Dillon Tang
Aliso Viejo Middle School 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.
2.I think I a Greek god I would relate to is Athena. She is the goddess of
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The goddess Demeter controls the seasons and is also Persephone 's mother. When Hades abducts Persephone, Demeter becomes obsessed with finding her daughter. Demeter forbid the growth of food on Earth creating a famine. Zeus eventually intervened and had Hermes sent to the underworld to negotiate. Persephone is able to return to Earth for 8 months every year. Then she will spend the rest of the year in the underworld. This relates to the seasons because when Persephone is on Earth, Demeter is happy and allows everything to grow. This is during the Spring, Summer, and Fall. However as her 8 months reaches the end, nature becomes cruel and nothing can grow. This is the winter.
6.Dionysus is a symbol of resurrection because he is the god of wine. He is represented as a vine that is constantly being pruned, and during the winter is weak and useless. Dionysus dies every winter and is resurrected in the spring. His worshippers believed he was assurance that death does not end all.
8.The myths of Demeter and Dionysus reveal a positive connection in the Greek attitude toward the mother/child relationship. In the myth of Demeter, she becomes very sad when she loses her daughter and does not stop searching for her. She takes away all the abilities to grow food because she lost
Persephone. Eventually she is given back her daughter but only for 8 months in a year.
9.Father Heaven imprisons his children
She tricked Cronus to eat a magic herb. Cronus threw up the stone and the children. Zeus other siblings are, the boys or the gods are Hades and Poseidon. Zeus’ sisters or the goddess’ are Hestia.Demeter,and Hera. After that Cronus surrendered and fled. The Titans and and sons revolted. The titans were Prometheus and Epimetheus. Zeus also freed Gaea’s sons from Tartarus. The cyclops made weapons. Zeus had his lightning bolts. Poseidon has his trident. Hades has his cape of invisibility. The Titans lost, they were sent to Tartarus and they are guarded by a monster. Atlas the strongest titan holde the sky up forever. Gaea is angry. Typhor dies, Echidna and gos fled. Zeus turned and threw lightning bolts. The Cyclops built a palace. Which is later name Mt.
Together, the two patriarchal figures conspire to kidnap and force Persephone to marry Hades. This is done behind Demeter’s back, intentionally removing her from her role as mother. Their actions directly diminish or outright remove the will of Demeter, a symbol of women in Greek culture (The Homeric Hymn to Demeter 29-30). This theme of a removal of female autonomy is mirrored later in the text when Hades tricks Persephone into eating pomegranate seeds. This action is a deliberate attempt to remove Persephone’s ability to choose for herself, condemning her to spend the winter months in the underworld with him. Not only does this subjugate Persephone to Hades’ will, but it also lends justification to the subjugation of women by men (372-400). By removing the sovereignty of the female mind, the myth promotes male authority.
In the Demeter and Persephone myth, Demeter is represented as a quite powerful goddess of nature, she possess the ability to bring down her full wrath and vengeance among mankind when she threats Zeus to get her daughter back. The Greeks recognized women’s ultimate connection to the earth and the power that arose from it however they also display significant amounts of an inferiority complex towards women. While the Greeks exemplify their fear towards the powerful Demeter they turn the tables and force their controlling views onto Persephone and she then becomes a rag doll and taken against her will. Persephone represents the beauty of nature and how the Greeks saw nature as two sided, both good and bad. Hades represented death and decay while Persephone represented vitality and life. However, they were threatened by woman’s connection nature and the power to create new life, similarly to Demeter’s connection with growing new crops both represent birth and regeneration. Even though Demeter did have control over whether or not mankind would starve it would not make a difference since Persephone still ate that pomegranate seed and was forced to go back to the underworld. This poses the idea that men had to control women as men had to control nature, similarly to the Norse Mythology. However the Greeks unlike the Norse recognized women’s power but are
“Go in peace” she replied, “and be happy in your daughter; I have lost mine.” (Bulfinch’s Mythology, pg 54, para 1). The farmer and his daughter sat with Demeter and cried with her. They invited her to stay for the night and introduced her to the sick son of the farmer. Demeter healed the boy and tried to make him immortal, but was stopped by the farmer’s wife. Demeter left the farm still searching for Persephone. Demeter came across a river nymph that knew what happened to Persephone. She dared not to tell, because she fears Hades. The nymph did give Demeter the girdle that Persephone dropped. Demeter sure her daughter was dead blamed the earth. Blaming the earth Demeter stopped fertilizing the land. The cattle died, the crops weren’t growing, there was too much sun and rain. Seeing this the nymph told the goddess what she saw. The goddess Demeter heard this and rode her chariot to meet Zeus. Zeus agreed to help,
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter addresses the fate of Persephone is in the hands of others and is removed from freedom of choice as she is portrayed as a minor. In effect, it is symbolic of the power family holds as the actions of her mother, her father Zeus and her husband Hades determine her path. The text accustoms nickname Persephone throughout the passage as the ‘Core’, the ‘Girl’, or ‘Virgin’. These nicknames assume her role as an underage girl not responsible for her life decisions. The Hymn begins with highlighting the role of the patriarch in a family Zeus as both the head of the family and the other gods who must defer to him as he arranges Hades to take Persephone against her will. As Demeter struggles with the mourn and loss of her child she begins to abandon her reproduction responsibilities and Persephone is ordered to go to the side of your dark robed mother. However, Hades persuades Persephone to eat pomegranate seeds, representing the loss of her innocence as it spiritually bounds her to Hades. Zeus accustomed to be acknowledges as the father of justice and good government rectifies the issue with the arrangement that Persephone remains with Hades however returns to her mother and the Gods for 2 thirds of the year. The Fate of Persephone portrays the common marriage cycle that pertained in Ancient Greece whereby it held the connotation of death for the maiden and submission and adaptation into their Fathers orders.
(AGG)The greek goddess Demeter had a daughter, Persephone, who was kidnapped by Hades, she was brought to the underworld, “Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and brought down to the underworld. Demeter searched desperately everywhere for the maiden but could not find her”(Cartwright), Demeter’s loss of her daughter gave her a goal, but she was impacted and she became sad because she did not have her daughter by her side every day.
(AGG)The greek goddess Demeter had a daughter,Persephone, who was kidnapped by Hades,she was brought to the underworld, “Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and brought down to the underworld. Demeter searched desperately everywhere for the maiden but could not find her”,Demeter’s loss of her daughter gave her a goal but she was impacted and she became sad because she did not have her daughter by her side everyday.
Symbols of Hades include the ghosts of the dead, and pomegranate seeds. The ghosts of the dead are a symbol of him, because he rules over the underworld were the dead go. The ghosts would then follow their bodies. The pomegranate seeds are from a story where he finds his wife and tricks her into staying with him in the underworld after giving her six pomegranate seeds.
Dionysus : He is the god of fertility of nature and men, wine and intoxicated ecstasy. He is also the of of God of Theater and is also considered to be a bringer of destruction and delight . Dionysus is the son of Semele ( a mortal woman) and Zeus. There are numerous myths surrounding his birth, one being that after Semele's death, Dionysus was saved by being sown in Zeus's thigh. There are numerous festivals which are celebrated in Dionysus' honor, like Anthesteria and Country Dionysia. Dionysus ends up marrying Ariadne, who is the daughter of king Minos. Dionysus is important for the study of Greek Myth because he defies categorization. For example , he is a twice born god, he was raised as a girl and he is the immortal who died. Additionally,
There is a myth that her daughter, Persephone, was abducted by Demeter's brother, Hades. Hades was the ruler of the Underworld and ruler of the dead. Hades took Persephone to the Underworld with him to become his wife. Demeter was so upset that she put a curse on the earth causing the plant life to die. Zeus saved Persephone, but because she ate while in the Underworld, she was bound to Hades for four months out of every year. Demeter had great sorrow during these months, creating winter. When Persephone returns after these four months, Spring is brought to the earth. ("Demeter." Demeter. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept.
Athena and Aphrodite, two of the most well-known goddess’ from Ancient Greek mythology. Athena is the goddess of war strategy and wisdom, she never married or had relationships. Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty, she had a lot of relationships and had several children. Besides both of them being extremely popular and worshiped goddess’ it seems like these two goddess’ have nothing else in common. However, Athena and Aphrodite have a lot of similarities between the two of them. Some similarities are their early lives, they constantly interfered with the lives of others, and the wraiths they took on those who disrespected them. Although they bear some minor differences, the similarities between Athena and Aphrodite are pronounced.
Dionysus is the god of wine and fertility, however also became considered a patron of the arts. Along with the variety of things Dionysus was associated with, he is associated with some important concepts. These are, being able to bring a dead person back from the underworld, rebirth after death represented through the symbol of his tending to vines to bear fruit for the making of his wine. There is also the feeling of being possessed by a greater power – which he demonstrated via the influence had from wine. This means that the greater power is the wine – that at these times a man might be greater than himself and do works he otherwise could not.
Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Persephone is the queen of the Underworld. Persephone’s parents were, but she is queen now. Her mom maybe the crop wither and to the aether barren. She was kidnapped by Hades.
Hera took Argus’s eyes and laid them on the tail of her favorite bird, the peacock. Part 1 chapter 2 6. The rape/ abduction of Persephone explains why we have Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. When Hades took her, Demeter grieved.
To clarify, in the myth Demeter made the choices to get angry and the outcome that impact her future is that now her daughter has to report to the Underworld every year. Therefore the earth will be winter while her daughter is