Greek Gods In The Odyssey
Monsters and creatures of Greek mythology
Homer the Odyssey tells the tale of a journey of the hero Odysseus and the journey
through danger, temptation, and self evaluation. The monsters of greek mythology test the heroic side of a person and that's what they did to Odysseus. “This time his opponents are not military,
instead, he encounters various monsters who try to keep him from his wife penelope.” Greek
mythology first developed in 700 bc, with that a poet named Hesiod's Theogony who offered the
first origin story of greek mythology. At the center of greek mythology is the pantheon of deities who were said to live on mount, olympus, the highest mountain in greece. They ruled every part
of human life. Olympian gods and goddesses …show more content…
Gods and goddesses create
monsters to overcome or destroy the obstacles to their goals.
Monster and creatures were also created to symbolise a human life, or teach human
things. Many of the mythical creatures were created based on human appearance like their
beauty.“Greek and roman culture is known for its sculpture of what has become the ideal of male
and female beauty naturally its monsters diverge from his” (public.wsu.edu). Some of the
monsters have human features and greek roman sculpture the human features into the creatures
to symbolise their beauty, although, some of these creatures weren't always pretty. Many of …show more content…
“In these cases the creatures
bear more similarity to spiritual beings such as angles, in religious thought, often legendary
creatures has come to symbolize voices of the power of good or evil”
(newworldencyclopedia.org). Monsters in Greek mythology shared similarities to spiritual creatures such as angles, they symbolize things like voices or the power of the good or bad.
Monsters also have educate humanity or even children to inculcate values of life and also be
educated.”They have been education, helped parents to discipline their children, and inculcate
cultural values and names and have served to stimulate the imagination and desire that is
ingrained in human nature to experience more than this physical world. Whether they truly exist
in physical form is indeed secondary to their existence in the minds of so many people throughout the world and through history”(newworldencyclopedia.org). Mythical creatures have educated people and have given value to the imagination and make people appreciate more than
this physical world they have thought people things about Greek and Roman mythology.
Homer the Odyssey tells the tale of a journey of the hero Odysseus and the journey
through danger, temptation, and self evaluation. The monsters of greek mythology test the heroic side of a person and that's what they did to Odysseus. “This time his opponents are not military,
instead, he encounters various monsters who try to keep him from his wife penelope.” Greek
mythology first developed in 700 bc, with that a poet named Hesiod's Theogony who offered the
first origin story of greek mythology. At the center of greek mythology is the pantheon of deities who were said to live on mount, olympus, the highest mountain in greece. They ruled every part
of human life. Olympian gods and goddesses …show more content…
Gods and goddesses create
monsters to overcome or destroy the obstacles to their goals.
Monster and creatures were also created to symbolise a human life, or teach human
things. Many of the mythical creatures were created based on human appearance like their
beauty.“Greek and roman culture is known for its sculpture of what has become the ideal of male
and female beauty naturally its monsters diverge from his” (public.wsu.edu). Some of the
monsters have human features and greek roman sculpture the human features into the creatures
to symbolise their beauty, although, some of these creatures weren't always pretty. Many of …show more content…
“In these cases the creatures
bear more similarity to spiritual beings such as angles, in religious thought, often legendary
creatures has come to symbolize voices of the power of good or evil”
(newworldencyclopedia.org). Monsters in Greek mythology shared similarities to spiritual creatures such as angles, they symbolize things like voices or the power of the good or bad.
Monsters also have educate humanity or even children to inculcate values of life and also be
educated.”They have been education, helped parents to discipline their children, and inculcate
cultural values and names and have served to stimulate the imagination and desire that is
ingrained in human nature to experience more than this physical world. Whether they truly exist
in physical form is indeed secondary to their existence in the minds of so many people throughout the world and through history”(newworldencyclopedia.org). Mythical creatures have educated people and have given value to the imagination and make people appreciate more than
this physical world they have thought people things about Greek and Roman mythology.