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    The Immortals

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    but maims Lysander for being a traitor. Hyperion’s forces attack Theseus’ village‚ murdering the villagers and Aethra‚ and taking Theseus captive. The old man‚ revealed to be Zeus (Luke Evans)‚ meets with his fellow gods Athena (Isabel Lucas)‚ Poseidon (Kellan Lutz)‚ Ares (Daniel Sharman)‚Apollo (Corey Sevier)‚ and Heracles (Steve Byers)‚ and warns them not to interfere in mortal affairs as gods‚ believing that‚ until the Titans are released‚ they must have faith in mankind to defeat Hyperion.

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    The twelve great Olympians are one family. Zeus(Jupiter) the most powerful‚ his animal is the eagle. His brother Poseidon(Neptune) controls the sea as well as the wind and the storms. Poseidon’s animal is the horse. Zeus’ other brother Hades(Pluto) rules the underworld and his animal is the three headed hound. Hestia(Vesta) is the sister of Zeus and goddess of the hearth

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    Cronus Struggle For Power

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    cronus felt left out he got overpowered by his sons.cronus was not getting any respect or love from his family. in the myth of the lightning thief percy is getting blamed for most things.im poseidon’s kid. poseidon will get blamed by both sides.This quote means that percy and poseidon will get blamed for what they done.Doesn’t matter.i had it and i framed you.This means that percy was struggling trying to tell other people that he got framed by ares and he didn’t had the master bolt and helm

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    Cinderella In The Odyssey

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    Everyone knows and loves the fairytale “Cinderella” where Cinderella starts out as a maid‚ wearing nothing but rags‚ and doing nothing but chores. She desires to go to this ball‚ but her nasty stepmother sends her to work right away‚ without allowing her to go. Fortunately for Cinderella‚ her fairy Godmother transforms her into a beautiful princess and lets her go to the ball‚ where she meets the price of her dreams. He is astonished by her beauty and in the end of the fairytale they fall in love

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    Telemachus has not yet met his father‚ it is almost as if they are journeying together‚ where the end of both of their journeys results in being reunited. Telemachus journeys from being a boy to becoming a man‚ while out in the sea Odysseus is battling Poseidon to return to the home that wife that he loves and the home he has left behind. The first step in any hero’s journey is the Call to Adventure‚ or the separation from the pack. For Odysseus this call happened while he was on Calypso’s Island

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    in distress‚ my siblings and I will save the misfortunate humans. To ensure a safe passage‚ sailors will pray to me‚ so that I ensure their ships a safe journey ("NEREIDES"). My role is to bear a son who will be greater than his father. Zeus and Poseidon wished to marry me until they discovered I was prophesied to give birth to a son who would be greater than his father; therefore‚ Zeus

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    Odysseus Flaws

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    make sure that people know that he was the one who blinded Polyphemus. But this sense of pride becomes detrimental to his goals and causes Odysseus to suffer grave consequences. One of Poseidon ’s rages is seen as Odysseus sailed to Phaiakia. As he sailed on his raft‚ the anger of the sea becomes apparent as Poseidon the "Earth Shaker" gathers clouds‚ roughs the seas and gathers huge waves. The storm mounts as "a giant wave struck him down from its fearsome crest when he ’d spoken. It twirled his raft

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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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    Research Paper On Hades

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    mariage Hera‚ and the goddess of home and hearth Hestia. Moreover‚ he also has two brothers‚ Zeus the ruler of the gods‚ and Poseidon the ruler of the seas‚ collectively comprising the original six Olympian gods. He and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated their father Cronus‚ during the 10 year Titan war. After the victory‚ Hades received the underworld‚ Zeus the air‚ and Poseidon the sea. Hades was often portrayed with his three-headed guard dog Cerberus. Hades abducted his wife and queen‚ Persephone

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    Kevin November 6‚ 2013 Professor Comparison of the Sumerian Gods and the Greek Pantheon The Sumerian civilization existed an estimated three thousand years prior to the Greeks (Powell p. 60). Although very little is actually known about the Sumerian culture‚ archaeologists have unearthed ancient artifacts and clay tablets containing cuneiform writing that have given historians bits and pieces of the stories that were told during that time (Powell pg. 63 Figure 7.3). While the Sumerian empire

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