words “for the fairest” inscribed upon it to Hera‚ Athena‚ and Aphrodite. Since each of them thought they were they were the most beautiful‚ they needed some one to judge their beauty. But Zeus was too smart to agree to this so he told them to ask Paris‚ a handsome Trojan prince. The goddesses desperately wanted the golden apple‚ so each of them promised Paris a brilliant gift if he should choose them. Hera promised to make him a powerful ruler; Athena promised him wisdom and victory in battle; and Aphrodite
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on an artist’s culture will create differences in content and themes; however some aspects remain similar to most art with a female subject. Parallels‚ content inconsistencies‚ and how culture affects these‚ is visible in the Shango Shrine Figure‚ Athena Parthenos‚ and Venus of Willendorf. In the Shango shrine figure created by Abogunde of Ede of the Yoruba culture‚ the female subject is used to represent a variety of cultural beliefs. The choice to use a female figure is important because of the
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easily angered. An example of his anger is when he tried to drown the entire world because Zeus the god of gods banished him from Mt. Olympus. Poseidon also was angered when he lost a contest with Athena to be a patron deity to the first king of Greece‚ Cecrops‚ who was half serpent and half man. Athena and Poseidon were the only god’s
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Odyssey Project Each student is to keep a dossier‚ a file‚ of the Olympian gods Zeus and Athena in the Iliad. The total project is worth 150 points; the dossier on Zeus is worth fifty points‚ the dossier on Athena 100 points because it will be longer. Each student should note the characteristics‚ attributes‚ activities (speeches and actions)‚ the epithets (various names)‚ iconography‚ who the god normally associates with‚ and how the god is viewed by others (gods and humans) of each chosen god
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place in Troy after the Trojan War was going on. The Achaeans were after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus who is the king of Sparta. It started with Athena and Aphrodite fighting for the golden apple. Paris was chosen to judge the both of them because the gods thought of him as the most beautiful man alive. Hera‚ Athena‚ and Aphrodite both promised him something‚ at the end; Paris chose Aphrodite for the promise of the most beautiful women alive and promised that Helen would be his
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Odysseus is really good with his words. Later‚ Athena finally reveals herself and Odysseus is shocked because he thought she left him. Alkinoos’s men set sail with Odysseus and they head to Ithaca‚ they drop him off and leave. When Odysseus wakes up he thinks he on a strange island until Athena reveals herself and tells him he’s actually in Ithaka. Athena disguises Odysseus as a beggar because who cares about
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The Odyssey What is the nature of free will? Are gods or humans responsible for what happens? The Odyssey is a poem which is about a man named Odysseus (also known as Ulysses in Roman myths) who is on his way back to Ithaca where his home is with his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus but is said to be dead. Telemachus goes on hunt for Odysseus because he believes his father is still alive. On Odysseus’ way back to Ithaca he goes through many challenges such as defeating the Cyclops‚ Sirens
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One view was that Athena had turned her into a Gorgon because Medusa had slept with Poseidon inside of her temple (Nardo 20). This perspective says that Athena was so unhappy that Medusa was defiling her temple‚ so as a punishment she turned her into a monster that no one could sleep with or even look at without dying. Another view also had to do with the relationship between Medusa and Athena. The second view says that Medusa was the most beautiful person in the world until Athena became jealous of
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Often‚ we as humans tend to separate ourselves from stories and myths. If a story is fictitious‚ we immediately dismiss any possibility of relating and learning from it. However‚ some archetypal events and themes observed in literature may be far more real than we wish to admit. The loss of innocence is one such archetype. Despite having broad definition‚ the effects of the loss of innocence are narrow. Commonly‚ an innocent or ignorant individual experiences an event or realization causing a shift
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exemplify characteristics such as: passion‚ jealousy‚ love and rage through these emotions Homer has allowed the reader to visualize a generalized depiction of Women in the Ancient World‚ whether negative or positive. In the Iliad‚ both Hera and Athena are the leading immortal females‚ and both Goddesses are on the side of the Achaeans‚ which is evident throughout the entire epic. Also‚ both Goddesses are heartless when anything or anyone interferes with either of their plans. In Book One‚ Hera
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