Perseus

because, for me, he matches perfectly in the concept of hero. That’s because he risked his life for others life, and for me, that’s what a hero do. When people say the word hero, what comes to their mind generally are the ancient Greek stories, like Perseus, Hercules, Odysseu. These heroes have some characteristics in common between each other, as kindness, braveness and intelligence, that’s why they are remembered…

some major inconsistencies between the myth and the movie. One glaring difference between the myth and the movie include Heracles’s parentage. In the actual myth, Heracles was born as the product of Zeus’s infidelity with Alcmene, the daughter of Perseus. Hera was so jealous of her husband’s affair causing her to be distant with Heracles due to him being a constant reminder of adultery. Disney decided that the concept of infidelity was to mature for the younger audience and decided that…

Loki is the Norse god of trickery. He never had any intention to help anyone, but himself. This put Loki into many situations where he decided to help the giants instead of helping the other gods. However, Loki would be caught up by his own ambitions. He often made a promise to the giants that went against the gods, but then he had to make another new promise to the other gods that went against the giants. In one instance Loki had to captured the goddess Idun and gave her to the giant Thiazi.…

My favorite constellation is the Cetus or 'whale' because I think it looks more like a frying pan than a whale. The Cetus is a constellation made up of 88 stars and the brightest star is called Deneb Kaitos. The Cetus is very close to the other zodiac constellations such as Aries, Pisces and Aquarius. The creation story of the Cetus constellation stems from Greek mythology. In this story the Cetus is called a Sea Monster and not a whale. According to the myth Poseidon sent the sea monster…

fame, unlike some arrogant epic heroes. Batman’s true identity in his normal everyday life is Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne is a billionaire business man that runs a company called Wayne Enterprises. Batman can be compared to James Vane, Dorian Grey, Perseus, Beowulf, Hercules, and Dr. Jekyll. Although, these characters share a number of differences with batman they share common characteristics. In the book The Picture of Dorian Grey, the main character Dorian Grey falls in love with a young…

Argo Ms. DeGreef English IV 10 March 2017 The Tales of Greek Gods and Goddesses “Slay the monster Medusa and bring me her head,” said the king to a poor, yet valiant young Perseus (D’aulaire 114). It was his plot to get rid of the boy, so he could marry his mother. No man had set out to kill Medusa and come back alive, until Perseus. The tales of the Greek gods and goddesses are intertwined in history. They have been recited by many different cultures and told many different ways. That is why…

vanity. Poseidon sent a sea monster, Cetus, to attack Ethiopia, where Cassiopeia was ruler. Her husband panicked and sacrificed his daughter to save his kingdom, as had been foretold by an Oracle. Andromeda was chained to a rock. She was saved when Perseus used the head of Medusa to turn the sea monster into stone. The two got married and had nine kids, two daughters and one son. Their whole story is told throughout the heavens as fall passes by.…

in Macedonia, Rome had tried dividing the kingdom into four separate states. However, there was still resistance from the citizens and Rome wanted them to be completely submissive. Macedonia proved to be trouble. A man claiming to be the son of Perseus led the people to revolt and the citizens indeed had some success in besting Rome during battle. The excitement of revolt reached Greece along with the once captive Achaeans whom felt that slavery was better than “being free” in Rome. “In c. 146 B…

The Graiae women were three sisters who shared one eye and one tooth among them. They appeared in the myth of Perseus, who was trying to find out where three magical objects were located, so he could kill Medusa. He went to their cave, and stole their eye. Then he told them he would return it if they told him where the three objects were. The Graiae Women also encountered Perseus and he used them to get the three magical objects. “Also known as the Erinyes, the Furies are three horrible…

Brittany Cirnigliaro Professor Allen Comp 1 26 November 2017 Medusa: Beauty Turned to Savage Monster Many tales have been told for centuries about the dreaded and frightening creature that went by the name of Medusa of Gorgon. Over the years this Gorgon creature took the form of a classical Greek mythological woman with serpents for hair who possessed the ability to turn her enemies to stone from a simple glare. Although true, there is much more to this tale including exactly what drove Medusa…