armed from the forehead of Zeus‚ the chief god. Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. He entrusted her with the Aegis‚ his breastplate‚ and with his thunderbolt. Athena’s role as a goddess varied. She was a major warrior and took on many fierce battles. She was noted for her wisdom‚ which explained her close association with the owl‚ an ancient symbol of wisdom and reason. Athena longed for peace and wisdom rather than war. Athena was the daughter of Zeus by his wife Metis. Zeus feared that he might be
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Apollo: God Of Music‚ & The Sun. Apollo was the son of the God Zeus & Zeus’s lover Leto. Also born a twin with his sister Artemis only nine days after his birth Apollo came along. He grew a fine young man & became the God of Music & the sun in the coming years to follow. Apollo the son of Zeus & Leto was born into the world with a older twin that was nine days older than him born on the island Delos. His family grew to give him a nickname “Phoebus“ meaning “bright” or “pure”. This name connected
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The theme of Family Relationships‚ or lack of relationships‚ can be shown in the primary source when‚ Hera‚ wife of Zeus‚ began to hate Heracles for being a reminder of Zeus’ infidelity. An example of this is when Hera “desired the destruction of the babe and sent two huge serpents to the bed“ and when “Hercules was driven mad through the jealousy of Hera and flung his own children‚ into the fire
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HERMES My name of my god is Hermes. Hermes was the son of Zeus and Maia‚ who’s Roman name is Mercury. Hermes was the messenger of Zeus‚ guide of dead souls to the underworld and is the god of trade‚ travel‚ theft‚ sports and athletes. Hermes siblings were Ares‚ Athena‚ Apollo‚ Artemis‚ Aphrodite‚ Dionysus‚ Hebe‚ Heracles‚ Helen of Troy‚ Hephaestus‚ Perseus‚ Minos‚ the Muses and the Graces. Hermes was not married but had 6 children‚ Pan‚ Hermaphroditus‚ Tyche‚ Abderus‚ Autolycus and Angelia.
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are clear. Construction began in 447 B.C.‚ and ended in 438 B.C. The Parthenon was purely a temple to Athena‚ up till the 4th century. The building held many treasures‚ the most magnificent being a statue of Athena in full armor holding Nike‚ Goddess of Victory‚ made purely of ivory and gold. This statue was lost and eventually destroyed in the 5th century‚ Athens now being a province of the Roman Empire. In the 5th century‚ the building was turned into a Christian church. It remained this way for
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wife of Zeus) Hermes (Messenger of the Gods) Hestia Poseidon Zeus (Lord of the Gods‚ Spiritual father of the Gods and the people) Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven Earth Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven Sea Heaven Domain Specialty Love‚ romance and beauty Sun‚ light‚ medicine‚ poetry and music War Hunting‚ the forest‚ wildlife‚ childbirth and the moon Agriculture Fire Marriage and magic Business Home and Homelife The sea‚ horses and earthquakes The sky. Dio Crysostomos (97 A.D) declared the image of Zeus so powerful
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actual rock and stone” (Metamorphoses 241). He was disgusted by how they were acting and living their lives; they didn’t comply with what he considered to be the ideal woman. He decided to make what he considered the perfect woman‚ “made of ivory statue‚ as white as snow” (Metamorphoses 242). Pygmalion played a creator role‚ taking ivory‚ bones from something that was once
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scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (ca. 305 – 240 BCE) at the Museum of Alexandria‚ made early lists of seven wonders. Their writings have not survived‚ except as references.The classic seven wonders were Great Pyramid of Giza‚Hanging Gardens of Babylon‚Statue of Zeus at Olympia‚Temple of Artemis at Ephesus‚Mausoleum at HalicarnassusColossus of Rhodes and Lighthouse of Alexandria. First wonder in the list is Great Pyramid of Giza.The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in
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made of local stone. Stone was denser‚ white‚ a finer stone but also much heavier. Blocks of stone were cut at the quarry using wooden wedges‚ hammers and chisel pulleys. The parthenon’s main function was the house the statue of Athena that was create in 438 BC. The cella held the statue of Athena which meant it was an unusually
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Chapter 5-Art of Ancient Greece The ancient Greeks are known as a self aware people. No other culture in western civilization history was quite as introspective as the Greeks. They prided themselves as the most civilized society in the world. In fact the term “barbarian” basically meant non Greek. The development of Greek civilization rises from the ashes of the ancient Mycenaean and Minion cultures. From After the decline and eventual fall of the Mycenaean culture in 1100 BCE‚ the Aegean
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