to kill Medusa and get her head. The second difference from the myth and the movie is that Perseus used different ways of transportation and took different routes on his journey to find Medusa. During the myth‚ Perseus was accompied with Athena and Hermes as a guide and to help. He and his crew used a boat to sail across the seas to find Medusa. Then during the movie‚ Perseus picked some noble men to accompany him. He and his crew traveled along trails and up mountains to find Medusa.
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Danae wouldn’t marry him. The king ordered Perseus to go on a mission to find Medussa. He had to cut off Medusa’s fearsome head. Medusa was extremely dangerous because if anyone looks at her face they are instantly turned to stone. He met the goddess Athena who gave him a reflective shield and Hermes‚ a Greek god‚ who gave Perseus a sickle to cut off Medusa’s head Perseus flew quickly away with the evil Medusa’s head. As Perseus was coming back with Medusa’s head‚ flying over a beach‚ he saw a beautiful
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two buildings directly for the obvious reason that they were built for completely different reasons‚ time periods‚ and importance. On one hand‚ the Parthenon was originally constructed in 432 BC as an ancient Greek temple dedicated to the Goddess Athena‚ and on the other‚ Federal Hall Memorial built in 1842 as a memorial on the site of the old Federal Hall. The Gods were so important to the ancient Greeks that the Greeks were willing to spend 15 years of hard manual labor to build the Parthenon
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people tend to visit Arachne’s cottage just to witness her weave fine soft cloths. But because of her fame‚ she got blinded and sees herself being superior to others‚ to the point that she even challenged the goddess Athena. And because of her insolence‚ she was punished and cursed by Athena and turned her into a spider. Moral of the story: Be humble enough to accept the fact that you’re not the only one who’s good at a certain skill. If you have an outstanding talent among others‚ share it and don’t
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One of the most well known places in Greece would be the Athenian Acropolis‚ where the Parthenon resides. Built in dedication to the Greek Goddess Athena‚ the current temple was constructed after the original temple was destroyed in the Second Persian Invasion in 480 B.C. The Parthenon is a most prominent figure in Classical Greek history‚ designed by Callicrates and Ictinus with the supervision of Phidias over the order of Pericles to show the wealth and the extravagance the Athenian power was
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centered around many gods each representing a certain facet of the human condition‚ even abstract ideas such as justice and wisdom could have their own personification. The most important greek gods were the olympians led by zeus‚ these gods were Athena‚ Apollo‚ Poseidon‚ Hermes‚ Hera‚ Aphrodite‚ Demeter‚ Ares‚ Artemis‚ Hades‚ Hephaestus‚ and Dionysus. These gods were believed to live on Mt. Olympos and would have been recognized all across greece‚ although‚ some local variations and perhaps particular
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Divine Destiny Free will‚ man’s right to choose his own path. While clearly present in The Odyssey‚ it is through Homer’s writing that we begin to see the underlying belief‚ in ancient Greek culture‚ of divine intervention and the gods’ power to control and shape man’s destiny. Their influence is evident in determining the outcome of every adventure and obstacle that the hero‚ Odysseus‚ faces during his lengthy‚ perilous journey home following the events of the Trojan War. Man’s free will is
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and earth. Their children were the titans and the titans children were the gods 3. It was the Olympians home and was usually thought of on top of a mountain but no mortal could go there. 4. Jupiter‚ Pluto‚ Diana‚ Mercury‚ Vesta 5. Hera‚ Poseidon‚ Athena‚ Aphrodite‚ Ares‚ Hephaestus 6. Priests and priestesses in the sacred grove interpreted rustling of the oak leaves 7. The breastplate of Zeus was the aegis and had Medusa’s face on it. Zeus’s tree was the oak tree and his bird was the eagle. 8
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a rock with his trident and water gushed out. He did it so the people wouldn’t die or suffer from droughts. Another god Athena dropped a seed into the world which sprouted really really fast and grew into a olive tree. The people chose the olive tree because it was more valuable than the water. Another reason why Poseidon didn’t win was because the water was very salty. Athena got the city got
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Explore the ways the characters are developed in ‘Medusa’‚ ‘The River God’‚ ‘The Ruined Maid’ and ’The Clown Punk’. The Ruined Maid The Ruined Maid was written in 1866 and published in 1902. It similarly revealed the injustices of Victorian morality and women’s insecure social position. By playing on the word ‘ruined’‚ Hardy questions which woman’s reality is the harsher and suggests the irony of class distinctions and moral rectitude. Stanza 1 The speaker of the first three lines is an unnamed
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