Atlantis: We Will Never Know
.... passed
by word of mouth until an Egyptian priest related the story to Solon, a
character in Timaeus. The priest admired the achievements of prehistoric
Athenians, because when the rulers of Atlantis threatened to invade all of
Europe and Asia the Athenians, on behalf of all Greeks, defeated the Atlanteans
to avoid enslavement. (4)
The works of Plato opened the floodgates to endless speculation on
whether the continent described was fact or fiction. Atlantis has since been
placed in Spain, Mongolia, .....
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Being A Hero
.... in others. On the whole, the
gods constantly provide perfect opportunities for Aeneas to display his heroism.
Without them, Aeneas would not be the hero he is. This gift does not come
without a price, though; he must endure the things heroes endure to become what
they are. Despite his accomplishments and the glory associated with his life,
Aeneas only achieves the status of hero through divine intervention, and this
god-given position causes him just as much grief as it does splendor.
Aeneas is th .....
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Contrasting Apollo & Dionysus
.... at Delphi, mentioned in, but not only in, Sophocles'
Oedipus Rex. The Oracle was there to bestow knowledge from Apollo onto those who
came to it. Another reason people looked to Apollo was to help heal the sick and
the dying, because he is associated with medicine, probably because of his vast
knowledge.
Dionysus, on the other hand, represents the Play side of life. He is the
god of emotions, the god of wine, and also the god of fertility. Some things
attributed to Dionysus are the dithyrambs, or .....
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The Cyclops: An Unusual People
.... Cronos punished them by
tricking them into imprisonment. Zeus, the son of Cronos and the new god king,
freed them after Cronos had imprisoned them (31). The Cyclopes were very good
smiths (12). They forged thunderbolts for Zeus because he freed them (Schmidt
74). A war was in the midst so the Cyclopes made armor and weapons for the gods
of Olympus (Evslin 39). Even though the Cyclopes performed all of these good
deeds the people still disliked them so much that they were forced to return to
their .....
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Mythology: Dionysus And Semele
.... went to Thebes to establish his worship, since that was his
mother's city. He was accompanied by the Maenads. Pentheus, the King of Thebes,
was not happy with the behavior of this group of strangers. He ordered his
soldiers to imprison the visitors, but he had no idea that Dionysus was a new
god.
The soldiers tried to imprison the maidens but said that the doors
unbarred themselves. Pentheus was furious. He ordered his soldiers to imprison
Dionysus but the prison could not hold him. Dionysis tried to .....
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Excalibur
.... way in which a
man is eventually knighted. In the early opening scenes of the movie Excalibur,
young Arthur serves as a squire to his brother Kay. Squires were the duties of
young men who served their knights by preparing their armor and weaponry.
During some of the jousting scenes squires retrieve jousts and pass them over to
their knights, but never really assist in combat. Just from the experience and
duties as a squire, it is typical that a young squire may eventually become a
knight. However, i .....
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Fate And Destiny
.... Cupid and Psyche.
Psyche's parents went to seek an oracle (in Apollo's temple) for advice on what
to do with her. The oracle directed Psyche in the right direction of her fate or
gave a hint to what was destined to happen anyway. Also, in the Odyssey where
Odysseus visits Hades to see an old blind dead soothsayer to find out what he
should do in order to get home. Last is the destiny of Oedipus who seeks help to
make his country a better place, only to find out what his real destiny was.
A strange thing .....
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Roman Mythology
.... They are directly descended from their neighboring religion. The Roman
mythology consisted of the high god Jupiter, his wife and sister Juno, son
Vulcan, son Mercury, daughter Diana, daughter Venus, son Mars, daughter Minerva,
son Apollo, sister Vesta, brother Pluto, brother Neptune, and Janus.(www, hunt)
Jupiter was the ruler of the gods. He is also known as Zeus to the
Greeks. He became ruler of the gods through him drawing that lot from his
brothers after they overthrew the Titans. He was the .....
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The Greek-Trojan War In The Iliad
.... the war. For instance, Athena came down
from the sky to stop Achilleus from attacking Agamemnon (Willcock). Andre
Michalopoulous confirms this action by quoting what Athena says to Achilles :
I came from heaven to stay thine anger, if perchance though wilt
hearken to me, being sent forth of the white-armed goddess Hera,
that loveth you twain alike and careth for you. Go to now, cense
from strife, and let not thine hand draw the sword.(65)
Achilles listens to Athena's reque .....
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The Dream Of Oenghus
.... love with "the vilest and
most despicable creature in the whole world." However, dispatched on his
errand Cupid is astonished by her beauty and "as if he had shot one of his
arrows into his own heart" falls completely in love with her.
Cupid dumbfounded by the love he suddenly feels carries Psyche off.
Although Psyche is never able to gaze on Cupid she is confident of the love her
unseen paramour expresses in the dark each night. Eventually, prompted by her
unbelieving and somewhat envious sisters she .....
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Greek Gods
.... Troy and its people. Obviously she sided
with the Greeks and would stop at no length to express her will. Scheming and
manipulating she even dared to trick her husband, King of the Gods. Hera, along
with Athena, who was also passed over by Paris, is seen as the chief divine aid
to the Greeks.
Being the god of the sea, Poseidon was another strong supporter of the
ocean-faring Greeks. Whenever Zeus turned his back Poseidon tried to help the
Greeks in the fight. Poseidon felt that he was somewhat Zeus's .....
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Greek Mythology
.... for products of corn or edible grain derives from the
goddess' Roman name, Ceres. In Greek the word for such products is demetriaka.
Demeter was worshipped as the goddess of earth and fertility.
Zeus was the king and leader of the 12. His symbol was the thunder and in many
of his statues he appears holding one.
Poseidon, god of the sea and earthquakes, was most at home in the depths of the
Aegean where he lived in a sumptuous golden palace. When he became angry (which
was often) he would use his trident .....
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Myth- Aliki, The Gods And Goddesses Of Olympics
.... that
clearly showed the emotional side of the gods .
This myth contained some violence , sinister and inappropriate behavior
among the gods and cruel and even frightening illustrations that I thought might
be too overwhelming for a young impressionable mind . An example of this would
be when " Cronus married his sister Rhea , and they had many children . But
Cronus was afraid that one of them might overthrow him just as he had overthrown
his father . So as each child was born , he swallowed it ." Altho .....
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Helios
.... the Greek sun god, was also known as Sol in Roman mythology. He
was the father of Aeets and Circe. He was married to Perseis. He had two
sisters, Selene, the goddess of the moon, and Eos, the goddess of dawn.
Ancient Greeks believed that everyday Helios drove a chariot pulled by
four horses across the sky with a giant flaming ball in it. He rode with his
sister Eos, the goddess of dawn. There are several different stories about how
he got back to the East. One story says that he rode in a gi .....
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A Mythical Analysis Of A Yaqui Way Of Knowledge
.... death many times in his quest to become a warrior. Finally, after many
years, he "passes through". This mythological archetype is one of the main
reasons I believe his stories are mythical in nature.
There are also many shamanistic idealogies that run throughout his stories.
Views of the natural world including plant life, animal life, and elements are
all personified. Everything is embodied with spirit. Concepts of reality are
altered through drug induced states. Mushrooms and peyote are mainly .....
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