Nymphs

caught on to their plan, and saw Mare, the known face, ”the little lightning girl.” They began to have a war in the prison while Mare fought off the Silvers and Cal and Shade took the prisoners to the plane to escape. Mare had just finished off a nymph Silver when she saw queen Elara. The queen tried to control her, but Mare overpowered her and finally killed the person she had always wanted revenge on. Finally, Shade used his power of “jumping,” or teleporting to get Mare out of the bloody…

Although Homer's Odyssey is predominantly a male-centric story, there are several female characters who not only interact with Odysseus but aid him on his journey, such as Circe and Athena. These women assist him in his endeavours by not only offering advice but providing him with the tools necessary to follow their instructions and persuading others to help him, as well. However, these women, especially Circe and Athena, are merely plot devices to reiterate the Ancient Greek idea that men are…

In The Iliad, Hektor and Achilleus both follow the warrior code, just in different manners. Hektor feels that if he does not fight he is being selfish, he is letting down his fellow warriors, and that he is dishonoring himself. “yet I would feel deep shame / before the Trojans, and the Trojan women with trailing garments, / if like a coward I were to shrink aside from fighting.” (117-119 Book 6). He feels as if he needs to fight for his people, making him unselfish. Achilleus on the other hand…

Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a collection of tales that follows the short stories of people that will end up being completely different in the end. In one of the stories we follow Echo and Narcissus. Echo is a nymph who falls in love with Narcissus but, he is not that intrigued. In a tragic end Echo ends up wasting away pining over Narcissus. Unexpectedly, Narcissus stops to drink from a small pond and when he gazes at his own reflection he ends up falling in love with himself. Hopelessly, he is so…

The art of fly tying patterns An amazing creative work is another word of art. The fly tying patterns are another artistic way of fly tying techniques. All the way through the following centuries, fly tying has been growing. It is actually done from basic patterns forming into different kinds of flies and insects that can easily catch the attention fish. Tying your own flies can very satisfying especially when you are skillful enough and creative. Patience is preferable requirement of a fly…

Sexuality is often shown as a weapon, and woman as the obstacles wielding that weapon. After drifting in the ocean for days Odysseus comes upon the island of Ogygia and the Nymph who lived there, Calypso. During his time on the island Calypso falls in love with him and offers him eternal life to be her husband, but wanting for home Odysseus declines the offer. Calypso refuses to accept this and keeps Odysseus hostage, where…

Pan’s Labyrinth takes place after the Spanish Civil War. It intertwines the real world of hardship and war, with a mythical world, the labyrinth. Pan’s Labyrinth is a film, which takes on many myths and symbols from Greek mythology and it encompasses everything from the underworld to femininity all while telling an extraordinary story. The myths of the ascent and descent to the underworld are displayed in the film when Ofelia completes her tasks by going to the underworld. What she…

Achilles Son of King Peleus and Thetis Fated to die in Troy Champion of the Greeks He refused to fight in the Trojan War at first He had incredibly strong armor He fought for Helen as well as for half of Troy’s treasurers His friend, Patroclus, went to war and died fighting Hector He went to war to avenge his beloved friend that he had lost Killed Hector and tortured him even after death until he was satisfied with vengeance Killed Memnon in combat, it was his last battle He was supposed to be…

Three Learning Moments First learning moments this week was during our very first day of class where we took a field trip down to the river in canoes. We paddled down the river about 2 miles, so we could experience what lies beneath and around the riverbed, immersing ourselves in the environment and strangers at the same time. I Kayak, but I never really take the time to stop and enjoy what the water, and what its surroundings have to offer, I use it as an exercise, not a tool for a forum, but I…

Eli Johnson Ms. Windish English II 11/22/16 Achilles today is now known as a Hero and a Legend, but was once known as a man who was simply born into greatness. His father was Peleus King of the Myrmidons, and his mother was a Nymph named Thetis. When Achilles was first born, his mother wanted him to be safe and therefore came up with idea to bath him in the Styx river to make him immortal, but she held him by his heels when she dipped him in so that was the only part of his body that wasn’t…