Odysseus does himself no favours by blinding Poseidon’s son the Cyclops and subsequently uses his powers for evil rather than good. He wants revenge and takes his anger out on the man who hurt his son. He makes the sea so dangerous and almost impossible for Odysseus to continue his journey home. The Goddess Calypso’s role in the Odyssey was to show Odysseus’ loyalty and devotion to his wife, Penelope. Odysseus was stranded on the island of Ogygia with the beautiful nymph, but only gave into her against his will.
His father had killed him and served his flesh to the gods, hoping to fool the gods. The gods punished Tantalus and restored Pelops to life. Demeter, who had eaten part of shoulder blade, replaced it with ivory shaped like his shoulder blade. When Pelops reached manhood, he heard that King Oenomaüs (Oenomaus) of Pisa, the son of Ares and Asterope, challenged his suitors to a chariot race, offering his daughter Hippodaemia's hand in marriage as the prize. However, any suitors who lose the race against the king also forfeit his life.
Their traditional rules, about festivals and sanctuaries, were there to be obeyed without question.” This exemplifies that the Greek gods were of high importance and held the power to determine and undermine the way Spartan society, military and religion was practised in everyday life. Their worship emphasized the attributes most relevant to the city's ideals. The Dioscuri, Castor and Polydeuces, were twin gods who play an important part in Spartan society and worship as they were known and associated as young men and their pursuits of horsemanship, athletics, warfare and protectors of guests
A cult is a religious group that exists on the fringes of religion. These mystery cults were all different, yet they all had major elements that were common throughout them. All Greeks wanted to have salvation and eternal life so that was the foundation of all the mystery cults. Also many Greeks wanted to have an emotional connection with a higher power. These mystery religions formed so that Greeks could have that emotional bond with a god/goddess.
Then, Telemachus felt obliged to do as Athena asked of him. So he gave a speech to the suitors asking them to leave, and he even threatened them with the power of the gods if they dared refuse. The next thing that Telemachus was obliged to do is to set sail and look for his father. Athena also feels obliged to accompany Telemachus and his sailors on their journey to look for Odysseus, because she is the one who inspired Telemachus to commit to the journey in the first place. That is where we stopped reading in the book, the odyssey, so far, and those were some examples of obligation.
According to Zeus, it’s only Poseidon that has ill will toward Odysseus for some reason or another and it was his doing that got Odysseus trapped on Kalypso’s island in the first place. Athena comes up with a plan to help Odysseus and get him off the island. First, Athena compels Zeus to send Hermes to Odysseus and Kalypso and with word that he is to be freed home. Athena addresses the issue of Odysseus’ family. It would seem that in Odysseus’ absence, suitors have been courting his wife Penelope and occupying his home.
Menelaus then called upon all of Helen's old suitors, as all of the suitors had made an oath long ago that they would all back Helen's husband to defend her honour. Many of the suitors did not wish to go to war. And all made silly excuses not to go but they were all made to go for their tricks were uncovered. Achilles, though who was not a suitor, was wanted after because the prophet Calchas had stated that Troy would not be taken unless Achilles would fight. The seer Calchas proclaimed that Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, must be sacrificed before the fleet could set sail.
They needed a place to rebuild their city so they asked their mighty Queen Eloonia, where she would like to build the new Eloon. Queen Eloonia knew that her enemies who destroyed the first Eloon could not go on water so she asked one of her close friends and god of the sea, Poseidon, if he knew of such a sea that could hold life on its surface. Poseidon thought long and hard but could not think of anything until Lailaps whispered into her father's ear, “What about The Sea of Calene, father?” Poseidon and Queen Eloonia agreed on The Sea of Calene and construction to begin the new city started. It took the builders two years to finish the elaborate designs of Eloon II, and every day, Lailaps and Fluctus would go to their cave in Modric and watch the builders until they were done building. Queen Eloonia then invited Poseidon, Brecho and Lailaps to the grand opening because they were the god, goddess and princess of the seas.
Character Analysis Till We Have Faces, written by C.S. Lewis, is a novel based on the Greek legend of Psyche and Cupid. The main character and narrator, Orual, retells her life from when she was young to her present age. In the story she tells of how being the ugly sister compared her two beautiful sisters, Redival and Psyche, has impacted her life substantially. Psyche was the major reason behind Orual’s actions because Orual was jealous that everyone noticed Psyche and never acknowledged her, and this would ultimately lead to the sacrificing of Psyche to the mountain god, Ungit.
Penelope , in Greek mythology, wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus. In Homer's Odyssey she is pictured as a chaste and faithful wife. When Odysseus was away, she was surrounded by suitors who tried to persuade her that he would never return. She agreed to choose another husband when she finished weaving her father-in-law's shroud, but this was never done, for she unraveled by night what she wove by day. At last her strategem was discovered, and the suitors were enraged.