Why does The Iliad reference Greek mythology? Why must Odysseus visit the House of Hades in the Odyssey? Why did Apollo side with the Trojans in 'The Iliad'? Why does Haemon visit his father Creon in Antigone?
Zeus, in ancient Greek religion, chief deity of the pantheon, a sky and weather god who was identical with the Roman god Jupiter. He was regarded as the sender of thunder and lightning, rain, and winds, and his traditional weapon was the thunderbolt. Zeu
Penelope, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Icarius of Sparta and the nymph Periboea and wife of the hero Odysseus. They had one son, Telemachus. Homer’s Odyssey tells the story of how, during her husband’s long absence after the Trojan War, many chief