No one is born a monster. They are created by the evil acts of envious people. Medusa began a victim just like any other monster. She was punished by Athena for getting raped by Poseidon. She was transformed into a horrifying creature with cracked and scaly skin‚ venomous snakes for hair and worst of all; anyone who looks into her eyes is turned into stone. As a result‚ it prohibited her from coming close to any kind of human contact. Medusa is one of the biggest monsters ever told‚ she was born
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the gods as to which of them should be its special patron. 10 Many claims were put forward by this god or by that‚ but at last‚ after much arguing‚ it became clear that the award should lie between Athene‚ goddess of wisdom‚ and the sea god‚ Poseidon. Between these two the gods decided to have a contest. Each should produce some marvel in the Attic land‚ and each should promise some gift to the city that was to come. The greater gift should win the city. When the appointed day came‚
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Olympus 1. The twelve Olympian gods lived on Olympus. 2. Mount Olympus is the mountain on which the 12 gods built their home and were summoned by Zeus. 3. Mount Olympus is on the Greeks tallest mountain named mount Olympus for the gods home. 4. Poseidon- Greek god of the sea who was one of the most powerful of all of the gods in Greek mythology. He was one of the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses who held court on Mount Olympus. 5. Hephaestus- huh-fes’-tuhs Aphrodite- af-roh-dy’-tee Psyche- sy’-kee
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maiden with beautiful‚ long‚ golden hair and golden wings. I am the youngest of the gorgons and my two older sisters are Stheno and Euryale. My mother was Ceto. My father was Phorcys. When I met Poseidon‚ he took advantage of me and took me to Athena’s temple. She was enraged by what I was doing with Poseidon. So she turned me into the monstrous Medusa who can’t look into anyone’s eyes without turning them to stone. Athena made me turn all men into stone but not women. She never wants me to feel love
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times‚ they bet on him to see if he tail people. Poseidon and Hermes almost always won the bets since they usually on the same side. If there was ever an argument‚ Artemis would settle it by choosing the right side of the bet. One day‚ Hermes and Poseidon didn’t place the same bet. Artemis was not there to settle the argument. This may seem trivial but it greatly upset the Olympians. They were so confused that no one else placed a bet. Poseidon thought Shade would not be able to follow the mysterious
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attendants and priestesses. Under her law‚ the sisters pledged to remain virgins to honor her. Poseidon‚ the sea-god‚ just like many other suitors‚ found the beauty of all three sisters mesmerizing. According to the Roman poet‚ Ovid‚ “Medusa was violated in Athena’s shrine by the Lord of the Sea‚ Poseidon‚ Zeus’ daughter turned away and covered‚ with her shield‚ her virgin’s eyes.” After Poseidon seduced Medusa‚ he went on to seduce Stheno and Euryale also. As a result‚ Athena showed no mercy
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Gorgon sisters. Unlucky‚ however‚ because both her sisters were immortal‚ but she was not as fortunate. She vowed never to marry or have a relationship‚ and became a priestess of Athena. However‚ she broke this sacred promise when she was seduced by Poseidon in one of Athena’s temples and later married him. When Athena found out about this she was outraged and turned Medusa from beautiful to hideous. Her golden hair turned into vicious snakes and her soft skin became green and rough. Athena also her
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depicts the Greek gods as ballerinas to show a contrast between a ballerina’s elegance and their rage and frustration with humans and their destruction to our planet (Cohan‚ 2017). In the piece titled‚ Ballet God (Poseidon) (Figure 2)‚ Poseidon is depicted as a ballerina with a globe as a head and a dagger in her hand. Traditionally‚ mythological Gods use weather as a way to punish humans for the wrongs that they have done; making the contrast between the grace of a ballerina and the rage from the Gods
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1a) What has happened to Odysseus between leaving Calypso’s island and speaking to Nausicaa? After Odysseus left Calypso’s island‚ he sails by the starts for 17 days. At this point Poseidon‚ returning from visiting the Ethiopians‚ sees him and decides to create a storm by lashing up the sea and bringing them the North‚ South ‚ East and West winds together. Odysseus is knocked off of his raft and has to swim back to it. At this point Ino‚ a sea nymph‚ appears. Ino tells Odysseus to take off
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goddess of wisdom‚ and Poseidon‚ the god of the seas and rivers. Now‚ Athena was one of Zeus’s daughters‚ and you might expect that her father would honor her request‚ but Poseidon was Zeus’s brother‚ and Zeus did not want to disappoint him‚ either. Poseidon appealed to Zeus‚ saying that this location would provide the city with the greatest natural harbor in all of the world and destine it to be a great seaport. Therefore‚ as god of the sea‚ it was only right that he‚ Poseidon‚ should be its chief
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