Hermes

The myths in ancient Greece were commonly used for entertainment, life lessons, and to explain natural phenomenons. One of the strangest myths in Greek mythology is, oddly enough, a marriage story. Once Demeter had a daughter named Persephone. Persephone was graced with happiness and great beauty. She was so beautiful that she caught the eye of Hades. Hades was so enamored with her he decided to court and marry her. Sadly it was less dating and more Hades splitting the earth riding up in a…

Hercules was one of the greatest heroes in greek mythology. Hercules was both the most famous hero of ancient times and the most beloved. More stories were told about him than any other hero. Hercules was worshipped in many temples all over Greece and Rome. He was the son of zeus and Alkmene, however, Amphitryon was his mortal father. This is because Alkmene is married to Amphitryon and they raised Hercules together. Hera is married to Zeus. Since Zeus fools around with many women, and the…

Mythology is defined as the study of a collection of myths. It is the study and interpretation of often sacred tales or fables of a culture known as 'myths' or the collection of such stories which usually deal with the human condition, good and evil, human origins, life and death, the afterlife, and the gods. Myths express the beliefs and values about these subjects held by a certain culture (Mark). Myths are always true psychologically, sociologically, and anthropologically. In mythology and…

I’m going to tell you a story. In Greek Mythology, there were two groups of powerful Beings: The Titans and the Gods. The Gods had overthrown the evil Titans centuries ago. One day, Prometheus, one of the good Titans, created the first man. Prometheus was proud of his creation, so he watched over Man and helped him whenever he could. After many years of trickery from Prometheus and with Mankind gaining more and more wealth, Zeus, the eldest god, thought of a cunning punishment. He created the…

Basit Ali Task 1 Who was Patanjali and what did he do? There are many myths about who Patanjali was and what his origin was. It is said that Patanjali was thrown from heaven as a little snake into the palms of Gonika, his virgin mother. It is said that Patanjali was sent to the earth to inculcate the teachings of Yoga in the human beings. “Pat” means leaves containing knowledge, and “Anjali” means offering or a hand gesturing something to offer. It is often translated as fallen from heaven as…

A beautiful young woman she was. Medusa had golden hair and a beautiful face. She was everything a man would dream of. She was one of the Gordon sisters and she also was mortal. Her two sisters Stethno and Euryale where immortal. Her parents where Phorkys and Keto, (children of Gaea and Oceanus which mean Earth and ocean). She was a fair maiden and priestess of Athena. She was a very pure woman. But something happened in Medusa’s life. Something that changed her life completely. When love…

Dionysus, also known as Bacchus or Iacchus is the child of Zeus who Fell in love with Semele, Semele is Dionysus mother making Zeus his father. In some myths it is said that Semele got pregnant by Zeus's thunderbolt which is where the virgin thing came into play DIONYSOS is called twice born. Zeus wife Hera got jeloius when she found out that Semele was pregnant and tried to get rid of her so Hera gave doubt to Semele and this is what happend, she had Zeus show himself to her and when Zeus did…

Bullet Points Regarding the Two Creation Stories Creation via the gods: • Creation of humans and animals was under the responsibility of Prometheus and his brother, Epimetheus. The former, whose name translates to “forethought,” was much wiser than the latter, whose name means “afterthought.” • Epimetheus acted on his impulses, as normal, and gave all the best qualities, shells, swiftness, cunningness, and et cetera, so Prometheus formed the humans upright and gave them fire from the sun, “… a…

Apollo was the god of light, prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery (but not for war or hunting), poetry, dance, intellectual inquiry and the carer of herds and flocks. He was also a god of light, know as “Phoebus” (radiant or beaming, and he was sometimes identified with Helios the sun god). He was also the god of plague and was worshiped as Smintheus (from sminthos, rat) and as Parnopius. Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo`s first achievement was…

The constellation Lyra represents the lyre played by Orpheus. He was a musician of the Argonauts and the instrument was given as a gift by his father, Apollo. Orpheus charmed whoever heard his music. One day, he fell in love with a nymph named Eurydice and they married. The nymph decided to wander in some fields in which the shepherd, Aristaeus, unfortunately was enchanted by her beauty. She fled as he chased after in pursuit. Eurydice met her death when she was bitten and poisoned by a serpent…