In both myths, there is disobedience involved with regards to the release of these malicious forces, and the devious consequences that followed. It is most often believed that Prometheus was the creator of humanity from primeval earth and water. He taught mortals all the human arts and was their protector. Prometheus would sacrifice himself when stealing fire back for man in order for mankind to be civilised. (fire is often associated with civilisation).
Quote; Chorus: “And when he had put on the yoke-strap of compulsion, his spirits wind veering to an impious blast, impure, unholy, from that moment his mind changed to a temper of utter ruthlessness. For mortals are made reckless by the evil counsels of merciless infatuation, beginner of disaster. And so he steeled himself to become the sacrificer of his daughter, to aid a war fought to avenge a woman’s loss and to pay beforehand for his ships.” (218-227) This is wear the divine intervention of Gods come into play. Agamemnon claims that the sacrifice of his daughter was necessary to win the war against Troy, because Artemis trapped him in Aulis with unfavorable winds, and the sacrifice of Iphigenia would appease her, allowing them to successfully reach
The gods exercise absolute power over mortal actions in The Odyssey. In The Odyssey mortals are constantly making sacrifices to them. Offending the gods creates problems, as seen by the oxen of Helios and Poseidon's grudge against Odysseus for blinding his son Polyphemos. Athena is the most visible god in the poem. Only with her can Odysseus survive his dangerous adventures.
In the epic poetry of Homer we see the divine intervention of Gods in human affairs. The ancient Greek gods not only squabbled with the people but also amongst themselves. The Gods also displayed very human characteristics or jealously and choosing favorites. In Homer’s the Iliad, Apollo the son of Zeus having been angered by the capture of Chryses daughter was infuriated by the Greeks thus favoring the Trojans in war, intervening, and reaping havoc. “He settled down some way from the ships and shot an arrow, with a terrifying twang from his silver bow… day and night, packed funeral pyres burned” (RAEH 29).
Although Gilgamesh was supernatural and divine in body and mind, he reigned over his kingdom as a cruel tyrant. He lorded over his subjects, raping any woman he liked, whether she was the daughter of a nobleman or the wife of one of his warriors. He accomplished his construction projects with inhumane forced labor, with the rest of his exhausted subjects suffering under his oppression. Soon, his subjects had had enough of his savage authoritarian rule and called out to the sky god, Anu, for help. In response, Anu told, the goddess of creation, Aruru, to make a being, equivalent by strength to Gilgamesh, to stop him.
She played an important part in trying to save Sparta and was as much a hero as her husband, Leonidas I. In one of the scenes, Theron, a corrupt politician, raped Queen Gorgo and tried to blackmail her in his role in persuading the Spartan council to send help to Leonidas. After she refused, Theron betrayed her in front of the entire council by accusing her of committing adultery. In an outrage, Queen Gorgo kills Theron and when her dagger pierced his purse, gold coin out and revealed his traitorous side. That prompted the council to side with the Spartans against the Persians, which solidified Queen’s Gorgo heroic role in helping save Sparta as much as her husband.
Female are always integrated as pathetic victim of men for revenge, self indulgence and entertainment since ancient times. Zeus molester and made Leda his sexual victim. Yeats used the words like “staggering girl,” “her helpless breast” and “her loosening thighs” to reflect how pathetic Leda was? Leda was cemented in the circumstances where she was the lady abducted by the god (swan), yet she was unexpected to do that. In Yeats said“her nape caught in his bill,” reflects the situation that leda was forced to get sexually intimate by the swan.
When the earth’s mortals were just beginning get developed. Zeus punished mankind for Prometheus stealing fire for them. He sent a box full of sins to put diseases to put to death all men. Sent by Pandora the first woman to join the earth along with more women who were created by Zeus to join men. They were told to go work harder to survive by Zeus.
With that said, Lykos orders for Amphityron, Megara and Herakles’ children to be burned alive by a fire. He wants to rule and doesn’t feel that a dead man, Herakles should be the one to rule the land. At this point, Megara pleads with Lykos to allow her to dress to children for death. She speaks of all the thing they were supposed to have but unfortunately would not be able to because of Lykos and his deceitful ways. “Luck turns.
Trojan War Mythological Trojan War: What were the reasons b/w conflict between the Trojans and the greek tribes? Is because of the eloping of Helen (Menelaus wife) and Paris which enraged Menelaus. In turn Menelaus calls on his fellow greek chieftains to join him in a war to rejoin Helen and punish the Trojans Explain why the role of paris could be described as supernatural? Because he was fated from birth to bring death and destruction to his fathers kingdom. He also dealt with the gods on many occasions how was siege resolved?