Essays on Greek Mythology

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Hades and Persephone

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Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture, and her daughter Persephone is her greatest pride in life. Demeter’s love for her daughter is what makes the crops and flowers grow every day. One day, Persephone was playing in the fields and Hades looked...

Zeus

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"God of The Sun Apollo"

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Apollo is one of the most complex and important gods, and is the god of many things, including: music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light and knowledge. He is the son of Zeus and the Titan Leto, and was born in the Greek...

Apollo God

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Rhea's Triumph: Overthrowing Kronos

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She was a Greek Titan Goddess, she was the Goddess of motherhood, and fertility. She took over most of her traits from her mother Gaia Goddess of earth. She was known as the “Mother of God” because she was the mother of the most powerful...

Mythology Myths

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The Myth of Persephone in Ancient Greek Culture

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The ancient Greeks, like many ancient cultures, believed in multiple gods. The Gods had supernatural powers and strengths. Myths about these Gods helped explain things about Greek life, These myths were important because they explained why the Greeks did things in a certain way and...

Ancient Civilizations Myths

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Hades - The Greek God of The Underworld

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Hades was the Greek god of the underworld, the ruler of the dead. Hades is known in the Greek world as “the god of the Underworld,” “the Invisible One,” “the god of wealth” or “god of Death,” and “the god of the Death Realm”. Greek...

Mythology Myths

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Prometheus in Greek Mythology

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In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with The creationofmanfrom clay, and who defies the gods by stealingfire and giving it to humanity,an act that enabled progress and civilization. Prometheus isknown for his intelligence and as a...

Mythology Myths

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The Connection Between Courage and Justice Based on Aristotle's Literature

2 pages / 1074 words

Courage and justice have been two highly discussed values throughout the semester, and in this essay I will seek to connect the two together as well as relating the ideas in accordance with Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, The Illiad, and The Epic of Gilgamesh. According to...

Aristotle Courage Iliad Nicomachean Ethics

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Evaluation of The Story of Gilgamesh

3 pages / 1286 words

The creation of an intriguing plot must involve at least one major character whose own actions and external interactions dictate his or her development. External interactions between round characters, static characters, and environmental or supernatural activities, within the plot affect the decisions of the major...

Character Epic of Gilgamesh

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The Greek Goddess Artemis

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Artemis, the greek goddess of chastity, virginity, childbirth, wilderness, hunt, the moon, and the natural environment. Daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin sister of the god Apollo. Artemis was born on the island of Ortygia also known as Delos, where Leto had found shelter to...

Mythology Myths

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Hypnos in The Greek Mythology

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In Greek mythology, Hypnos is the god associated with sleep. His mother was Nyx (night) and his father was Erebus (darkness). Even Zeus, the most powerful of the Greek Gods, was afraid of entering Nyx’s realm because she was such a dreadful and powerful goddess....

Mythology Myths

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Phoebe in The Greek Mythology

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Phoebe was the daughter of the titans. The titans were son and daughters of Uranus and Gaia, as told in Hesiod’s “theogony”. Phoebe the goddess of intellect , was married to Koios. Their children were Asteria and Leto as told in the “Dictionary of Greek...

Mythology Myths

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Comparative Study of The Bok Iliad and The Screen Adaptation Troy

3 pages / 1149 words

The Iliad became adapted into a film during 2004 called Troy, in which the story was both dramatically and subtly changed in its adaptation. A major difference in the film was that there were no intervening or actions of the gods whatsoever, whereas in the...

Iliad Troy

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

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In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh goes between his conscious and unconscious in order to uncover and solve his problems and figure out his own fear of death. Gilgamesh is a king who has negative impact on his kingdom. He forces people to build walls...

Epic of Gilgamesh

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The Lessons of Loyalty in The Odyssey, a Poem by Homer

2 pages / 847 words

How is loyalty shown in the Odyssey? The epic poem The Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald is the story of a man as he embarks on an unexpectedly long and brutal journey home from the Trojan war with his crew of...

Homer Odysseus The Odyssey

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A Comparative Study on Achilles and The Egyptian Kings

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In the works “The Book of the Dead of Hunefer” (Osiris, n.d.), and “Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice” (Exekias, n.d.), both artists display the cultural norms of their respective cultures through religious, spiritual, and mythological depictions of characters in their societies. For Osiris, the artist...

Achilles

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A Study of The Characters Odysseus and Poseidon as Depicted in Homer's Odyssey

2 pages / 818 words

Introduction After the events of the Trojan War, Odysseus and his men headed back home to Ithaca. En route, they unknowingly stopped at the island of the Cyclopes to gather supplies for their long journey home. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the island were not very...

Odysseus Poseidon

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A Hero's Arise in Gilead

3 pages / 1525 words

The Iliad, written by ancient Greek poet Homer, chronicles the battle and events during the final weeks of The Trojan War, an armed conflict between the Achaeans army and the defenders of Troy. It further recounts the story of the wrath of Achilles, the greatest...

Achilles Iliad

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Achilles and Yu The Great: Comparing Similarities and Differences

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Western Hero Achilles Achilles was the son of Thetis, who was a daughter of the sea god called Nereus. The gods Zeus and Poseidon wanted to marry Thetis but the prophecy by Prometheus that the son of Thetis was going to be greater than his...

Achilles

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Aphrodite of Knidos: Historical Context and Interpretation of The Artwork

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The artistic contributions of ancient Greece and Rome have left an enduring mark on cultures around the world, particularly in the realms of architecture and sculpture. Among these treasured works, the statue known as the Aphrodite of Knidos stands out as one of the most...

Aphrodite