ATHENA RESEARCH PAPER Athena is the goddess of wisdom and warfare. She is the favorite daughter of Zeus. There are many different versions of how Athena came to be. The most accepted version is that Athena was born a child of Zeus by his first wife‚ Metis‚ a goddess of wisdom. Zeus feared that Metis might bear him a son who was mightier than himself‚ so he swallowed her. According to some stories‚ Zeus had every right to fear this because Mother Earth had prophesied that Metis ’ first child
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kill. The other aspect is‚ Virgil’s deaths and violent acts are between family‚ while Aeschylus’ acts of violence are between strangers. Aeschylus justifies Clytaemnestra’s when she kills Agamemnon because he sacrificed their daughter to the god Artemis. She says‚ “My child is gone. That is my self-defense” (Agamemnon 876). She
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sculptures were created thereafter by revealing a new way to look at the human figure. After receiving his education in Argos‚ a school in Greece (Kleiner‚ Mamiya 133)‚ Polykleitos entered a sculpting contest to create an Amazon for the temple of Artemis at Ephesos. Phidias‚ who was famed for his contribution to Greek sculpture‚ had also entered the contest and lost to his younger rival‚ Polykleitos. After this competition‚ Polykleitos’ reputation soared (Britannica “Polykleitos”). His very name means
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household with the other women. The only reason she would leave the house would be to perform religious duties. There were few opportunities for women‚ but some of the most honourable would be: To be one of the arktoi (“bears”) in the service of Artemis A kanephoros (basket-carrier) in the Panathenaia One of the arrephoroi (the small girls) who honoured Athena Women were expected to take part in death rites. They had to do the prosthesis (the preparation of a body) before the ekphora (the funeral)
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AP Notes: Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex‚ circa 429 BC. Author Biography Sophocles was a Greek intellectual who lived from approximately 497 BC to 406 BC. Only seven of his tragedies survive to present day‚ the most famous of which concern the characters of Oedipus and Antigone. Historical Information Sophocles wrote Oedipus Rex during an era of philosophical advancement which took place largely in ancient Greece‚ and was led by such intellectuals as Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. The pervasive questioning
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The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ is a classical piece of Greek literature. Throughout The Odyssey‚ the Blind Bard makes use of many literary techniques in order to lend meaning to the poem beyond its existence as a work of historic fiction and aid his readers in the comprehension of the tale. One of these techniques is the use of motifs. A motif is a recurring theme that is used throughout the work. In The Odyssey‚ Homer makes use of many motifs including eating/drinking‚ Odysseus ’s
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Women Subordination in Greek Mythology The versatility and malleability of Greek myths allowed ancient to incorporate their values and traditions. One recurrent theme throughout times and cultures seems to remain the same: the inferiority of women. In the following pages‚ I will discuss the relationship in Greek mythology between males and female figures. Furthermore‚ I will examine how ancient Greeks displayed their typical gender ideals through the visual representation of such myths. This analysis
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Thalia Grace: Daughter of Zeus Thalia Grace‚ or just Thalia‚ since she doesn’t like using her last name‚ is one of the children of the Big Three. Who are the Big Three‚ you ask? Well‚ they are the top most powerful gods in Olympus: Zeus‚ lord of the sky‚ Poseidon‚ lord of the sea‚ and Hades‚ lord of the Underworld. You must be thinking‚ ‘Thalia Grace? I never heard of her. Is she a minor goddess?’ This is because Thalia is a fictional character from Rick Riordan’s national bestseller series‚ Percy
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Heracles‚ also known by his roman name of Hercules‚ has become a well known name in modern society. He is well known because of the 12 labours or tasks set upon him by his brother‚ Eurystheus‚ in order for Heracles to become immortal. Each portrayal of Heracles changes aspects of his myth to fit into that society. I am going to be comparing Heracles in a story genre and in a movie genre. Strength and skill‚ Family Relationships and Violence‚ are themes that are reoccuring in both portrayals of Heracles
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The Gods Role in The Iliad The gods in The Iliad are very greedy‚ self-centered‚ vain‚ malicious‚ and two-faced. Homer does a very good job of showing us this throughout the entire epic poem‚ and he does it in such a way so that anyone who reads this can understand. All of the gods that get involved in this war have their own self-serving motives behind all of their interference. Right in the very beginning of the epic poem‚ one of Apollo’s priests prays to him to send a plague onto the Achaeans
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