. Kratos was a incredibly cruel and destructive god. he would destroy anything in his way, it didn’t seem to matter women or child or even people weaker than him. He use to be very respectful to the gods he even called them ‘’LORDS’’ ,but that all changed after GOD OF WAR lll he lost all sence of respect for the gods. . Kratos attacked a temple of Athena ,
The Furies “But they came into being out of an act of revenge that was done in defence of their mother; and it is the rights of mothers, even when they are unjust, that they uphold what particular ferocity” (Cavendish 968). The Furies of Greek and Roman mythology are the goddesses of Vengeance. There are various stories of how the Furies were born, but the most popular was when Cronus cut his father’s, Uranus, genitals. When the blood hit the earth, the Furies sprang from the ground. Another story
Dante’s Dottrina The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri “Inferno” can bring tons of literature culture to the reader. It is full of allegories that sometimes leads the reader to its own interpretation and imagination. Allegory is a way of writing where ideas are defined with characters and events of a story. It could also be said that Allegory is what the reader can perceive from a work of literature. In the Canto IX (61-63), Dante gives a sense of pause in order to call on the attention of the reader
Speech on The Underworld in Greek Mythology The Underworld, better known as Hades after the god who ruled it, was a dark and dreary place where the shades, or souls, of those who died lived. In the next few minutes, I will tell you about how one came to die, the topography of the Underworld, and the beings whom dwelled there. Your whole life was planned and plotted by the Fates. The Fates were the three goddesses who controlled the destiny of everyone from the time they were born to the time
There are many differences the characters in the four myths I chose go through. Some go through struggles of power. Others are stuck with something they don’t want. Some are just so addicted to something that it gets in the way of everyday life. The main characters in each of the stories face different conflicts. In Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane goes through one major problem. He has an obsession with ghosts, goblins, and witches. Everybody believed Sleepy Hollow was haunted, but he believed
The ancient Greeks worshiped gods-just like the Egyptians-for different reasons altogether. Yet each god had their own importance to the world, they believed Apollo would drive his chariot across the skies to bring light to the world, and Aphrodite would keep people in love of what they are doing and love for other people, just to name two gods and their reasons. Zeus was the most powerful god, ruler of the skies, overseer of oaths, and bringer of the downfall of the Titans. Poseidon was the second
The ancient Greeks portrayed the underworld as a place for all the dead and clearly visualized it in their myths and legends. The underworld in Greek mythology was not a lively place, for it was where all the dead souls went. When a person died, the soul would be sent to Hades, a more formal name for the underworld. "The dead would go to Hades because there was no annihilation in the Greek mythology. The dead are dead because they have a flavorless and unhappy existence". The primary ruling god of
In The Odyssey, we learn about the famous journey of a man named Odysseus and his travels back home from Troy. King Alcinous is curious about Odysseus' life and why he needed all the help to get back home to Ithaca. Eventually, Odysseus tells about his journeys that got him all the way to the Phaecians. When Book XI starts, Odysseus arrives at Oceanus and is on his way to the Underworld. Why does he have to go to the Underworld? Well, when Odysseus and his men were traveling from island to island