Greek Myths

In many versions of this myth, it is said that as Persephone was about to leave the underworld with Hermes, Hades tricked her into eating several pomegranate seeds. By eating the pomegranate, which is the food of the underworld, Persephone was forced to return to Hades for several months during the year.

Other names Demeter was known as are Ceres, Sito, and Thesmophoros. Daughter of Cronus and Rhea, her siblings included Zeus, Poseidon, Hestia, Hades, and Hera. Along with her siblings, when Demeter was born, in order for Cronus to protect his power, he swallowed his children. Demeter was full grown by the time she was spit back out by her father. Demeter, and her brother, Zeus, gave birth to Persephone, who became queen of the Underworld. Her other children included Despoina, Arion, Plutus, Philomelus, Eubuleus, Chrysothemis, and Amphitheus I.

These giants where monstrous and strong beast. They gave birth to three cyclopses or one eyed giants. They also gave birth to three beast that had 100 hands and 50 heads. These beasts where known collectively as the Hecatoncheires. Gaia and Uranus also gave birth to Titans. These Titans ruled the world after the giants where imprisoned in Tartarus. These twelve Titans then paired up with each other and gave birth to many children. The most famous children are the children of Cronos and Rhea. These children are the rulers of Olympus today with Zeus and his many siblings. These many children went to fight each other for

Persephone, the goddess of spring growth, was abducted by Hades and taken down to the underworld where she was crowned queen of the underworld. When Persephone was gone the green fields of flowers turned to ice and the world had become lifeless. Demeter, her mother, searched the world for her but she refused to eat any of Earth’s fruit until she met her daughter. When the world was in a famine and the whole race of men would die, Zeus finally agreed to let Persephone met her mother. Demeter was so happy to meet her daughter, however, when she found out that Persephone had eaten Hades’ pomegranate seed she was immediately put back in her grief. When Persephone ate the seed, she promised to return back to the Underworld every year for six months.

In Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Persephone’s fate has an effect of her mother’s actions. She was known as a young women who did not know what she expected out of life and was unsure of her capabilities within life. Due to Persephone eating the pomegranate seeds, it protected the promise to spend one third of each year with Hades, in which she would live with him, taking the role of his consort and the other two thirds of each year with Demeter, her mother. This also allowed Persephone to be worshiped as the queen in the Underworld and as the maiden, having the task of guiding the living that continued to visit the Underworld. In addition, Persephone knew the religion of the Greeks, learning about the beginning of Christianity and their Eleusinian Mysteries. Because of her return to the Underworld, the Greeks were able to encounter the renewal of afterlife.

Atlas and Prometheus were the sons of Iapetus. Atlas held the world upon his shoulders and Prometheus “was the savior of mankind” (18).

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In the beginning, it all started with the gods and goddesses Cronus (God of the Sky) and Rhea (Goddess of the Earth). They met and got married. While they were married they produced six offspring. These offspring would turn out to be some of the most famous in mythology. The offspring consisted

She is siblings with Zeus and all the gods that I have previously mentioned so is also from the same parents as the rest of them. (The next myth is about Demeter and Hades which is the reason that Hades paragraph is so short.) Once Hades saw Demeter’s daughter Persephone and decided to kidnap her to be his bride. This made Demeter weep so much that all the crops stopped growing and the world became very cold. eventually Zeus had to intervene and and forced Hades to allow Persephone to return to the overworld but not until Hades tricked Persephone into eating a fruit that causes anyone that eats it to return to the underworld eventually. And because of that Persephone goes to the underworld for half the year creating fall and winter and when she returns for the other half of the year Demeter rejoices and the seasons of spring and summer

Greek mythology is commonly mistaken by those unfamiliar with it as a religious subject. Instead, they are a set of stories about Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines that serve to entertain and give an explanation of how the world came to be. It’s apparent that the world wasn’t like the way it is currently from the beginning, but the myths do give us an idea of how things were like. As Edith Hamilton once said, “ But what the myths show is how high they had risen above the ancient filth and fierceness by the time we have any knowledge of them.” This gives us an idea that traces of that time are found in the stories as we read "Mythology" by Hamilton and "Black Ships Before Troy" by Sutcliff which is where we will be able to

Beautiful architecture, democracy, theatre, and the Olympic games; these are just a few of the many wonders Ancient Greece had to offer. However, one of the most memorable creations of Ancient Greece would have to be Greek mythology. These myths included hundreds of stories and teachings that would have a lasting effect on Greek culture for centuries to come. When taking a deeper look into some of these myths, one may notice gender and sexual behavior to be themes that occur quite frequently. One also cannot help but notice that some social conditions in Ancient Greece, such as the importance of beauty, the treatment of women, and beast-like sexual behavior, revolved around sex and gender. It is because of the use of gender and sexual

Once Zeus was fully grown he returned to his father’s realm and with the help of his mother, hoodwinked Cronus to drink an emetic that made him disgorge his children (Leadbetter). It was these children: Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera and Demeter who helped Zeus wage the Titan war against Cronus. The women titans refused to help Cronus defeat the Olympians and even a few male titans helped aid the Olympians. After ten years of battles, the Olympians were able to banish the Titans into the Underworld (Titanomachy). It was after this war that Zeus seized the throne and divided the sky, the underworld, and the sea amongst him and his brothers. (Hades: the underworld, Poseidon: the sea, and Zeus: the sky.)

For thousands of years, there have been cultures from every part of the world that have come up with myths and legends. From werewolves and Bigfoot to Zeus and the Greek Gods, man has come up with almost everything imaginable. Each of these myths have been created for their own rationalizations. Some people came up with these myths due to the lack of entertainment that was available in the world they were familiar with, while others came up with them to explain why the world looked the way it does, or to explain how some things came to be. For whatever reason people made up with these stories, everyone can agree on one thing: many of these stories were undoubtedly scary to those who were listening to the stories or reading them. One character

These are some of the names that people have called me through the ages and throughout the world. Natt was the name the Norse gave me. The ancient Egyptians called me Nephthys. The great Hindus, who were from India, named me Ratri. The powerful Romans referred to me as Nox. Last but not least the Greeks, who started it all, know me as Nyx.

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