Poseidon

People often have both positive and negative traits. Today people in society accomplish great tasks but may become hindered due to their bad traits. Traits including greed and boastfulness make up negative traits that cause people to do the wrong thing. Similarly, in the eighth century epic poem, The Odyssey, the author Homer demonstrates the traits of cunning, the need for glory, articulate dialect, and boastfulness. positive and negative traits lie within the epic hero, Odysseus. Cunning…

When the Greek gods first created Gaia, or “earth”, they were deciding on what creature to send down to be the humans’ guardian. “I have figured it out,” the God Zeus said, silencing the other gods, “we shall send down the son of Pegasus and the unicorn.” The son of Pegasus and the unicorn was flying over the humans and enjoying the sound of their voices. He looked up to the sun and thanked the God Helios for a bright and sunny day. “Pegaron!” The creature heard his name being called by the…

heroic because he lied to the cyclops when he told him that Poseidon destroyed his ships, and because he went back for his men after they ate the lotus and lost their hope of home. When Odysseus realize that if he told Polyphemus the location of the ships he would want to destroy them, so, when the beast asked him for their location he answered “my ship? Poseidon lord, who sets the world a tremble, broke it up on the…

Derek Muir 10/6/17 Period 1 English Inn every epic there is a character that goes through a life changing journey. In Homer’s The Odyssey Odysseus, Telemachus’ father, has not returned home from the war in Troy for twenty years. Poseidon, the god of the sea, leaves him trapped on a island in the middle of the sea. During his absence his palace on Ithaca has been overrun by suitors for his wife, Penelope, and his son Telemachus is too immature to kick them out. Athena, the goddess of wisdom,…

Laertes” and the one who “makes his home in Ithaca” (Homer, book 9, 561-562). While such approach meant that his name would bring him more glory by spreading across the lands, in practice, the glory came at a cost of the safety of his ship crew, since Poseidon was in control of the…

How the World and Mankind Were Created 76-93 Zeus *Anger *Fury *Powerful *Leader of all *Father of Athena *Siblings, Hestia, Hades , Hera , Poseidon and Demeter *Parents are Cronus and Rhea Man vs. Man Zeus vs. Crocus This myth shows the importance of being honest no matter the outcome. I feel that it is important because fate is an inescapable force. The power of fate. The Greeks gods felt that everything that surrounded them or occurred was a result of this force. They believed that…

As an example, when he faces Polyphemus, Poseidon 's son and a Cyclops, he drugs the Cyclops with alcohol by saying “here, Cyclops, try this wine--you top off the banquet of human flesh you’ve bolted down”(222), and while the Cyclops is sleeping he stabs him in the eye. This shows his ability to…

check me, calm me, left and right” (Homer 226.547). This quote from Book 9 shows how Odysseus decided to ridicule the cyclops by exulting in his victory. Odysseus yells his name, which allows Polyphemus to know who he is. Polyphemus then prays to Poseidon for revenge. Not only does Odysseus want to celebrate his victories in a prideful way, he is blinded by his pride, into almost killing an innocent man. But, Telemachus stops him in time: “‘Stop, don’t cut him down! This one’s innocent. So is…

Odysseus is a self-centered leader who allows his own personal desires to cloud his judgement as a leader which puts not only himself, but his men in danger. When Odysseus and his men come upon a cave full of sheeps and crates full of cheese, Odysseus decides to enter the cave. Even when his men advise him to take some cheese and drive the lambs to the ship and set sail, odysseus lets his curiosity get the best of him and decides to wait for the giant to return. “...We looked around at…

Zeus, Poseidon god of the seas, Athena goddess of wisdom, Apollo god of light and music, Artemis goddess of the hunt, and finally Dionysus. He was the youngest of the gods and was chosen god of wine (D’aulaire…