Hypnos Research Paper

The Greek gods are very impressive and powerful, but are not regarded as heroes. Heroes are those who despite flaws and challenges, attempt to mend theirs and other’s mistakes at great personal expense because they feel that these mistakes are immoral. Hercules, despite killing his family through mad rage sent by Hera, redeems himself through his ability to feel guilt and do something about it. To purify his actions he would even commit suicide. But it is also through the love of his people and immense selflessness that he is made the greatest Greek hero.

Transitioning from the archaic period to the classical period there is a shift from the gods being the main characters of the plays, to being the overseeing forces that make events happen in humans lives. In Hippolytus and The Women of Trachis, Aphrodite and Zeus are seen as responsible for making sure humans meet their fate. Phoenician Women shows this concept in its purest form by solely having human characters and the gods being only conceptual. The characters in tragedies make sense of the terrible things that happen to them through the belief that the gods made it destined to happen. Without this rational, humans would have no way to justify such tragic events. For this reason, there was a necessary shift from the way gods were portrayed

Hades was king of underworld and god of dead. His brothers are Poseidon and Zeus. He had a couple other name which were, Hegesilaus, and Plouton. He was one of the best rulers of the underworld. Hades had a three headed dog. The dog would guard hades.

At sunrise, Telemachus 's .ship arrives at Pylos, the land of King Nestor. Homer 's listeners must have felt their interest quickening at the appearance of this familiar hero of the Trojan War days— we feel the same pleasure today when a favorite character from one book or movie suddenly turns up in another. Surrounded by his faithful sons and subjects, and dutifully offering prayers to the gods, Nestor stands in peifect contrast to Odysseus 's family and their chaotic situation in Ithaca. Telemachus and Athena arrive during a religious ritual, in honor of the sea god Poseidon, the "blue-maned god who makes the islands

Though he was ignorant of it, Hades was experiencing joy for the first time in thousands of years. He ran, resembling a thrilled infant, toward the Olympian gardens, utterly ignoring his chariot and its horses. After a quarter of an hour, the gods of the underworld and the sky arrived at the gardens, hiding behind a shrub. There, Hades’ love was rolling around in the fields with her companions. Hades fixated your eyes her, so childlike and gorgeous. However, it was at this moment that Zeus noticed whom Hades had become smitten with: the daughter of Demeter and Zeus himself,

Greek mythology is the stories of Gods and Heros and Monsters.It was used in Ancient Greece to explain the unknown why it rained,and why the earth shook.It also provides the Gods backstory and their powers.One of the Gods is Hades King of the dead whose parents are Cronus and Rhea.Hades brothers are Poseidon and Zeus,Hades powers were wealth and riches (“Hades”).

Throughout both stories we see Zeus, the King of the gods, one especially of a father figure to the mortals as he pities Odysseus for his hardship of trying to get home to Ithaca to his wife, Penelope, and son Telemachus, but is trapped by the sea nymph, Calypso and urges Athena to help him despite there would be opposition by the sea god,

Hades was not well liked by the people of Greece, so much so that he did not get his own stories. He is most well known from the story of how Persephone, his wife, was kidnapped. A main reason for him being disliked is that he was seen as being extremely bitter at the fact that he was forced to rule the underworld. This bitterness was conveyed explicitly in how he ruled, as he was viewed as being cruel, ruthless, and violent (Cotterell 161). However, as Cotterell explains, the underworld was not only a place of punishment. It was also the location of Elysium and the Fields of Asphodel, which were areas of the underworld where no chastening took place (161). Along with being the ruler of the underworld, Hades was also god of riches. Pluto, remained god of the underworld; however, he was also "identified as a god of the earth's fertility" ("Pluto (in Greek religion and mythology)”). Unlike his Greek counterpart, Pluto was seen as a much more calm and kind leader. He was also more widely known for being the god of riches and wealth, even though both illustrations of him held that title. While Pluto did not take on an aggressive personality when becoming Roman, he did reflect the leadership that might come to be called on in a time of war. This proves once again how the ideals of Rome altered the beliefs that they adopted from

The ancient Greeks believed that when a person died their spirit lived out the rest of eternity in the underworld. Depending on how a person lived their life would determine if they were punished in the underworld. Cerberus is best known as the guard of the underworld. Cerberus is described as a three headed dog with a snake for a tail. Cerberus was the offspring of Echidna and Typhon. Cerberus is mostly known for his capture by Hercules as one of Hercules twelve labors.

In greek mythology zeus is the youngest son that cronus and rhea have, he was the supreme ruler olympics and the pantheon of gods, and originally worshiped as a weather god by greek tribes. Zeus won the draw and became the supreme the ruler of gods, as well as lord of the sky and rain. Zeus the deity of the universe, ruler of the skies and earth,zeus is important to greek mythology, because he was the god of the sky and the ruler of olympian gods. Alos helped and gave advice to odysseus in the cyclops cave by providing an olive tree.Scylla was a sea monster who haunted the rocks of narrow strait opposite the whirlpool of charybdis

In Greece the Greeks looked up to the gods and goddesses of the Greek culture. The gods and goddesses were the rulers of Greece and had the most power. They over saw everything the humans would do whether it being barbaric or civilized. There were a number of Greek gods and goddesses, but some over powered others. They fought in many wars and helped humans accomplish many different activities in order for them to survive. They were also said to bring the good and the evil to the Greek people. One god that over powered all other gods and goddesses was Zeus. He played many roles in the Greek community and helped out in many ways. Although Zeus is best known as the leader of all gods, he is also known for his mythical influence on the modern day

In The Odyssey, by Homer, Athena influences the lives of Odysseus and his family. In Greek mythology, gods challenge and control mortals. Gods also provide support to mortals and thus, mortals depend and act on behalf of the gods and their decisions. Athena, daughter of Zeus, is the goddess of wisdom, and both Telemachus and Odysseus benefit from her power. Athena possesses the ability to disguise herself and others, and this skill allows her to give advice and guidance. For example, Athena uses her power of disguise to help Telemachus on his journey to find his father. She continues to use this power to disguise Odysseus as a beggar to allow him to reunite with his family and prove his power and worth to Penelope among the suitors. Telemachus and Odysseus are ultimately victorious because of Athena’s power; in fact, Athena is the hero of this epic poem.

It would mostly fit the villain for a movie. A villain is needed in most western movies. It fits in our mostly christian society of the need of a fight between good and evil. It would make sense for Hades to be the villain in the story in Hercules, but, in the actual myth, he is alright with Hercules. In the movie, Hades wants hercules dead. Hercules is in the way of the great evil plan Hades has made. This fits in with the Christian belief of the ruler of the underworld being evil. The western world paint Hades as the ultimate evil of the movie, and they do not question this. The makers of the movie felt like we needed a villain, and they chose Hades. He fit in the box they put all the villains in, so they chose

Intelligence, loyalty, and fearless are only a few traits to describe Odysseus. In the Odyssey he proved to be extremely intelligent. The first time Odysseus showed his intelligence was when he told Polyphemus the cyclops that his name was “nobody.” He did this so when the cyclops ran away he would yell “nobody blinded me” rather than stating his name. He also shows his intelligence by the way he and his crew escaped the cyclops’ cave. Instead of simply walking out and possibly being caught, Odysseus thought that by strapping himself to the bottom of Polyphemus’ sheep he could successfully escape. His act of intelligence saved his and his crew's life.

The Greek divinity is portrayed as a large influencing congregation that controls separate parts of daily life, nature, and future. Zeus is the overarching leader of all the gods and the god of the sky, Poseidon the god of the seas, Hades the god of the underworld, and Athena, daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom all contribute to the outcome of Odysseus’s travels. The Greek’s definition of gods, which is that of individual control of each element of Earth, evolved to that a singular god that does not have a daily influence, a god of one time creation. The Greek gods choose Odysseus from the beginning of his life and made the choices that caused the Odyssey and thus sparked the religious evolution to modern day Christianity and a distant god.