father was supposed to have you killed before you were able to return home. When I heard you had returned‚ I vowed that if Poseidon couldn’t terminate you‚ then I was obligated to do it myself. If my memory serves me well‚ when we first battled‚ more than a score ago‚ you insulted me by yelling ‘How do you like the beating that we gave you‚ you damned cannibal?’ as you escaped. Poseidon could not fully heal my wounds from that battle for a full decade.”
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stay a virgin as well and couldn’t take a husband. Yet before she could be betrothed to a husband‚ Poseidon found her worshipping in the temple of Athena and ravished and raped her. Athena was outraged at her sacred temple being violated but was not mad at Poseidon but instead was mad at Medusa. Because this sort of behavior was expected from Poseidon and Athena was a god herself‚ she sided with Poseidon. She punished Medusa by turning her beautiful tresses into snakes and giving her the destructive
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Was Odysseus faithful to his wife Penelope? Yes Odysseus was faithful to his beloved wife Penelope. Odysseus had to go to war with Troy and Poseidon set traps and made him trapped at Circe’s island. Circe has the ability to manipulate time in any way she wants to; 5 days can be 5 years. Whenever Poseidon set several traps and Odysseus lands on Circe’s island‚ he stays for what he thought was 5 days. But in total it was actually 5 years. And in that time‚ he had slept with her. But really wanted to
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Odysseus The Epic Hero! Odysseus is an epic hero because of all the challenging obstacles he had to overcome. He is strong and brave by never giving up‚ but rather determined to fulfill his accomplishments as a young and adventurous man. Odysseus was also very cunning‚ knowing how to create and form the ideal way to sabotage the Trojans. Such a bold hero and great father that seeks to win the 10 year war with the Trojans and succeeds. Although‚ weaknesses lye in every man as a human necessity
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The Odyssey is an epic from the writer Homer in the 8th century. The Odyssey is a 20 year voyage of a man named Odysseus who was king of Ithaca. The first ten years of the voyage was a war Odysseus fought in called the Trojan War. Odysseus ended the war when he had the genius idea of creating a horse as a “peace offering” because he knew he could not beat the Trojans from the outside. The horse was hollowed out in the inside so Odysseus and his men could fit inside it. Once the Trojans brought the
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and although Athena is a goddess‚ she can act as a role model to the students in Trinity Hall because she represents Trinity Hall’s core values of respect‚ perseverance‚ and most of all leadership. Athena portrays respect to fellow gods‚ like Poseidon and Zeus‚ while also showing respect to mortals who possess her patron qualities‚ such as Odysseus and his kinsmen. Athena respects her father
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on the beach crying because he can’t get home. • Calypso says she is releasing him because she can’t stand to see him so upset. She tells him this so he might change his mind about leaving. • Calypso offers Odysseus immortality if he stays. • Poseidon prevents Odysseus from arriving home by sending a storm upon him. Phaeacia (nearing the end of his journey) • Odysseus lands in Phaeacia where he is treated like a god‚ because Greeks treated all guests
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frequently attempt to identify which god‚ if any‚ this statue portrays 1. From its height (larger than life-size)‚ the facial features‚ and the pose of the figure‚ I argue that this statue portrays the god Zeus‚ rather than an athlete or the god Poseidon. This statue is made of bronze. It is 2.1 meters 2 in height and presents a nude man with a headdress and a beard. Overall‚ the whole body was shown in three-dimensions; we can see almost every part of the body. Moreover‚ the statue shows the
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Does it ever cross your mind how two very different pieces of entertainment are alike? In the epic‚ “The Odyssey” by‚ Homer and in the movie‚ Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope the two main characters‚ Odysseus‚ and Luke Skywalker undergo a hero journey. A Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative that appears in drama‚ storytelling‚ and myths in which involves a hero who goes on an adventure‚ and in a crisis wins a victory‚ and then comes home changed or transformed. Their journeys are both different
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Hook. Hades was one of the three main Olympus Gods‚ along with Zeus and Poseidon. Although Hades is the God of the Underworld‚ he is also a variety of other Gods. Hades had an extremely remarkable life including his early life‚ how he helped with Hercules’s twelfth labor‚ and the different weapons he used‚ Hades was the son of Cronus and Rhea‚ two of the last Titans. In fear of a prophecy that he would be in turn overthrown by his own son‚ Cronus swallowed each of his children as soon as they were
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