sides the Olympic Gods. All the gods had different reasons of why they chose each side‚ and could predict what could happen in future as well as who would win. An example would be when Paris chose Aphrodite over Athena and Hera‚ Aphrodite favored the Trojans over the Greeks. Hera‚ Athena‚ Poseidon‚and Hephaestus‚ sided
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Paris was offered assistance from Aphrodite in order to attain the most beautiful woman in the world as long as he declared her the most beautiful goddess over Hera and Athena. He then snuck into Menelaus’s palace and took Helen brought Helen to Troy as his possession. In the process‚ he deceived Helen’s husband‚ somehow manipulated Helen into leaving Greece‚ and was assisted by Aphrodite. In another significant scene‚ Hera used the human-like themes of manipulation
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Greek god of war. He is the Son of Zeus and Hera the king and queen of the gods. Hephaestus and Ares were the only 2 Olympians born from both Zeus and Hera. Ares has many children with many different women; one of his most famous affairs was with Aphrodite‚ Greek goddess of Love and Beauty. They had multiple children but only 3 showed Ares qualities; Deimos “God of dread”‚ Phobos “god of fear” and Adrestia “goddess of revenge and balance”. All three of these children accompanied Ares to war. His twin
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All the Titans were the children of Gaia‚ mother of the Earth and Uranus god of the sun. Before the Titans‚ they had six kids together that looked monstrous. Therewfor‚ Uranus puts them in the underworld. Titans were born‚ they were beautiful‚ so they keep all of them. Helios “drove the chariot that pulled the sun across the sky from East to West”. Selene “pulled the moon across the skies at night” The other Titans‚ controlled the oceans and the rivers. One of the youngest gods Cronus‚ replaced Uranus
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chaos so Eris send a golden apple through Mount Olympus on the apple says the word Kallistay (for the fairest) all the women fight over the apple so Zeus makes the cut list on the list • Athena- goddess of victory & strategy & knowledge- Zeus’s daughter came out of his head • Aphrodite- goddess of beauty and love- Zeus’s daughter or sister • Hera- queen of the goddesses and Zeus’s wife. but Zeus refuses to make the decision so Paris- prince of troy is to make the decision
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his trident. Demeter is the goddess of fertility and her symbol is the poppy. Athena is the goddess of wisdom and is famous for coming out of her father Zeus’s head fully grown. Apollo is the god of knowledge and is the twin brother of Artemis. Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and is the twin sister of Apollo. Ares is the god of war; he is the son of Zeus and Hera and is hated by all the gods except Aphrodite. Aphrodite is the goddess of love; she is the daughter of Zeus and is married to Hephaestus
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Aphrodite: The Cause of the Trojan War War is inevitable. From the dawn of time‚ mankind has had conflict among itself‚ and some conflict has escalated enough to resort to the violence of war. Countless wars have been fought throughout history‚ but only a handful of them have been as famous as the Trojan War that occurred in the times of ancient Greece. The Trojan War was fought between the nations of Troy and Sparta‚ and it resulted in the downfall of the great land of Troy. This war was preceded
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This was designed by Dave Mathers & his Greek class‚ in preparation for final exams last May -Jan Stoner 10/26/10 8:08 PM I. Aphrodite/Venus A. Life 1. Birth a. Born of the sea-foam after the castration of Uranus i. Name means foam rising. (H 33) ii.
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snuck into the wedding to throw a Golden Apple inscribed "For the Most Beautiful" among the goddesses. Three major goddesses‚ Hera‚ Athena‚ and Aphrodite all fought for the apple immediately. A series of arguments followed‚ and finally Zeus ordered them to put the argument in someone else’s hands‚ a beautiful‚ mortal prince of Troy‚ Paris. Paris ended up choosing Aphrodite as the most beautiful‚ and in return‚ she promised him the most beautiful mortal on earth‚ Helen of
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The Trojan Women To the ancient Greeks the Siege of Troy was the greatest and most important event in the Age of Heroes; that age of wonder when the Immortals who dwelt on Olympus and whom they worshipped as gods‚ mingled with mankind and took a visible part in their affairs. The end of Troy marks the place where legend ends and history begins (Green‚ 11). The line between fantasy and reality is sometimes difficult to grasp‚ leaving historians questionable of the actualities of the battle of
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