The Ursa Major: The Myth Of The Big Dipper

First of the gods was Zeus. He was sometimes referred to father of gods and men. He was the god of the sky. Zeus was also king of mount olympus. Zeus married his sister Hera. Zeus's parents were Cronus and Rhea.

Athena, from the root Athens, is the Greek virgin Goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill. Athena is a interesting goddess who has a peculiar family history, many interesting symbols and representations, and some legendary stories.

Deception and lies both play large roles in Greek mythology. Even Zeus, who is said to punish liars, frequently tricks both mortals and immortals. Although it always has a prominent role in myths, deceit is a powerful factor in the myths of Prometheus, Nessus, and Zeus.

I picked the Lepus constellation. because Lepus is the 51st constellation in size and takes up a area of 290 square degrees. I also choose it cause its in the shape of a rabbit. and it also has very interesting myths behind it. The Lepus constellation lays in the northern sky. The name Lepus means "the hare" in Latin. It is depicted as a hare being chased by the hunter Orion or by his hunting dogs. represented by the constellations Canis Major and Canis minor. Lepus was first cataloged by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. Lepus contains the famous star R leporis. also known as Hinds crimson star. Lepus neighboring constellations are Caelem,Canis, Major,Columba,Eridanus,Monocerus and Orion.

Book six of The Odyssey begins with Athena travelling to the Phaeacians’ city to speak to Nausicaa. Nausicaa is the daughter of King Alcinous, who rules the Phaeacians. This, of course, makes her a princess. Athena wants to talk to Nausicaa because she can help Odysseus. She can help Odysseus because he washed ashore near Alcinous’s palace, where Nausicaa lives. Athena communicates to Nausicaa through a dream, and she tells Nausicaa that she needs to start thinking about marriage, and that she needs to have nice clothes when she gets married. Athena tells her to go to the stream and wash her wedding linens. Athena’s real reason for telling Nausicaa to go to the stream is that Odysseus is at the stream, and he needs help. Next morning,

Deception is a recurring theme throughout the novel. The Greeks used numerous tricks and lies when telling their famous myths. Stories such as Europa, Odysseus and Polyphemus, and the legendary Trojan war exemplify the trickery among the gods and goddesses, heroes, monsters, and mortals.

I chose the goddess Artemis (in Greek mythology), also known as Diana (in Roman mythology). While I tried to research this topic on Artemis, I have found many websites with lots of great information. And I found one book called Myths of the Greeks and Romans by Michael Grant. My goal for this paper is to try and inform you more about the great Artemis/Diana.

Jealousy, a simple and common emotion, has the power to create havoc. This has been demonstrated in stories throughout the book Mythology by Edith Hamilton. Often, the stories do not have a happy ending, since the jealous person ruins whoever they consider competition. This was shown with our goddesses Hera and Aphrodite. Both women punished the one that their lover loved or has something they wanted. The jealous goddesses demonstrate the power of destruction on innocent victims.

In Ancient Greek Myths, there are many monsters, but one of the most fearsome is the Cyclops. This diabolical monster has one eye and is known for being simple and sometimes being cannibalistic. They were also known as the son of the Titans named Uranus and Gaea. Uranus hated his children and Gaea plotted against Uranus because of this unnatural hate. These hideous monsters terrorized the world with their abnormal horrifying eye and their giant look that they had. One of these monsters weaknesses is that they are simply unordinary stupid and they lack any amount of social skills. This means that nothing could be explained to them because they are so stupid and they also would solve problems with their brute force because they lacked any amount of social skills to think themselves or talk themselves out of a situation. These fearless cannibalistic giants also were not scared of any gods, a matter of fact, they would attack a god if they angered them. Greek monsters are scary, but there are also American monsters of today who can be scary themselves.

Gifted with incredible endurance and super strength, the ability of flight, and an impeccable moral compass, Superman is the quintessential superhero that Americans of all ages have admired and looked up to since his conception in 1938. In Brad Bird’s 1999 feature animation The Iron Giant, the fifty-foot metal protagonist is no exception. Hiding out in a barn, he peers at an issue of the Superman comic book like an amused child with his eyes wide and mouth agape. His closest human companion, nine-year old Hogarth, sits before the giant and explains to him, “Sure, he’s famous now, but he started off just like you! Crash landed on Earth…he only uses his powers for good, never for evil.” As Hogarth places the comic book down among the others spread across the ground, the Iron Giant’s eyes dart to the cover of Atomo—a giant “metal menace. The cover depicts a fifty-foot tall metal monster with lasers beaming from its eyes, vaporizing an entire village and killing all its people. The Iron Giant looks at the cover with horror, recognizing his physical resemblance to Atomo as if he were looking into a broken mirror. Hogarth tries to

People thought that the north star was the brightest star in the universe. When we had slavery the slaves would follow the north star which was quite noticeable, considering people thought it was the brightest. Although, people may have gotten the North Star confused with other stars, people still believed it was the brightest.

You know how Zeus had other children that were not with Hera, correct? Well, Hera had 1 other child. Her name is Tili. See know Tili has quite the story.

Leo was first cataloged by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century.Leo is one of the oldest constellations in the sky.Here 's a picture of this constellation.The Leo 's creation myth is interesting and confusing as well. The story of this constellation is typically attributed to an ancient story of Hercules (Greek mythology) and his 12 trials.In the first of his trials Hercules (Greek mythology) is tasked with finding and killing the the Nemean Lion an enormous and powerful lion whose hide is impenetrable. Hercules doesn 't know this however and shoots the Nemean Lion with arrows, which do nothing but make it really, really mad. Being Hercules, he decides to make a mad dash at the Nemean Lion rather than run away. The lion runs

Zeus was the mightiest and most powerful of the Greek gods. He was portrayed as the ruler of the mighty gods; he was their king. We immediately associate Zeus with a thunderbolt. It is a well-known symbol of Zeus. Zeus is the god of the skies and the ruler of Mount Olympus. The Olympian gods are much of a family; they are all related in some way. Zeus was well known for being a father to the gods. He had fathered many children to many different women. The story of Zeus was a story based on the uprising of a son against the wrongdoings of his father.

What is a hero? What key qualities make someone a hero? There are many examples of heroes from ancient Greece. Classic examples of heroes include Heracles and Perseus, which little kids and even adults may know from watching Disney movies. Heroes have common criteria that label them as heroes, but also some unique features. The focus of this essay is Atalanta, the great virgin huntress. In Greek mythology, heroes have four important characteristics that qualify them as a hero. A hero is someone who is born in an unusual/unnatural fashion, often with a divine connection, seeks adventure and embarks on quests upon reaching adulthood, demonstrates great powers in confrontations against a combination of other heroes, monsters or divine powers, and remains mortal, but is considered to be divine as well.