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Trojan War and he fought for Grease. Whereas, Superman had Metropolis and fought against crime and super villains. They also both had supernatural aid and or mentors. Achilles had his mother who made him invincible everywhere except his heel and Hephaestus who made him special armor. Superman had the advice form the hologram of his father. Each of them have fought in numerous battles because of their famous strength and courage. One interesting similarity that is just as famous as their…

The civilization of Greece was known for numerous things from their architecture, to their paintings, and all the way to poetry. The people of Greece worshipped hundreds of Gods and Goddesses from Athena, the Goddess of War, to Poseidon, the God of the sea... One famous figure who was worshipped by mortals was Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. With beauty like no other she stole the hearts of men and Gods. Her voice was like honey and no man could resist her. But Aphrodite, along with all the…

Greek mythology although based in ancient times is still prevalent today. Many themes that appear in myths are still maintained in modern adaptations. Homer’s Greek epic, The Odyssey gets a fresh perspective in Margret Atwood’s novel The Penelopiad. Taking place during the same timeline of Odysseus’s long journey home, The Penelopiad brings to life the perspective of his wife, Penelope. Penelope who is miserable and longing her husband’s return has to take care of kingdom he left behind on her…

Morgan Pardoe Miss Windish English ll 1 December 2017 Aphrodite: Greek Goddess of Love, Desire, and Beauty Have you ever wished to have the power of love? Maybe desire? Or maybe even beauty? Well there was one greek goddess that had the power of all three of them. The goddess that held these powers was known as Aphrodite. In the life of today we look at Aphrodite as the goddess of love, desire, and beauty, but in ancient Greece she was an Olympian who was honored on many other occasions for a…

and threw his remains into the sea. In this legend Aphrodite rose from the sea foam created as a beautiful women who everyone instantly fell in love with. She was the last born of Ouranos and the very first of the gods. Aphrodite went on to marry Hephaestus,…

was the first human women in greek mythology. She was formed out of clay and the earth by the gods, Hephaestus and Athena. When The Titan, Prometheus, was assigned the task of creating the race of man, he grew very angry and displeased with the men, so he stole fire from heaven. The greek god Zeus was very mad at Prometheus for stealing the fire and giving it to the humans, and commanded Hephaestus and the other gods to create the first woman, Pandora as his punishment. They were told to make…

There is a total of 15 gods within Zeus 's family. At first he and just his brothers were to rule all, but Zeus decided on many other jurisdictions. To start off there is Zeus, roman myth Jupiter and used thunderbolts to defeat the titans. Homar 's famous phrase can be quoted as "cloud gather", for he controls weather and the sky itself. Zeus created court and once felt Hera 's scorn for trying to tempt fate to stop son, Sarpedon 's dealt. Seemingly just but, adulterous (171). Next would be Zeus…

One summer day years ago, I took a friends son with us to Busch Gardens, he was the same age as my 10 year old son and they we friends. As we drove up to park we were talking about biracial families and how some kids don’t look like their parents of a different color. Well, Jose was the boy’s name and I said to him, “Well, just because you have a different dad than your brother it’s okay because I wasn’t raised by my biological dad either.” Unbeknownst to me, Jose did not know that wasn’t his…

Aphrodite: A Masterpiece of Love Aphrodite was the goddess of love, desire, and beauty. Known as Venus to the Romans, she also goes by many other names: Acidalia, Cytherea, Pandemos, and Cerigo (godchecker.com). She possessed a magical girdle that attracted people and filled their thoughts with desire. The goddess of love had many people worshiping her because they believed she would bring them love from the people were attracted to (talesbeyondbelief.com). The seductive nature of Aphrodite…

There were fourteen of these Gods and Goddess. The first was the most powerful God, Zeus. Zeus was the God of the Upper World and was in charge of all other Olympian Gods. Then followed were Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Hephaestus, Hestia, Hermes, Demeter, Dionysus, and Aphrodite which is the Goddess of beauty and love which is the Goddess I will be focusing on. Aphrodite is the Goddess of love, desire, and beauty. Although Aphrodite had a great amount of natural beauty…