In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two works‚ Peplos Kore‚ Greek Archaic‚ ca. 530 BCE and Aphrodite De Milo‚ Greek Hellenistic‚ 2nd century BCE using the elements of design as well as Feldman’s method of criticism. Material: Aphrodite De Milo and Peplos Kore are both made of marble. Aphrodite de milos missing pieces of marble and absence of attributes made the restoration and identification of the statue difficult. A whole range of positions have been suggested: leaning against a
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and Goddess have the ability to influence the mortals of the world that they rule over through their divine powers. They are able to gift or take away‚ help or hurt‚ kill or save mortal lives for their own personal benefit‚ or entertainment. In the Homeric Hymns to both Apollo and Aphrodite‚ these god/goddess use their divine powers to successful acquire what they want. Even though they use different tactics to achieve their goal‚ their mission is still accomplished. Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty
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Nyx and Aphrodite disagreed on everything. Aphrodite wanted everything to be beautiful; because she was the goddess of beauty. Nyx loved the night and she was the goddess of darkness and night time. Aphrodite wanted it to be day time all year round because it was golden and beautiful. She wanted to be able to see her friend Hemera more because she was the goddess of daylight. Nyx disagreed and said there should be darkness. They got into an argument on whether it should be night all the time or day
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The statues of Aphrodite and the Yogini both feature feminine beauty‚ with full breasts and revealing body. Aphrodite is mostly covered while the Yogini is mainly nude‚ but both emanate an aura of superiority above the everyday civilian‚ and thus commands an air of respect. However‚ Aphrodite’s depiction is gentler‚ focusing on her physical features. Perhaps she once held objects in her hands‚ representative of something beyond bodily appearance‚ but that is unknown. The Yogini is more aggressive
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A myth can be defined as a legend telling a story that sometimes cannot be verified. This is a well-known tale that everybody knows about‚ like the myth of Adonis and Aphrodite. It usually hinges around great and brave heroes or monsters. A Myth can be based on real or unreal stories‚ which happened in the past. A "Hero" can fall into two categories. On the one hand‚ there are imaginary heroes endowed with superpowers and who are in charge of saving the planet and the people in danger like Superman
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interesting. If I was a goddess‚ I would be the goddess of healing‚ Celestella. Celestella can heal all things and bring things back from the dead‚ but her powers come at a price. She can’t save a life without destroying another‚ and she can’t heal someone without hurting someone else. She has no control over who she hurts and whose life she destroys. Celestella has one sister‚ Evelyn-Raspberry‚ and she is the goddess of joy. Celestella also has a husband‚ Spock‚ whom she loves with all her heart. Celestella
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"Love and The Goddess‚" the fifth episode of Joseph Campbell’s video "The Power of myth‚" talks about theories of love and of myths of the "Goddess". Joseph Campbell stats out talking on love. Campbell states‚ " The heart is the organ of opening up to somebody else. That’s the human quality‚ as opposed to the animal qualities‚ which have to do with‚ primarily with self-interest‚". Which I believe means that we as humans are very primal‚ we focus on our self preservation. It is normally about how
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Kali the Dark Mother Hindu Goddess One of the popular female goddess I researched was Kali. Kali is a goddess that plays a mother roll and also a warrior. She’s a ferocious mother that is sent to free gods from demonic forces. She has four arms‚ Their is a sword in one hand‚ and a head of a demon in the other. She has two dead heads for earrings‚ along with a string of 50 skulls around her necklace. She wears a girdle made of human hands. The necklace of 50 human heads is suppose to represent
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As a significant part of The Twelve Olympians‚ Demeter plays a paramount role in the progression of Greek Mythology. Being the goddess of Harvest‚ Demeter controls that without which man‚ would cease to live. Her siblings may sometimes overshadow her importance but her contributions to the worlds are as essential if not more than that of her brothers and sisters. It is her extremely different personality that allows her to do so. In her myths Demeter’s personality shapes the outcome of the myth
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Ask for my permission‚ if you want to use any references from my research paper‚ thank you :) Harmonia In Greek mythology‚ Harmonia is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Harmonia was the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares but Zeus gave Harmonia to Cadmus after he found Thebes. Harmonia is from Samothrace‚ Greece. Harmonia ranks in the bottom compared to other gods or goddesses since her parents are Olympians. The Greeks described Harmonia wearing a long robe and holding the necklace
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