... from his more infamous and mischievous deeds, Hephaistos yielded some of the most spectacular relics in Greek mythology. In Homer's epic tale The Iliad, Hephaistos receives a request to forge battle armor and shield for the great Greek warrior and mortal, Achilles, during the heat of the Trojan War. The request comes from Thetis, the mother of Achilles, and by one account, the one that cared for Hephaistos after he was tossed off ... and began to forge an indestructible set of armor worthy of a god. The armor is hailed as one of his greatest works of symbolism and craftsmanship. The shi...

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... to none but their gods. They had conquered the world and would leave their mark permanently on the future of mankind. Yet, to a brilliant poet from the North of Italy, the Empire was incomplete. During Publius Virgilius Maro's time the empire had been in shambles after the collapse of the second triumvirate, civil war tears apart the country side as political disorder reigns in the cities during which Virgil's treasured country estate is ... modern concept and for centuries in the past countless minds questioned the thought. In Aeschylus' The Seven Against Thebes the Greek tragedian que...

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... more than likely a bias present and with this bias, a taint of misogyny. Religion is indicative of the standing of women in any given society. Mythology is often the subject of classic literature and therefore it is a good place to study the ideal role of women in Ancient Greek society. A myth can be defined as an "imaginative, traditional tale transmitted orally over generations, which typically involve super human forces and ... , regardless of specific location or the diversity of the social and political structures that were found throughout the ancient Greek world. Women were treate...

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... , Leto. Niobe shamelessly bragged of her twelve children in comparison to Leto's two children during a time when the number of your children is directly related to superiority. In an attempt to avenge their mother, the twins set off for Thebes. When they arrived, Apollo killed Niobe's six sons and Artemis killed her six daughters. In another tale, Agamemnon, after killing a deer in the woods, said, "Artemis herself ... fertility goddess, have aided in the quantity and variety of art depicting her image. The belief of Artemis as an icon of fertility stayed mainly in the cities of Asia Min...

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