Essays on Greek Mythology

Hephaestus was one of the 12 Olympian gods, he was the god of fire, divine smith, and god of craftsmen. With Athena, he was the supporter of handicraft. He was the maker of all beautiful and mechanically wonderful in Olympus, especially arms and armor for the gods. In general, he was a beneficent god. He…

Greek Mythology and Tragedy in Hercules             Famed for his mighty muscles, Hercules was the son of the mortal woman Alcmene and the god Zeus. Hercules performed many legendary feats of strength, the first of which came as an infant: when Zeus’s wife Hera placed two serpents in his crib, Hercules quickly strangled them. After…

Daedalus and Icarus Daedalus, the mythical first king of Athens, was an artisan descdant of the royal family of Cecrops. He was an architect, sculpture, and inventor. He also had a son named Icarus. Daedalus got jealous of his nephew, Talus, and his new invention and threw him off of the face of the Acropolis….

The Odyssey and the IliadIn our day and age, people strive for independence and a sense of authority. However, at many times this is more easily said than done. Whether it be God, or in the eyes of the Achaeans and Trojans, the immortals, lives and actions are commonly defined by a higher being. Which…

A Personal Reality Through Faith You can do anything you put your mind to, and with no risk comes no reward; two phrases that summarize faith and imagination, the basis of short story entitled The Celestial Omnibus. The Celestial Omnibus by E.M. Forster is about the freeing of ones soul through faith and imagination and…

Comus as the Precursor to Satan.             Milton imagines the character of Comus as representing the son of Bacchus and Circe. He represents a chaotic situation. In Greek mythology, he is the god of festivity who enjoys noisy celebration and night affairs and portrays a drunken man. It is a corrupt and immoral character inspired…

The use of similes in the Iliad is very prevalent and much used, and in books fourteen and fifteen in particular those similes have been very interesting. They have been used to describe the great and mighty fighters like Ajax and Hector, and they truly are marvelous in their comparison to the similes of the…

Hypnos is most commonly known as the Greek god of sleep. He enters the dreams of mortals and induces dreams of foolishness unto them. Somnus, or Sopor, is Hypnos’s Roman name.  He is most commonly pictured beside his twin brother, Thanatos, the Greek god of death. His mother is Nix, the goddess of Night. The…

Greeks compared to the Maya Looking around too all the different ethnicities that can be found in this world, two of those most interesting cultures would have to be the Greeks and the Maya. The ancient Greek and Mayan civilizations have many similar characteristics but they also have many differences. The Mayan’s are an indigenous…

From empty Chaos, somehow sea, earth, and air were formed. They swirled around each other. The earth wasn’t walkable, the air wasn’t breathable, and the sea wasn’t swimmable. Shapes and textures shifted. Anything flammable could quickly turn to ice. Life, there was no such thing. And rules of nature and survival? There were none. There…