Nymphs

Hygieia, is designed with a marble exterior, making the statue seem as it is of Greek origin however this statue has an origin dating back to Roman times, during 200-250 A.D. Hygieia is the daughter of Asklepios, the god of medicine; a personification of good health, she was typically portrayed feeding a coiled snake, a reference to the serpent-entwined rod wielded by her father that later came to symbolize the healing arts. Her cultural image often merged with other deities, such as Aphrodite…

characters, Hermia and Lysander, Shakespeare demonstrates how discordant love is. The two lovers’ love is broken overnight, but by dawn they have each other’s heart once more. For instance, as Demetrius wakes, he goes as far to say, “O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, [and] divine,” (3.2.139). The humor of this is that…

underworld and the rest on Earth with her mother. The four months that she is in the underworld it would become winter, since her mother would become depressed and not help with the vegetation of the Earth. Another example is the story of Echo. She was a nymph who was cursed for having relations with Zeus. Her curse was that she could only repeat the words that others say, and when she died all that was left of her was her voice, creating the echoes that people…

Background It has been 20 years since Odysseus has left the nymph Calypso’s Island and returned to Ithaca, living the past twenty years with his family not giving the nymph much thought. Calypso on the other hand hadn’t gone a day without thinking of the king. Calypso had given birth shortly after Odysseus had left to a beautiful baby girl. Calypso, alone named the girl Chryssa and promised to never let the child leave her sights in order to keep her reminder of Odysseus. “Mother can’t I…

When sun fall comes around I get off the ship, I walk along the dock onto the gigantic island. The first thing I see is a deep forest that is full of tall thick oak trees, the top of the trees makes it hard to see the sky. Around me seems to be all darkness at the moment I feel this menacing feeling as I walk deeper and deeper into the forest. I stop walking when I reached a stone path which I assume leads to the Cyclops’ town. I get quiet holding in my breath listening for any signs of dangers…

qualities that Odysseus exhibits on these journeys, he is the iconic symbol for an epic hero. Throughout the entire story, Odysseus has a devout motivation to return to his family in Ithaca. Although he becomes distracted along the way with nymphs and lotus flowers, nothing is obstructive enough to deny his return home to his family. Odysseus’ actions in Book XXIV are a simple reminder to how dedicated Odysseus was to returning to his family. Despite having made the family of the killed…

maiden does not kiss, or should not, and just as she was starting in to tell him what forest she had hunted, he stopped the story and gave himself away with his embracing. She really struggled against him,” (p. 41). In short, Jove tried to take a nymph, who does not want him to. Indeed it was stated she struggled against him, but Jove still did not stop. He ignored her words, indicating that what she wanted doesn’t matter, all that matters is that he gets what he wants. Her opinion in this…

Throughout the poem the speaker feels the urge to ask an overwhelming question. Although the speaker never reveals the question, he does indicate that it is an overwhelming question. It is a type of question that would “disturb the universe”, meaning that the content of the situation is extremely important and contains heavy content-- whether about death, love, the purpose of the human existence, Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Nevertheless, the importance of his question, he…

decides to leave rather urgently. She makes her way back to the Blood Room to busy herself. After Helen leaves her bedchamber, a young man comes running into the room looking for Lord Paris. He claims that he is Paris’s son, the one he had with the nymph Oenone. Marpessa comes in wondering what all the noise is about and Helen asks her to lead him to the front gate. All of a sudden, Paris comes swiftly into the room, knife in hand, and kills his own son right then and…

One example of a god portraying this is when the god Hera Zeus’ wife was jealous because Zeus started sleeping with other woman and would not tell Hera where he was. Hera then asked a nymph named Echo where Zeus was but Echo promised that she wouldn’t tell Hera. Out of Hera’s jealousy and anger she punished Echo by making her repeat everything she heard. This myth shows that gods have human flaws because instead of rising above the issue…