Zeus took pity of the King and gave him, as recompense for his son, brisk trotting horses, the kind which carry the gods. Zeus also ordered Hermes to explain everything, including the fact that Ganymede would be immortal and would never grow old. When Tros heard this message from Zeus, he stopped mourning and he rejoiced within his heart. The relationship between Ganymede and Zeus is disturbing in todays society for several reasons. The first reason for this is the blatant promiscuity of Zeus.
The addition of Apollo to the Olympian order bridged this gap between gods and men since Apollo was now the mediator between Zeus and mankind. Apollo uses his attributes of music, archery and prophecy throughout the hymn to strengthen the relationship between gods and mankind as well to secure the order in Olympus. In the poem the gods muse at the human suffering and their defenceless nature. The gods laugh at how the humans cannot defend themselves against growing old or how they cannot avert death. Though they seem to have a perfect life, the gods require humans to express their majesty.
Richard Rodriguez RN102 Due 12-19-2010 From “City Sacker” to “Great Hearted”: The Transformation of Odysseus The purpose of an ancient journey, especially that of an ancient hero, is to conduct the hero across difficult thresholds of transformation that demands change in the pattern of the hero’s life. In The Odyssey, the protagonist and hero, Odysseus is returning from a 10-year war in Troy and thus embarking on his own great journey. As Odysseus progresses along his journey he faces conflict externally, however the key conflict he faces is internally. He is struggling to find himself between two identities; the “godlike” hero and “city sacker” and the “long suffering” hero with a “great heart”. Early on it is Oddyseus’ warrior persona that prevails, but ultimately begins to recognize his limits.
Jason is very strong and even smart, but he is also foolish and ignorant, and he lets his hubris get in the way of his morals. Jason accepts help from Medea in return for marriage. It could be he only accepted to successfully retrieve the Golden Fleece; this shows because after he retrieves it and is about to return to Colchis, he does not want Medea to go with him. Add the event of Jason and Medea killing Absyrtus and throwing his chopped body into the sea and Jason’s want of being king, it is no wonder why Jason ended up with the life he got. After being with Medea for over ten years, his hubris kicks in and decides he wants to marry a princess, thinking he will one day be king when her father dies.
The odyssey is a story telling about a hero named odysseus and his adventures.On odysseus adventure he encounters many danger.Also on odysseus journey the gods Athena and Hermes helps him,while the god poseidon try to hinder him.in many story's of greek mythology about gods man is nothing without the gods. Athena is the goddess of warfare,civilization,wisdom,female arts,strength,strategy,craft,justice,and skill.In the story athena helps odysseus in many ways such as getting him off calypso's island.Athena also helps odysseus by helping him on a little island when a terrible storm struck.Athena also helped telemachus learn about the news of his father and helped telemachus lose his fears of the bad mans. telemachus was about to leave,the
Poseidon vs. Zeus “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” When someone studies and knows about greek gods, they relate to this quote. Two examples of gods that fit this quote and influence living is Poseidon and Zeus. Although the two gods rule different elements of the world, they are actually more alike then they are different. Poseidon and Zeus are very similar in many ways.
One instance is when The Cyclops, Polyphemus, asks for Odysseus’ name. He replies, “My name is Nohbody: mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbody” (961). After Odysseus blinds him, the Cyclops tells all of the other Cyclopes that ‘nobody’ blinded him. This shows cleverness because the Cyclopes could not search for Odysseus afterward. They thought there is no reason to search for someone when no one blinded him.
281-286). It was not the loss of personal property or spoils of war that infuriated Achilles, it was the face he lost when Agamemnon snatched away his prize for the sake of reminding all that were present that he, though not a great warrior like Achilles, was still the greater man. His ire raised, the childish Achilles cries to his immortal mother Thetis to do the unthinkable, “go and sit beside [Zues]… persuade him to help the Trojan cause, to pin the Achaeans back against their ships, trap them round the bay and mow them down” (1. 485-488). This is how the mighty Achilles hopes to demonstrate his greatness; have his comrades mown down so that Agamemnon could see his folly for disgracing
The story goes on to tell about how the gods toy around with the humans, and take sides over each other that other gods may not like. This intervention by gods is a frequent occurrence in both works. The gods occasionally have wars between themselves too, such as when Zeus helps the Trojans in the war against the Greeks, after an appeal to him by Thetis, Achilles’ mother. Zeus’s wife, Hera is loyal to the Greeks, and the two of them have a little fight. The battle between gods is also apparent in the Odyssey when Zeus sends Hermes to rescue Odysseys from the island of Calypso.
Zeus threw a lightning bolt at Cronus, and banished him to the underworld for all of eternity (“Early Life”). Talk about awful father-son relations! Zeus had a complex role as an Olympian god. He was the supreme ruler of Olympus, and was known by many names: Zeus Cloud Gatherer, the Rain God, Lord of the Sky and Zeus the Thunderer (“Zeus”). It was said that Zeus is the Lord of Gods and men, but he shares his powers with his brothers.