King Numitor Of Alba Longa Analysis

In spite of this, most of the women he had slept with had been raped, including his own wife. Hera had been purposely avoiding her brother, wanting nothing to do with him. He was well aware of this, and while pursuing her had come up with a plan. Zeus transformed himself into a "sad and bedraggled looking cuckoo bird, soaked from a strong downpour"(Pontikis). Hera, pitying the bird, held him up to her heart for warmth and desired to heal him. In this moment, Zeus transformed back into his regular form and raped Hera, who could do nothing in the spontaneity. After this incident, they married out of guilt for the rape and conceived multiple children (Pontikis). Among other victims was the kidnapped Prince Ganymede, whom was taken by Zeus in the form of an eagle. Upon being ddelivered to Mount Olympus, he raped the young boy, and made him his cup-bearer (Leadbetter). As an apology, he did not return the prince to his family, but sent a couple of

After Medusa's affair with Poseidon she got pregnant with two children, Pegasus a winged horse, and Chrysaor, he of the Golden sword. They were sprang from Medusa's neck when Perseus cut her head. This myth of Medusa and Perseus is one of the most famous ones. Perseus was the

In 776 BC, the king, Numitor, had an evil brother, Amulius, who locked away Numitor’s

Theseus’ quest hoped to end the unnecessary sacrifices, but caused another. Theseus’ father, Aegeus was the King of Athens. Aegeus put a sword and shoes in a hole under a boulder, when Theseus could lift the stone, he was old enough to become the heir. Theseus was successful and traveled to Athens by land, a perilous route, killing all the bandits. Upon arrival at Athens he was praised and invited to the King’s dinner. Aegeus recognized his sword in Theseus’ hand and declared Theseus as his son and the heir. Every nine years the Minotaur took fourteen victims into his Labyrinth and Theseus was determined to end the cycle. He offered to be a victim, with a plan to kill the beast. In exchange for a marriage, Theseus received a ball of yarn along

With this thought in his head, Cronus took his newborn child from the the hands of Rhea and swallowed the innocent little baby. It was not only one time that Cronus committed this horrible act. He ate his second child, too. He also swallowed his third, fourth, and fifth child. By this time, Rhea was greatly burdened by what Cronus was doing.

Nausicaa was the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete. At Scheria, at the beach, Nausicaa met Odysseus assuring him that he would be welcome at her parents palace, because she loved him. Odysseus had lost all his men at sea because of poseidon who was mad at him for blinding his son a Cyclops. Poseidon had trapped Odysseus on an island for avery long time until Athena, the goddess of wisdom, craft, and battle, and Zeus decided was time for Odysseus to leave to be reunited with his wife Penelope and his son. Odysseus was then sent out to sea, but again, his ship wrecked and he tried to swim to a near island. The next morning Odysseus asked asked a girl standing nearby, Nausicaa, for clothes, since he was naked, and food. He was then taken

Artemis is the daughter of Zeus, king of the gods, and Leto, daughter of the titans Coeus and Phoebe. When Leto was pregnant, Hera forbid any place to offer shelter to the woman who had seduced her husband. Zeus felt sorry for Leto so he decided to transform her into a quail to easily give birth to their children. They soon found an island by the name of Delos, that was willing to accept them. For nine days and nights, Leto suffered intense labor pains, until the tenth day when she finally gave birth to Artemis. Artemis then aided her mother in bringing her twin brother Apollo, god of the sun and music, into the world.

Amulius hoped that Princess Silvia wouldn't give birth to any child/ren who could reclaim the kingdom/throne.However his plan failed as she married Mars(god of war) and gave birth to twins "Romulus and Remus"(1717BC). When the evil king "Amulius " found out he sent his slave to kill the twins by throwing them into the sea in a cradle at night time while everyone was asleep.

The myth of the Minotaur comes from the Island of Crete. King Minos of Crete was the son of Europa and Zeus, but King Asterion still raised Minos as his own along with his two brothers. To become king after Asterion had passed, Minos prayed to the God Poseidon to provide him with a spectacular white bull to sacrifice to the god. Poseidon granted Mino’s wish, showing the people, he was the rightful ruler over his two brothers. Minos however, did not sacrifice the bull and chosen a lesser one in its place. Poseidon became angry over Mino’s disobedience. Mino’s wife, Pasiphae, was installed with lusting desire for the white bull by Poseidon as revenge. With the help of Daedalus and Icarus, Pasiphae became pregnant by the animal. The name of Minotaur

She Then came up with a plan to castrate her husband as punishment and so she formed a scythe made of stone. Knowing she would need help so she gathered her 12 sons that were not put in Tartarus and told them of her plan. 11 of the sons refused to do the deed because of fear, but one of her sons named Kronos accepted the task given by his mother.. Kronos who took the stone scythe (which became his symbol) was hidden by Gaia to wait until Uranus came so that he would ambushed by Kronos. The plan worked out as expected and Uranus was castrated by kronos which he threw his fathers testicals out into the sea and his blood formed greece and Aphrodite

In fear of a prophecy that he would be in turn be overthrown by his own son, Kronos swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born. Rhea his wife, managed to save the youngest, Zeus, by hiding him away on the island of Krete. The god grew up, forced Kronos to disgorge his swallowed offspring, and led the Olympians in a ten year war against the Titans, before driving them defeated into the pit of Tartaros.

The evil king sends Perseus on a mission to kill Medusa, one of the Gorgon sisters. After hearing the news Zeus sends Hermes and Athena to help. Hermes gives a sword and Athena gives her shield to Perseus. First Hermes flies Perseus to the gray sisters and steals their eye until they tell him were the Nymphs of the North's are.

The Greek God Zeus was smitten by a nymph called Callisto. Zeus's wife Hera then turned Callisto into a bear out of jealousy. While she was a bear Callisto encountered her son Arcas, who wanted to kill the bear out of pure instinct. Zeus wanting to stop Arcas from killing Callisto, turned Arcas into a bear too and placed mother (Ursa Major) and son (Ursa Minor) permanently in the night sky to keep Callisto safe.

Deucalion builds an ark, fills it with food, and rushes into it with his wife Pyrrha, who is also his cousin, the daughter of Prometheus’ brother Epimetheus. (Leeming, 1991)” Deucalion like a good son listens to his father and does what his father told him.

Rhea was their mother and did not approve of her children being eaten. Rhea used a rock and covered it with the baby cloth and gave it to Cronus and that's how Rhea tricked Cronus.