Cyclopes Research Paper

I chose to write about Zeus for my independent project. By the time my paper is written and finished, I can only hope to have discovered more and more information about him than at the beginning of this essay. Some things I do want to remember and learn about him are what made him so great, is he the Greek God’s leader, and what did he accomplish? When somebody speaks about Greek mythology, it seems as though everyone wants to talk about Zeus. Another thing that I hear very often when Zeus is mentioned is the fact that he controls/carries the lightning bolt. That is Zeus’s symbol. I have for a long while been itching to take in more about him yet never thought to consider his history until today.

The Cyclops, in The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou has noticeable relations that connect them both. The Cyclops in each story is a large man, who only has one eye. One website describes the Cyclopes race as, “a rough and uncivilized race of one-eyed giants.”(Hainsworth) Odysseus describes the giant as, “A prodigious man who slept in his cave alone, and took his flocks to graze afield, remote from all companions, knowing none but savage ways, a brute so huge.”(The Odyssey, Book 9, Lines 195-201)The Cyclops in each story characterizes similiarity between the two stories. Odysseus, the main character of The Odyssey and Ulysses, the main character of O Brother, Where Art Thou have unpleasant interactions with the Cyclops in each of the stories. Big Dan Teague, the con man, characterizes the “Cyclops” in O Brother, Where Art Thou by raising havoc in Ulysses and his partners’ lives. In each story an attempt to blind the creature offers a distraction for each character to escape from the Cyclops. The Coen

Once Zeus was fully grown he returned to his father’s realm and with the help of his mother, hoodwinked Cronus to drink an emetic that made him disgorge his children (Leadbetter). It was these children: Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera and Demeter who helped Zeus wage the Titan war against Cronus. The women titans refused to help Cronus defeat the Olympians and even a few male titans helped aid the Olympians. After ten years of battles, the Olympians were able to banish the Titans into the Underworld (Titanomachy). It was after this war that Zeus seized the throne and divided the sky, the underworld, and the sea amongst him and his brothers. (Hades: the underworld, Poseidon: the sea, and Zeus: the sky.)

Cyntoia Brown is a 16 years old girl sentenced to life in prison for killing a man named Johnny Allen. Brown reasoning for killing the man was because she felt that he was going to kill her because of the way he was acting and the guns that he owned was visible on the bed. In addition, she knew that if he was to kill her, she did not have a gun and there was no way that her family would ever know what happened to her. Some background about this girl Cyntoia Brown was that when she was born, not even two years later her mother Georgina Mitchell gave her up for adoption due to her drug and alcohol problems. Brown has experienced some hardship growing up and has done all sorts of things to feel wanted and accepted. She was found guilty, tried

In The Odyssey, Odysseus faces many enemies, but the one that defeated most of his men was “The Cyclops”. In “The Cyclops”, he and his men got trapped in a cave by a Polyphemus, the cyclops. A quote in the story stated: “caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor” (Homer 959). The cyclops is a villain figure, because the cyclops killed Odysseus’ men and ate them. Another example is when Odysseus escapes from the cyclops after blinding him. This angered Poseidon and the cyclops themselves. Odysseus taunted the cyclops as he was leaving which led the Cyclops “he laid his hands upon a bigger stone and wheeled around… whelming seas rose giant above the stone…” (Homer 968), making it harder for Odysseus to escape. The cyclops is trying to stop Odysseus and his men from leaving alive by. This. Even if monsters are trying to prevent Odysseus from returning home, Odysseus still has a supernatural guide to keep him

Cyntoia Brown was only a minor when a 24 years old man named, “Cut Throat” sexually abuse and physically beat her and, then forced her into prostitution the age of 16. After meeting the 24 years old man, she became a drug addict and a victim of sex-trafficking. She was later sentenced to life in prison for shooting the 43 years old, Johnny Mitchell Allen who raped and abuse her. After more than a decade, her case became the most heated topics in America since last year. The question is, was she a victim of violence or guilty of killing the man who raped her?

Polyphemus- Polyphemus is a gargantuan cyclops that kidnaps Odysseus and his crew in his cave. He plans on eating them but luckily he isn’t the smartest creature. Odysseus manages to blind the cyclops by stabbing him in the eye which leads to him and his crew’s eventual escape. Polyphemus remains a static character all the while he is in the book.

Cyclops, according to Homer, was the son of Poseidon, the sea god, and the nymph, Thoosa. Polyphemus inhabited the island now known as Sicily with other unnamed giants with similar appearances. While contemporary depictions of the Cyclops assume a biped with a single eye, the classical and Renaissance portraits of Cyclops show a giant with two empty eye sockets where human visual organs would be and one eye centered above them.

captive by Trojan captors. As warrior Odyssey faced several challenges and Hermes was sent by Zeus to

Zeus’ affinity for being the main character of a myth is no different in the epic myth about his fight against Cronus and the Titans or the “Titanomachy.” In this larger-than-life battle Zeus has to overthrow his father Cronus and take his predestined place as king of the gods. In this myth however, Zeus has to grow and overcome many challenges that stand in his way to greatness. Zeus has to ask for help from his mother in order to be able to free his sibling from his father Cronus who had swallowed them whole. After Zeus frees his siblings he has to face the mighty Titans, so he asks the Cyclops and the Hecatonchires to aid him in this battle that lasts

The comment explaining the relationship between Ouranos, Kronos, and Zeus is an accurate representation of Hesiod’s account in the Theogony. Each of these gods – with the exception of Zeus – are overthrown by their predecessors and stripped of their power. The extent of Zeus’ dependence on Gaia is explained and proved by Hesiod in his writing. His account explains the piece of advice that Gaia offers Zeus regarding the release of the Hekatoncheires, and how important it is in allowing Zeus to achieve success (Theog. 617-63). The degree of Zeus’ responsibility for his own success is proven by Hesiod when he writes about the Cyclopes and the punishments that Zeus inflicts upon his enemies. Zeus slowly becomes successful after the advice that Gaia gives him, but is able to fully establish this power when he begins to take matters into his own hands. His force and diplomacy allow him to strike fear into those who fight against him and gain the trust of those who are willing to fight beside him. Hesiod is able to illustrate Zeus’ rise to power through detailed explanations of his relationships with Ouranos, Kronos, and Gaia. The account featured in the Theogony makes one wonder if success can be achieved simply by oneself, or if allies and support are required in order to reach ultimate

Cybele was a goddess from Asia Minor. She was known for her wild appearance and lion drawn chariot. Cybele was also known to serve as a protector in times of war, a love and fertility goddess, and a healer. Cybele was said to be the mother of all the creatures ever created. This includes gods,monsters and humans. Cybele was often referred to as the “Mountain Mother”. She was also known to be a patron of fertility, and often self mutilation was a sacrifice to her. Her cult priests preformed blood rituals to please the goddess and attempt to invoke her power. On “The Day of the Blood” men would slash their wrists and dance for her, and offered a blood spattered pine tree as an offering, to represent her dead consort, Attis. Said tree was adorned

1.The twelve Olympians gain control of the universe by tricking Cronus into swallowing a stone instead of Zeus. He then forces Cronus to disgorge Zeus 's siblings along with the rock. After gaining his siblings back, a terrible war is started between Zeus and Cronus. Cronus is helped by his brother Titans while Zeus is helped by his siblings and others. Zeus is able to win the war because he was able to release the hundred-handed monsters that fought for him. He also receives the help of the son of a Titan, whose name is Prometheus. After Zeus and his siblings win the war, he punishes his enemies because of their cruelty.

Zeus, also known as Jupiter by the Romans, is the Supreme King of the Gods and his symbols include a lightning bold, eagle and oak tree. He is the youngest son of the Titans Rhea and Cronus and has two brothers named Hades and Poseidon and three sisters named Hera, Hestia, and Demeter. Before him or any of his other siblings were born Cronus’s mother Gaea warned him that one of his children would overthrow him like he had done to his father. So to stop that from happening Cronus ate all of his children. When Zeus was born Rhea wrapped a stone with swaddled clothes and presented them to Cronus, who believed it was Zeus and devoured it. When Zeus became older he came back disguised as one of Cronus’s servants and got him to drink a potion

The Hecatoncheires were three giants in charge of storms. They each had one hundred hands and fifty heads. The Cyclopes were three giants with one eye in the middle of their face, who had the power to forge the lightning-bolts of Zeus. Due to their power their father feared them. So he put all six of them in Tartaros. Gaea did not like her children being in Tartaros, so she asked her other sons to overthrow their father (Atsma).