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    violent. Snarly god. Poseidon‚ the god of the sea‚ was a god who seduced women with his power and was often known as the god that had ferocious outbursts‚ but he was also a leader. Poseidon is mostly known in modern culture as his Roman name‚ Neptune‚ who even has a Planet named after him‚ the eighth planet to be specific. Poseidon is still relevant in our modern day society and has influenced much in current times. First and foremost‚ This god was a god substantial factor of Greek mythology.“Poseidon

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    Morpheus-Greek God Morpheus is the Greek god of sleep and dreams. To me Morpheus has this cool ability to appear in dream people in any form. Also Morpheus is the god responsible for dreams of people. Another cool ability is that when a person is in the arms of Morpheus they fall into a sleep‚ and can see upcoming event in their lives or there future. Since Morpheus was the master of dreams he could copy any person in their dreams‚ and was able to take whatever they thought of wanted and keep it

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    The Greek mythology is the product of the original spirit of the clan society and it is also the earliest European literary form. At the beginning‚ it was passed down from generation to generation though word of mouth; later‚ it was recorded in Homer’s epic and Hesiod’s Theogony and many other ancient Greek poetry‚ drama‚ history and philosophy‚ all of these were reorganized as the ancient Greek mythology. What is more‚ the Greek mythology was divided into two parts‚ the story of Gods and the legend

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    "Gods can be evil sometimes." In the play "Oedipus the King"‚ Sophocles defamed the gods’ reputation‚ and lowered their status by making them look harmful and evil. It is known that all gods should be perfect and infallible‚ and should represent justice and equity‚ but with Oedipus‚ the gods decided to destroy him and his family for no reason. It might be hard to believe that gods can have humanistic traits‚ but in fact they do. The gods‚ especially Apollo‚ are considered evil by the reader because

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    [pic]DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT THE ROLE OF LITERATURE REVIEW IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS A TERM PAPER PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE COURSE RESEARCH METHODS BY SIAW-ASAMOAH JOYCELYN Literature simply is a body of written works. It is what has been written to be investigated‚ thus an existing body of written works or knowledge on a chosen topic or problem area. The name is often applied to those imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of

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    The god that is the product of a god and a mortal. The wine god Dionysus. He is the son of the king of the Greek gods‚ Zeus‚ and his mother is named Semele. He was the god of fertility and wine‚ later considered a patron of the arts. He invented the art of wine making‚ and the farming culture to tend to grapes. He has two sides to his unique godly nature. On the one hand he brings extreme and divine enjoyment. The other side of his godly nature is brutal and unthinkable rage. If he chooses Dionysus

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    Born on the sunny island of Delos‚ Apollo was one of the most important of the twelve gods in Greek mythology. He was associated with many essential things including; the arts (poetry‚ art‚ dance‚ and music)‚ medicine and healing‚ the sun‚ truth‚ law‚ and knowledge and philosophy. He was the son of the Greek god Zeus‚ and nymph Leto. His siblings included his twin sister Artemis; the god of hunting and wilderness. He is depicted as an ideal handsome athletic youth‚ with curly blonde hair‚ that had

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    The role of female characters in Greek mythology was to be held as an object for lust. One reason why this is held true is that many gods have used women portraying that. On the other hand‚ another reason is that many men have also used women as an object of lust which is depicted in many myths. When Zeus‚ who is married to Hera‚ decides he is bored he goes down to Earth and find a beautiful person to satisfy his lust. One example was the story of Zeus & Leto. Zeus had to pursue her and when he

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    Poseidon was mainly the god of the sea. He was also the god of horses‚and earthquakes. He was the son of titans Cronos and Rhea. His brothers are Zues‚and Hades. His sisters are Hera‚Hestia‚and Demeter. Poseidon was the god of not only the sea but also other bodies of water. Poseidon was the father of of many savage and beastly creatures such as the hunter Orion who was a giant and a huge cyclops called Polyphemus. Poseidon and a Gorgon Medusa(Gorgons were three monsters in Greek Mythology) gave birth

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    In Greek mythology there were the three major gods Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ and Hades. Their father was Kronos. Kronos was the Lord of all the titans. He swallowed them whole but they fought their way up out of his mouth. They chopped him to pieces with his own weapon of power. They chopped him into a million pieces‚ and sent him to Tartarus to suffer for a lot of eras to come. And he did. The gods had children with humans. The children were called demigods. One of these demigods was called Percus. He

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