Hecatonchires

Both the Enuma Elish and From the Theogony have a powerful hero in Marduk and Zeus, but, while From the Theogony asserts that Zeus acts heroically because he is innately a hero, the Enuma Elish asserts that Marduk is a hero as a result of his heroic actions without needing purely heroic motivation. A key difference that shows how the myths treat the cause and effect relation of being a hero and heroic actions is how Marduk and Zeus assume the role of the hero in their stories. In the Enuma Elish, Marduk rises to the occasion to defeat Tiamat, but Zeus, in From the Theogony, is destined to be the hero, even before he is born. Their motivations also demonstrate how they are heroes in different ways. Marduk assumes the role of hero as a way to gain power, while Zeus does not gain power over his allies by defeating Kronos and the Titans. The myths also show a difference in how ambition to gain power is rewarded. In the Enuma Elish, Marduk is rewarded and made a hero for his ambition, but in From the Theogony, Kronos, is punished for his ambition and desire for power as he acts out of greed rather than heroic responsibility. The most obvious sign that the myths view being a hero differently is how Marduk and Zeus assume the role of being a hero. Zeus is destined to be the hero even before his birth and Kronos knows this. “For he learned…that his destiny Was to be overcome…by one of his own sons, and through the plans Of mighty Zeus” (PM 161). There is no room for interpretation in…

Known in Greek as Gaia and Terra in Roman, this goddess is the they Mother of the Earth. The Greeks usually spell her name like Gaea. The name Gaia means earth and grandmother but, we call her Mother earth. The Greeks believe Gaia is the creator of the earth. Gaia has no power she just represents the earth and fertility or producing. The Greeks say, Gaia came from Chaos or just appeared. Chaos was the first thing to exist. Unfortunately, she has no sisters but, she does have two brothers…

The most common theme throughout myths are all the challenges that gods and goddesses faced. Throughout their lives gods and goddesses came across problems, which either help them become the god/goddess they were, or it allowed them to help others. The first clear example of this was Zeus. The whole problem started because Zeus wanted to overthrow his father and save his brother and sisters from the inside of his father Cronus, where they were capture. So both of them went to war against each…

gods after he overthrew his father along with his two brothers Hades and Poseidon. Zues is an imposing figure among the gods and people often referred to him as "father of the Gods and Men". Zues is the king of the mount Olympus which is the home of the Greek gods. There he rules the world and imposes his will onto gods and mortals alike. Zues lead the fight against his father, After he swallowed his brothers and was about to be devoured by him too. He forced Cronos to disgorge the…

Gaia gave birth to Ouranos primordial god of the sky and then married him and bore him children. Her first children were the titans, Coeus Titan god of intellect, Krios the Titan god of constellations, Kronus the titan of time, Hyperion the titan of light, Iapetus the titan of mortality. Mnemosyne the Titaness of memory, Oceanus the titan of the sea, Phoebe Titaness of prophecy, Rhea Titaness of motherhood, Tethys Titaness of the sea, Theia Titaness of the moon and Themis Titaness of justice.…

Afterwards, Gaea created Pontus (sea) which “reminds us of the nature of the primordial element in Mesopotamian and Egyptian myth” (Powell 160). Also, Gaea gave birth to twelve Titans including Oceanus, Rhea and Cronus (Saturn), to Cyclopes and Hecatonchires (Powell 159). Moreover, Cronus rebel against his malevolent father and rules the universe with his sister Rhea which from this union came six children most of them swallowed by Cronus with the exception of Zeus. Similar to the Mesopotamian…

Guthrie he states that most greek people take their portraits from Homer and the best Greek literature was written by Homer. (pg. 36) According to Greek Mythology everything begin with “Chaos”, a vast emptiness of existence. The Earth referred to as Gaea came together with Desire (Eros) to create the Earth. After that Gaea invited the heaven (Uranus) and the sea (Pontus). These events created what we know as the planet Earth, The task of Uranus was to provide Gaea with a coat. Eventually Gaea…