Apollon‚ was a Greek Olympian god. His mother was Leto‚ a bride of Zeus. Apollo was a god of prophecy‚ healing‚ disease and plague‚ music‚ song and poetry‚ archery and he protected young life. He had ultimate power as a god. Ultimate power is defined as Gods are considered immortal and in control of lesser life forms (Theoi Greek Mythology‚ 2000-2007). Apollo had invented the flute and the lyre. Suprisingly‚ he had built the walls of Troy while simply playing the lyre. The Theoi Greek Mythology (2000-2007)
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Greek mythology is compose of many myths‚ and some of them have many similar characteristics‚ events‚ and lessons. After reading various of the myths‚ it is safe to say that many common themes are power‚ incest‚ infidelity‚ and punishment‚ which provides the readers with lessons‚ like being brave‚ to take on challenges/risks‚ and good always defeats evil. Two myths that show many common resemblances are the myths about Perseus and Theseus. In Perseus myth‚ he attended a banquet where he had to
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HADES / PLUTO In Greek and Roman mythology‚ Hades or Pluto was the god of the underworld. His oldest name was Hades or Aides meaning "The Unseen." He was the son of Cronus and Rhea‚ and the brother of Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Demeter‚ Heista and Hera. After Zeus killed Cronus‚ Hades and his brothers divided the universe. Zeus took the heavens‚ Poseidon took the seas‚ and Hades took the underworld. There he ruled over the dead and other powers with his wife‚ Persephone. He is harsh and pitiless and does not
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In ancient greece times all the people believed in greek gods and goddesses. The Greek people believed that the twelve most important gods and goddesses lived at the top of Mount Olympus. This caused many of the gods and goddesses to compete to be the best‚ making them not get along. The two goddesses that fought the most was the goddess of the night and the goddess of the day.The goddess of the night was Nyx‚ and the goddess of the day was Hemera. Nyx was a very strong and beautiful goddess. While
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Aurora was a free spirited goddess who didn’t care for the expectations of the other gods and preferred to spend her time frolicking and dancing in the sky. She wore a beautiful dress woven of the finest blue‚ green‚ and purple fabrics‚ which she believed to make her better than some of the others. The other gods of Mount Olympus found Aurora to be a careless‚ insolent child‚ who could never understand the ways of the sophisticated gods. Hera expressed her distaste for Aurora the most‚ but secretly
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I’ve chosen is Andromeda‚ "The Chained One". This was the first constellation pointed out to me when i was younger and my father was teaching me Greek Myths. He loved the Greco-Roman Civilizations‚ and taught me everything he knew about them. Andromeda was discovered by Ptolemy‚ and contains the Andromeda Galaxy. The story surrounding Andromeda is a Greek myth. She was a young‚ beautiful princess that was to be sacrificed to a sea monster to repent for her father’s crimes. She was chained to a rock
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Ancient Greek Myths were developed many years ago‚ these myths provided entertainment‚ taught moral lessons‚ and explained the earth and its nature. Notably‚ the modern reader can learn valuable moral lessons from ancient Greek myths. Not to mention‚ the variety of myths that exist‚ many of these myths give children knowledge and understanding of the world. These following aspects are shown in the following myths‚ Phaethon and the Chariot of the Sun‚ Icarus and Daedalus‚ and Athena and Arachne. Additionally
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Morpheus-Greek God Morpheus is the Greek god of sleep and dreams. To me Morpheus has this cool ability to appear in dream people in any form. Also Morpheus is the god responsible for dreams of people. Another cool ability is that when a person is in the arms of Morpheus they fall into a sleep‚ and can see upcoming event in their lives or there future. Since Morpheus was the master of dreams he could copy any person in their dreams‚ and was able to take whatever they thought of wanted and keep it
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Throughout time men have always endeavored to figure out how the world and humans came to be. The Greeks were no exception and had a very fascinating perspective on the origin of the universe. With war‚ tragedy‚ and dysfunctional all-powerful families‚ the Greek story has it all. Starting with the origin of the universe itself‚ to the creation of man and sin‚ the Greek’s story is one of the best. From the beginning of existence‚ there was Chaos‚ a black void of nothing that took up all the space
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Greek God vs. Good Shepherd I will be comparing and contrasting two works of ancient art‚ the statue of Zeus and the statue of the Good Shepherd. Both statues are beautiful examples of the ideal image of their times. The first piece of art that I analyzed is the statue of Zeus. The larger than life bronze statue was created around 460BC that depicts the early religious beliefs in Gods. The statue of bronze differed from ones that came before it because it was not made of the normal marble that
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