Laura Dumpson January 2011 Global AP Jackson Per. 7 Aphrodite Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of beauty, love, and sexuality. Hesiod’s Theogony, it claims Aphrodite was born when Cronus cut off Uranus’ genital and threw them into the sea. From the sea foam (aphros) arose Aphrodite. Gods feared that because of her beauty, jealousy would disrupt the peace among them leading to war.
The metaphor used in this instance, is also similar to the simile used in the line since they suggest that ‘birds of prey’ are easily comparable to many ideas or themes. Similarly, in Act 3 Scene 2, Juliet describes Romeo as a ‘dove-feathered raven’, which is similar to the image in the poem of the ‘birds of prey’ being ‘am’rous’. The ‘dove’ is often a symbol of ‘love’, while the ‘raven’ is seen to be deceitful. These quotations are both oxymoronic and both refer to ‘birds of prey’ being affectionate as well as vicious. The simile in the poem compares ‘birds of prey’ to ‘time’, which would prefer to run quickly than to ‘languish in his slow chapp’d power’.
Davies’ dedicates a chapter on the myth of Gyges and Candaules to recognize Dunny’s personality and relationship. In the myth of Gyges and Candaules, Gyges is a friend to the rich and prestige King, Candaules. He is forced to look upon Candules naked wife, and is persuaded to think that she is as beautiful as Candaules says she is. Gyges agrees and is pressured by the wife, to kill Candaules in order to acquire his thrown and all he possess (including her). In Fifth Business, Davies’ writes Boy to be the great King Candaules, Dunny to be the friend, Gyges and Leola to be the wife.
The Muses-Daughters of Zeus, goddesses of music, literature, and dance Penelope-Odysseus’s faithful wife Polyphemos Cyclops, son of Poseidon; his cure of Odysseus, who blinded him, is the rot of many of Odysseus's troubles Poseideon-Brother of Zeus, god of the sea. Hates Odysseus for blinding his son. Seirenes- Sea nymphs whose singing beguiles sailors to an island strewn with the bones of their victims Skylla- A six-headed dragon-like monster who eats sailors and lives in a cave opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. Telemachus-Odysseus’ son Archetype-elemental pattern of myth and ritual which recurs in the legends and ceremonies of diverse cultures EXAMPLE: faithful women, disguised hero, trop to the
Myth The Legend of Pegasus The symbolism of Greek Mythology is second to none. We all remember Medusa, Perseus, Athena, Mount Olympus and of course, Pegasus, the white winged stallion, carrier of Zeus' thunderbolts. This is the legend of Pegasus, the winged white stallion, bred from the love of Poseidon, God of the sea, for the beautiful, yet ill-fated virgin, Medusa, caretaker of Athena's temple. Poseidon, so taken with Medusa's beauty, seduced her within the walls of Athena's temple. Angered by this offense, Athena, unable to punish Poseidon, turned her vengeance on Medusa and transformed her into a horrible monster with serpents for hair and a face so gruesome that the sight of it turned any living creature to stone.
And last, the language of different scenarios, i.e. battles vs. joyous occasions, lends itself to glorifying deadly and gruesome struggles. Homer has a unique way of devising the plot, giving mixed signals and paradoxes, but it all just gives to the realism of this amazing piece of literature. Odysseus’ faithfulness for his wife is questionable. In the first book, you find that he is sleeping with a woman named Kalypso, a sea nymph.
He had seduced me by transforming into a Cuckoo, one of my favorite birds, and had pretended to be wounded so I pitied it and held the bird close to my heart. He then had transformed back into his god-self and raped me. Our child Hephaestus was angry at me for throwing him off Mount Olympus and had made a plan to get his revenge. He had made a golden chair with a spring in the seat for me that I had no idea about. I had admired the chair instantly and sat in it, out of nowhere I was flung into the universe.
Indisputably, these rendezvous are a result of Odysseus’ unparalleled charisma. Many of the female characters in the epic are attracted to Odysseus, which he blatantly uses their attraction to his own advantage and pushes himself forward on his journey home. In the process he harms and betrays the women he is involved with emotionally. The earliest example in the epic appears during the seven years Odysseus is held captive on the sea-nymph Calypso’s island Ogyia. He sleeps with Calypso, leading her to fall in love with him.
“Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon.” Here allusions is getting put to play. Romeo is comparing the moon the Greek goddess Diana. In the play Shakespear used symbols of nature. “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” After seeing Romeo from her balcony, Juliet compares her affection for Romeo to a “bud of love.” A bud that would burst in to a growing flower. Another major thing that is shown in Shakespear’s writing in the use of words.
The hero of Greece and son of Zeus, king of the gods, Heracles is one of the most popular of the Greek mythological heroes. Son of the mortal woman Alcmene and Zeus, he was conceived when Zeus took the form of Amphitryon in order to seduce Alcmene. From birth Heracles was the subject of Heras’ hatred. Hera the queen of the gods hated him as he was a constant reminder of yet another unfaithful act of Zeus. Her fury at Zeus over his infidelity for his many affairs caused much of the hardships Heracles faced through his life.