... Greeks in the battle to save Helen. Several gods and goddesses got involved in the war for lots of reasons. One reason was because before the war Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite asked Paris, who was appointed by Zeus, to pick the most beautiful of the three of them. Paris picked Aphrodite, the goddess ... of love and beauty, and gave her the prize of a the golden apple. This made Hera, Zeus's wife, and Athena, goddess of wisdom and war angry. So when the war began, they chose to help the Greeks, while Aphrodite helped the Trojans, not just because of Paris, ... but because her son was Aenea...

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... Greeks in the battle to save Helen. Several gods and goddesses got involved in the war for lots of reasons. One reason was because before the war Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite asked Paris, who was appointed by Zeus, to pick the most beautiful of the three of them. Paris picked Aphrodite, the goddess ... of love and beauty, and gave her the prize of a the golden apple. This made Hera, Zeus's wife, and Athena, goddess of wisdom and war angry. So when the war began, they chose to help the Greeks, while Aphrodite helped the Trojans, not just because of Paris, ... but because her son was Aenea...

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... further examples that have been left out of this thesis, you can conclude that the Greek society in the days of Homer cherished the characteristic emotion in their heroes. The Greek society also strongly appreciate when their hero is beautiful. Odysseus shows the quality of beauty when Athena changed Odysseus from an old beggar to a hero. Even his son does not believe it ... is Odysseus because he is so beautiful, Telemachus thinks he is a god (BL. 1426). This shows that the Greek people liked to envision pretty people, it is the same way with Americans heroes ... today. Not one hero i...

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... had know for my whole schooling showed a movie every week. One week we watched "Jason and the Argonaughts". Ever since then I could never get enough Greek mythology. In freshman year of high school we read the annotated textbook version of The Odyssey. Lucky for me, I transferred English classes at the semester and ... he would have been as welcomed at the Kingdom of Pheaecia by the princess Nausicaa. Having the protection of a god is also a certain quality of a hero. Athena constantly helps Odysseus during his travels. Athena helps him escape from Calypso's island, helps him land on Phea...

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... begins both epics with a mortal's anguish invoking immortal compassion. The Odyssey begins with the gods in council. After witnessing Odysseus sobbing on Calypso's island; Athena implores Zeus to end Odysseus's suffering and allow him to return home. She asks, "Olympian Zeus/ have you no care for him in you lofty ... heart?" (Book 1: Lines 72-73 Fagles 79). Homer portrays Athena as being moved by the pitiful image of the great warrior Odysseus, later fully described, as crying and longing for his wife and home. Her ... down along the pinnacles of Olympos, angered/ in his heart- (Lattimor...

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... wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Menelaus went hunting, and Paris from troy came and took Helen away. After two years of preparation, the Greek fleet of more than 1,000 ships and 100,000 men gathered together and set off to troy to get Helen back. But when they went to ... For more than nine years the Greeks besieged Troy unsuccessfully. It was then that the crafty Odysses stepped forward with a stratagem. Aided by the goddess Athena, he planned the construction of a huge wooden horse with enough room to contain 110 worriers. Secretly the best worriers were hidden inside. Then the rest...

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... turmoil of his actions during and after the siege of Troy. In ancient Greek mythology, a son's character is believed to be a reflection of his father. Early in the poem, Telémakhos demonstrates this axiom by responding to Athena's questioning about his father, "My mother says I am his son; I ... trait is a magnification of one part of his father's personality. In a more direct fashion, Polyphemos is representative of specific aspects of his father, the god Poseidon. Polyphemos's name means, roughly, "many fames-, and he is portrayed as crude and uncouth, a savage who practices cannibal...

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... most famous works of literature ever written. They are both epics, a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. The Iliad follows the actions of the Greek hero, Achilles, nine years after the start of the Trojan War. The Aeneid is about Aeneas, a survivor of the siege of Troy, and his journey ... quest or adventure. These heroes are complex in nature, which makes them interesting to compare. In the Iliad, Achilles is the main character. Achilles is a Greek warrior who is part of the Achaean army attacking Troy, while Aeneas is a Trojan who escapes Troy as it is being destroyed by the...

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... wooden horse to get within the walls of Troy and then defeats the Trojans. Odysseus is then eager to get home but he provokes the wrath of Poseidon, god of the sea, and is punished with fog and flat winds. When land is finally reached Odysseus and his men unknowingly invite themselves into the home of a ... is inside this bag so they open it and are shipwrecked in the land of Sirens. She lures his men and turns then into animals. Hermes the god's messenger is sent to warn Odysseus of Sirens. Although Sirens does not turn Odysseus into and animal she traps him there for what he believes i...

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