Persephone

In Percy Jackson and the lightening thief, after Zeus defeated his father Cronus and the Titans, he and the Olympian gods became the power of Greece. After playing a very powerful role in Greece, the Olympian gods decided to take their powers to America. Now, Olympus is located on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building, and the gate to the Underworld is located in Los Angeles. Poseidon, one of the Olympian gods has an affair with a human. Meet Percy Jackson, a half-blood. He’s half-human…

For the fifth time this week – yes you heard that correctly, fifth time this week, Lilith Vita found herself sitting in her professors office, bloodied, and most likely with multiple small injuries. It was the fifth time this week, and apparently it was 'getting out of hand'. . .To be honest Lilith Vita was quite tired of being called in here and having her precious time wasted. The fifteen year old Theurgist was at her limits with all of this. Not that It was her fault. . . She sat in one of…

having me here today. Tara: Demeter, please tell us a little about your life. Demeter: Well, [hesitates] it has been sort of a hill with many slopes. Tara: Can you explain why it has been this way for you Demeter? Demeter: Well, my only daughter, Persephone was kidnapped the the god of the underworld, Hades. I felt so lost, it was as the center of my world was frozen to a tundra. While I was suffering during this time, I searched for my daughter but no kind of Deity would tell me where she…

several other gods participated in the triumph over the titans. He had a terrible draw when all the gods were deciding which part of the universe they would get to rule. His draw led him to become the god of the underworld and wealth. Hades married Persephone through an act of trickery, he kidnapped her to the underworld where she ate a pomegranate that caused her to stay in the underworld for a part of the year and up on Earth. Since Hades was often feared by the Greeks, not many would attempt…

apart parts of the Earth if she became upset, while Demeter did halt the growing seasons when her daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, the god of the underworld. Their emotions and feelings greatly influenced what happened on the planet Earth. Although Demeter and Gaia…

The goals of this lab are to observe the constellations in the night sky. We are to us the internet or any other resources of our choice to research the history of the constellations. I decided to do research over Libra, which means the Scales or Balance. It is also one of my favorite constellations because it is also my zodiac sign. Libra has three really bright stars and they are Alpha Librae, Beta Librae, and Gamma Librae. The three stars can be seen at the upper part of the scales that…

According to Edith Hamilton (1999), Greek mythology is mostly learned from historical poets. The poet highly accredited with the written greek myths is Homer. He is generally believed to have lived about a thousand years before Christ. Homer’s work includes the Iliad, which is considered to be the first written record of Greece. The Iliad is the oldest Greek literature and is written in such a way that it provides an indisputable proof of civilization. Greek mythology is not be read like…

recalls feelings of suffocation, an uncomfortable warmth, and an all-around un pleasant feeling. The author does an excellent job of conveying her strong feelings of disdain towards being a teenager. Persephone feels as if she is deprived of privacy, as many teenagers do. However, in the case of Persephone she literally had no privacy. She was the daughter of Demeter, who was a goddess, which meant that she was related to Gods. In Greek society varying Gods control everything in the world. She…

Persephone - the daughter of Demeter- was kidnapped by Hades and taken to the underworld; Demeter, after losing her daughter went into a despair killing all the crops. Zeus eventually intervened demanding that for half the year Persephone be released to her mother. On the Krater Persephone is being reunited with her mother, lead by Hermes and Hekate. Red-figure is a technique that the Athenians…

Expecting to have a new insight in understanding the masterpieces of art, I was really thrilled to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cool weather and no traffic condition made my steps on wings, encouraging me as if I can enjoy and interpret the great art works without getting lost which I was a few months ago. Facing the huge Doric columns of the entrance, I confidently took steps inside the museum to see Bernini’s Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children in person. On the way to find Bacchanal…