Odyssey Passage: Book V lines 224-233 "My lady goddess‚ here is no cause for anger. My quiet Penélopê --- how well I know --- would seem a shade before your majesty‚ death and old age being unknown to you‚ while she must die. Yet‚ it is true‚ each day I long for home‚ long for the sight of home. If any god has marked me out again for shipwreck‚ my tough heart can undergo it. What hardship have I not long since endured at sea‚ in battle! Let the trial come."
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“How the ocean got its waves” by Brooklyn Cosgrove Once there was a goddess named Amphitrite‚she was the goddess of the sea‚ and there was a god named Poseidon‚ he was the god of the sea. They lived in Atlantis ‚deep in the Mediterranean Sea. They lived in a castle made of solid gold and had every creature in the ocean worshiped them. Meanwhile in Oia‚ Santorini‚ Greece there lived twin siblings. A girl named Cecily and a boy named Axel. They lived in a white stucco cottage with a blue domed
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Randy Parker and Bryan Smith Mrs. Rager 7th Literature 2 October 2014 The Revenge of Odysseus Sing to me o calliope and through me tell the story of a man who fought a god. Boom! The sound of Poseidon’s trident shooting lightning at Odysseus’s shield almost deafened both of them. It all started when Odysseus sought revenge on Poseidon for his extensive unruly home and for the loss of his men and mother. In Odysseus’s fueling rage‚ he marched out to sea avenge his men and mother‚ and reek
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Catherine Grant English Literature April 29‚ 2011 Mr. Searcy The Odyssey is one of the most famous works in all of Greek Literature‚ even though Beowulf is not as famous as The Odyssey. It is well known for being one of the first epic poems written in England. Odyssey and Beowulf are each examples of both historic and modern ideas of heroism. Beowulf exhibits many obvious heroic qualities. “Heroic conduct especially as exhibited in fulfilling a high purpose or attaining a noble
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10 most important events in the odyssey 1.) the lotus eaters-drugged Odysseus’ men. 2.)Cyclopes-believed Odysseus that he was no body and gets hurt. 3.) Circe-Odysseus sends his men to find out what she is‚ turns men into pigs‚ Hermes gives Odysseus garlic so he doesn’t turn into pig 4.)the sirens-singing 10 most important events in the odyssey 1.) the lotus eaters-drugged Odysseus’ men. 2.)Cyclopes-believed Odysseus that he was no body and gets hurt. 3.) Circe-Odysseus sends
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Roman History and Culture: Roman Gods and Goddesses A major portion of Roman History and Culture are the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Rome. The Romans deeply believed in mythology and that there was a god for nearly every aspect of life. Many of the gods and goddesses covered more than one aspect of life. There were many major and minor gods that were believed in by the Romans. One of the major deities‚ or Gods‚ of Roman times was the Queen of the Gods‚ Juno. Juno was the daughter of Saturn. She
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Cerberus‚ the mythical three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld‚ was well renowned in many stories and poems of Greek mythology. Cerberus’ name came from the Ancient Greek word Kerberos‚ which means ’spotted.’ He was often portrayed with three heads‚ symbolising the past‚ present and future‚ or new birth‚ growth and old age. He had a serpent for a tail‚ the claws of a lion and the heads of snakes grew from his back. Some people said he had one or two heads‚ and a small amount said
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The constellation I’ve chosen is Andromeda‚ "The Chained One". This was the first constellation pointed out to me when i was younger and my father was teaching me Greek Myths. He loved the Greco-Roman Civilizations‚ and taught me everything he knew about them. Andromeda was discovered by Ptolemy‚ and contains the Andromeda Galaxy. The story surrounding Andromeda is a Greek myth. She was a young‚ beautiful princess that was to be sacrificed to a sea monster to repent for her father’s crimes. She
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When man was first created they were given gifts by Prometheus. They had received many wonderful things such as the shape of the gods and understanding. There is one special gift that Prometheus did not give man‚ dreaming. Prometheus wanted to grant man this godly ability‚ but he could not. Only Hallucinus‚ god of dreams‚ could do such a thing. There was only one problem with what Prometheus wanted to do. No one actually knew where to find Hallucinus. Only his father Hypnos‚ god of sleep‚ knew where
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Ancient and Indigenous Religions Religion in Ancient Greece * Greek religion was a blend of Myths and Legends that explained how things came to be and why events happen. * Ancient Greeks believed that gods and goddesses controlled the lives of human and beings and always interfered in them. * They believed that spirits live within the landscape‚ water caves and mountains. This is known through the use of Myths and Legends * The two sacred books were the Theogony by Hesiod and
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