Apollo and Daphne The myth of Apollo and Daphne is about a god who falls in love with a water nymph. It all had started when Apollo decided to make fun of Cupid about how he’s just a child‚ and his weapons are nothing in comparison to those of Apollo’s. Cupid got angry and then shot Apollo with the arrow of love‚ and Daphne with the arrow of disgust. Daphne was a water nymph who wanted to be like Artemis‚ and remain a virgin. While Apollo chased Daphne proclaiming his undying love for her
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Odysseus and Supernatural Beings Throughout Homer’s Odyssey‚ there are many supernatural beings that interact with Odysseus. These beings play an important role as either advisors‚ temptations or foes to Odysseus. Throughout his journey he is confronted with conflicts where he is either helped or hindered by these supernatural beings. Below are some examples of the beings that either helped or hindered Odysseus during his journey. The goddess Athena‚ goddess of wisdom and war‚
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream What has changed in the relationships between the lovers in Act 3 Scene 2? At the Start of a Midsummer Night’s Dream the relationships between the lovers‚ Hermia‚ Helena‚ Lysander and Demetrius are very confusing. Hermia is being forced by her father‚ Egeus‚ to marry Demetrius which she doesn’t love but he loves her. Hermia loves Lysander and he loves her. Helena loves Demetrius In Act 3 scene 2 and nobody loves Helena. The relationships between the lovers change because
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Although Athena appears before Zeus at Knossos —in Linear B‚ as a-ta-na po-ti-ni-ja‚ "Mistress Athena"[16]—in the Classical Olympian pantheon‚ Athena was remade as the favorite daughter of Zeus‚ born fully armed from his forehead.[17] The story of her birth comes in several versions. In the one most commonly cited‚ Zeus lay with Metis‚ the goddess of crafty thought and wisdom‚ but he immediately feared the consequences. It had been prophesied that Metis would bear children more powerful than the
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figure‚ Amaryllis‚ who is betrothed to the god‚ Achilles‚ having engaged in a kissing game. After being blindfolded she evaluates the kisses given by each of the nymphs in her attendance. Mirtillo‚ who had been spying on the group‚ was in love with Amaryllis and wished to sabotage her marriage. He disguises himself as one of the nymphs‚ kisses Amaryllis and becomes the winner of the contest. The style of this painting is a baroque style because it has Chiaroscuro‚ the painting has dramatic
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The story of Narcissus was first told in ancient Balkan Amphitheatre’s‚ the ancient Greeks tell us that Narcissus the son of the river god Cephissus and nymph Liriope‚ known for his attractiveness rejects nymph Echo’s desperate love for him.The handsome Narcissus he is punished by gods to fall in love with the reflection of his own image in a pool. Narcissus hopeless and worthless in front of his love‚ he became the flower which bears his name. The myth told mainly from phantasy point of view has
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The three poems‚ “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love‚” “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd‚” and “Raleigh Was Right” speak about the same place‚ although in completely different perspective upon the world and nature. Firstly‚ Christopher Marlowe’s shepherd takes on a purely romantic view upon this world‚ believing that nature will provide for both the shepherd and his love. Secondly‚ Sir Walter Raleigh takes Marlowe’s idea and develops it into a more realistic approach upon nature‚ explaining how
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I am the sea goddess Thetis. In most myths‚ my parents are Nereus‚ the man of the sea‚ and the sea nymph Doris‚ the daughter of the sea god Oceanus and Tethys. Nereus is the offspring of Gaia and Pontus. My siblings are the fifty Nereids or sea nymphs of whom I command ("Thetis"). I do not have a story concerning my birth; however‚ I was born in the sea. Since I am the goddess of the ocean‚ I represent the sea. My siblings and I protect anglers and sailors as they travel. When sailors or anglers
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Olympus twice. The first time he was thrown off Mount Olympus was by his mother‚ Hera because she was ashamed of Hephaestus being ugly at birth. Hephaestus landed in the sea were he was taken in by the nymphs Eurynome and Thetis. Hephaestus stayed in the sea for 9 years crafting gifts of kindness for the nymphs who took him in before returning to mount Olympus. Hephaestus seeking revenge for his mother’s cruelty‚ built a golden throne that wrapped her in invisible chains. The moment she sat in the
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continually telling her that she will benefit from this relationship. Finally‚ he uses if this‚ then structure in the fifth stanza to confirm his affection to his lover. Unlike Christopher’s poem‚ the speaker of “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is a nymph‚ who is a love of passionate shepherd. She also uses if then structure. However‚ she uses it in the first stanza to offer a direct response to a shepherd. Readers of this poem can assume that she is unwilling to accept the shepherd’s love inferring
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