tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30936049755511220402024-03-18T21:03:01.283-07:00Greek GodsGreek MythologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093604975551122040.post-16497654981415936922013-09-01T04:20:00.000-07:002013-09-01T04:20:00.733-07:00Top 10 Greek Mythology Books<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Top 10 <b>Greek Mythology Book</b>s:<br />
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1. <b>The Odyssey</b></div>
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<b> Homer</b><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black;">If you’re looking for a crash course in ancient Greek mythology, there is perhaps no better choice of reading material than the exciting epic poem “The Odyssey.” The details of Odysseus’ heroic journey home from the Trojan War were kept alive through oral tradition for hundreds of years before Homer ever set pen to parchment, which means every detail</span></span> works together to weave a fascinating and rhythmic tale. </div>
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2.<b> Iliad</b> </div>
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<b> Homer</b></div>
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There are not many books which stand the test of time, however it's safe
to say that the Iliad, which dates back beyond 1,000 BC, passes that
test.</div>
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Nine years after the start of
the Trojan War, the Greek ( Achaean ) army sacks Chryse,
a town allied with Troy. During the battle, the Achaeans capture
a pair of beautiful maidens, Chryseis and Briseis. Agamemnon, the
leader of the Achaean forces, takes Chryseis as his prize, and Achilles,
the Achaeans’ greatest warrior, claims Briseis.</div>
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3. <b>Aeneid </b><br />
<b>Virgil </b>( Publius Vergilius Maro)<br />
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The book begins with the Trojan fleet sailing from Sicily and now near
Carthage, 7 years after the fall of Troy. Juno bribes Aeolus to unleash
storm winds on them, and they founder near Carthage. Venus appeals to
Jupiter for their salvation and he reassures her of their glorious
future and a golden age to come (the first of many prophecies and
futurity scenes)</div>
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4. <b>Metamorphoses</b><br />
<b>Ovid</b><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer8505261211094969548">Metamorphoses (from
Greek μετά meta and μορφή morphē, meaning "changes of shape"), is a
Latin narrative poem in fifteen books describing the history of the
world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a
loose mythico-historical framework. </span></div>
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5. <span class="title"><b>Jason and the Golden Fleece: ( The Argonautica )</b></span><br />
<span class="title"><b>Apollonius of Rhodes</b></span><br />
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<span class="title"><span id="freeTextContainer5837592437455515443">The Argonautica is the
dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations
with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek epic to
bridge the gap between Homer and late antiquity, this epic poem is the
crowning literary achievement of the Ptolemaic court at Alexandria,
written by Appolonius of Rhodes in the third century BC.</span><b> </b></span></div>
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6. <b>Heroides</b></div>
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<b>Ovid</b></div>
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<span id="freeText17634453638175047935">In the twenty-one poems
of the "Heroides", Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic
and myth. These deeply moving literary epistles reveal the happiness and
torment of love, as the writers tell of their pain at separation,
forgiveness of infidelity or anger at betrayal. The faithful Penelope
wonders at the suspiciously long absence of Ulysses, while Dido bitterly
reproaches Aeneas for too eagerly leaving her bed to follow his
destiny, and Sappho the only historical figure portrayed here describes
her passion for the cruelly rejecting Phaon.</span><b> </b></div>
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7. <b>Eros God of Love</b></div>
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<b>Teri Temple</b></div>
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Introduces the Greek god Eros and explains his importance; features
well-known Greek myths about this god; and includes map of ancient
Greece and family tree of the Greek gods<b>.</b></div>
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8. <b>Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters</b></div>
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<b>Donna Jo Napoli</b></div>
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9. <b><span class="title">A Child's Introduction to Greek Mythology: The Stories of the Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, Monsters, and Other Mythical Creatures</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="title">Heather Alexander</span></b></div>
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<span class="title">10. </span><b><span class="title">The Complete World of Greek Mythology</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="title">Richard Buxton</span></b></div>
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Greek myths are among the most complex and influential stories ever
told. From the first millennium BC until today, the myths have been
repeated in an inexhaustible series of variations and reinterpretations.
They can be found in the latest movies and television shows and in
software for interactive computer games. This book combines a retelling
of Greek myths with a comprehensive account of the world in which they
developed—their themes, their relevance to Greek religion and society,
and their relationship to the landscape. </div>
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<b> Games based on mythology</b></div>
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<b>Top 10 Greek Mythology Games</b>:</div>
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1. <b>Age of Mythology</b></div>
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<b>2. God of War</b></div>
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<b>3. Titan Quest</b></div>
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<b>4. Zeus: Master of Olympus</b>
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<b>5. Rise of the Argonauts
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<b>6. Disney's Hercules game
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<b>7. Clash of the Titans game
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<b>8. Warriors: Legends of Troy
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9. Age of Mythology: The Titans
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<b>10. God of War: Ghost of Sparta
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093604975551122040.post-7970897026387378812013-04-08T11:30:00.001-07:002016-03-15T04:16:57.529-07:00Atlanta<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b> Atlanta</b> ( Αταλαντη ) in greek mythology was a great arkadian huntress and a favourite of the goddess Artemis. Her<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> father was disappointed he had a daughter and le<span style="font-size: small;">ft her to die<span style="font-size: small;">. <span style="font-size: small;">S</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">he was raised during her childhood by a bear, later she was f<span style="font-size: small;">ound by a group of <span style="font-size: small;">hunters.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">S</span>he participated in the voyage of the <b>Argonauts</b>, and defeated the hero
Peleus in wrestling at the funeral games of King Pelias. When Meleagros
gathered heroes to destroy the Kalydonian Boar,
Atlanta joined the hunt and was the first to draw blood. Meleagros
awarded her the prize of the skin, and when his uncles tried to take it
from her force, he slew them.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>At</b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>la</b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>n</b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>ta</b> <span style="font-size: small;">a<span style="font-size: small;">nd <span style="font-size: small;">the<span style="font-size: small;"> <b>G</b></span><b>olden <span style="font-size: small;">A</span>pples of Hesperides</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Atlanta was later reunited with her father Iasios, who
insisted that she be wed. She agreed, but on condition that the suitors
must defeat her in a race<span style="font-size: small;">. Melanion </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>knew that he was not fast enough to win the race.<br />
He prayed to Aphrodite
for help. Aphrodite presented
Melanion with three golden apples to cast before the girl in the race. In return Melanion was to
sacrifice to Aphrodite.
When Atlanta stoped to retrieve the apples, she was slowed enough to allow Melanion to be victorious.<br />
Their marriage was a short one, for Melanion forgot his
obligations to sacrifice to Aphrodite, and was cursed to lay with Atlanta in the shrine of Zeus where the pair were transformed into lions. </div>
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<b>Narcissus</b> is remembered for having fallen in
love with his own reflection.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In <b>greek mytholog<span style="font-size: small;">y</span></b></span> was the son of River God Cephisus and nymph Lyriope,</span></span> beautiful youth who refused all offers of love, including that of Echo. When Narcissus was sixteen he was walking in the woods and Nymph Echo
saw him and felt madly in love with him<span style="font-size: x-small;">,<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">b</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">ut her
love was not returned, and she disappeared from
woods and mountains, fading away. It is told that
not even her bones remained, having been turned
into stone, but that her, voice<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>made utterly
brief by the anger of Hera<span style="font-size: small;">, </span>still lives in her. Besides Echo many other nymphs and youths sought
Narcissus' love, but were ignored by him. Finally
one of them prayed to<span style="font-size: small;"> the gods:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #820507;">"So may he
himself love, and not gain the thing he loves!" </span> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198146663/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0198146663&linkCode=as2&tag=gregod-20" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198146663/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0198146663&linkCode=as2&tag=gregod-20" target="_new">Ovid, <i>Metamorphoses</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gregod-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0198146663" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nemesis, though, the Goddess of Revenge, heard the pray and decided to
punish Narcissus. Narcissus
sees himself in the pond and he is amazed by the beauty of the
reflection. Once he figured out that his love could not be addressed, he
killed himself. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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An alternate version of the Narcissus myth is that Narcissus had a
twin sister who he loved greatly. In some versions he is in love with
his sister, which was not uncommon in greek mythology.
The two dress the same and are always together until the sister dies.
Narcissus chances to look at the water after her death, and seeing his
own reflection, believes it to be his sister. <br />
As a result,
Narcissus is not mesmerized by himself, but instead mesmerized by a lost
love. This myth is somewhat beautiful in the concept that a person
literally creates the memories of lost love ones and thus keeps them
alive. However, Narcissus dwells too long at the water. The Narcissus
flower, which often grow near lakes and water sources, are so named to
symbolize Narcissus still waiting by the water for his lost sister, and
always caught by the past.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093604975551122040.post-32808866195049887292013-03-16T13:04:00.001-07:002016-03-15T04:18:49.339-07:00Calypso<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Calypso</b> was a beautiful nymph in <b>greek mythology</b>. According to Homer, Calypso was the daughter of the Titan Atlas and her mother was Tethys. He even refers to her as a goddess in the Odyssey. Her name is related to the Greek word καλύπτω, which means <i>to conceal</i>
and she symbolized the forces that divert men from their goals.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Calypso and Odysseus</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Calypso lived in Ogygia, where she was ousted as a prisoner because she supported her father in the battles between Titans and Olympians. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Odysseus was shipwrecked on the shore of Ogygia during
his voyage home, Calypso fell in love with him. She kept him on the island
for seven years and offered him eternal life and youth if he would remain
with her forever. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">But Odysseus didn’t accept her generosity<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> he was dreaming about going back to his<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>wife<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in Ithaca. </span></span></span></h3>
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Athena ask Zeus to 'save' Odysseus from Ogygia and Calypso, Zeus sent the messenger of the gods, Hermes, to persuade Calypso to let Odysseus go. She agreed and gave Odysseus supplies
for his voyage. Legend says that she bore him at least one son.<br />
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<i> <span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Mighty
goddess, be not wroth with me for this. I know full
well of myself that wise </span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Penelope is meaner to look upon than you in
comeliness and in stature, for she is a mortal,
while you are immortal and ageless. But even so I
wish and long day by day to reach my home, and to
see the day of my return."</i> </span>(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195068181/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195068181&linkCode=as2&tag=gregod-20" target="_blank">Odysseus to Calypso. Homer<span style="font-size: x-small;">,</span> Odyssey</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span></span> </div>
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<b>Top 10 Greek Mythology movies</b>:<br />
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1.<b>
Clash of the Titans
</b> <span class="year_type">(2010)</span><br />
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Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus
volunteers to lead a daring band of warriors to defeat Hades before he
can seize powerfrom Zeus and unleash hell on earth.</div>
<ul>
<li>Starring: Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton</li>
<li>Directed by<b>:</b> Louis Leterrier</li>
<li>Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes<span class="year_type"> </span></li>
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<span class="year_type">2. <b>Wrath of the Titans</b> (2012)</span><br />
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When the gods are in danger of being
overthrown by the Titans, Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest
into the Underworld torescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save
mankind.</div>
<ul>
<li>Starring: Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike</li>
<li>Directed by<b>:</b> Jonathan Liebesman</li>
<li>Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes</li>
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3. <b>Troy</b> (2004)</span><br />
<div class="prod-synopsis">
Brad Pitt picks up a sword and brings a
muscular, brooding presence to the role of Greek warrior Achilles in
this spectacularretelling of The Iliad.</div>
<ul>
<li>Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana</li>
<li>Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen</li>
<li>Runtime: 2 hours 43 minutes</li>
</ul>
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<span class="year_type">4. <b>Immortals</b> (2011)</span><br />
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Before the dawn of time, there was the Dawn
of War. In a world where gods, titans, and mortals battle for supremacy
over the earth, a young warrior, Theseus, embarks on a quest to defeat
the rising forces of evil which threaten the fate of all mankind.</div>
<ul>
<li>Starring: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke</li>
<li>Directed by: Tarsem Singh</li>
<li>Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes</li>
</ul>
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<span class="year_type">5. <b>300</b> (2007)</span><br />
<div class="prod-synopsis">
"300" is a ferocious retelling of the ancient
Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to
the deathagainst Xerxes and his massive Persian army.</div>
<ul>
<li>Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey</li>
<li>Directed by:<b> </b>Zack Snyder</li>
<li>Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes</li>
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<span class="year_type">6. <b>Helen of Troy</b> </span>(1956)<br />
The abduction of beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris of Troy triggers a long war.<br />
<ul>
<li>Starring: Rosanna Podesta, Jacques Sernas</li>
<li>Directed by: Robert Wise</li>
<li>Runtime: 2 hours 1 minute</li>
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7. <b>Clash of the Titans</b> (1981)<br />
<div class="prod-synopsis">
Harry Hamlin portrays the Greek hero Perseus
who battles the deadly Medusa in order to save a beautiful princess from
the monstrousCalibos.</div>
<ul>
<li>Starring: Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker</li>
<li>Directed by: Desmond Davis</li>
<li>Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes</li>
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8. <b>Jason and the Argonauts</b> (2000)<br />
<div class="prod-synopsis">
One of the most legendary adventures in all
mythology is brought to life in an epic saga of one man's quest for the
Golden Fleece, a gift from the gods.</div>
<ul>
<li>Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes</li>
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9. <b>Hercules: The Legendary Journeys</b> (1994)<br />
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When his stepmother, Hera, destroys his
family, Hercules is so consumed by hatred that he loses sight of his
purpose to help people in need.</div>
<ul>
<li>Starring: Clare Carey, Mick Rose</li>
<li>Directed by: Doug Lefler</li>
<li>Runtime: 45 minutes</li>
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10.
<b>Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief</b> (2010)<br />
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A young boy discovers he's the descendant of a
Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle
between the gods. Based on the book by Rick Riordan.</div>
<ul>
<li>Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson</li>
<li>Directed by: Chris Columbus</li>
<li>Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes</li>
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<b>Theseus</b> was Athens's great hero. When king
Aegeus of <b>Athens</b> wanted children he went to
Delphi to consult the oracle about it, but did not understand the answer. Then he went to the king Pittheus in Troezen, who instead of telling Aegeus
what the answer meant gave him his daughter Aethra.
She had been seduced by
Poseidon the same night, and the child, Theseus, she had was therefore
considered both <b>Aegeus</b> and Poseidon's son.<br />
By the time Theseus was born in Troezen his mother was a single parent. When he was old enough
to ask questions his mother told him the answer lay under a rock when
he was big enough to lift it. When Theseus was only 16 he lifted the rock and found a pair of sandals and a sword belonging to Aegeus and left to Athens.<br />
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On the way to Athens, he faced a series of challenges. He kills a monstrous pig that was destroying
the countryside, a king who challenged travelers to fatal wrestling
matches and an innkeeper named Procrustes who tortured people by either
stretching them or chopping off their limbs to make them fit his beds.
Theseus overcame these dangerous opponents and killed them by the same
methods they had used against their victims.
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By the time he reached Athens his heroic reputation had preceded him and he was invited to the palace for a feast. There he found King Aegeus married to Medea. <b>Medea</b> tried to poison Theseus. But when Aegeus
saw the young man's sword and sandals, he realized that Theseus was his
son and saved him from the poison. Medea fled, and Theseus became heir to
the Athenian throne. He continued his heroic feats, defeating a plot
against his father and destroying a savage wild bull.<br />
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<b> Theseus and Ariadne</b><br />
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<b>Theseus and the Minotaur</b><br />
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Earlier Aegeus had sent another
warrior, the son of <b>King Minos</b> of <b>Crete</b>, against the bull. The prince had
died, and in revenge King Minos called down a plague on the Athenians.
Only by sending seven young men and seven young women to Crete every year could they obtain relief. In Crete the youths were sacrificed to the
Minotaur, a monstrous man-bull that lived below Minos's castle in a maze
called the Labyrinth.<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Theseus was numbered among those who were to be sent as the third tribute to the beast. But when he came to Cre<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">te, king Min<span style="font-size: small;">o</span>s daughter Ariadne fell in love with him, and having obtained the secret to the Labyrinth from its constructor Daedalus, she</span></span> disclosed the way out to Theseus. In the last part of the Labyrinth, Theseus found the Minotaur and killed him, and since he had been instructed by Ariadne, who had offered to help him if he would agree to carry her away to Athens and have her to wife, he found his way out. They both fled from Crete, but on arriving to Naxos (one of the Cyclades islands) Theseus deserted her. </span><br />
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Theseus had promised his father that if he returned safely to Athens he
would raise a white sail on his homecoming ship. He forgot to do so,
however, and left the black sail hoisted. When Aegeus saw the black-sailed
vessel approaching, he killed himself in grief by jumping from the rock into the sea, which
got the name the Aegean Sea, thus fulfilling the
prophecy he had heard at Delphi.
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<span style="font-size: small;">On his father's death, Theseus was declared successor to the throne of Athens.</span><br />
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<strong>The myth of Pandora's box</strong>.<br />
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<strong>The box of Pandora</strong> is considered one of the most descriptive myths of human behavior in Greek mythology.
Ancient Greeks used this myth not only to instruct themselves about the
weaknesses of humans, but also to explain several misfortunes of the
human race.<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Zeus</b> ordered Hephaestus
(Aphrodite's husband) to make him a daughter. It was the first woman
made out of clay. Hephaestus made a beautiful woman and named her
<b>Pandora</b>. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Pandora was created as a punishment to the mankind<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> Zeus wanted to
punish people because <b>Prometheus</b> stole the fire to give it to them. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Zeus sent<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Pandora down to earth so that she could marry Epimetheus,</span></span> brother of Prometheus. He gave h<span style="font-size: small;">er <span style="font-size: small;">a box that contains gifts from the gods bu<span style="font-size: small;">t he made her promise not to ope<span style="font-size: small;">n the box. As I sai<span style="font-size: small;">d, Zeus was mad of Prometheus because he <span style="font-size: small;">st<span style="font-size: small;">ole the fi<span style="font-size: small;">re <span style="font-size: small;">to gi<span style="font-size: small;">v<span style="font-size: small;">e it to <span style="font-size: small;">the <span style="font-size: small;">mankin<span style="font-size: small;">d<span style="font-size: small;">, therefore Zeus<span style="font-size: small;"> give the key to <span style="font-size: small;">Epimetheus </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">because the curi<span style="font-size: small;">osity will make him to open the box<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pandora</b> opens the box.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">One day whe<span style="font-size: small;">n Epimetheus was <span style="font-size: small;">sleeping, Pandora stole the k<span style="font-size: small;">ey and opened the box </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and all the illnesses and hardships, hate a<span style="font-size: small;">nd envy</span> that gods had hidden in the box
started coming out. Pandora was scared, because she saw all the evil
spirits coming out and tried to close the box as fast as possible,
closing Hope inside.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to Hesiod, Hope indeed stayed inside because that was Zeus
will<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> <span style="font-size: small;">H</span>e wanted to let people suffer in order to understand that they
should not disobey their gods. Pandora was the right person to do it,
because she was curious enough, but not malicious<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The myth appears in many different version<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> <span style="font-size: small;">I</span>n some myths Hope does come out<span style="font-size: small;">, but t</span>he
main purpose of the myth of Pandora though is to address the question of
why evil exists in the world. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span>The birth of Pandora was represented on the pedestal of the statue of
Athena situated at the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens.<br />
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<b><span style="color: black;">Hades</span></b>
( Greek: ᾍδης, Latin: Pluto ) is the god of the dead and the
underworld, but the underworld was often refferd to his name. He is the
son of Cronus and Rhea, and brother of Zeus and Poseidon.<br />
The Cyclops gave Hades the helmet of invisibility ( helm of darkness )
to help in the gods' battle with the Titans. The night before the
first battle, Hades put on his helmet and, being invisible, slipped
over to the Titans camp and distroyed their weapons. The war lasted for
ten years and enden with the victory of the younger gods ( Zeus,
Poseidon and Hades ). After the war Hades receved Underworld for his
realm.<br />
The consort of Hades was <b>Persephone</b>, represented by the Greeks as daughter of <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://godsingreece.blogspot.com/2009/03/zeus.html" target="_blank">Zeus</a></span> and Demeter.<br />
Despite modern connotations of death as evil, Hades was actually more
altruistically inclined in mythology. Hades was often portrayed as
passive rather than evil; his role was often maintaining relative
balance.<br />
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<b>Persephone</b> (Greek: Περσεφονη ) also known as Kore. She became queen of
the Underworld after being abducted by Hades, who had fallen in love
with her, while she was gathering flowers with her mother, Demeter.<br />
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The <b>Abduction of Persephone</b></center>
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<i>Because of Love</i></div>
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It was Love who caused everything. For Aphrodite feared that
Persephone, following Athena and Artemis, would also remain a virgin.
That is why she instructed her son Eros to join the young girl to her
uncle. And Eros, who rules the gods and controls all deities, selected
the sharpest among his many arrows, and with it smote Hades through the
heart; and since when this happens nothing can be done, Hades abducted
Persephone when she, not far from the city of Henna (as some say), was
playing and gathering flowers in a grove. At the time, she was so
girlish and innocent that she is believed to have felt more pain for the
loss of the flowers that fell out of her loosened tunic when Hades
seized her, than fear for being captured; but she nevertheless called on
her mother and companions while Hades galloped away.<br />
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The seeds of pomegranate </div>
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Because she ate six pomegranate seeds she must stay in the land of the
dead for six months and for the remaining months she may live on Mt.
Olympus with her family. While she is in the land of the dead she may
not eat anything or she will have to stay there forever.<br />
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"But he on his part secretly gave her sweet pomegranate seed to eat,
taking care for himself that she might not remain continually with
grave, dark-robed Demeter."<br />
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</b></i>Demeter questioned Persephone on her return to light and air:<br />
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</b>"…but if you have tasted food, you must go back<br />
again beneath the secret places of the earth, there to dwell a<br />
third part of the seasons every year: yet for the two parts you<br />
shall be with me and the other deathless gods."<br />
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</b></i>Thus every year Hades fights his way back to the land of the living with
Persephone in his chariot. Famine (autumn and winter) occurs during the
months that Persephone is gone and Demeter grieves in her absence.<br />
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While most sources indicate Persephone was not happy to be "married" by
Hades, others assert that she ate the pomegranate seeds deliberately, as
a way of breaking free from her mother, and that she was actually
content with the final arrangement.<i><b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">E</span>ros <span style="font-size: small;">and</span> Psyche<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Psyche was the daughter of an unknown king. Her beauty was so
extraordinary that men would worship her instead of courting her.
Aphrodite then, out of jealousy for her beauty, sent Eros to make Psyche
fall in love with some unworthy man while an oracle said that Psyche
must wed a horrible monster on the top of a mountain. Psyche then was
first exposed, and then carried by the wind to a castle. But Eros,
instead of obeying Aphrodite, fell in love with Psyche and visited her
every night, although never allowing Psyche to see him<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #820507; font-size: 85%;">"<i>Whoever
judges not Eros to be a mighty god is either stupid or, having no
experience of good things, knows not of the god who is the mightiest
power to men."</i></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> (Euripides, quoted by Athenaeus, <i>Deipnosophistae</i> 13.600). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> However,
following the advices dictated by jealousy that her two sisters gave
her, Psyche managed to know who her lover was. Eros then deserted her,
and when their love was discovered, Psyche suffered the wrath of
Aphrodite, who mistreated her in many ways. However, having surpassed
several difficulties, the lovers could reunite, and Psyche was
reconciled with Aphrodite, and made immortal. </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span>The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is beautiful but tragic<span style="font-size: small;">.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Orpheus</b> is known as the most talented music player of the ancient
times. It is said that god Apollo was his father, from whom took his
extreme talent in music, and the Muse Calliope was his mother. He was
living in Thrace, on the northeastern part of Greece. Orpheus
possessed a divinely gifted voice that could charm everyone who heard
it. When he was presented first the lyre as a boy, he had it mastered in
no time at all. The myth says that no god or mortal could resist his
music and even the rocks and trees would move themselves to be near
him.</span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Eurydice</b>, in greek mythology, <span style="font-size: small;">w<span style="font-size: small;">as </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">an oak nymph or one of the daughters of Apollo (the god of light). She was the wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music.</span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">When he first met and how he wooed the maiden he loved, Euridice, we
are not told, but it is clear that no maiden he wanted could have resisted
the power of his song. They were married, but their joy was brief. <span style="font-size: small;">Directly
after the wedding, as the bride walked in a meadow with her bridesmaids,
a viper stung her and she died. Orpheus' grief was overwhelming. He
could not endure it. He determined to go to the underworld and try to bring Eurydice back. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> In another version of the story, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aristaeus, a shepherd, had plotted a plan to conquer the beautiful
nymph. And there he was, waiting in the bushes for the young couple to
pass by. Seeing that the lovers were approaching, he intended to jump on
them and kill Orpheus. As the shepherd made his move, Orpheus grabbed
Eurydice by the hand and started running pell-mell through the forest.
The chase was long and Aristaeus showed no signs of giving up or
slowing down. On and on they ran and suddenly, Orpheus felt Eurydice
stumble and fall, her hand slipping from his grasp. Unable to
comprehend what had just happened, he rushed to her side but stopped
short in dismay, for his eyes perceived the deathly pallor that
suffused her cheeks. Looking around, he saw no trace of the shepherd for
Aristaeus had witnessed the event and had left. A hand’s reach away,
Eurydice had stepped on a nest of snakes and had been bitten by a
deadly viper. Knowing that there was no chance of survival, Aristaeus
had abandoned his try, cursing his luck and Orpheus.</span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">He dared more than any other man ever dared for his love. He took the
fearsome journey to the underworld. </span>There he struck his lyre, and at the
sound all that vast multitude were charmed to stillness. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">He played his lyre and sang out to Hades and<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Persephone that Eurydice was returned to him<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but upon one condition: that
he would not look back at her as she followed him, until they had reached
the upper world. So the two passed through the great doors of Hades to
the path which would take them out of the darkness, climbing up and up.
He knew that she must be just behind him, but he longed unutterably to
give one glance to make sure. But now they were almost there, the blackness
was turning gray; now he had stepped out joyfully into the daylight. Then
he turned to her. It was too soon; she was still in the cavern. He saw
her in the dim light, and he held out his arms to clasp her; but on the
instant she was gone. She had slipped back into the darkness. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Waves of anguish and despair swept over him and shuddering with grief
he approached the Underworld again but this time, he was denied entry,
the gates were standing shut and god Hermes, sent by Zeus, wouldn't
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From then on, the heart-broken musician was wandering disoriented, day
after day, night after night, in total despair. He could find no
consolation in anything. His misfortune tormented him, forcing him to
abstain from contact with any other woman and slowly but surely he found
himself shunning their company completely. His songs were no more
joyful but extremely sad. His only comfort was to lay on a huge rock
and feel the caress of the breeze, his only vision were the open skies.
And so it was that a group of irate women, furious for his scorn
towards them, chanced upon him. Orpheus was so desperate that he did
not even try to repulse their advances. The women killed him, cut his
body into pieces and threw them and his lyre into a river. It is said
that his head and his lyre floated downriver to the island of Lesvos.
There the Muses found them and gave Orpheus a proper burial ceremony.
People believed that his grave emanated music, plaintive yet beautiful.
His soul descended down to Hades where he was finally reunited with
his beloved Eurydice.</span></span></span>
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<b>Eros</b> (Greek: Ἔρως), in Greek mythology, was the primordial god of love, sexual love and beauty.<br />
His Roman counterpart was <b>Cupid</b> ("desire"), also known as Amor ("love").
In some myths, he was the son of the deities Aphrodite and Ares, but
according to Plato's Symposium, he was conceived by Poros (Plenty) and
Penia (Poverty) at Aphrodite's birthday. Like Dionysus, he was sometimes
referred to as Eleutherios, "the liberator".<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i>Eros is Love, who overpowers the mind, and tames the spirit in the breasts of both gods and men.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Throughout Greek thought, there appear to be two sides to the conception of Eros.</span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">
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In the first, he is a primeval deity who embodies not only the force of
erotic love but also the creative urge of ever-flowing nature, the
firstborn Light for the coming into being and ordering of all things in
the cosmos. In Hesiod's Theogony, the most famous Greek creation myth,
Eros sprang forth from the primordial Chaos together with Gaea, the
Earth, and Tartarus, the underworld; according to Aristophanes' play The
Birds (c. 414 BC), he burgeons forth from an egg laid by Nyx (Night)
conceived with Erebus (Darkness). In the Eleusinian Mysteries, he was
worshiped as Protogonus, the first-born.<br />
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Alternately, later in antiquity, Eros was the son of Aphrodite and
either Ares (most commonly), Hermes or Hephaestus, or of Porus and
Penia. Rarely, he was given as the son of Iris and Zephyrus; this Eros
was an attendant the Aphrodite, harnessing the primordial force of love
and directing it into mortals.<br />
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Worship of Eros was uncommon in early Greece, but eventually became
widespread. He was fervently worshiped by a fertility cult in Thespiae,
and played an important role in the Eleusinian Mysteries. In Athens, he
shared a very popular cult with Aphrodite, and the fourth day of every
month was sacred to him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i> </i></b><span style="color: black;"><b><br />Anteros</b><br />The twin brother of Eros<br /><br />Anteros is love
avenged or returned, "mutual love" or "reciprocal love". Aphrodite is
called the mother of the "Twin Loves" (Eros and Anteros) (Ov.Fast.4.1).
The story of Timagoras and Meles illustrates the nature of Anteros:<br /><br />The
Athenian Meles, spurning the love of Timagoras, bade him ascend to the
highest point of a rock and cast himself down. Timagoras, who was ready
to gratify his beloved friend in any of his requests, went and cast
himself down. When Meles saw that Timagoras was dead, he suffered such
remorse that he threw himself from the same rock and died. For this
reason some people in Athens worshipped Anteros as the avenging spirit
of Timagoras (Pau.1.30.1).<br /><br />According to Cicero, Anteros was the
son of Mars (Ares) and "the third Venus" (Cic.ND.3.60). For Cicero's
confusing genealogies and duplications of the gods, see Graphic Guide to
Cicero's De Natura Deorum.</span><b><i> </i></b></span> </div>
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<b>Perseus</b> was one of the most celebrated of the Greek heroes. His story
was as follows: Perseus' mother Danae was locked in a bronze chamber by
her father Akrisios, where she was impregnated by Zeus
in the form of a golden shower. Akrisios put both mother and child in a
chest and set them adrift in the sea, but they washed safely ashore on
the island of Seriphos.<br />
Perseus grew up at the court of Polydectes, king of <b>Seriphus</b>. <span class="st"> Polydectes</span>
wished to marry Danae and, in order to accomplish his purpose, thought
best to get rid of Perseus. He therefore sent him to conquer <b>Medusa</b>,
believing that the youth would be slain. But Perseus was a favorite with
the gods. Hades loaned him his helmet, which made the wearer invisible
at will. Hermes offered his winged sandals and Athena her shield.<br />
Perseus then proceeded to the Gorgons' cave.
In the cave he came upon the sleeping Medusa. By viewing Medusa's reflection in his polished shield, he safely approached and cut off her head. <br />
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When he had come of age and already proved himself an unerring marksman
with a bow and arrow, a champion wrestler and the possessor of
superhuman strength, Heracles was driven mad by Hera. In a frenzy, he
killed his own children. To atone for this crime, he was sentenced to
perform a series of tasks, or <b>labours</b>, for Eurystheus, the
king of Tiryns and Mycenae. By rights, <b>Hercules</b> should have been king
himself, but Hera had tricked her husband Zeus into crowning Eurystheus
instead.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Labour
One : The Nemean Lion </b>:</span></span><br />
<b>The Nemean lion</b> was a fierce creature which could not be hurt by any
mortal weapon. Heracles finished it by beating it with his club and
strangling it. Upon killing the animal, Hercules used the lion's own
claw to remove the weapon-proof skin, providing an impenetrable cloak
seen in many paintings and sculptures of the hero.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Labour
Two : Hydra </span></span></b>:<br />
The <b>Hydra</b> was a huge serpent which lived in a swamp in Lerna. The Hydra
had 9 heads, with very long necks. It had a poisonous bite which was
fatal. Its central head was immortal. When one of the mortal heads was
cut, two additional heads would grow immediately to replace it. Heracles
finished them off by burning the eight mortal heads, and then with the
help of his nephew, Iolaus, he buried the only immortal head under a
huge rock.<br />
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<b>Labour Three : </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Cerynitian hind</b> :</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
third Labour was the capture of the Cerynitian hind. The Cerynitian hind
was a female deer, a doe, and a fleet-footed beast with golden horns.
It was sacred to Artemis, goddess of the hunt, so Heracles dared not wound
it. He hunted it for an entire year before running it down on the banks
of the River Ladon in Arcadia. Taking careful aim with his bow, he fired
an arrow between the tendons and bones of the two forelegs, pinning it
down without drawing blood. All the same, Artemis was displeased, but
Heracles dodged her wrath by blaming it on his taskmaster Eurystheus<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Labour Four : </b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The Erymanthian Boar</b><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
fourth Labour took Heracles back to Arcadia in quest of an enormous boar,
which he was challenged to bring back alive. While tracking it down he
stopped to visit the centaur Pholus. This creature <span style="font-size: small;">(</span>half-horse, half-man<span style="font-size: small;">)</span> was examining one of the hero's arrows when he accidentally dropped
it on his foot. Because it had been soaked in poisonous <b>Hydra</b> venom, Pholus
succumbed immediately. Heracles finally located the boar on Mount Erymanthus
and managed to drive it into a snow bank, immobilizing it. Flinging it
up onto his shoulder, he carried it back to Eurystheus, who cowered as
usual in his storage jar. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Labour Five: </span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Augean stables</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> :</span></span></span> </span></span><br />
Cleaning the Augean Stables would take thirty days because it held
thousands of cattle. The stalls had not been cleared out for a year.
Heracles accomplished the fifth labour by diverting the flow of two
rivers through the stables, creating a great flood which instantly
washed out the stables, cleaning them. Hercules finished this labour
quickly enough to have a little extra free time, with which he started
the early Olympic Games to honour <b>Zeus</b> who granted Hercules a wish
because of it.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Labour Si<span style="font-size: small;">x : </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Stymphalian birds:</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
sixth Labour pit Heracles against the Stymphalian birds, inhabitants of
a marsh near Lake Stymphalus in Arcadia. The sources differ as to whether
these birds feasted on human flesh, killed men by shooting them with feathers
of brass or merely considered a nuisance because of their number. Heracles
could not approach the birds to fight them as the ground was too swampy
to bear his weight and too mucky to wade through. Finally he resorted
to some castanets given to him by the goddess Athena. By making a racket
with these, he caused the birds to take wing. And once they were in the
air, he brought them down by the dozens with his arrows. </span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Labour seven : <span style="font-size: small;">The Cretan Bull</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> :</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The savage bull was sent by Poseidon to Minos to terrorise Crete.
Hercules released the bull into the countryside of Tyrins, where it
caused damage and wreaked havoc until it arrived in Marathon where
Theseus caught it and sacrificed it.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Eight : The Mares of Diomedes</b><span style="font-size: small;"> :</span></span></span>Heracles killed Diomedes, King of Thrace. He fed the king to the horses,
which cured them of their man-eating ways, then he drove away the no
longer man-eating mares, to Mycenae. Mycenae dedicated to give them to
Hera. The goddess chose to turn them loose on Mount Olympus where they
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Labour
Nine : Hippolyte's Belt</b><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span>Hippolyta was the Queen of the Amazons. When Heracles met her, she was
willing to give her girdle. But Hera intervened and convinced the
Amazons that Heracles had come to abduct their queen. Heracles killed
Hippolyta thinking she was the responsible for the attack and was able
to fight off others and take the girdle away. Eurystheus wanted the
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Ten : The Cattle of Geryon :</b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
creating monsters and formidable foes, the Greek mythmakers used a simple
technique of multiplication. Thus Geryon, the owner of some famous cattle
that Heracles was now instructed to steal, had three heads and/or three
separate bodies from the waist down. His watchdog, Orthrus, had only two
heads. The hound Orthrus rushed at Heracles as he was making off with
the cattle, and the hero killed him with a single blow from the wooden
club which he customarily carried. Geryon was dispatched as well, and
Heracles drove the herd back to Greece, taking a wrong turn along the
way and passing through Italy. </span></span></div>
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Eleven : the Apples of the Hesperides</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> :</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span>The eleventh labour was the most difficult so far. Heracles did not know
where to find the golden apples. Hesperides was the daughter of Atlas
and she guarded a tree which was said to have golden leaves and golden
apples, guarded by a dragon. Heracles asked <b>Atlas</b> where to find the
golden apples. He offered to support the world, which Atlas always
supported, while Atlas retrieved it for him. Atlas, who saw a chance to
relieve the heavy burden of carrying the world, gladly agreed to the
offer. When Atlas came back with the golden apples, he did not give it
to Heracles but Heracles was to continue carrying the world while Atlas
would be the one to bring them back to Eurystheus. But Heracles tricked
Atlas, Heracles said to Atlas that he will give all his strength and
power for carrying the world if Atlas would carry it for a moment so
that he could put a pad on his shoulder to ease the burden of the
pressure from the weight of the world. Because of Atlas' stupidity, he
agreed and Heracles picked up the apples and went off to <b>Mycenae</b>.</div>
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This is the most difficult task of all. Heracles went off to the
<b>underworld</b> to take the three-headed dog, the Cerberus, up from the
underworld. Hades gave him permission if Heracles would not use any
weapons. Heracles managed it and captured Cerberus, went to Mycenae, and
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After finishing the twelve labours Heracles felt peace and tranquility
with his life because he had repented from killing his wife and
children. But Heracles never was peaceful after the labours.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> Hercules</b> is the Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The mythological stories associated with Hercules are extremely
numerous. The Labors of Hercules vary in number, but are most often ten
or twelve, and depending on the source, the labors include different
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Hercules was set on these labors by the Oracle of Delphi,
possibly to expiate his guilt over killing his wife and children in a
fit of madness sent by the goddess Hera, and the labors were part of his
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Hercules enjoyed dozens of other adventures and was beloved by the
Greeks. His worship later spread to Rome and the rest of Italy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <b>Hercules' Spouse:</b> <b>Megara</b>; after his deification after death, Hebe, Olympian goddess of health.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <b>The Labors of Hercules:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. Conquer and deliver the Nemean Lion, a monstrous feline. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2. Kill the multiheaded Hydra. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3. Bring back, dead or alive, the Cerynitian Hind, a ravaging deer. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">4. Catch the Erymanthian Boar. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">5. Clean out the massive stables of Augeas, perhaps the most famous of the Labors. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">6. Scare off and kill the metal-feathered Stymphalian birds. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">7. Capture the Cretan Bull. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">8. Do something about those pesky man-eating Mares of Diomedes (he moved them and released them.) </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">9. Get the Girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons (she gave it to him
peacefully, which enraged Hera, who arranged for the rest of the
Amazons to attack Hercules; in the mess that followed, Hippolyta was
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<span style="font-size: small;">10. Steal the cattle of Geryon.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">11. Bring back the Golden Apples of the Hesperides. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">12. Go down to the Underworld and bring back multi-headed Cerberus, chief Hound of Hades.</span>
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Telemachus, Odysseus's son, is only a month old when Odysseus sets out for Troy to fight a ten year war he doesn't want any part of. At the point where the <b>Odyssey</b> begins, ten years after the end of the ten-year Trojan War, Telemachus is twenty and is sharing his absent father’s house on the island of Ithaca with his mother <b>Penelope</b> and a crowd of 108 boisterous young men, "the Suitors", whose aim is to persuade Penelope that her husband is dead and that she should marry one of them.<br />
Odysseus’s protectress, the goddess Athena, discusses his fate with <b>Zeus</b>, king of the gods, at a moment when Odysseus's enemy, the god of the sea Poseidon, is absent from <b>Mount Olympus</b>. Then, disguised as a Taphian chieftain named Mentes, she visits Telemachus to urge him to search for news of his father. He offers her hospitality; they observe the Suitors dining rowdily, and the bard Phemius performing a narrative poem for them. Penelope objects to Phemius's theme, the "Return from Troy" because it reminds her of her missing husband, but Telemachus rebuts her objections. That night, Athena disguised as Telemachus finds a ship and crew for the true Telemachus. The next morning, Telemachus calls an assembly of citizens of Ithaca to discuss what should be done to the suitors. Accompanied by Athena (now disguised as his friend Mentor), he departs for the Greek mainland and the household of Nestor, most venerable of the Greek warriors at Troy, now at home in Pylos. From there, Telemachus rides overland, accompanied by Nestor's son, to Sparta, where he finds Menelaus and Helen, now reconciled. He is told that they returned to Sparta after a long voyage by way of Egypt; there, on the island of Pharos, Menelaus encountered Eidothea, the daughter of the old sea-god Proteus, who told him that Odysseus was a captive of the nymph Calypso. Incidentally, Telemachus learns the fate of Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and leader of the Greeks at Troy, murdered on his return home by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.<br />
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Then the story of <b>Odysseus</b> is told. He has spent seven years in captivity on Calypso's island. She is persuaded to release him by the messenger god Hermes, who has been sent by Zeus in response to Athena's plea. Odysseus builds a raft and is given clothing, food and drink by Calypso. The raft is wrecked by Poseidon, but Odysseus swims ashore on the island of Scherie, where, naked and exhausted, he hides in a pile of leaves and falls asleep. The next morning, awakened by the laughter of girls, he sees the young Nausicaa, who has gone to the seashore with her maids to wash clothes. He appeals to her for help. She encourages him to seek the hospitality of her parents, Arete and Alcinous. Odysseus is welcomed and is not at first asked for his name. He remains for several days, takes part in a pentathlon, and hears the blind singer Demodocus perform two narrative poems. The first is an otherwise obscure incident of the Trojan War, the "Quarrel of Odysseus and Achilles"; the second is the amusing tale of a love affair between two Olympian gods, Ares and Aphrodite. Finally, Odysseus asks Demodocus to return to the Trojan War theme and tell of the Trojan Horse, a stratagem in which Odysseus had played a leading role. Unable to hide his emotion as he relives this episode, Odysseus at last reveals his identity. He then begins to tell the amazing story of his return from Troy.<br />
After a piratical raid on Ismaros in the land of the Cicones, he and his twelve ships were driven off course by storms. They visited the lethargic Lotus-Eaters and were captured by the Cyclops Polyphemus, only escaping by blinding him with a wooden stake. While they were escaping, however, Odysseus foolishly told Polyphemus his identity, and Polyphemus told his father, Poseidon, who blinded him. They stayed with Aeolus, the master of the winds; he gave Odysseus a leather bag containing all the winds, except the west wind, a gift that should have ensured a safe return home. However, the sailors foolishly opened the bag while Odysseus slept, thinking that it contained gold. All of the winds flew out and the resulting storm drove the ships back the way they had come, just as Ithaca came into sight. <br />
After pleading in vain with Aeolus to help them again, they re-embarked and encountered the cannibal Laestrygones. Odysseus’s ship was the only one to escape. He sailed on and visited the witch-goddess Circe. She turned half of his men into swine after feeding them cheese and wine. Hermes warned Odysseus about Circe and gave Odysseus a drug called moly, a resistance to Circe’s magic. Circe, being attracted to Odysseus' resistance, fell in love with him and released his men. Odysseus and his crew remained with her on the island for one year, while they feasted and drank. Finally, Odysseus' men convinced Odysseus that it was time to leave for Ithaca. Guided by Circe's instructions, Odysseus and his crew crossed the ocean and reached a harbor at the western edge of the world, where Odysseus sacrificed to the dead and summoned the spirit of the old prophet Tiresias to advise him. Next Odysseus met the spirit of his own mother, who had died of grief during his long absence; from her, he learned for the first time news of his own household, threatened by the greed of the suitors. Here, too, he met the spirits of famous women and famous men; notably he encountered the spirit of Agamemnon, of whose murder he now learned, who also warned him about the dangers of women.<br />
Returning to Circe’s island, they were advised by her on the remaining stages of the journey. They skirted the land of the Sirens, passed between the six-headed monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, and landed on the island of Thrinacia. There, Odysseus’ men ignored the warnings of Tiresias and Circe, and hunted down the sacred cattle of the sun god Helios. This sacrilege was punished by a shipwreck in which all but Odysseus drowned. He was washed ashore on the island of Calypso, where she compelled him to remain as her lover for seven years before escaping.<br />
Having listened with rapt attention to his story, the Phaeacians, who are skilled mariners, agree to help Odysseus get home. They deliver him at night, while he is fast asleep, to a hidden harbor on Ithaca. He finds his way to the hut of one of his own former slaves, the swineherd Eumaeus. Athena disguises Odysseus as a wandering beggar in order to learn how things stand in his household. After dinner, he tells the farm laborers a fictitious tale of himself: he was born in Crete, had led a party of Cretans to fight alongside other Greeks in the Trojan War, and had then spent seven years at the court of the king of Egypt; finally he had been shipwrecked in Thesprotia and crossed from there to Ithaca. Meanwhile, Telemachus sails home from Sparta, evading an ambush set by the suitors. He disembarks on the coast of Ithaca and makes for Eumaeus’s hut. Father and son meet; Odysseus identifies himself to Telemachus (but still not to Eumaeus) and they determine that the suitors must be killed. Telemachus gets home first. Accompanied by Eumaeus, Odysseus now returns to his own house, still pretending to be a beggar. He experiences the suitors’ rowdy behavior and plans their death. He meets Penelope and tests her intentions with an invented story of his birth in Crete, where, he says, he once met Odysseus. Closely questioned, he adds that he had recently been in Thesprotia and had learned something there of Odysseus’s recent wanderings.<br />
Odysseus’s identity is discovered by the housekeeper, Eurycleia, as she is washing his feet and discovers an old scar Odysseus received during a boar hunt. He received the scar when he was hunting with the sons of Autolycus. They had been told to go boar hunting so that they could prepare a meal with the meat. The three climbed Mount Parnassus and eventually came across a boar in a large and deep meadow. Because of the meadow's depth, the three hunters were ambushed by the seemingly invisible boar and when Odysseus first saw the animal, he rushed at it but the animal was too fast and slashed him in the right thigh. Despite being gored by the boar, Odysseus still hit his mark and stabbed the boar through the shoulder. Odysseus' bleeding was staunched by a spell that was chanted by the sons of Autolycus and he received great glory and treasure for his bravery[6]. Having seen this scar, Eurycleia tries to tell Penelope about Odysseus' true identity, but Athena makes sure that Penelope cannot hear Eurykleia. Meanwhile Odysseus swears her to secrecy, threatening to kill her if she tells anyone. The next day, at Athena’s prompting, Penelope maneuvers the suitors into competing for her hand with an archery competition using Odysseus' bow. The man who can string the bow and shoot it through a dozen axe heads would win. Odysseus takes part in the competition himself; he alone is strong enough to string the bow and shoot it through the dozen axe heads, making him the winner. He turns his arrows on the suitors and with the help of Athena, Telemachus, Eumaeus and Philoteus the cowherd, all the suitors are killed. Odysseus and Telemachus hang twelve of their household maids, who betrayed Penelope and/or had sex with the suitors; they mutilate and kill the goatherd Melanthius, who had mocked and abused Odysseus. Now at last, Odysseus identifies himself to Penelope. She is hesitant, but accepts him when he mentions that their bed was made from an olive tree still rooted to the ground. Many modern and ancient scholars take this to be the original ending of the Odyssey, and the rest is an interpolation.<br />
The next day he and Telemachus visit the country farm of his old father Laertes, who likewise accepts his identity only when Odysseus correctly describes the orchard that Laertes once gave him.<br />
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The citizens of Ithaca have followed Odysseus on the road, planning to avenge the killing of the Suitors, their sons. Their leader points out that Odysseus has now caused the deaths of two generations of the men of Ithaca—his sailors, not one of whom survived, and the suitors, whom he has now executed. The goddess Athena intervenes and persuades both sides to give up the vendetta. After this, Ithaca is at peace once more, concluding the <b>Odyssey</b>. Yet Odysseus' journey is not complete, as he is still fated to wander. The gods have decreed that Odysseus cannot rest until he wanders so far inland that he meets a people who have never heard of an oar or of the sea. He then must build a shrine and sacrifice before he can return home for good.</span><br />
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source:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey"> wikipedia</a>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093604975551122040.post-80924106122207146022009-03-30T10:41:00.004-07:002016-03-15T04:52:58.170-07:00Hermes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b> Hermes</b> ( Greek: Ἑρμῆς, Latin: <b>Mercury </b>) is the god of flight, thieves, commerce, and travelers. <br />Messenger of the gods. He showed the way for the dead souls to Hades's realm.<br />He invented the lyre, the pipes, the musical scale, astronomy , weights and measures, boxing, gymnastics, and the care of olive trees. Likes to trick people and is very inventive.<br />His symbols are the caduceus and winged boots.<br />
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<b>Hephaestos</b> ( Greek: Ἥφαιστος, Latin: <b>Vulcan</b> ) is the god of fire and forge. He is the son of <b>Zeus</b> and Hera. Some say that Hera, upset by having an ugly child, flung him from Mount Olimpus into the sea, breaking his legs. He is the smith and armorer of the gods and other heroes like Achilles. He uses a volcano as his forge.<br />
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<br />Married to Aphrodite, but she doesn't love him because he is deformed and, she's cheating on him with Ares. He had a daughter named Pandora. <br />His symbols are an axe, a hammer and a flame.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093604975551122040.post-34749814738202352952009-03-30T10:41:00.001-07:002016-03-15T04:53:42.494-07:00Demeter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Demeter</b> ( Greek: Δημήτηρ, Latin: <b>Ceres</b> ) is the goddess of grain, fertility and harvest. Demeter is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and sister of <b>Zeus</b>. Her symbols are the scepter and torch.<br />Controller of the seasons and thus the ability to kill all life on earth. This power was evidenced when her daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and Demeter went on to plunge the earth into perpetual winter forcing Zeus to intervene before she massacred all life in her grief.<br />Demeter is often pictured holding wheat.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093604975551122040.post-335712442201545092009-03-30T10:40:00.003-07:002016-03-15T04:54:07.036-07:00Artemis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b> Artemis</b> ( Greek: Ἄρτεμις, Latin: <b>Diana </b>) is the goddess of forests and hills, child birth, virginity, fertility, the hunt, and often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows. Artemis later became identified with Selene, he Titan goddess of the moon, and she was sometimes depicted with a crescent moon above her head.<br />
She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin of Apollo. Like Apollo she hunts with silver arrows.<br />
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She is a virgin goddess, and the goddess of chastity. She also presides over childbirth, which may seem odd for a virgin, but goes back to causing Leto no pain when she was born.<br />
Her symbols include the cypress tree and the deer.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093604975551122040.post-65420137122519758052009-03-30T10:40:00.001-07:002016-03-15T04:54:25.123-07:00Ares<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Ares </b>( Greek: Άρης, Latin: <b>Mars</b> ) is the god of war. He is the son of Zeus and Hera, but neither of his parents liked him. He is considered murderous and bloodstained but, also a coward.<br />
His symbols include the vulture and the dog, and he often carried a bloody spear.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093604975551122040.post-89103322878951355142009-03-30T10:39:00.002-07:002016-03-15T04:54:41.928-07:00Athena<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b> Athena</b> ( Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ, Latin: <b>Minerva</b> ) is the goddess of wisdom and war. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the <b>Parthenon</b> to worship her. However, as the goddess of war, her field of expertise was not violence, that is the domain of Ares, god of war. She is the goddess of the more disciplined aspect of war, such as strategy. <br />
Athena was born fully-armed from the forehead of her father Zeus, this is because he swallowed her mother, Metis, while she was pregnant with Athena.<br />
Her symbols are: the owl, signifying watchfulness and wisdom; the aegis (small shield) showing the snaky head of Medusa.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Athens, Greece37.9837155 23.72930969999993137.883603 23.567948199999929 38.083828000000004 23.890671199999932tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093604975551122040.post-21154630536242450022009-03-30T10:39:00.001-07:002016-03-15T04:55:01.330-07:00Poseidon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Poseidon </b>( Greek: <b>Ποσειδῶν</b>, Latin: <b>Neptune</b> )is the god of the sea and earthquakes. Poseidon was seen as creating new islands and offering calm seas. He is the son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Demeter, Hestia.<br />His symbols are: dolphins, tridents, and three-pronged fish spears.<br />
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<br />One of the most notorious love affairs of Poseidon involves his sister, Demeter. Poseidon pursued Demeter and to avoid him she turned herself into a mare. In his lust for her, Poseidon transformed himself into a stallion and captured her. Their procreation resulted in a horse, Arion.<br /><br />Another story of Poseidon involves the competition between him and the goddess of war, Athena, for the city of Athens. To win the people of the city over, Poseidon threw a spear at the ground and produced the Spring at the Acropolis. However, Athena won as the result of giving the people of Athens the olive tree.<br />
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<b> Apollo</b> is the god of music, prophecies, poetry, and archery. He is the son of <b>Zeus </b>and leto; and twin brother of Artemis. His symbols are the bow, lyre, and laurel. Apollo olso has been recognized as the god of light and sun.<br />
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<b>Hades</b> ( Greek: ᾍδης, Latin: <b>Pluto</b> ) is the<b> god</b> of the dead and the <b>underworld</b>, but the underworld was often refferd to his name. He is the son of Cronus and Rhea, and brother of Zeus and Poseidon.<br />
The Cyclops gave Hades the helmet of invisibility ( helm of darkness ) to help in the gods' battle with the Titans. The night before the first battle, Hades put on his helmet and, being invisible, slipped over to the Titans camp and distroyed their weapons. The war lasted for ten years and enden with the victory of the younger gods ( Zeus, Poseidon and Hades ). After the war Hades receved Underworld for his realm.<br />
The consort of Hades was <b>Persephone</b>, represented by the Greeks as daughter of Zeus and Demeter.<br />
Despite modern connotations of death as evil, Hades was actually more altruistically inclined in mythology. Hades was often portrayed as passive rather than evil; his role was often maintaining relative balance.<br />
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<b>Hera</b> (Greek: <span lang="grc">Ήρα Latin: <b>Juno</b> ) </span>is <b>Zeus </b>sister and wife. She is the queen of the gods and the protector of marriage and takes special care of married women.<br />Hera's marriage was founded in strife with Zeus and continued in strife. Zeus courted her unsuccesfully. He then turned to trickery, changing himself into disheveled cuckoo. Hera feeling sorry for the bird held it to her breast to warm it. Zeus then resumed his normal form and taking advantage of the suprise he gained, raped her. She then married him to cover her shame.<br />Once when Zeus was being partcularly overbearing to the other gods, Hera convinced them to join in a revolt. Her part in the revolt was to drug Zeus, and in this she was successful. The gods then bound the sleeping Zeus to a couch taking care to tie many knots. This done they began to quarrel over the next step. Briareus overheard the arguements. Still full of gratitude to Zeus, Briareus slipped in and was able to quickly untie the many knots. Zeus sprang from the couch and grapped up his thuderbolt. The gods fell to their knees begging and pleading for mercy. He seized Hera and hung her from the sky with gold chains. She wept in pain all night but, none of the others dared to interfere. Her weeping kept Zeus up and the next morning he agreed to release her if she would swear never to rebel again. She had little choice but, to agree. While she never again rebeled, she often intrigued against Zeus's plans and she was often able to outwit him.<br />
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