Heracles

Triton was a merman, the sea god and the messenger of Poseidon. Poseidon, the Greek God of the Oceans, and Amphitrite were Triton’s parents. He lived in the sea with his parents, and he was Poseidon’s messenger. Triton had a human head and torso with a fish 's tail. He was often seen with a horn or conch shell that he was blowing. He would blow on his conch shell to calm or raise the waves. The sound that came from the conch shell was terrible. It was so terrible it scared the Giants.…

Most People think that his name was Hercules, but that is actually the roman version. Heracles was the son of Zeus and a mortal woman. When he was a baby he was sent to earth to be with a mortal family. He grew to be immensely strong. Hera, Zeus’s wife, became angry that he had a child with another woman, so she gave heracles many dangerous tasks to punish him. The second hero I will mention is jason. Jason was not a god or the sun of a god he was a mortal…

Theseus and John Smith In The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives, Plutarch writes about nine of the most influential men of the long and remarkable history of ancient Greece, and then compares them to similar men from ancient Rome. One of Plutarch’s chosen Greeks, Theseus founded Athens and set it on the path to the democracy that it eventually became, while embarking on daring journeys and strange adventures along the way. Although separated by thousands…

A great Greek hero once slayed monsters before the days of Heracles. This Greek hero is the son of Zeus and Danae, the daughter of Acrisius of Argos. His name? Perseus. Perseus is an important character in Greek mythology because he shows many traits valued by Greek culture. At a time, the king had a daughter named Danae. Danae was very beautiful but according to Apollo, Danaes sons would kill Acrisius. That being said, Acrisius locked up Danae in a bronze tower so that she would never marry…

The audience sees Odysseus’ naiveté when he implicitly trusts Neoptolemus to retrieve Heracles’ bow and not betray him and the Greek army. However, the audience also witnesses Odysseus’ growth and wisdom in The Odyssey when he finally arrives home and does not immediately trust Athena or Eumaeus because they could betray him to the suitors…

The Tale of Friendship Back in the years of 1200 BC there’s a story of two best friends named Theseus and Pirithous. These two were considered heroes back in that day. Going on nemours life threatening adventure together these two seemed to always have eachothers backs, until they then decided that great heroes deserve better wives, and so what women would be better than Zeus’ daughters? This is where their friendship would be put to the test. But what is friendship and is it even fair to say…

mathematics, skills, law, and justice, inspiration, strength, and courage. Her name is to be known as Athena who is the daughter of Zeus. Her mother's name is Metis, Athena had many siblings that Zeus offspring with his other wife's. Apollo, Artemis, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Porus, Aphrodite, Hermes, Muses, Hebe, Hephaestus, Graces, Dionysus, Minos, Ares, Apollo, and Perseus. Apollo and Hermes is Athena's half-brother and Artemis is her half-sister. Cronus and Rhea members of the Titans both…

Classical and Greek Mythology Allusions Pandora’s Box Who? Zeus, Pandora, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Hephaistos What? Zeus was mad at Prometheus and because people tricked him. Zeus eventually got back at the people by telling Hephaistos to make a beautiful woman whom he names Pandora. Zeus sent Pandora to earth. Zeus thought Epimetheus should marry Pandora. Zeus sent Pandora with a small box with a lock on it. She couldn’t open the box because Epimetheus had the key. Pandora really wanted to…

One example is, “Heracles, my ancestor, had gone no further than Tiryns or Argos–or even than the Peloponnese or Thebes…. Even Dionysus, who is a god… faced not a few laborious tasks; yet we have done more” (Alexander). Alexander uses the allusions to Heracles and Dionysus, to say that if these men became gods from the tasks they were forced to face, then all of his men and he would become…

called our galaxy, Galaxias kyklos or milky circle. The greeks called it the “milky circle” because of the myth. The greek myth is that “ Zeus brought Heracles to Hera to suckle when she was sleeping. Hera was in conflict with the little infant, as you would be if your husband brought home a half-mortal child that wasn’t yours. As baby Heracles was having his meal, Hera woke up suddenly…