Theogony

1.) Varvakeion Athena Statue, National Museum This is a secondary source which can be found at the National Museum of Athens. It is the most authentic replica of the real Athena Parthenos made in the 2nd century, approximately 700 years after the original one was made. Reminiscent to the Athena Parthenos, the Varvakevion Athena Statue depicts Athena in all her glory. The goddess wore a warrior’s helmet, sleeveless robe and biblike aegis. On the palm of her right hand, stood a human-sized Nike,…

The civilization of Greece was known for numerous things from their architecture, to their paintings, and all the way to poetry. The people of Greece worshipped hundreds of Gods and Goddesses from Athena, the Goddess of War, to Poseidon, the God of the sea... One famous figure who was worshipped by mortals was Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. With beauty like no other she stole the hearts of men and Gods. Her voice was like honey and no man could resist her. But Aphrodite, along with all the…

What sort of mythological universe is presented in the work? The Lord of the Rings is set in the fictional world of Middle Earth. In a mythological sense, it can be viewed as myths of the events that took place before human history. Throughout the films, an aura of myth and reminiscence is maintained. It starts off in the Shire with a bright and casual tone, and moves into a more dark and serious tone as the fellowship branches out into more dangerous parts of the world. Middle Earth is…

of the gods, it acknowledges that there is something more behind the gods themselves (Enuma Elish, 1:10). This stark contrast reveals the ancient Israelite view of God as all powerful; a being in and of Himself; supreme and unlimited. There was no theogony (genealogy) for the God described in Genesis 1, He just was. The Enuma Elish highlights the existence of something more before the existence of the gods, this results in the gods not being all powerful. The God in Genesis was…

and his two brothers, Hades and Poseidon. However, there were many more deities that were praised. The goddess of Love. Aphrodite has two stories about how she came about, whether or not they are true nobody knows. The first one is from Hesiod 's Theogony, which says that when Cronos cut off his father 's’, Uranus’, genitals and threw them into the sea that she rose from the sea foam. The second one from Homer’s Iliad says, that she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Aphrodite is married to…

The environment is known as the natural world in which we live. It is the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. The environment affects our society everyday. What we decide to do during the day, where we go to vacation, and ultimately where we live. Luckily for us, our society and civilization had already been established with certain rules and customs. Those people who lived in the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greek culture believed that the…

poetry through the extraordinary images of iconic Greek Gods and Goddesses, and how these figures are dominant in the lives of Greek people during the Archaic period. In terms of early Greek poetry, Homer’s Odyssey and the Iliad, along with Hesiod’s Theogony tend to be the most popular and useful in studying both the relationships of Gods and mortals as well as Archaic religion. “The Olympians are a group of 12 Gods who ruled after the overthrow of the Titans”. Define who the Greek gods were…

The culture of the west and thought begun with the classical Greece. These officially started in the year 1500BC; however, the interruption of the culture of the West was about 1100-900BC during the dark ages of the Greek. The intrusion took momentum at the beginning of 900BC a classical period when the Greece would enter into their most glorious period (Merchant, 98). It is also a time when they were setting the basis for the dominant empires and nations in the millennia and the centuries to…

Ancient Greek’s regarded hospitality with great importance in their culture. Being a good host was a reflection of power, as well as a form of honoring the gods, especially Zeus—who was associated with xenia. Xenia extended past hospitality rather it was a form of proper behavior between individuals, both host and guest. This mutual trust helped establish and create bonds. These bonds were often created through eating; food was associated with bonding and power, eating was seen as a luxury and a…

will be elaborated on in this essay. These are the myths involving Prometheus, with one being the trickery of the sacrifice and the other being the theft of fire, and the myth of Pandora. These three myths were set out in Hesiod’s Works & Days and Theogony, and have been extensively studied and compared to other cultures’ myths due to the themes and relationships that are seen within…