Hera

Summary: A boy named Hercules calls his dad an ass at his dad’s funeral and his mom sends him to live with his uncle on his dad’s side for the rest of the summer (2 weeks). The uncle makes a list of 12 things for him to on the 12 days he’s there. This symbolizes the 12 tasks Hercules had to perform in the myth. Hercules sees and instantaneously falls in love with a beautiful girl on the train, and she leaves her book (Winnie the Pooh) on the train next to him. He makes it his mission to find…

The Hymn to Demeter is a song about the kidnapping and eventual induction of Persephone as the wife of Hades. Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and is portrayed as a young woman of marriageable age. As the wife of Hades, Persephone shares his domain, being given authority and power over all who reside in the underworld (line 364-369). Also, Persephone is able to reprimand those who are immoral or do not satisfy her with offerings and sacrifices (line 364-369). In the hymn,…

Crayen, Paw, and the Stones The hero was born from a grapefruit seed his name is Crayen. His mother, Persephone, queen of the underworld, ate the grapefruit seed and after a shimmer of Cesium fell into a deep sleep for six days. After she awoke she was pregnant with her first and only child. When Crayen was born it shook the whole world and the underworld. After six days of being an infant, Crayen turned into a preteen. Persephone gave her son a gift on this day, she gave him Paw, the puppy of…

In the ancient world, women were seen as objects and inferior to men. Most women were not respect and some were passed around as trophies. The Iliad by Homer and Medea by Euripides, demonstrate the two types of women in ancient world: in the Iliad, Helen, the wife of Menelaus stolen to be married to Paris, and in Medea, Medea, a fleeing princess of Colchis who wants revenge on her husband. Helen would be an example of how women were traditionally treated in the ancient world. Helen was forced to…

In Homer’s The Odyssey, Circe, the daughter of sun god Helios, introduced herself as a side character, who is mentioned throughout the epic as an incisive noblewoman who helps Odysseus on his journey. When Odysseus comes to Circe asking for advice on his voyage back home, she describes how the songs of the Siren’s are nearly impossible to resist and how their songs can hypnotize you and bring whoever quickly to their demise. Circe tells Odysseus “[they] must steer clear of the Sirens, their…

God's Control Mortals Fate There are many debates among critics about the gods’ function in society. The gods in The Odyssey appear and reappear throughout the poem, portraying themselves in human form or divine form to mortals. But the reasons why they constantly make appearances in mortals’ lives is unclear. When they do appear, they bring good and bad things for mortals. So, what roles do the gods play in the poem and how do they affect mortals’ lives? According to Wolfgang Kullman, Athena…

The origins of Calypso are unclear, due to her mythological existence. However, there are three very famous accounts of Calypso’s origins. According to Homer, Calypso is a nymph who takes orders from the gods. He also said that she is the daughter of Atlas, the titan who must bear the weight of the heavens on his shoulders, for waging war with his brothers against the gods. Hesiod stated that she is the daughter of titans Tethys and Oceanus, so she is one of the Oceanids, a kind of sea nymph.…

Overall, Achilles’ brutality was exceptional and even the gods took pity on Hector which demonstrates the severity of Achilles actions as the Greek gods were amoral and rarely showed sympathy towards mankind. This demonstrates the extent of Achilles’ fury and hatred towards Hector for killing Patroclus. Another important aspect of the Iliad is the involvement of gods in comparison to their almost total absence in Troy. In the Iliad, the gods have a massive influence on the course of war. This…

Constellations and alignments of celestial objects have for centuries been a method of prediction; a method used in variation all over the world. A popular theory, derived from Greek philosophers and astronomers, commonly used in today’s western society, would be the astrology chart otherwise known as Zodiacs. All twelve horoscopes on this chart are represented by an animal whose traits are typically associated with the people born during a certain period of the year; all, but one. Libra, the…

Hades was the Greek god of the underworld and the dead. He was one of the oldest and most powerful gods, being first born male of Cronus and Rhea. He was very complicated and would rarely ever show himself, but when he did it could be very interesting. Hades was the fourth child of Cronus and Rhea and was swallowed by his father, Cronus, as all the others before him had. This happened because it was prophesied Cronus would be overthrown by his children just as he did father, Uranus. This is…