A Story Of Good Fortune

In the Odyssey, Homer uses juxtaposition to characterize Telemachus as a Greek ideal, imagery to connect to the cultural themes of disguise and hospitality, and repetition to enforce the idea that gods were a powerful force in everyday lives. When Athena first comes down to the mortal world and goes to Telemachus’ house, “first by far to see her was Prince Telemachus/sitting among the suitors, heart obsessed with grief.” This image contrasts the boisterous, rowdy crowd of suitors against the quiet, pensive and attentive host Telemachus. As the suitors take advantage of Telemachus’ hospitality and good grace, Telemachus continues to be a gracious host by noticing the stranger at the door and inviting her in, unaware that she was a god in disguise.

It was the morning of June 27th, ten years after Tessie Hutchinson was stoned to death. So much had happened during this decade after her death. Horace Dunbar was stoned last year, and Mrs. Graves the year before. The village now consisted of about 500 citizens, and with the village growing every year the lottery became more and more necessary for the town to prosper. But still people doubted the value of the lottery and tried to preclude it. Back when the year Tessie was stoned, the Adams were talking about how other towns were giving up the lottery. Every year there were a larger amount of people opposing the lottery.

Meanwhile, Zeus truly began to see the type of person Aphrodite really was, as she was always helping others. Zeus began to develop feelings for her as well as she did for him, and saw that she would never hurt anyone like his own wife hurt him. One night Zeus decided he had to see Aphrodite, so he snuck out of the palace while Hera was still sleeping and ran to Aphrodite's house as fast as a lightning bolt. He rapidly knocked on her door until Aphrodite finally answered. A look of shock crept over Aphrodite’s face and she stood there speechless. Zeus asked her quietly “May I come inside, please? I ,uh, want to talk.” Aphrodite nodded and let Zeus in, wondering about why he was there. They spent the whole night talking, laughing, and crying about their lives

Athena was the Greek Goddess of many ideas, but she was famous mostly for her superior wisdom, her cunning skills in times of war, and her implausible talent for household tasks, such as weaving and pottery. She was celebrated more than any other God in ancient mythology, was the supposed inventor of countless innovations, and her figure gave reason for Greek woman to gain rights long before others of their time. The goddess of war, the guardian of Athens, and the defender of Heroes; Athena’s impact on the lives of Ancient Greeks is outstanding.

In this book the little girl who we all know as Athena even gives Odysseus advice, ?A cheerful man does best in every enterprise, even a stranger? (Book 7). The interference by Athena shows how much she likes Odysseus and how much she wants him to make it home to the suitors.

Athena, once again, is shown as having power over men and mortals, the citizens feel "sheltered under Athene`s wings" (3.1000-02) she brings justice and leads the tragic trilogy to a conclusion , just as she helps conclude Odysseus` nostos to Ithaca.

T. shows the theme of relationship of man to God when he prayed to Athena to retrieve her help, and as a reward of doing all good she appears to help his cry. “…

Phaeacia, where a princess discovers him. If it had not been for Athena saving him, he would

The goddess also kept those people strong and faithful to the success of our hero even if they had heavy doubts. In the very beginning, Athena disguised herself as a prince in order to gather crewmen for his ship. She also provided hope when it was needed for characters around Odysseus and Telemachus. For instance, when Penelope learned of her son’s absence she cried at the thought of losing yet another loved one. Athena helps Penelope by presenting herself as the phantom of Iphtime, Penelope’s sister and tells her, “Courage! Don’t be overwhelmed by all your direst fears. He travels with such an escort, one that others would pray to stand beside them.”

One time I had to overcome adversity is when I had an AP bio test. This was the third or fourth big test we had taken in the class and the last test before the second quarter began. The week before the test I procrastinated studying until the very last night. The night before the test I knew I had to buckle down and study for at least a couple of hours.

Odyssa had a long journey ahead of her. She always loved adventures, but didn’t know one so difficult was just around the corner. All of a sudden, she woke up in the land of Phaecia, whose ruler was King Alcinous. Odyssa was very scared because she wanted to go back home to her island. Then suddenly out of nowhere, shipbuilders and traders, called Phaeacians, appeared. Odyssa told them she was trying to find her way back home, so the Phaeacians were eager to help. The Phaeacians told her to follow the clear path of the sea and it would lead her straight to Olympus to speak to Zeus, the most powerful god, and help her go home.

As the day I awoke, I've known that my father has died and how it happened was a tragedy. I had a vision last night that I was being taken to Agamemnon. I knew that this was true, it was that I saw it coming. "I will be Agamemnon's to be bride" I shouted in my head. I only thought of what has happened so far. I was panicking over the war. My mother queen Hecuba was worrying over us, I couldn't bare to watch my mother die, as I already saw of her fate. As we all were being taken to a man to tell us what will happen to us all. I heard the man say that my mother was going to be Odysseus slave. I heard her plead as much as she can to not be his slave, but nothing helped.

Everything was so peaceful, as it always was in Greece. Everyone was joyful, people were smiling, and laughter filled the air. Tilepatheia and Chaothinia could both tell that something was weighing on Demeter’s mind. Chaothinia knew what was wrong, but she didn’t want to say anything in front of Tilepatheia.

.I'm sure many people have heard about Greek mythology, from gods to goddesses to centaurs the Greek myths have been both informative and entertaining . I'm here to tell you about one goddess in particular, Athena , the beautiful war goddess that has a quite intriguing life story. Athena was the goddess of wisdom, war, courage and etc.Her powers consist of agriculture, spinning, needlework and navigation. She was considered a goddess of war, but also she is the patron goddess of Athens. Hence why it is named after her. Athena was very fierce and brave in all her battles.She is one of the virgin goddesses, alongside Hestia and Artemis.Homer’s poem, the Iliad, stated that Athena was a fierce and ruthless warrior. But in the Odyssey, she was angry and unforgiving. Athena had a very unusual birth , she was not normally born by her mother Metis, instead Hephaestus split open her father Zeus’s , head after his complaint about an aching headache .Then Athena sprang out fully grown and dressed in armor. How , you might ask ? Well , Zeus went to bed with Metis,

In the Homeric Hymn 28, Homer describes Athena as, “the glorious Goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous” (Rayor 2014:90). In this essay I will discuss the features of Athena that are emphasised in selected mythological tales. This will be done in order to come to a conclusion on the nature of the Greek gods as opposed to the God of Christian religion.