Daphne, A Naiad-Nymph Of The River Peneus

Stemming from a desired standpoint, Aphrodite, a gorgeous, perpetual young woman with a beautiful body is known as the goddess of love and beauty. Graciously assisting men charm their desired spouse with love enchantments, Aphrodite herself was no stranger to divine lovers as she held various relationships with both gods and mortals. Yet, despite her dynamic desirability and mixed personality, Aphrodite had to overcome her weak and frightful self (http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/aphrodite/) due to her jealousy. Even though it was thought that she was born the daughter of Zeus and Dione, it was more frequently believed that she was born of the foam in the sea off of island Cyprus. Later on, Aphrodite went to marry lame smith Hephaestus, Olympian god of Iron, but was quietly acquiring a private affair with Ares, god of War.

Artemis recognizes Phaedra’s nobility and honour, telling Theseus she came also for, “…[his] wife’s frenzied lust, or in a way, / nobility.” (Euripides, 1300-1301) Artemis recognizes Phaedra’s concern to maintain her reputation, as well as her struggle to fight off the emotional attachment to Hippolytus instilled in her by the goddess Aphrodite.

In Anne Stevenson’s “Eros,” the god of love is shown to be broken and abused. Many negative words are used to emphasize Eros’ brokenness. He is described as a “bully boy,” a “brute” that “offends,” and is given “blows” delivered by “lust.” These words are not pleasant, as they illustrate an offensive, hurtful figure. As a “slave” to immortality, Eros is doomed to a “bruised” and “battered visage” for eternity. It is destined for him to endure such a future because of the nature of his job. These strong words of hate and hurt show the pain that love had to endure. The caller of love asks, “Can this be you, with boxer lips and patchy wings askew?” Eros answers with, what “you see is what long overuse has made

The Pythiae (III, 1–58 = Edelstein and Edelstein 1998, v. I, T. 1), a poem written by Pindar, constitutes the oldest and best preserved written source of the god’s myth. According to this testimony, Asclepius was the son of Apollo and a mortal woman, Coronis. After her intercourse with the god, Coronis, while she was with child, fell in love with a mortal man, Ischys, son of Elatus, and entered into a relationship with him. When Apollo was informed about her infidelity by a corax, he got angry, turned the colour of the bird from white to black and sent his sister, Artemis, to kill her. However, when Coronis was about to be burnt on fire, Apollo did not stand to kill his son.

In Lord of the Flies, some Dionysian and Apollonian perspectives were found. The terms ‘Dionysian’ and ‘Apollonian’ are used as literary terms and their names devering from those of Greek gods whose qualities they represent. Apollo and Dionysus were both sons of Zeus but they are polar opposites. Furthermore, Apollo represents order and reason whereas Dionysus represents chaos and emotionalism.

The sculpture Apollo and Daphne, created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is based off a story from Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses. It is a portrayal of when Daphne is turned into a tree when trying to escape Apollo after they were both shot with an arrow by Eros. The sculpture is a powerful visual of Daphne and Apollo’s emotions as Daphne was captured by him. To evaluate the photo further I will discuss the feeling of empathy the sculpture made me feel and two connections the sculpture has to Ovid’s story.

One of the first mortals known was Demeter, the child of Zeus and Persephone, is known as the goddess of the underworld. After leaving Demeter, Zeus then moved on and mated with Leto with whom he then created the twin gods known as Artemis and Apollo. Apollo was known for many things following his birth. Apollo had a numours things he is remembered for, but a few is being the Olympian God of the Sun, the Light and the Music and the Prophecy. (GREEK-GODS.INFO 4).

While Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculpture “Apollo and Daphne” depicts a Romanian story of forbidden love, Ron Mueck’s “Two Women” portray two elderly women hyper-realistically. By analysing the meaning behind the two sculptures, evidence is given that the two artists had different intentions for their work. The story “Apollo and Daphne” is from a roman poem named “Metamorphoses” by a man named Ovid. In the story, Apollo is hit by a magical arrow from a god of

My name is Iris and I am the Greek goddess of rainbow. I am also called goddess of the sea and of the sky. My mother’s name was Electra, who was an Oceanid, and her father’s name was Thaumas, god of the sea. An oceanid is a sea nymph. A nymph is a spirit of the nature who was once imagined to be a beautiful maiden. Nymphs are usually inhabiting woods or a form of water like my mom did. Iris had many siblings too. Her sisters were the Harpies and Arke, who is her twin sister. The Harpies were female monsters in the form of a bird with a human face. I sometimes serve as the messenger of the goddesses alongside Hermes. Many people have said that I travel on a rainbow to deliver all my messages to everybody, everywhere. This is halfway true because sometimes I do use my rainbow, while other times I use the west wind sent from my husband, Zephyrus, god of the west wind. Zephyrus and I are happily married with our child, whose name is Pothos. Sometimes people get me confused with the Roman goddess Iris. The other Iris is a goddess of sadness and doom along with fatality. Later on in my life, during the Titans and Olympians war, I had sided with the Olympians while Arke, my twin sister, sided with the Titans. In the war, both Arke and I were being used as messengers.

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo.Greek myth is comprised of many Gods and Goddesses and the stories of how they came to be and of their life stories. And this is the story of the God apollo One God that caught my eye was Apollo, was associated with many aspects of life in the time of the Greek gods. Apollo’s father was Zeus, the king of the gods. Zeus, though married to Hera, had some problems with fidelity. He impregnated Leto, the daughter of a Titan.When he was four days old, he asked Hephaestus to make him silver bows and arrows. Hephaestus created them for him. Apollo was

The gods who inspired the love and hate relationships among families include Hermes, who used his magical use of language to lure the feelings of his brother Apollo away from jealousy to love. Hermes' reward was divination, and he became the god

The term “Eros,” referring to passionate love in English, has long been the mainstream of themes in drama, literature, arts, and cinematic media. The fascinating power of love has been exhaustively publicized, and the pursuit of love is diffused in streets and lanes. Conversely, in ancient times, many poets, especially Virgil, Ovid and Apuleius, described eros as such an evil spirit that it will destroy the female soul thoroughly, except for the one in Apuleius’ story of Cupid and Psyche. Even if taking into account the historical background of a patriarchal community and therefore the esteemed male dominance, the particular case of Psyche’s surviving and even thriving her encounter with eros

Both Homeric hymns to Apollo and Aphrodite feature classic mythology that explains various situations between the god and goddess and the mortals. In particular how each god and goddess elude mortals into behavior that both favors each party and has negative consequences. Apollo and Aphrodite have similarities and differences in which they manipulate the humans in the stories that lead to very different outcomes. A similarity between the manipulation on Apollo’s and Aphrodite’s part is that they each have a clear motive before their actions begin and some differences are that they have very different intentions and methods of the manipulation.

Upon encountering Daphne, Apollo falls madly in love with her. Overcome by Cupid's arrow, Apollo sets aside reason and becomes engulfed by his hope of attaining his love. Before being transformed, Apollo would most likely have paid little or no attention to Daphne, but now, Apollo is overcome by his lust for beauty. Ovid compares Apollo's love for Daphne to a flame in a brush. This metaphor used by Ovid is very effective. The change that goes through Apollo is very sudden and fast. The imagery of a flame rapidly spreading through brush conveys the idea of an almost violent change. The god is consumed with a desire for the girl. His chase is fueled by a hope to overcome the ultimate futility of his actions. He sees every part of her as beautiful, her eyes, hair, face and even speculates as to the beauty of her hidden regions. Unsatisfied by the sight of Daphne and wanting more than just a glimpse of her beauty, Apollo follows Daphne as a hound chases a rabbit. The hope for his fruitless love keeps Apollo close on Daphne's trail, and fear motivates Daphne to stay just out of reach. When Ovid tries to convey the intensity of the flight, he says, 'He gave the fleeing maiden no respite, but followed close on her heels, and his breath touched the locks that lay scattered on her neck,';(p. 43) Finally, burdened by mortal exhaustion, Daphne prays to her father to deliver her from her torment. As the words leave her mouth, Daphne is transformed for the second

Nymphs were a minor Greek deity that was known for their sensuality and great beauty. These strikingly beautiful ladies were often associated with specific landmarks. These insatiable young maidens were known for being sexually adventurous and loved to dance and sing. Their willingness to explore more sexual options in comparison to the chaste and moral wives, who would not participate in such debauchery. Known for their inability to age or die of illness, nymphs were only able to be destroyed in certain circumstances. However, this knowledge was not given to the humans by the gods. These eternally beautiful girls were thought to be known to particular lakes, rivers, mountains, and forests.The legends were said that these divine creatures could lay with the Gods and give birth to demi-gods. In some stories, the nymphs were daughters of Aphrodite and human males. But all these different stories have common factors, beautiful, young and ravenous sexual appetites. The nymph also appeared as a goddess in the Roman myths under the name, Lymphade. She has known as a water goddess and the site of her caused sheer madness. Nymphs in all forms could create the obsession, insanity and other forms of mental struggle to their suitors, making all who came into contact even visually with any of these ladies. In fact, a