie of Percy Jackson the Lighting Thief. Some of the similarities are that in the movie and in the book they are trying to get to the underworld because they think that Hades took the lighting bolt. In the book they ride in the back of a truck to get to the underworld and in the movie they steal a truck and drive all the way there. The difference is in the book they say they are 12 years old but in the movie they…

endured and acts to live as a lowly mortal as repentance for her inability to protect her daughter. However, Demeter realizes that it was not her inability to protect her daughter that resulted in her abduction but the result of Zeus’ decision to allow Hades to take her. Accordingly, Demeter channels that self- punishment into anger and retribution towards Zeus which ultimately causes Zeus to reunite Persephone back with Demeter. In the case of Sappho, she inflicts self -punishment upon herself…

The Graiae women were three sisters who shared one eye and one tooth among them. They appeared in the myth of Perseus, who was trying to find out where three magical objects were located, so he could kill Medusa. He went to their cave, and stole their eye. Then he told them he would return it if they told him where the three objects were. The Graiae Women also encountered Perseus and he used them to get the three magical objects. “Also known as the Erinyes, the Furies are three horrible…

their body as a little breath or puff of wind (Department of Greek and Roman Art). One of the major beliefs about death in Ancient Greece was about the afterlife. They believed that dead beings went to the underworld, a realm presided over by the God, Hades. Once in the underworld there were three fates that could befall the deceased; the good would reap their rewards in Elysium, the bad would suffer in this pits on Tartarus, and those in between would spend eternity wandering the fields of the…

All I knew about me was fact that I was demigod. My mother died whet I have just been born, she was killed by this Jackson. He thought that I was his enemy. I was raised by Tartarus him self. He told me my story. I am son of Poseidon sea. Jackson is his son too. But Poseidon is not my father, Tartarus is one. I hate gods, all of them. Poseidon let his son kill my mother with cold blood. One day I was training fighting with monster when my father came. 'Rogue' he said 'I need to talk with you'.…

Movies are watched across the globe by millions of people from various religions, cultures, and ethnicities. What often makes movies stand out across cultures and apart from one another is an overarching theme, or message, that supersedes the movie itself. Disney is known worldwide as being one of the world's best animated movie makers for a variety of reasons, including the themes found in many of the movies they produce. The movie Hercules, which Disney produced in 1997, is no exception. In…

language it is just one word; finished. So if we were to read Matthew 27: accurately it would just say; “that Jesus cried with a loud voice; ‘finished!’…” And with those final words, hell just had the wind knocked out of it and as the foul air of Hades escaped and created a vacuum, sheer terror entered its domain. No other statement is equal to it…