Long ago, on the Island of Aeolia lived a god named Zebco and his mortal wife Hurricaneous. Zebco was the God of fishing. The earth and mankind had just been created. The earth's land and water were always tranquil because the God's were at peace with each other. Zebco was a fanatica...

Poseidon and the attack of Rellims After many days and nights of travel by sea, Odysseus and his crew crave the savory taste of succulent meat. Their food supply has been dwindling. Taking their chances with the god of the sea, Poseidon, the crew throws in their fishing lines hoping for an appe...

Poseidon Poseidon, according to Greek mythology was the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. He also held his own appointed position among the great gods on Olympus. Although he was officially one of the supreme gods of Mount Olympus, he spent most of his time in his watery domain. He was ma...

I am Poseidon god of the sea. My Roman name is Neptune. I am also known as the Earth Encircler and the Earth Shaker. I am son of Cronos and Rhea. I am one of the six original Olympian Gods. I am the brother of Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Hera, and Zeus. My kingdom is in the great sea. I have populated t...

Table of Contents Pg 2. Garden of Eden & Pandora's Box Pg 3. Cain and Abel & Odysseus and the Trojan Horse Pg 4. Noah and the Flood & Pygmalion and Galatea Pg 5. The tower of Babel & Daphne and the Laurel Wreath Pg 6. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah & Echo and Narcissus ...

Poseidon I just finished reading about the god Poseidon. I am going to tell you a little about him. Some of the things that I am going to tell you about, are some of his relatives, his symbol, his power, a few interesting facts, and a brief summary of one of the many stories that he is mentio...

Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, the Ethiopian king of Joppa (now known as Jaffa, in Israel), and the mother of Andromeda. The queen was both beautiful and vain, and the story of how her vanity caused great distress is told in relation to the constellation Andromeda. After promising her daug...

Zeus Zeus was the god of the sky and his weapon was the thunderbolt. His sisters where Hera, Demeter, and Hestia his brothers where Hades, and Poseidon. His symbols are the eagle and the oak tree. He married Hera but had many affairs. Hera Hera was goddess of gods. She rebelled against Zeu...

HEPHAESTUS AND APHRODITE APHRODITE Aphrodite is one of the most famous figures of Greek mythology. Because Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexual rapture,1 she was desired by nearly all of the Greek gods. Aphrodite was one of the twelve main gods on Mt. Olympus,2 a...

The Odyssey is a book of adventure, an epic poem with enemies and troubles all along the way. The title means a journey, and Odysseus is the epic hero who is going to take this long hard journey, and only a true epic hero could conquer 20 long years away from his family in Ithaca. There are seve...

Hephaestus was one of the 12 Olympian gods, he was the god of fire and divine smith. With Athena, he was the patron of handicrafts. He was the creator of all beautiful and mechanically wonderful in Olympus, especially arms and armor for the gods. In general, he was a beneficent god. He was mu...

Achilles Achilles was one of the many, numerous heroes of the great Trojan War. He has a great story that goes along with his adventures. A man who wrote poems about wars named Homer tells his story in the Iliad. He was a great warrior of the Trojan War because of what his parents did to him whe...

"Both a Teacher and Entertainer" One of the most difficult tasks as a parent is to teach your child lifes lessons. Many have tried, and many have failed. But over the ages most successful ideas have come in a form of story or tale. Aesops Fables, nursery rhymes, and other tales of caution are...

Odyssey: The Journey of a Hero The Hero's Journey is never an easy one. This particular journey, as detailed in Homer's The Odyssey, is one of struggle, loss, heartache, pain, growth and triumph. It is comprised of many steps that Odysseus has to overcome and battle through in order ...

There are different versions of the Greek myth of King Minos by Panocles. The Coop Theater Company performed the most famous version at the Black Box Theater on October 28. Writer, Director David Watkins, Jr.'s adaptation of the Greek myth of King Minos and the Minotaur was great. Watkins produc...

Earthquake (A parrellel to Typhon) INTRODUCTION The myth of Earthquake has three different purposes. First, its shows the power of Zeus, being able to maintain peace and order in the universe which he rules. Earthquake is the first challenger of Zeus...

In Greek mythology, heroes, gods, and goddesses had many characteristics in common. Some of the characteristics that were most commonly shared were having divine parents, accomplishments of inconvenient tasks, and extraordinary strengths. Two heroes in Greek mythology that had a lot in common were T...

Telemakhas is a very important character in the book the ODYSSEY. Telemakhas in a sense is a very troubled kid. He has had no father for his whole life. His father left for war when he was a little baby. The war lasted for over 10 years and then his trip home took more than nine and a half year...

Many ancient Greeks worshipped Gods and Goddesses of many types. There was Zeus as the ruler of all gods, Apollo, the sun god, and many more. But perhaps the most important one is the Goddess of Love. Her name was Aphrodite, and she by far had more people in her temple than any other God or Goddess...

Aphrodite is most often described as radiant and shining. when Aphrodite is present the whole world acquires a soft golden glow. "Foam born," she is associated with the creative, life-giving sea and represents a sense of freshness, renewal, and hope. A descendant of the prehistoric water bird goddes...

The mythological critic easily evaluates the written version of Oedipus the King, finding the prevalent mythological or archetypal characteristics in the text as well as common hero characteristics in Oedipus. The myth begins with a journey as Oedipus arrives in Thebes from his home in Corinth as...

As a mother, and arguably as a daughter, Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, is a powerful and passionate woman. She is portrayed in Greek mythology as a mysterious and beautiful seductress, yet she is also depicted as devious and cunning. There are some Greek myths that suggest that Aphrodite is ...

The Odyssey and the Aeneid were composed in ancient Greek times, around 30 and 700 b.c. The most prominent, and most obvious, similarity of both the Odyssey and the Aeneid is that they are both epics. An epic is a long narrative poem in an elevated style that deals with the trials and achiev...

The Greeks believed that the earth was formed before any of the gods appeared. The gods, as the Greeks knew them, all originated with Father Heaven, and Mother Earth. Father Heaven was known as Uranus, and Mother Earth, as Gaea. Uranus and Gaea raised many children. Amoung them were the Cyc...

Greek Mythology Progressing from the beginning of the world until today, a society's survival has been dependent upon a sound political system. During the time of the ancient Greeks, there was no such system. Their daily actions were governed by the sole will of the gods. Little did they k...