Aeschylus's plays "Agamemnon", "The Libation Bearers", and "Eumenides" were all based on one parent child conflict that gradually manifested into one the best-known curses in Greek mythology. Tantalus, one of Zeus's many sons, started this havoc when he attemp...

HADES "GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD" Hades (Pluto) was the God of the Dead. He ruled the kingdom of the dead which was also named Hades. He was the son of Cronus and Rhea (Titans), and the older brother of Zeus (the King of the Gods). In spite of Hades importance to the Greeks, they did not devote ...

The Greeks believed that the earth was formed before any of the gods appeared. The gods, as the Greeks knew them, all originated with Father Heaven, and Mother Earth. Father Heaven was known as Uranus, and Mother Earth, as Gaea. Uranus and Gaea raised many children. Amoung them were the Cycl...

An epic simile (also known as a Homeric simile) is defined as an extended simile often running to several lines, used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the subject and to serve as decoration, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Epic similes can be found quite often t...

After Diomedes wounds Ares, Ares immediately flies to mount Olympus to complain to Zeus. Zeus' original reaction (5.1027-1030) is to compare Ares to his mother Hera. Zeus shows his anger towards Ares vividly and also lends to his compassion as his father. Zeus is torn here; we can see his emotion...

Eros is the god of Love. His mother is Aphrodite, goddess of love. Aphrodite is called "the mother of the Twin Loves" (Eros & Anteros). Even though a lot of representations of Eros are a man or a boy Eros is neither a male nor a female. Some say that Eros is not even a God. Some call him &...

In Greek mythology, heroes, gods, and goddesses had many characteristics in common. Some of the characteristics that were most commonly shared were having divine parents, accomplishments of inconvenient tasks, and extraordinary strengths. Two heroes in Greek mythology that had a lot in common were T...

Revenge in Greek Tragedies The theme of revenge is ever present within the Iliad, the Odyssey, and The Oresteias Agamemnon. Within the Iliad and its ever present themes, the theme of revenge is against the Trojans due to Paris taking Meleanus' wife Helen who was claimed to be the most beautifu...

The Greek heroes, Hercules and Theseus, are uniquely distinct from each other by their tasks, toils, and triumphs. The gods assist both of them while they accomplish great tasks; however, their personalities, lives, and intellect are not similar in manner. First, Theseus is a mild-mannered, just ma...

The Greek creation story began with only chaos. Then out of the void appeared Erebus, the unknowable place where death dwells, and Night. It was a place of death and silence; it was an endless abyss of darkness. Then somehow Love was born and from it came Light and Day. Once there was Light an...

Hephaestus was one of the 12 Olympian gods, he was the god of fire and divine smith. With Athena, he was the patron of handicrafts. He was the creator of all beautiful and mechanically wonderful in Olympus, especially arms and armor for the gods. In general, he was a beneficent god. He was mu...

A modern reader's response to "The Iliad's" Status of women "The Iliad" is a story of courage and war. Two friends torn apart by one's stubbornness and a battle that was controlled by gods. "The Iliad" raises a big question on the status of women....

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Ancient Greece, being literally on mountains, or mostly rocky terrain, was mostly made up of city-states, but even though they were all part of Greece, they weren't all the same. Other city-states such as Corinth, Argos, and Megara, even though they disliked each other as well, despised Atheni...

How did the organized universe come about? Where did all of the Greek God's come from, who created them, what is their purpose? All of these questions are explained in Hesiod's story of Theogony, as told to him by the Muses. Theogony is about the origin and genealogy of the God's a...

As a mother, and arguably as a daughter, Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, is a powerful and passionate woman. She is portrayed in Greek mythology as a mysterious and beautiful seductress, yet she is also depicted as devious and cunning. There are some Greek myths that suggest that Aphrodite is ...

Alexander The movie Alexander was about a man named Alexander who conquered many lands in his lifetime. Alexander was the son of the king of Macedonia, King Phillip, although his mother continuously told him that the Greek god Zeus was his true father. As a young boy Alexander was determined to...

Golden Aphrodite "Muse, tell me the deeds of golden Aphrodite the Cyprian, who stirs up sweet passion in the gods and subdues the tribes of mortal men and birds that fly in air and all the many creatures that the dry land rears, and all that the sea: all these love the deeds of rich-crowned Cythere...

Women in Greek history have had many roles. In Ancient Greece the mythological stories tell of very powerful women. Some archeological finds hint at the same suggestion. Women also represent some of the most powerful of deities. In the Classical Age women were subservient and primarily homebound. W...

Women in Greek history had many roles. In Ancient Greece, mythological stories tell of very powerful women. Some archeological finds hint at the same suggestion. Women also represent some of the most powerful of deities. In the Classical Age, women were subservient and primarily homebound. Women did...

Zeus Zeus was the god of the sky and his weapon was the thunderbolt. His sisters where Hera, Demeter, and Hestia his brothers where Hades, and Poseidon. His symbols are the eagle and the oak tree. He married Hera but had many affairs. Hera Hera was goddess of gods. She rebelled against Zeu...

She was a gorgeous, perfect, eternally young woman with a beautiful body. She was known as the goddess of love and beauty, her name was Aphrodite. Although her powerful sexual attractiveness and dazzling beauty were a strength of hers, it also lead to her weakness. With a perfect face and body, ...

THE GODDESS ATHENA THE BIRTH OF ATHENA Athena was born from a mortal woman named Metis, (meaning wisdom) and fathered by Zeus, king of the gods. The story starts off by Zeus taking Metis as his wife. Soon after she became pregnant. The gods Gaea, mother-earth, and the starry Uranus, god of t...

COMPARISON OF WOMEN STATUS IN ANCIENT GREEKS AND ISLAM In addition to age, gender is one of the universal dimensions on which status differences are based. Gender is a social construction that specifies socially stereotyped roles that men and women are to follow. Women have always had lower sta...

Greek Hero's and Their Society The Greek heroes served society by demonstrating the morals and values of the Greek Gods in humanistic terms. All Greek heroes had similar characteristics and qualities. These qualities are an essential part of the hero's make-up. Without them, the he...