Hermes

Centuries before wonders rose in Rome, Greece was the the center of the Mediterranean, with mighty city states ruling under the shadow of Mount Olympus. The people of Greece worshipped the mighty Gods, who ruled down from the summit of Mount Olympus in the north ever since they had defeated their fathers, the Titans. There were also many great heroes who roamed Greece, and one of the mightiest heroes began his journey with a foot race on the Western Island of Ithaca. It was a warm spring…

henchman of Zeus, Hermes, and an ambivalent group, the Oceanids, are present along with Prometheus. Prometheus is bound in the opening of the play, and in its closing he is bound further beneath the earth. Once Prometheus is first bound, he cries out to the “divine sky,” “great-mother earth,” and several other nature-beings, asking them to “look at what things I suffer from gods, a god” (88-92). Once he sees at the close of the drama that he truly will be swallowed into the earth as Hermes…

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.…

teach Man how to behave. People would pass on oral myths so that they would behave correctly to each other and to the gods. One myth, "Pandora", describes what happens to mortals if they do not obey the gods. Pandora is given gifts from the gods, and “Hermes gave her a beautiful golden box, which [...] she must never, never open” (60). She takes it home with her and vows to never open it, for “she must keep her promise” (61), but her curiosity is too strong. When she finally opens it, she…

other. Io told him that Zeus was the reason she changed from a princess to a beast. Zeus’s wife, Hera, had been jealous when she realized Zeus was in love with Io. To punish Io, Hera gave her to Argus who changed Io into a beast. Zeus went to his son, Hermes and asked him to kill Argus which he did. Zeus hope this would end Io’s misery, but Hera sent a gad-fly to plague her. The gad-fly chased her. Prometheus could only point her to her future which was Io would reach the Nile where Zeus would…

Huperethon Huperethon was an Athenian of ancient lore. He was a brave and courageous man, but was often noted for having too much pride. He was guided by Hermes to dwell in the depths of the underworld after a dual between him and his twin brother, Sophos. Their father was the King of Athens, and after he passed, they fought to the death over who was the heir to their father's throne. Both men were strong, but not to Huperethon's prideful knowledge. Thinking he was exceedingly more skilled…

The Hero’s Journey in Mythology In 1949, American scholar Joseph Campbell introduced the concept of the hero’s journey, also known as monomyth, in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The concept proposes the pattern continuously seen within heroic stories, where Campbell concludes that all tell the same story in various forms. The pattern follows the protagonist through evolutions of the character, allowing readers to experience the hero evolve from living an ordinary life to emerging…

Phobos (god of fear) and Deimos (god of terror). Aphrodite slept with Erotes and gave birth to Eros (love), Anteros (counter-love), Himeros (sexual-desire), Pothos (yearning) and Harmonia (harmony). She also had affairs with Poseidon, Dionysus and Hermes and bore each god one child. Aphrodite had multiple affairs with mortal men and even fought with Persephone over Adonis (greekgods.org). Jealousy is what brought Hephaestus to life. Hera gave birth to Hephaestus to smite Zeus’ birth of Athena.…

He one day encountered Dionysus’s good friend and harbored him in his house and took care of him. When he took him back to Dionysus’s, Dionysus’s gave Midas the opportunity for any wish. As his wish he wished for the ability to turn anything into gold. When he found out the burden of everything being gold and not being able to eat food he wished for it to be taken away. When he was relinquished of it he spent more time in nature and nymphs. Lived in Macedonia Ignorant, greedy, and nature…

The Greeks used the Greek Gods to explain many different things in ancient history. The gods were used to explain natural events, feelings, and anything else that there was no explanation for. Some people even believed that some of the gods and goddesses were actually kings, queens, and warriors but the stories tell them as gods and goddesses. No matter who they were, they dealt with the recurring themes of love, suffering and struggle. There were gods for the sky, earth, sun and many more. One…