Nymphs

I have chosen the constellation Lyra. I have chosen this constellation because I have an interest in greek history where it came from. Lyra is a constellation in the Hercules family that resembles a harp. It has 5 main stars but 25 in total. It's brightest star is Vega and it is bordered by the constellations Draco, Hercules, Vulpecula and Cygnus. The constellation Lyra represent Orpheus' lyre. It was supposedly made by Hermes with a tortoise shell and it was, according to legend, the first…

Patroclus, how he killed many men, became invincible and so much more, this is the life of Achilles. To begin with, Achilles was born on the island of Phthia, his parents are King Peleus of Phthia and the minor sea goddess Thetis (who was a sea nymph). Achilles was regarded as the most handsome warrior in the Trojan War, he was also the tallest in the army. He had red-brown hair and dark eyes. When Achilles was a small child, his mother Thetis wanted to make him immortal and untouchable in…

By way of contrast, the poet Lady Mary tries to refute Swift’s view of women by generalizing men as overambitious in their rhetoric. In her poetic response to Swift’s “The Lady’s Dressing Room,” she explains that Swift only wrote it because of his embarrassing inability to perform in bed. She writes, “And Men the Talents still mistaking, / The stutterer fancies he is speaking” (39-40). The word “Talents” here refers to the sexual potency of men, as well as their written verse. In saying this,…

Famous Tales Prometheus had many famous encounters throughout his lifetime, from which legends were formed. His first known tale was of the Titanomachy, which established his ability to foresee the future, and his family connections to Iapetus (his father) and his siblings. As well, “When Zeus and the Olympian gods rebelled against the Titans, Prometheus sided with the gods and thus won their favor” (“Prometheus” Myths Encyclopedia). So, when after the war most of the Titans were imprisoned in…

Abstract The Nile perch was introduced to Lake Victoria, Africa in 1954 to counteract the drastic drop in native fish stocks caused by overfishing (Lowe 2000). ¨They originally comprised 80% of the total fish biomass in Lake Victoria, but have now decreased to less than 1% offish catches from the Kenyan waters of the lake¨ (Lowe 2000). A 2003 study in the journal Nature examined algae records from the bottom of Lake Tanganyika and found that over the last century, warming waters have driven down…

The tale of a hero is one of the most classic of stories, told in various forms throughout the ages. Every hero, classical and modern, has different strengths, weaknesses, and challenges that they demonstrate and face along the way, exhibiting traits that prove them a hero. While there is no doubt that the central figures of the Greek myths of Perseus, Hercules, and Atalanta are all heroes, Hercules, strong both in will and physically, stands as the best example of a classic hero. Heroes are not…

of offspring. Although he had many offspring they were not always from the same woman. This made most of his children different in the way that they weren’t all of the same species. Poseidon had children that were sea creatures, giants, cyclopes, nymph ect. “Many of his sons became rulers in other parts of the ancient Greek world.” Like Thesues, he is a hero and a king of southern Greece, he is the son of Poseidon and Aithra. The point of this paragraph was to state that there are a lot of…

Artemis was best known as the goddess of hunt but she was also known as the goddess of wildlife, virginity, childbirth, and the moon. Artemis was born on the island of Ortygia from her parents Zeus and Leto. Leto gave birth to Artemis there because she was being hunted by Hera who was jealous and had deep hatred for Leto. After Artemis was born, she helped her mother to the island of Delos where Leto gave birth to her twin brother Apollo (God of the sun). As a baby, she helped her mother give…

In Robert Fitzgerald’s translation of Homer’s, The Odyssey, the women play a crucial role to Odysseus’ journey home. Despite the fact that throughout the poem women are the inferior beings to men, it is with the power of Helen, Penelope, Athena, Kirke, Kalypso, and Nausikaa that Odysseus is able to return home. While each of these women, goddess or not, play a crucial role they are all very different and thus play different roles throughout the poem. While they all have different roles all of…

advisor to help him complete his journey to be a true hero. Zeus sends Hercules to find one of the best to train him to be a hero, Philoctetes a grumpy satyr (half-man and half-goat). Hercules accidently finds Philoctetes in a bush trying to chase nymphs and is astounded by his appearance. The wise advisor finally agrees to train the young hero, after vigorously training Hercules makes progress quickly. Hercules is ready to step into the city to prove his heroism. On his the way to Thebes with…