Trident

monster with one eye, and he was blinded by Odysseus in the Odyssey. Poseidon was enraged at the type of insult Odysseus played. Thus he had his revenge, Poseidon made. Odysseus suffer and threw many difficulties his way. A symbol for Poseidon was the trident. He also had objects sacrificed to him; bulls. Another son of Zeus, Hermes, was the god of the road, and of travelers. He himself was an occasional traveler from the great Mount Olympus, also serving as messenger for Zeus. He had a lot to…

Genetic Skeletal Dysplasias: A Guide to Diagnosis and Management “Skeletal Dysplasias are a large, heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterized by abnormal growth, development, and maintenance of skeletal cartilage and bone” (Sewell et al, 2015, p. 575). The severity of skeletal dysplasias has a great range from premature arthritis in individuals with average height to death a few weeks before births or right after birth. Individuals with skeletal dysplasia often have extreme short…

The seamen worship him to assure safe voyages. However he is known to be easily angered if people don’t perform rituals before going to sea or worshiping him in real life. His symbol is the trident with which he would strike the Earth and create an earthquake. Although, he got the Seas, he was a little jealous of his brother Zeus. When Poseidon is referred to in a text it may be as a reference to his choppy behavior. Poseidon wanted people…

able to be identified by a helmet that sported a griffin on top. And each type of gladiator was specifically designed to fight one or two other types. One would not find a gladiator with a large fancy helmet fighting a gladiator with a net and trident as the helmet would become easily entrapped in the net. The overall reason that the gladiators were paired in specific ways was to enhance the spectacle. The people in charge of the gladiators want the fight to be as interesting as possible,…

We learned, changed, and took many things from Ancient Greece. We took their art and architecture and changed Greek government so we could put it into our lives. Ancient Greece is different from us, but similar in some ways because the first Christians were Greek and early scripture was written in Greek, not that all of them believed in Christ, but they made inventions we use today, and they were smart to choose their leaders. Geek ancient food there was much different from us today. We now…

The epic revolves around the journeys of the hero Odysseus and the lands that he passes on his journey back to Ithaca. He is faced with many perilous stops on his return to his home of Ithaca. The gods determine the fate of Odysseus as he makes advances towards his home. One of the ordeals that he is dealt, is being trapped on the nymph Calypsos island. This is the outcome of Odysseus and his men outraging the goddess Athena, so she unleashes the seas upon them killing all but Odysseus. Earlier…

Based on polytheistic religion, the ancient greeks believed in 13 gods. Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Ares, Athena, Hermes, and Hephaestus. I’m going to describe the gods/goddesses, their powers, symbols, one myth about them, and their relationship with other greek gods/goddesses. Let’s hop into it. First and foremost, i’m going to talk about Zeus. Zeus is the king of the gods or ruler of mount olympus and the most powerful of the gods. His power is…

A violent wave of water hit the demigods. Will sputtered, eyes still closed tightly. Bubbles erupted from his mouth and nose in an abrupt torrent as the wind was knocked out of his lungs. He washed onto the beach with a painful thud, and rolled over sorely to retch the water which had forced its way down his throat. He rubbed his eyes and sat up, stunned. He gazed gratefully at the lake, and the agitated water which had broken the fall of the three demigods. Where had that wave come from? He…

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