Leda

I have chosen the Twin zodiac, Gemini, as my favorite constellation. I believe this constellation shares a remarkable resemblance to myself. Being born in this same zodiac, my interests continue to climb. As mostly known, the Gemini is known for its affiliation and power over the element of air. Astronomically the actual stars of Gemini are coincidentally named Castor and Pollux. Apparently it is rare for mythology and astronomy to agree. Gemini significantly shows a well measure of yin and…

She explains, "My parents sent me there when I was 16 to marry Menelaus." This is historically false, especially considering that her Mother Leda, was the Queen of Sparta. Menelaus, being a prince of Mycenae, was chosen to be her husband and only after marrying her did he gain the throne of Sparta. Another prominent historical inaccuracy within the film includes the fact that Hector kills Menelaus…

Role of women in ancient Greek mythology Name Institution Introduction Myths serve two key functions: 1) to answer the kind of awkward questions normally asked by children like ‘How was the world made? Who was the first person to live in the world? Where do the souls of the dead go?’ 2) To account for a community’s customs and rituals as well as to provide a justification to the existence of a social system. In ancient Greece, myths featuring monsters, heroes and heroines as well as gods…

say “sorry” whenever I raised my hand, afraid to show any sign of confusion or incapacity. However, during the summer of my junior year of high school, I attended the Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America Program held at Princeton University. LEDA is a program aimed at developing the leadership potential of high achieving, underrepresented and low-income students in a university of workplace. In the Aspects of Leadership Course, my instructor Mr. Rosenthal echoed that leaders are to…

The son of the King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra of Mycenae. After Agamemnon returned from the Trojan War, he was killed by his wife and his cousin Aegisthus. Orestes, a young boy at the time of his father's murder was smuggled to safety by Electra, his sister and taken to stay with their father's old friend King Strophius of Phocis. Strophius raised Orestes with his son Pylades, they became close friends. Upon manhood, Orestes killed Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, since it was the best way to…

Odyssey written by Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Homer uses the motif that beauty can be deceptive in the eyes of others as evident of Odysseus’ many encounters with beautiful women such as Helen and Calypso. Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda. She was viewed to be the most beautiful woman in the world and the wife of Menelaus. “ Helen came out her scented chamber, a moving grace like Artemis, straight as a shaft of gold” (IV, 131-133). Despite her beauty, Helen was viewed to…

God of the Sky and Ruler of the Olympian Gods; Zeus Zeus wasn't all just lightning bolts and thunder, he was the deity of the universe, the most powerful God, and the ruler of the Olympians. He punished those who displeased him mostly oathbreaker and liars (Richardson, 3). Being the father of men, he watched over his people rewarding charity, fairness, and truth, while punishing lying and wickedness. Zeus had his flaws as a husband and father, did what his ancestors did before him, but was a…

Duke Theseus proclaims, “The lover, all as frantic,/ Sees Helen’s beauty in a brow of Egypt,” (V.i.10-11). In Greek mythology, Helen was “the most beautiful woman of Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri. As a young girl she was carried off by Theseus, but she was rescued by her brothers,” (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). Theseus states in this quote that it is insane to love a dark-skinned…

Leonardo Da Vinci was conceived on April 14, 1452 in the town of Vinci close Florence Italy. He kept the name of his town for his last name. He existed amid the fifteenth century, a period when the populace of Europe were getting to be keen on workmanship. This time of time was known as the Renaissance period. Leonardo Da Vinci was extremely capable. He was an extraordinary craftsman, yet he got to be acclaimed on the grounds that he found himself able to do such a variety of different things.…

According to Edith Hamilton (1999), Greek mythology is mostly learned from historical poets. The poet highly accredited with the written greek myths is Homer. He is generally believed to have lived about a thousand years before Christ. Homer’s work includes the Iliad, which is considered to be the first written record of Greece. The Iliad is the oldest Greek literature and is written in such a way that it provides an indisputable proof of civilization. Greek mythology is not be read like…