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Greek Mythology and Literature and the Gods' Incestuous Relationships

contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ar...

The Creation Gods in Greek and African Mythology

In a research paper containing eight pages the supreme or creation African mythological gods are contrasted and compared with Zeus...

Greek Mythology's Significance, Function, and Meaning

natural world ("A Definition of Myth" mythdefi.html; Alden milltime.htm). Because the term myth is often easily misunderstood, au...

Herakles Presentation by Playwrights and Artists

very opposing forces. There is an evident duality to Herakles. On the one hand, he has a compassionate side that truly wants to ...

Roman Mythology's Origins and How It Developed

This paper consists of five pages and considers the origins of Roman mythology and compares it with its Greek mythology counterpar...

Aloofness and Human Disinterest of the Greek Gods

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...

Medea, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

Greek God Apollo's Influence on Ancient Greece

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...

Mythology and Iliad, Aeneid

This research paper/essay discusses the "Iliad" and the "Aeneid" as two epic poems that mirror the values of Greek and Roman socie...

Teiresias' Importance in Antigone and Oedipus

grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...

God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembene

theme, in fact, throughout the book, as resentments continued to simmer). Peasants, for the most part, pretty much dont know they ...

Ancient Greek Mythological Heroes and Episode II of Star Wars

still just one being who is in constant struggle with his own existence. When determining who truly exercises power in an a...

Mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome and Human Sacrifice

In twelve pages the tales of Demeter, Cybele and Attis, Adonis and Aphrodite, Endymion and Selene are examined in a consideration ...

Greek Mythology and Names of Constellations

In twenty five pages this paper examines how Greek mythology influenced the names of constellations and stars. Eleven sources are...

The Mind vs. The Heart in 'Hippolytus' and 'Prometheus Bound'

The struggle in Greek mythology of the mind and the heart is examined in this paper consisting of four pages with quotes supplied ...

Comparing and Contrasting Achilles and Beowulf

The writer compares and contrasts Achilles, a hero from Greek mythology, with Beowulf, the hero of the Old English epic poem. The ...

Eastern and Western Mythology and Women

in the house" (Kamat women.htm). It is as though the very essence of a woman as a human being is given no consideration beyond th...

Motifs of Ancient Greek Literature and Superman

This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...

First Meditation of Rene Descartes

Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...

Alcestis by Euripides

simply what it is on the outside but cutting into it reveals layers of different contrasts and flavors. The "Foundation" of the Pl...

Mythology of Greece and the Roles of Antigone and Medea

This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...

Greek Mythology, Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man, and the Story of Zeus and Other Olympic Deities

period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...

Dionysus and the Nature of This Greek God's Character

a variety of stories in a variety of ways. First, Dionysus is a contradictory god. He does things that might surprise people bec...

The Biblical Story of Cain and Abel

5 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel, and relates the importance of...

Garland's "Daily Life Of The Ancient Greeks"

impression made infinitely clearer with truths rather than myths. The evolutionary value of Garlands (2008) research provides a b...

Hinduism and Mythology

came about where concepts such as heaven, divinity, truth, the sanctity of birth, and sacrifice (2005). These were new concepts in...

Knowledge of God

A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...

God's Perfect Judgment

did. He punished Adam and Eve for disobeying Him. As one pastor reminds us: "The Bible says that God will hold us accountable for ...

Greek Mythology and the Product Name Apollo

with recognizable characteristics often brings a product line into closer view for the average consumer within the demographic sco...

Greek Mythology, Women, and Warriors

In seven pages this paper considers the injustices of war in a consideration of women's unequal roles represented in the works of ...