Poseidon

The Odyssey is an epic poem. We define and epic as a long narrative poem on a serious subject, written in a grand or elevated style and centered on a larger-than-life hero. Homer’s Odyssey centers on Odysseus who was a legendary hero in Greek mythology, king of the island Ithaca. Odysseus made a ten year journey to reach his home and on his way back he had a lot of adventures meeting different Gods and witches and finally after a series of struggles he returned home to his wife and son. Odysseus…

Athanasia, the Greek Goddess of Destiny and Inevitability, is the daughter of Ananke (the Greek goddess of necessity and compulsion) and Janus (the Roman god of beginnings, transitions and endings). Ananke was driven mad by her daughters, the three Fates (Moirae), after she betrayed them by stealing their Thread of Life under the effects of the goddess Hera. She injured many deities. She was punished and sent to a deserted castle, where she would have to marry a beast. Ananke wasn’t allowed to…

Odysseus and his men boarded their old ship with a mermaid on the front. Odysseus was a young man, 6’4” tall and made of pure muscle. He was wearing a white toga. The enchantress Circe had given Odysseus many warnings about his journey. Odysseus yelled, “gather around men! As we are sailing, we will be passing sirens do not listen. If you listen every emotion in you will fight to get there, if you jump you will drown and die! as we are short on ear plugs we might lose one or two of you, and…

In book 21 of the Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus decides he is going to kill the suitors. Odysseus has been away fighting in the Trojan War and struggling to get home in a twenty year time span. When Odysseus finally arrives at home and hears about the suitors, him and Telemachus come up with a plan to kill these suitors. He is disguised as an old beggar who lives in Ithaca. Odysseus’s decision was to get Telemachus and two other men are sent to hide all of the weapons in the halls and close all of…

Odyssey Journal #1 Summary: Calypso, The Sweet Nymph Odysseus starts off stuck on Calypso’s island and has been stuck there for 10 years. Athean goes to Zeus and convinces him to let Odysseus go. Athena is able to convince Zeus so he sends Hermes, the messenger of the Gods, to go tell Calypso to release Odysseus. Calypso releases Odysseus, Odysseus becomes immediately cheerful. Calypso being upset forces Odysseus to sleep with her, because the Gods don’t like it when the Goddesses sleep with…

In Ovid’s “Metamorphoses: Apollo and Daphne”, Apollo is punished by Cupid to forever chase and love Daphne, the daughter of the river god Peneus. Cupid may have had his reasons for punishing Apollo, but no reason was shown to why Cupid shot Daphne with an arrow, which I consider a punishment as she was always fleeing and avoiding Apollo until she later prayed to her father to destroy her beauty and she transformed into a tree for eternity. Which I also consider a more painful punishment. In “I…

Athena. The west pediment of the building is an aetion for how Athens got its name: Athena named it after herself after winning the contest. The sculpture, which was created long after this original myth was told, does not show the spring that Poseidon created most likely because sculpting that on the top of the Parthenon would be a very challenging task. Because of this, the sculpture looks more of a battle than a contest. Another reason why a “battle” theme can be felt through this…

and sharp claws devours its prey in moments. The polioden is in many colors and forms but its main color is orange. The average polioden weighs about a thousand pounds. The polioden is a mammal. The polioden is a mixture of a lion and the Greek God Poseidon. The polioden lives and sleeps in a cave in a tropical rain forest. The polioden lives alone. The polioden only needs about three hours of sleep per day. The polioden is the fiercest predator in the world. It stalks its prey and…

Triton was a merman, the sea god and the messenger of Poseidon. Poseidon, the Greek God of the Oceans, and Amphitrite were Triton’s parents. He lived in the sea with his parents, and he was Poseidon’s messenger. Triton had a human head and torso with a fish 's tail. He was often seen with a horn or conch shell that he was blowing. He would blow on his conch shell to calm or raise the waves. The sound that came from the conch shell was terrible. It was so terrible it scared the Giants.…

Poseidon Have you ever wondered about the Greek god Poseidon? Poseidon is one special individual. He has a great power. The power is being the power is being the god of the sea and earthquakes. He also has a well known family that is very creepy and weird. Poseidon is a Greek god with an interesting family, a unique personality, and who is represented by numerous symbols and animals. There are many things that have happened in the history of this family. There was also many…