Medusa And Zeus Research Paper

Zeus was the son of Cronus and Rhea. When Cronus heard someone say that one of his sons would overthrow him just like he did to his father he got very angry and scared. This led to Cronus swallowing each of his children to make sure he stayed in power. Only one of the children got out by having Rhea feed Cronus a stone wrapped in cloth instead of Zeus. After Rhea saved Zeus he left and trained because he would one day come back and overthrow his father and force his to give back his siblings.

An alternative version of this myth, includes Poseidon. Here Medusa was a beautiful maiden, envy of every women and desired by every man around, her hair was the loveliest. She was a priestess of Athena. Medusa "it's said, was violated in Minerva's shine by Ocean's lord. Jove's daughter turned away and covered with her shield her virgin's eyes and then for fitting punishment transformed The Gorgon's lovely hair to loathsome snakes. Minerva still, to strike her foes with dread, upon her breastplate wears the snakes she made"(Ovid, page 98). It is not entirely clear if she was violated or if she consented. Either way, she was punished for committing a crime because Athena is a virgin goddess, so all her priestesses have to remain virgin too.

* The Greek god Zeus (3rd. century BC. and the Indian god Manou-Maisei (dates from circa 100 CE), who came to the Earth illegally and brought false information into the houses of people, the information that stopped human life on Earth, are brought before the court!

I am Zeus, supreme ruler of all the gods. My parents are Cronus and Rhea. My father is king of the Titans. I am the brother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon. My father ate all of my brothers and sisters before i was even born, but they didn't get digested. When i was born my mother tricked my father and fed him a rock instead of me! After that my mother raised me without telling my father that i was even alive. My mother and her friends took care of me in a dark cave on an island called Crete. Growing up, I was taken care of by tender nymphs and a magical goat named Amaltheia.

Prometheus is given the task of making mankind. He makes man and gives them fire. Then Zeus gets angry at Prometheus and takes away fire, but Prometheus brings back fire from the son. When Zeus sees that man has fire again, he is angry with Prometheus and gives him a woman as punishment. From Pandora, the first woman, came all of the evil in the world.

It is well known that Zeus has many family connections, especially surrounding his numerous offspring. Among those children are the more known ones that include Athena, often thought to be Zeus’ favourite child, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Heracles, Perseus, and Dionysus (289-300). Other familial connections include Poseidon and Hades

When Zeus was born he was born with two other siblings. Poseidon and Hades are the name of Zeus’s two siblings. As they grow up together they don’t get along just like the majority of siblings do in the present day. Each week the boys fight at least three times. After they get past their childhood days of their lives, the brothers grow up and are adults.

Shortly after humans were created, they came to suffer. With fire recently taken away, the conditions were harsh. It rained almost everyday, and humans were dying at a remarkable rate. Recently abandoned by Zeus, Hephaestus was angry. Why should humans have to suffer like I do? What did they do to Zeus? Being a builder, Hephaestus knew that he must do something. He built and he built, trying to find a way to keep humans safe. Finally, he built a house made of mud and sticks. It kept humans protected from the elements, and kept them warm in the coldest of conditions. He brought it to the humans, who rejoiced. Now, Zeus was angry. He had taken away fire to punish Prometheus, and now Hephaestus was interfering? Angry and bitter, Zeus banished

I feel it is necessary to distinctly define the different gods and goddesses. As mentioned in class, while most gods and goddesses might hint at the virtue of xenia, Zeus is the main god who truly enforces it. Poseidon is furious with Odysseus; therefore, the moment he sees anyone helping Odysseus, he wants to punish them. This fact cannot be ignored, even if the ones who help Odysseus are Poseidon's own people, the Phaiakians. As for Zeus permitting Poseidon's act, I would assume that Zeus did not want to deal with a whiny god, so he simply let Poseidon have his

The myth of Medusa is one of the most told myths throughout history. It seems like a simple idea of how society perceives ugliness. The myth may be saying that truly hideous people deserved the monstrous things that are coming to them, yet there is more to the story and image of this woman. People have to look into what happened to her that society perceives her as hideous.Society has to think about whose fault was it for her becoming a monster. People should look into the true meaning of Medusa. Medusa has a strong impact on Greek society mythology too? with her features, the colors of those features, her gender, and the power she held. Her image and myth is

Zeus came down from Mount Olympus as an old wise man and tried talking with Hector. Zeus told Hector, “if you don’t stop I will turn you into a flower.” Well Hector didn’t like this news. Hector finally listened to Zeus, he

The conclusion of the Titanomachy, the war between the titans and the olympic gods led to the creation of man as two spared titans Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus shaped man out of mud as Athena the goddess of wisdom breathed life into the clay figures. With the creation of man and animals, prometheus assigned Epimetheus to give the creatures of earth various qualities such as Swiftness, cunningness, strength, fur and wings. However as he got to man, all the good qualities where taken leading to Prometheus giving man the ability to stand upright like the gods and the power of fire. Prometheus began to favor man more then the olympians as Zeus demanded man to sacrifice portion of each food to the gods leading to Prometheus tricking Zeus.

Metis ,Titaness of wisdom and deep thought, was the first spouse of Zeus. Gaea earth mother warned Zeus that should Metis had a son it would overthrow him. Zeus afraid decided to fool Metis so she couldn't have any children. He played a game where they changed into different animals until she changed into a fly he swallowed her, but it was to late. Metis started to make armor and a helmet for her daughter. The sound of the hammer against the helmet caused him to have a horrible headache. Then Hephaestus cut open Zeus's head with an axe and Athena popped out in full armor. Athena is a virgin goddess, but she has had one adopted child Erichthonius. Erichthonius was the son of Gaea and Hephaestus who popped up from the ground in front of Athena

Zeus and Thor share many similarities. The two also share differences. They are very similar in some areas. For one, they are both gods. But Zeus and Thor can be contrasted in many different ways.

The statue of Perseus with the head of Medusa was constructed from 1545 to 1554 and is similar to other works of art created in the 1500s. It belongs to the Mannerist period. Unlike, the Renaissance period, Mannerism focused on style and how people desired to look. Mannerist works typically looked artificial and exaggerated. This is visible in the statue of Perseus and Medusa because Perseus’ muscle definition is very intense, and the way he’s standing on Medusa’s body looks slightly awkward. This statue looks very similar compared to the many other elaborate statues of the time.