Anthem Epilogue Essay

The scene of nudity in the statue of Aphrodite looks intentional. This is concluded with the placid look on the marble’s face. She looks calm in dealing with her nude pose. It is as if she is heading towards the bathroom before the nude moment was captured. The marble statue of Aphrodite is life sized, thin, and fits a young woman by the normal modern standards. The height with the plinth is approximately sixty two and a half inches (158.8 cm).

No “I” and no “you”, just “we.” How could we live in a world like that? Ayn Rand’s book shows a twisted and different form of collectivism. Everyone is told what they have to do for the rest of their future. Children are not even allowed to know who their parents are and are never given the chance to meet them. Although, only one shines in the society that no one else may see until now. Equality finds it difficult to find individualism in his life and in the rules of his society. Equality eventually finds individualism in escaping, to a haven of his own, from his odd society. Equality can then find peace with himself and can live in a more individualistic life in his newfound house with “The Golden One” in the forbidden and

Firstly, in the outset of the play, Aphrodite’s speech is necessary for both plot development and characterisation. Her contempt towards Hippolytus and her dark intentions are at first revealed to

As soon as she saw Momus, the God of satire, Aphrodite knew that he was the one for her. Such an exquisite man, he did not seem to know what boundaries were, and found humor in even the darkest of situations. But, when he ridiculed Zeus and was banished from Mt. Olympus, Aphrodite immediately regretted her decision to bear his child. With great feelings of angst and resentment towards Momus, once the babe was born Aphrodite abandoned her in the home of an Amazon tribe. All the baby had was her father's mask and a name- Callidora. Callidora had an extremely difficult time growing up as an Amazonian warrior. Firstly, she was extremely clumsy. She could not hold a weapon and would constantly trip over her own feet. Also, she would consistently

"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 Cytherea." (Hom.Hym.5.5) Aphrodite was beautiful. She was often depicted with flowers and vegetation surrounding her golden aura, representing her connection with fertility. According to the poet Hesiod, Aphrodite was one of the twelve Olympians. The literal meaning of her name is foam born, as she was born from the sea foam that surrounded the immortal flesh, which was the result of the castration of Kronos (Theogony 190). That explains why the Renaissance artist Botticelli depicted her on a giant scallop shell. The Theogony is just one explanation of her creation, which she was born from Kronos alone, and not from a sexual union. As a result she is "characterized as the goddess of pure love that has its end not [at] physical satisfaction but [at] spiritual gratification (CCM)." In contrast to the Theogyny’s explanation, Homer, who is most famous for the Odyssey and Iliad, tells of her birth as the result of the relations between Zeus and Dione; thus connecting her as the "goddess of sex and procreator of children, whose concerns are of the body and not of the mind, the spirit or the soul (CCM)". These different myths of her creation are just the beginning of the many discrepancies throughout her eternal

Have you ever watched Mean Girls? The movie with Lindsay Lohan where she meets “the mean girls” of her school? There’s one girl that she meets which is the head of the group, really pretty, blonde, obsessed with being the hottest one and having no competition, her name was Regina George. Aphrodite is like the Regina George of the goddesses. She’s really pretty, well that’s about the only description I can give you because she can be whatever your definition of beautiful is.

Aphrodite was so beautiful gods used to fight over her. To help prevent war Zeus made her marry Hephaestus. He was a blacksmith god, who made jewelry. Even though Aphrodite was married to him she did not love him. She loved Ares, many other gods, and men. Hephaestus and Aphrodite never

In another poem that Sappho wrote, “ A Prayer to Aphrodite”, Sappho describes anguished love. Sappho desires nothing more then to have this unrequited love returned to her arms. In this poem the magic of language calls Aphrodite forth and inspires her to do Sappho a favor. It inspires the goddess to give Sappho the power to bring this person back to the “glittering net” of her arms (19). This shows Sappho’s true desire to harness the power of love through the magic of language. If she can only write this poem beautiful enough then Aphrodite will take pity on her and give her what she most wants.

     As one reads Ayn Rand’s significant quotes from the story of anthem, there is always a main theme that is trying to escape, just as Prometheus escaped in her story. All three of the listed quotes work as a trio to sing that We; as society, works to defeat individuality. The quotes emphasize that we cannot survive without individualism and being alone brings out our unique personalities. It is true that all the quotes work as one, but at the same time they have their own individualism. Each quote holds a purpose of its own and the author wants to express the quote to each persons understanding.

Sappho is an ancient Greek poet who is known for her capability in the theorization and processing of love, though in The New Sappho her curiosity and amusement tends to turn its perspective to the idea of age. While we are used to the common concept of love and appearance of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, in Sappho’s poems, it seems that The New Sappho is both a play on her age, as well as a metaphor for her new subject. The poem’s title seems to suggest a rebirth or a renewal of being, yet in contradiction her physical form is aging.

Unlike the other Greek divinities (even the latecomer Dionysus whose name shows up in 13th century BC in Linear B), her name and fame are not thoroughly established by the time of Homer. Her name, in fact, is “not attested in Mycenaean Greek,” implying that she was an unknown figure in the Bronze age. While the name “Aphrodite” itself has a relatively standard compilation of epithets in Homeric epic, her eponyms Kupris and Kuthereia “are not attested evenly throughout the [Homeric] corpus, are restricted to relatively few contexts, and have no developed epithet systems” These names “were apparently not well established in Archaic epic.” This, I believe, is because Aphrodite did not exist as herself in pre-Homeric tradition. Instead, the Aphrodite we know and love is a standardized Greek name applied to different Eastern deities as they appear in Homeric tradition. These Eastern goddesses are responsible for many of the motives Aphrodite performs in the Iliad, and yet her name is the one associated with those motives in

Aphrodite represents erotic love as a fascinating form of divine influence. The nude Aphrodite has powerful meaning and

A Similarity of both Apollo and Aphrodite manipulation is the revelations of the motives are revealed before their actions take place. In the first Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, the story describes the beautiful, virgin goddess who falls in love with the mortal, Anchises. Aphrodite eludes the most powerful Greek god Zeus and in retaliation, Zeus forces Aphrodite to fall in love with a mortal which eventually leads to her falling in love with Anchises and have sex with him. Aphrodite intentions are made clear before any actions take place and is described, “And when she saw him, Aphrodite, lover of laughter, she loved him, and a terrifying desire seized her heart” (Aphrodite 87-88). Comparing this hymn to the second Homeric Hymn to apollo, the story has similarities to the story of Aphrodite. For example, Apollo also reveals his

The Goddess of Love By: Sophia, Cassidy, Makenna, Xitlali, and Alex Do you study Greek Mythology? If you do, you know the famous Aphrodite, the goddess of love and passion. During his presentation you will learn about Aphrodite's childhood, adulthood, other facts about her, and how she met her unfaithful death. It all started when Aphrodite was brought into the world.

It is foretold that greek mythology’s purpose is to remind us of how we once lived our everyday lives; how we had such a close bond with mother nature and how far our imaginations went in order to tell a tale that taught lessons about life and what it had to offer (Hamilton 1). The story of Adonis is one to personify the powers of life and death, and defines the meaning behind love, beauty, and sacrifice. His story reminds us of how we react to the changes in our worlds and how we become infatuated with what we think is beautiful. As the story goes, Adonis was born from King Cinyrus, and his daughter Myrrha, who was known for her beauty (“The Myth of Aphrodite and Adonis”).