They are perspicacious by nature, and the stories are written in a way that they have an opportunity to use their omniscient insight and superhuman abilities to assist humans. One example of a divine hero is Prometheus, the Titan in Greek mythology who created mankind. In the myth, Prometheus...
Zeus was the king of the Greek gods called the Olympians.The Greeks worshiped him as a god of the sky, law, justice and morality. He ordered Pandora's creation as retribution for Prometheus's rebellious behavior. Although beautiful, she would be the bane of man's existence. He also had ...
“Fearing the god who rocks the ground above his realm, Giant Poseidon, would burst the earth wide open now And lay bare to mortal men and immortal gods at last The houses of the dead…” -Homer, the Iliad Classical artists depicted him as a mature, bearded man, resembling his brother,...
The myth begins with the reveal of how the Greeks created relationship between humans and Gods. Nobody knew exactly who Theseus father was, rumors linked both King Aegeus of Athens and the God Poseidon to his mother Aethra. The link continues when Theseus proved to Minos that he was the son...
He made no effort to account for the interference of gods in the life of humans; on the contrary, by having events that preceded and followed the action proper of the play merely reported or revealed in a prologue and an epilogue, spoken by a god (the deus ex machina ), he seems to...
Faunus Discordia Charities Saturn Furies Zeus Zeus (Jupiter) overthrew his Father Cronus to become the supreme ruler of the gods. He was the lord of the sky, the rain god and the cloud gatherer. His weapon was a thunderbolt which he hurled at those who displeased him. He was married to...
In some versions of Greek mythology, he also created humans from clay and water to mimic the gods.Who Is Prometheus? Prometheus was a second-generation Titan, one of the Greek gods, who was known for swindling his cousin Zeus to help humankind. In the Greek religion, he was also known ...
Prometheus took fire from the gods and gave humans the gift of heat and light. Zeus wasn't pleased with Prometheus for his act of pilfering, but more than anything, the god was angry that someone would defy his will. To punish Prometheus, Zeus chained him to the side of Mou...
Dionysus Dionysus is the Greek god of Wine. Dionysus was not a god when he was first created he was a mere mortal demigod which is half human half god. Dionysus is the son of Zeus and a mortal woman named Semele, she was the daughter of the king of Thebes (Greek Mythology, n.d....
But there is one Goddess who was just as notable any other Goddess for being heroic as anyone else. This Goddess had many great achievements just as any Greek God has, had captured a legendary monster, and brought back peace into her city. This Goddess was named Laticus. Laticus was ...