Hephaestus

The Greco-Roman pantheon and the Norse pantheon are extremely similar to one another with similar roles. From Thor to Jupiter to Odin to Hephaestus, the gods in the pantheons. The “trickster” archetype is common throughout both even though it has a more obvious presence in the Norse Pantheon. The honorable warrior and thunder lord archetypes are almost explicitly the same since honorable warriors were at the height of both societies. The main goddesses in both are also extremely similar in their…

curiosity would take them. Much like Pandora’s box, the crew felt compelled to open the bag. But unlike Pandora’s box the reasoning for opening the box was jealousy, and anger toward Odysseus. In the story of Pandora’s box, Zeus sent Athena and Hephaestus to create the first human woman with a box. The box was not to be opened, but because she was told not to do it, her curiosity compelled her to finally give in and open it. All the unfavorable qualities escaped and plagued her and the others…

When Apollo was only four days old, he killed the dragon. He was gifted his bow and arrows at birth by Hephaestus, and had already learned how to use them. “Apollo went to mount Parnassus, and there killed the dragon Python, who had pursued his mother during her wanderings, before she reached Delos” (Apollo (Apollon)). Once he killed the dragon, he learned…

The Trojan war (or the Iliad) has Achilles, and Hector. In the Trojan war, from the start of the Achilles’ second entrance into battle, Athena, along with Thetis, helps Achilles achieve his revenge, giving him armor made from the blacksmith god, Hephaestus, following him into battle, getting Hector to fight Achilles instead of running away, and even returning his spear when Achilles misses Hector. So, with an obvious handicap, Achilles kills Hector and disgraces his body, being forced to give it…

When the Trojan War first erupts, Hephaestus says “There’ll be no more pleasure in our feasts if we let things turn ugly” (Homer, 608) which suggests that the gods don’t join the war and let the humans quarrell become their problem. Furthermore, Zeus makes it clear that the gods are not allowed…

Thetis: The sea goddess and the mother of Achilles. Thetis helps her son help the Trojan army and defeat the Achaean army. Athena: Athena vehemently hates the Trojan army. Hephaestus: The god of fire and the husband of Aphrodite. Iris: The messenger of Zeus. Artemis: The Goddess of the hunt and the daughter of Zeus.Also, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo. Poseidon: Hera: The mother of Apollo and the wife of Zeus.…

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…

Ancient Greece religion, a set of stories about the gods, goddesses, heroes and rituals. Greek Mythology consists of the twelve Olympians who were the major deities comprising of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes and either Hestia or Dionysus (Greekmythologytoday.com, 2017). They came into power by dethroning the Titans who were the children of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth). During the era of the Olympians, other nymphs and deities…

which coined this term, defines AI as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines." The idea of an Artificial Intelligence have been circulating around in history since the ancient Greeks; stories of Talos, and the bronze robot Hephaestus up until Steve Job’s Macbook said “Hello”. Many arguments have sprung throughout time against Artificial Intelligence, and we can find much opposition from a humane and moral side. However, on the contrary, the introduction of AIs into our…

The Lost Hero Rick Riordan 557 pages SUMMERY Jason is just an ordinary teenager until one day, he wakes up on a bus with no memory of anything. Next to him is a girl named Piper McClean, who says she’s his girlfriend, and a boy named Leo Valdez. They are on their way to the Grand Canyon on a school field trip. While they were on the bus, Jason got a bad feeling about one of the kids, Dylan. Once they get to their stop, a storm starts to come in. When they try to go inside, the doors slam shut…