Nymphs

what you would expect from someone that became what he did. His parents were the titans Cronus and Rheia. His father would eat all of their children immediately after they were born. “His mother helped him get away to Crete where he was raised by Nymphs. Once he was of age he found a goddess named Metis and got her to serve his father a magical draught which made him throw up all of his other children that he did eat. Then he freed Cyclops from his prison that Cronus had…

and Vertumnus’ story is a very beautiful way of implying that people should always chase their dream even if that dream is a person, for you could really have the love of your life. The myth starts off explaining how a solitary nymph named Pomona, would only care for her garden in which she spent most of her time in due to the fact that she isolated herself from all men who desired her. Although she was delightful, she would not let anyone near her beloved trees. However,…

During the warmer months, talk of Lymes disease always surfaces. People and their pets are out and about more, so it makes sense that the chances of contracting the disease is more likely. But is it? According to the Center for Disease Control, about 300,000 are diagnosed with Lyme disease in the US every year. Seems like the odds are pretty good that someone you know will get Lyme disease. What exactly is Lyme disease? It is a bacterial infection transmitted by Ixodes ticks. These ticks are…

and cunning abilities to outwit the creatures he encounters along the way. As we follow his travels, he faces many different types of women. Including Athena-the protector, Penelope-the loving wife, and Calypso-the devastatingly beautiful goddess-nymph.. These women are all so different, yet all so alike as well. Homer illustrates the importance of women in The Odyssey by describing the roles in vivid detail of these different women and how each of them is treated in relation to the men of the…

Therefore in the middle of a starless night Rhea took Zeus in her arms to hide in the prosperous island Crete; so he could be raised by the nymphs. So Rhea disguised a rock inside of a blanket to…

half human, half goat hybrid, known as a satyr. This particular myth tells the story of Pan and his adoration of Syrinx, a very beautiful nymph. Pan made attempts to woo her, but Syrinx only scorned his romances and ran from him. Pan pursued her, but Syrinx fled to the river where she prayed for safety from Pan’s advances. Just as Pan caught up with the nymph, her wish was granted, and she was transformed into one of the reeds which grew in the riverbed. When the wind blew against the reeds,…

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. The final recounting of Calypso’s story is by Apollodorus, who said that she is…

seasons” said by the text in book ten. Then decided to stay with Calypso for seven years when he could be long gone and with his wife by then. In the text it says, “... as Calypso’s not entirely unwilling captive...” (Paragraph two, Calypso, the Sweet Nymph) He wanted to stay, he felt love for other women and completely forgot his wife. Being faithful emotionally doesn’t mean he hates Penelope. When we think of emotions we think of happiness, sadness, and anger. We all too quickly forget that…

hosts in The Odyssey show their guests a great amount of resect when they are visiting. In Book 5 of The Odyssey, during Odysseus’s journey back home from Troy he ends up trapped on an island with the nymph Calypso. The book states “Now he’s left to pine on an island, racked with grief in the nymph calypso’s house-she holds him there by force” (page 153) and “…weeping there as always, wrenching his heart with sobs and groans and…

In one of his latest misadventures, Odysseus was imprisoned by the beautiful, yet slightly manic, sea nymph, Calypso. See, Calypso was cursed as well. Calypso was the daughter of the titan, Atlas. In the gods’ war against the titans, Atlas was one of the most ferocious warriors. He slew many of the gods, and it took the Olympian council to finally defeat…