Poseidon married to Amphitrite‚ but also they had a son Triton. Furthermore‚ one of the most notorious love affairs of Poseidon involves his sister‚ Demeter (Encyclopedia Mythica). Poseidon created the first horse to impress his mistress Demeter. Though they had the same mother (Rhea) and father (Cronus)‚ Poseidon remained involved with Demeter. Demeter tried to avoid Poseidon by turning herself into a mare‚
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T H E M A N ‚ S H E R W O O D T H E M A R Y THE B O Y ‚ AND A N D E R S O N ’ S THE M Y T H s " D E A T H IN W O O D S " R O H R B E R G E R Sherwood Anderson’s "Death in the Woods" is‚ as Irving Howe notes‚ "bare as a winter t r e e ‚ " but "marvelously rich in substance‚" 1 for beneath the surface level of narration and by means of a pattern of symbols Anderson ponders the ultimate reality of life and death. The narrator of the story is a man‚ but
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Poseidon is a god of many names. He is most famous as the god of the sea. The son of Cronus and Rhea‚ Poseidon is one of six siblings who eventually divided the power of the world. His brothers and sisters include‚ Hestia‚ Demeter‚ Hera‚ Hades‚ and Zeus. The division of the universe involved him and his brothers‚ Zeus and Hades. Poseidon became ruler of the sea‚ Zeus ruled the sky‚ and Hades got the underworld. The other powers attributed to Poseidon involve the god of earthquakes and the god of
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Symbols Wreath of flowers worn Bats in hair Ram Sprouting seeds Torch Waterfalls Pomegranate All talking birds monkeys Sprouting seed Pomegran ate Bat Wreath of flowers GODDESS PICTURE FAMILY REL ATIONS Daughter of Zeus and Demeter Zeus god of sky ‚lighting
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‘to do’ |sung in worship of the god ‘Dionysus’. | |‘Theatre’ comes from the Greek word ‘Theatron’ meaning ‘the seeing |The hymns progressed to ‘choral’ (group of people) processions. This| |place’ |progressed into ‘Theatre of Dionysus’ and the festival ‘City | | |Dionysus’
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mothers play an important role. In the Bacchae‚ Dionysus casts a spell on all the women in Thebes‚ including Pentheus’s mother. Towards the end of the play she helps in the tearing of him to pieces and brings his head back to the village thinking that it was the head of a lion. Once she has come to the realization of what she had done she is horrified and will have to live with that for the rest of her life. Although this is tragic‚ the fact that Dionysus had all to do with the act makes me direct more
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to worship the God of wine and fertility‚ Dionysus. The cult held religious celebrations which included large consumptions of alcohol‚ animal sacrifices‚ and sometimes massive orgies. Theater was thought as a ritual to release powerful emotions and create pure ecstasy. The cult spread south into Greece and by 500 BC annual festivals in honor of Dionysus were held every spring.
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HADES / PLUTO In Greek and Roman mythology‚ Hades or Pluto was the god of the underworld. His oldest name was Hades or Aides meaning "The Unseen." He was the son of Cronus and Rhea‚ and the brother of Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Demeter‚ Heista and Hera. After Zeus killed Cronus‚ Hades and his brothers divided the universe. Zeus took the heavens‚ Poseidon took the seas‚ and Hades took the underworld. There he ruled over the dead and other powers with his wife‚ Persephone. He is harsh and pitiless and does not
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The City Dionysia was a state festival held in the equivalent to around March to April and was the second most important festival after the Panathenaia. There was a competition of dramatic and lyric poetry which would be performed in the theatre of Dionysus‚ the god of fertility and wine and was
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word given in brackets. Some answers require apostrophes‚ and some do not. Example: A dozen Hawaiian [shirt]‚ each with [it] own loud design‚ hung in the window. A dozen Hawaiian shirts‚ each with its own loud design‚ hung in the window. 1. Demeter may be the oldest of the Greek [gods]‚ older than Zeus. 2. Many prehistoric [cultures] had earth
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