Twelve Olympians

Zeus, considered the king of Olympians, had many wives, some of them even being his sisters. Demeter, one of his wives and also his sister, was the goddess of harvest and fertility. This means that she is the goddess that controls the crops and keeps land fertile, therefore, we can have…

Introduction Athena was a tall, strong, graceful, gray-eyed, goddess who liked owls. From the beginning, she was already an amazing goddess. In fact, even her birth was most unusual. Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman named Metis. Older gods had warned Zeus that he would be in trouble if Metis gave birth to a daughter. So he swallowed Metis whole.Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. Athena's siblings included Persephone, the Dioscuri…

slaves they owned since the poor could not afford slaves. Thus, it seems that these great civilizations lived different from one another. Despite their differences in lifestyles, one comparable attribute of Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt would be their religion. Both civilizations practiced a polytheistic religion which meant they believed in more than one god. Ancient Egypt was ruled by pharaohs. Pharaohs were the highest level in the Egyptian society and were considered close to the gods.…

beautiful, yet slightly manic, sea nymph, Calypso. See, Calypso was cursed as well. Calypso was the daughter of the titan, Atlas. In the gods’ war against the titans, Atlas was one of the most ferocious warriors. He slew many of the gods, and it took the Olympian council to finally defeat…

this crisis (Burnton). At about six a.m., Avery Brundage, the president of the International Olympic Committee, was told of the hostage situation. He ordered that the Games should continue and carry on in peace (Burnton). At 8:15 a.m., with two Olympians lying dead on the grounds of the athletes’ village, the day’s first scheduled Olympic event began, on time (Burnton). Brundage spent his day pressuring the German officials to get the Israelis out of the village (Burton). “The Games,” he said,…

They are the parents to six older Olympians “And Cronos swallowed them all down as soon as each / Issued from Rheia’s holy womb onto her knees, / With the intent that only he among the proud Ouranians / Should hold the title of King among the Immortals” (Hes. Theogony. ll. 463 – 466). Cronos…

The Odyssey mainly focuses on the male characters throughout the novel, as the point of views are all male, yet the female characters can get overshadowed as Homer brings immense power to their characters. From being able to sway with words or sexual charms, all of the women in this book often get what they want out of all of the other male characters; Athena sways Telemachus to find his father and the Sirens use their voices to compel men to come to the island. The women that Odysseus…

Hephaestus was the only horrid god among perfectly beautiful immortals. Hephaestus was born deformed and was cast out of heaven by Hephaestus was one of the twelve Olympian gods, he was the god of fire and divine smith. With Athena, he was the patron of handicrafts. He was the creator of all beautiful things and mechanically wonderful in Olympus, especially arms and armor for the gods. In general, he was a beneficent god. He was much loved by mortals and gods alike for his kindness and his skill…

avenge his father for his terrible deeds and in turn fulfilled the prophesy. This myth is a main part of the Greeks creation story and was believed as historical truth by them, laying down an explanation for the foundations of civilization and they Olympian gods. Cronus and the other Titans are otherworldly monsters, Cronus’ cannibalistic behavior reinforcing this idea. Most likely, Greeks based this story from the claims and knowledge of cannibalism in the Bronze Age and used these stories as a…

Greek mythology is the collection of myths that talk about the Greek's gods, heroes, their nature, and their culture. Ares is known as the God of War, but he is also known for influencing the modern day world and creating acts of destruction. Ares, the God of War, is the son of Zeus and Hera. Both of Ares's parent's hated him. He was the most hated son of Zeus. (Hamilton 31) In some legends Ares and his sister, Eris were born when Hera touched a flower. This shows one of the reasons that Zeus…