Athena Essay

of the Acropolis, ment to be seen from anywhere in the city and remind you the glory of Athens is strategically placed near the center along the southern wall of the Acropolis. The architects Iktinos and Callicrates made the structure to house the Athena Parthenos made by Pheidias from gold and ivory that was recorded as being twelve meters or thirty nine feet tall. The Parthenon is a post and lintel temple, built with a octastyle facade and Doric colonnades. It has seventeen Doric columns on it's

examine how a deity has a certain purpose, one must first examine what they are like. Athena and Ares are examples of deities invented for very specific purposes. One must first look at Athena and Ares’ similarities and differences in relation to their characteristics, their sexuality and physical appearances, as well as their different powers and how they are worshipped, to discover why they were created. Athena and Ares share many common characteristics and many differences. One major similarity

dedicated to Athena the city goddess in various medium, including marble, terracotta, bronze, relief and vase painting. Among these votive images of Athena, most of them are represented in a standing pose, either frontally facing the viewers or showing her profile (e.g. the bronze Athena Promachos (figure 1)); some of them are captured in the middle of an action (e.g. Athena in Gigantomachy on the pediment of the Parthenon (fg. 2)). However, the so-called Endoios Athena is a statue of Athena represented

Relationship between Athena and Odysseus By looking at the epic The Odyssey by Homer, there are a lot of contacts between human and immoral, the relationship between Athena and Odysseus, which make me interesting, also this is important for the story. The relationship between Athena and Odysseus is the key for the story, because Odysseus had received a lot of help from Athena, their relationship is the reason to explain why would an immortal Athena who never interesting or attracted by any male

Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson is just recently off on a quest to acquire the “Athena Parthenos.” She’s the daughter of Greek goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Percy is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea and horses. The Athena Parthenos was a deserted, large chryselephantine sculpture made of the Greek goddess Athena. However, she had to go through a trial of tests before hand like going through a labyrinth, escaping traps, moving with injury, and getting past an enemy who didn’t like

and conclusion of the plot. Telemachus ' daydreams before meeting Athena for the first time (B1:L134-136). Growing up without his father Odysseus, the only knowledge Telemachus knows of him are only the stories told him by his consorts. With all the suitors roaming freely through the great halls of his father 's palace, chasing after his mother Penelope 's hand in marriage, Prince Telemachus is left hopeless to stop them. Athena uses her great skills of strategy and wisdom to quickly find a way

character who I would really like to be is the goddess, Pallas Athena. Athena, also known as Minerva is the Goddess of Wisdom, Reason, and Purity. I admire how she is very intelligent and how she is strong, brave, and courageous in war. She is Zeus’s favorite child and she is so trustworthy and responsible that Zeus allowed her to hold his thunderbolt. Athena invented the flute, which is a beautiful instrument. However, what I do not like about Athena is how she was a participant in the start of the Trojan

“Athena, wake up this instant!!!” Aphrodite screeched “We’ve got go!” Artemis wailed “Ares wants to start a war and wants your help” Calypso said smoothly. With that one sentence Athena had hurtled out of her bed and towards the door. But then she remembered; her half-brother was stripped of the power of creating war last week by her father, the king of the gods and heavens or otherwise known as Zeus. Athena turned around, skin glowing and hands clenched into fists. The three figures started cowering

willingly accept and welcome as it destroys. Immediately after threatening, he turns to his brothers and sisters for help in the master scheme. He commands Hephaestus to create a young maiden, in a fair goddess’ image, out of earth and water, then orders Athena to teach the girl handcrafts and web weaving. Zeus instructs Aphrodite to shed her grace onto the mortal, along with intense longing and cares, and directs Hermes to insert a shameless heart and deceitful disposition.

Similar to the section covering the Black Athena and the nuanced debated surrounding it, there is another debate area that my research delves into that I will give a brief overview of. The debate can be summarized in a single question; what is art and what is artifact? Obviously when asked that question an answer immediately springs to our minds, most likely an image of a famous artwork we were shown in elementary school and perhaps an image of an archaeological dig site but the question stands;