Nymph

and a necessary one as well. With that it was decided Octavia would leave the next day and with Poseidon's help she could recover her family's belongings. the following morning she set sail to the island of Argadnel this is where Poseidon said the Nymphs of the North lived when she arrived they greeted her and offered her great gifts to help her on her journey including a magical sword and a Hermes’ flying shoes, however to keep items she’d have to pass a test. She had to get a hydra's head, a…

saved them from the Sphinx and was a respectable ruler towards them, they had no need to be concerned when Tiresias accused him of things or questions about his birth. To them, he might as well have been a product of the gods themselves, “... of the nymphs that flower beyond the years, who bore you, royal child”(Sophocles 1040). This deep trust and respect of Oedipus from the people of Thebes makes the end of the play even more surprising and unpredictable for…

Odysseus. “Endowed/ by the gods with all her beauty,” the princess enchanted Odysseus; but instead of using her beauty, she took a motherly role towards him. She worked to get him home instead of plotting to keep Odysseus, unlike the schemes of the nymph Calypso and goddess…

The Iliad begins as a priest of Apollo comes to the Achaean camp to plead for his daughter’s freedom from King Agamemnon. King Agamemnon refuses the man’s ransom, and in sorrow the priest, Chryses, prays to Apollo for revenge against the stubborn king. Apollo grants his wish and for nine days Apollo’s plague devastates the camp. On the tenth day, Calchas tells the king what is required to ease the god’s anger. King Agamemnon agrees to give Chryseis back to her father, but he will take Achilles’…

The Aeneid, by Virgil, follows the journey of Aeneas and his crew from the fallen Troy to their new home in modern day Italy. Along the way they face many trials and battle with many other nations before landing on the shores of King Latium’s kingdom. At this point, the area around the future Tiber River was ruled by two warring kings: Latium and Evander. Throughout the course of Book VII and Book VIII, the true characterization of each king and their nations are explained. This drives the plot…

by the text of the Homer’s Iliad, a poetic variation of the events, which incorporated both historical and mythological aspects into said poem. With this, the film falls short historically; having excluded all religious notions involving gods and nymphs, and was instead an over-dramatized action movie that altered a number of significant, historic facts. The film seems not too far gone within the beginning sequences. The king of Sparta, Menelaus, holds a banquet on behalf of the Trojan…

Achilles was withholding his presence from the battlefield in response to the disrespect shown to him by Agamemnon. A disgruntled Achilles sought out solace in his nymph mother,Thetis. Thetis told him she would meet with Zeus to discuss his problem. Thetis approached Zeus and assumed a position that conveyed her subservience, to display the dire need she was in. She made reference to the time Achilles saved Zeus by…

With this he is able to manipulate weather patterns, create whirlpools and ocean currents and control sea vegetation. He also has control over fresh waters and the water nymphs. He lives in the depths of the sea in his watery palace near Aegae in Euboea. When he leaves his palace he uses a chariot to direct the movement of waves calm or rise storms. Before seamen begin their journey they pray to Poseidon to grant them a…

Rhea in Greek mythology was the mother of all the gods. She was also a titan. Rhea was the daughter of Uranus, Gaea, Heaven, and Earth. She is the sister and wife of the Titan Cronus. At one point of time Rhea and Cronus ruled the universe. They had 6 children together. Their names were Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Cronus was afraid that one of his children would out rule him one day, so for that reason he swallowed all of his children except for Zeus. He would have…

Calypso, a nymph that uses her beauty to her advantage, “holds [Odysseus] [on her island] by force” for 9 years, while “craving [him] as a husband”(4.627,9.33-34). Calypso delays Odysseus’ return home, because she holds Odysseus captive and sleeps with him for 9 years…