The gods of mythology possessed the ultimate power: the power over life and death, the ability to heal the sick and prolong life. Foremost in our prayers to the gods was deliverance from disease and illness. In Greek and Roman mythology, there is the tale of Eos, the beautiful goddess of the dawn. One day, she fell deeply in love with a handsome mortal, Tithonus. She had a perfect body and was immortal, but Tithonus would eventually age, wither away, and perish.
He is one of the four original gods who created the cosmos. This specific ceremony was intended to sacrifice a captive warrior; based on the physical features (usually the most attractive was chosen to be the impersonator of the god for the year (AD1, p. 10)). During the ceremony, he would be sacrificed on the top of a temple, where his heart would be removed and given to the Sun god. Then, he would be decapitated and the skull be put on display in the ceremonial courtyard. The reason behind this ritual was to sacrifice the “most perfect” warrior, since he was considered the best overall; you would in turn receive best results from the gods for choosing such a worthy person.
His grandparents Ouranos and Gaia, especially Gaia tried to protect him from the acts of his father Kronos. “By whose thunder the wide earth is shaken”, [9] we can tell he represents the sky, order ,and also the weather.We know that Zeus is wise but, he gets wiser when he swallowed his first wife Metis. ‘’So the goddess might advise him on good and evil”. [10] Moreover, Zeus is personified as a brave and kind when he frees his brothers and uncles. He received from his uncles “the fiery lightning bolt - and lightning’’.
All Pharaohs had one ultimate goal in life, to cheat death and become immortal in the eyes of history. This can be seen through Pharaoh Khufu’s great pyramid of Giza, which was built to assist Khufu to the afterlife (Dr. Colette). Ramesses the second was the first Pharaoh to understand that ancient tombs and sarcophaguses’ would be raided and destroyed (Smithson). So he came to a revolutionary conclusion, building an abundance of statues and hieroglyphs of him and his name, covered walls
Danae, the royal virgin princess was the mother of Perseus after Zeus had visited the virgin by disguising as a shower of gold. Another hero would be Heracles, he was birthed in similar circumstances to Perseus, and was taken away to a foster family far away. This was another element to a hero narrative. There is little explanation about Heracles, however he fights the beasts and claims a kingdom, another important factor to a narrative. Orestes and Brasidas, were birth in different circumstances compared to Perseus and Heracles.
Ancient Rome: People and Events Romulus and Remus: ¬ According to the roman mythology, the founders of Rome were Romulus and Remus. The twin-brothers were the sons of the god Mars and the priestess Rhea Silvia. The tale begins with the introduction of Numitor (their grandfather and king of the ancient Italian city of Alba Longa), and his brother Amulius. Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia, was made a Vestal Virgin by Amulius which meant that she was made a priestess of the goddess Vesta and therefore forbidden to marry. However, the god Mars came down to her temple where she conceived her twin sons; Romulus and Remus.
He has read the many manuscripts that he found in the new house, and finds the Greek myths of Prometheus and of Gaea. Equality names himself Prometheus because he relates the Greek Titan, who, as the myth goes, stole fire from the gods and brought it down to mankind so that every man could share in the warmth and light. However, even though Prometheus saw this to be a great achievement, the gods frowned upon him and he
In East of Eden, Cathy is a sinner who can basically control people’s minds. Adam Trask feels like Cathy is the perfect woman that he has been looking for and does not see the true evil in her until it is too late. Caleb and Aron can be compared to Cain and Abel. Because Abel was doing all of his work in the fields better, Cain got jealous and killed him with a rock. In East of Eden, Charles got jealous of Adam because he thought their dad loved Adam more than him.
PANDORA’S BOX There was once a titan by the name Epimetheus (“hindsight”) who was charged with the responsibility to bestow a positive trait on each and every animal on earth. However when it was time to give man a positive trait, there was none left. Prometheus (“foresight”), his brother, felt that because man was superior to all other animals, man deserved a gift no other animal possessed. So Prometheus set forth to steal fire from Zeus and handed it over to man. Zeus was beside himself and enraged, he decided to punish Prometheus and his beloved creation: Mankind.
He tried to find “cures” to dying so that he would never have to hand over his power to someone else. He eventually used Mercury as a “cure” because alchemists believed that it was a precious metal of the gods, and that it would make you live forever, however it did the exact opposite. Mercury is actually very harmful to the body because, “A”: it will make your life shorter, and “B”: it will make you go crazy. After a while Shi Huangdi became crazy and incapable of rational thinking. It was a shame to see such a once very powerful figure suddenly turned to a babbling lunatic.