The Greek myth ¨Athenes City‚¨ shows practicality. Practicality means ¨adapted or designed for usefulness¨. In the story‚ Poseidon and Athene hold a contest to see who will be the patron of a new area of land. Whoever has the better gift to the city‚ will win the contest and become the patron. Poseidon makes a salt spring as his gift to the city. He believes this will benefit the city by promising the city many things to go along with it. Athenes gifts the city an olive bush. She promises
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Poseidon went out of his to make sure that Odysseus didn’t make his way back home to Ithaca. This all started because Odysseus poked the cyclops eye out and there at that moment the cyclops calls on to the god of sea‚ Poseidon.”O hear me‚ lord‚ blue girdler of the islands‚ if i am thine indeed‚ and thou art father: grant that Odysseus‚ raider of cities‚ never see
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against the trojans o Menalayes – the one who tries to get the kingdom of Oddysseus o Poseidon – God of the Sea o Anticlea – Mother of Odysseus o Hermes – Messenger of Gods III. PLOT MAJOR CONFLICT: The major conflict of the story is how Odysseus will find his way back to his kingdom. This happen when Poseidon got mad at him after Odysseus disagree that Poseidon helped him defeat the Trojans‚ so Poseidon punished him by making him suffer. RISING ACTION: The rising action of the story is
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Polyphemus says‚ I call upon Poseidon‚ the god of the sea‚ whose son am I‚ to avenge upon you‚ upon Poseidon to grant that you‚ Odysseus may never come to your home‚or if the gods have ordained your return that you come to it after much toil and suffering‚ in an evil plight and in a strangers ship‚ to find sorrow in your home (Colum‚ 199-200) This proves that gods cannot interfere with fate because Polyphemus called upon Poseidon to interfere with Odysseus’ fate but Poseidon could not‚ Odysseus got
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Elaborate sacrifices‚ wonderful feasts‚ jubilant celebrations‚ all of which are acts that demonstrate the reverence of humans for the supernatural gods; a common motif in both the ancient Mesopotamia depicted in Gilgamesh‚ and the ancient Greece of The Odyssey. What seems to be a perfectly harmonious relationship between men seeking protection and Providence from their guardian gods is actually quite complicated and can potentially turn tumultuous. In the aforementioned two epics‚ the earthly interests
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In life there will always be a hero‚ protecting the angels from the burning souls demanded by the devil . Life has heros for many reasons‚ such as protecting the people of the world ‚ but not every hero is a satisfying hero. In the book the odyssey‚ Odysseus is expressed as a great hero because he is a man of steel ‚ not wanting to quit for the adventures he begins. Odysseus is a reliable hero because he’s strong‚ intelligent and caring to his men and the people around him. Odysseus is
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Telemachus. Though a strong and courageous warrior‚ he is most renowned for his cunning. He is a favorite of the goddess Athena‚ who often sends him divine aid‚ but a bitter enemy of Poseidon‚ who frustrates his journey at every turn. Odysseus went on a voyage‚ over time he has made Poseidon the God of water. On this voyage Poseidon just keeps trying to stop and kill
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tells Odysseus what he has to do. First‚ he has to make a sacrifice and then dance around in circle singing how the gods rule the world. He travels back to where the giants live or where Poseidon son lives. He goes back there and basically starts asking do you want to help. They all say “NO” especially Poseidon son. So finally he tells them he will give him and all his giant friends’ supplies if they all go with him to the god’s island. They agree. So now he travels to Circes Island and asks her
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Question: Comfort or Confusion? Explain which emotion you think a Roman was more likely to feel in a society which has many gods. In a society with many gods‚ a roman citizen might feel confused as there are too many gods to pray‚ please and respect (polytheistic)‚ e.g. Jupiter the king of Gods. (Who’s responsibility is being God of sky and thunder) Roman citizens would have been powerless against the Gods as if they dishonoured a God‚ they would be punished‚ so they continuously prayed to the
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("Seth")‚ an assistant on the non-dollar derivative desk of FirstAmerica (“FA”)‚ finds himself in a difficult situation and has to decide what course of action to take as relates to going along with misrepresenting material facts to a key client‚ Poseidon‚ in conjunction with their hedging of French Franks relating to the $700 million equivalent cost of the five year construction of a new cruise ship. Seth is a relatively new employee at FA and was recruited by one of his key managers‚ a salesperson
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