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    Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek hero Herakles‚ the most popular figure from ancient Greek mythology. Hercules was the son of Zeus‚ king of the gods‚ and the mortal woman Alcmene. Zeus‚ who was always chasing one woman or another‚ took on the form of Alcmene’s husband‚ Amphitryon‚ and visited Alcmene one night in her bed‚ and so Hercules was born a demi-god with incredible strength and stamina. He performed amazing feats‚ including wrestling death and traveling twice to the underworld‚ and

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    Hermes was the Greek god of commerce‚ athletes‚ literature‚ poetry‚ invention‚ trade‚ roads‚ boundaries‚ shepherds‚ merchants‚ music‚ luck‚ riches‚ good fortune and travellers. His name ’Hermes’ literally means ’boundary marker’. He is quick acting‚ cunning‚ adventurous and reflected as a trickster for his ingenious personality. Hermes the second youngest of the Olympian gods‚ is son of Zeus and the mountain Nymph Maia‚ goddess of clouds‚ one of the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and one of the

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    The hero stands as an archetype of who we should be and who we wish to be. However‚ the hero has inherent flaws which we do not wish to strive towards. In literature‚ these flaws are not used as examples of what we should be but rather as examples of what not to be. This is especially dominant in the Greek hero. While the Greek hero follows his fate‚ making serious mistakes and having a fairly simple life‚ the Anglo-Saxon "super" hero tries‚ and may succeed‚ to change his fate‚ while dealing with

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    environment. Similarly‚ the Greeks developed their religion to explain the everyday occurrences of nature and‚ more explicitly‚ human nature. The grecian gods were more developed‚ but the main purpose of the religion was still to explain the world around them‚ albeit‚ more technical and elaborated than the Mesopotamian gods. The Greek and Sumerian gods served a purpose of pre-scientific explanation‚ a way to explain the unexplainable in a time before

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    The Greek Gods Many people would blatantly state that the importance of the gods in Greek society derives from the fact that Gods in any society are usually used to explain phenomenon that people cannot logically comprehend‚ but in ancient Greece gods were actually entities that took part in the workings of society itself. Even simple aspects of day-to-day life such as sex and disputes between mortals were supposedly influenced by godly workings. Unlike modern religions such as Catholicism

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    settlements= standard architecture & surplus manpower c. Writing (“gifts of the gods”)= records. Pictograph‚ ideogram‚ cuneiform. d. Institutions for centralized & inherited power . - Priesthood for centralized sacred ritual . - Kingship for centralized political and social structure (Paraoh= kings in Egypt) . 2. Geographical areas of early civilizations (Attached) 3. Ages of early Greek mythology to Ovid ( Poet of Metamorphoses) a. Origin of humans: sacred clay

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    Greek Gods Study Notes: nlike many other creation stories‚ in the Greek versions the gods are created by the universe instead of the other way around. In the beginning‚ two entities exist‚ Heaven and Earth. Their children are the Titans‚ whose children‚ in turn‚ are the Olympians‚ the main Greek gods. The Titans—who include such notables as Ocean‚ Mnemosyne (Memory)‚ and Prometheus‚ mankind’s benefactor—rule the universe until Zeus and their other children conquer them. The term “Olympians”

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    Myths of the Greek Heroes Achilles and Ajax are both know as great heroes of the Trojan War. Behind the guts and glory of war‚ what were they‚ who were they? Achilles was the son of nymph Thetis and Peleus the king of the Myrmidons. Ajax was the son of Telamon‚ who was the son of Aeacus and grandson of Zeus. Achilles and Ajax are closely related and their relationship being so close knit makes being at war a dismal time for both of them. Achilles was a man of anger and with this anger he dishonored

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    Today’s modern day hero has similarities and differences than the Anglo-Saxon hero. The two heroes each have different values they believe in. Also‚ they are motivated to fight for different reasons. An Anglo-Saxon hero also fights differently than a modern day hero. An example of this comparison is Bono from the band "U2" and Beowulf. Both modern day heroes‚ like Bono and Anglo-Saxon heroes‚ like Beowulf‚ try to improve their societies‚ but do it in different ways and for different reasons. Anglo-Saxon

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    Saxons had Beowulf. The Greeks had Ulysses. The Americans had Paul Bunyan. Every culture has its own hero‚ and each hero has many different qualities that make them stand out from the rest. Beowulf is the representation of an Anglo- Saxon hero and Thor is the reflection of a modern day hero. Although both of these men are known as heroes they each possess different characteristics that allow them to gain this title. In the epic poem Beowulf and the modern film Thor‚ the hero reflects the values and

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