War goddesses

One of the greatest battles in history, the Trojan War, started in the 12th century. There was a wedding for Pelus and Thetis, the Trojan prince Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, obtains a golden apple from the goddess Eris. It is up to Paris to decide which of the three goddesses is the most beautiful, which will be given the golden apple. Hera, wife and sister of Zeus, offers power. Athena, goddess of wisdom and warfare, offers success in battle. Aphrodite, goddess of love, offers the most beautiful wife in the world. Paris chooses Aphrodite, however she states that the most beautiful wife is Helen, daughter of Zeus, who is already married to King Menelaus of Sparta. Paris then wins Helen heart and eloped back to Troy, which starts a war. Greek cities banded together including Argos, Athens, Corinth, Arcadia,…

Transformations of the Morrigan: Dark Goddess to Great Queen Any precursory search will reveal that The Morrigan can be a paradoxical figure and the truth about her may not be easily uncovered. She is a goddess steeped in myth, history, and contradictions and one must unravel these questions and fit the remaining pieces together in a cultural context to gain a true understanding of her nature and position. At various times she has been seen as a beautiful maiden, a faery queen, a…

Homer to exemplify and examine women personas thorough the Olympian goddesses. The three main goddesses presented in The Iliad are Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera. During the Trojan War, Athena and Hera fight with the Achaeans, while Aphrodite favors the Trojans. The actions of the Goddesses during war illustrate the different characteristics women possess in the world of The Iliad. Each goddess embodies different stereotypes of women during the Bronze Age. These stereotypes are even seen in today’s…

UNITY [Document subtitle] Three thousand years ago, ceaseless war fire surrounded the ancient city of Troy. The nine-year Trojan War formed countless heroes in Greek History. However, the Iliad was one and only written literature on this particular War. Constructed by Homer, the Iliad was the first written text and one of the major pieces of epic literature in Western history. Some may debate the historical accuracy of the Iliad since it was recounted by Homer and written down a hundred…

Homer's gender,the writer of the Illiad,is said to be unknown but from the way women are depicted in his literary works we can come to a conclusion that he is a male. Specifically in the Illiad the epic centers around the story of war among the Greeks and the Trojans. The women are rarely seen however when they are featured their roles add more interest in the already action packed narrative. Homer displays three different kinds of women and those are the war prizes, your typical housewives and…

What started the Trojan War? About thirty centuries ago, on a land known as Troy, a war started between Grecians and Trojans on due to three discrete reasons (Trojan War, History.com). As a result of this war, many lives were lost but the Grecians eventually won after ten gruesome years of fighting (Cartwright, Mark. "Trojan War."). This war was fought because of the “capture” of Helen. It is said that the disappearance of Helen was a result of a curse on the House of Atreuis. However, others…

The fight for women’s rights has been an ongoing struggle, with the majority of the progress being made only within the last few decades. Sexism has been so deeply engrained into society, that it is difficult to get rid of the notion that women are inferior to men. The divide between men and women can even be seen in literature that dates back to thousands of years. Written around 750 B.C., Homer’s Iliad is a prime example of a work that portrays mortal women as possession and many female gods…

The Iliad, a poem translated by Robert Fagles set in Bronze Age Greece tells the story about the long-lasting Greek and Trojan war. The war began because of an argument over a woman named Helen. In the Iliad, women held many different roles in society. From war prizes like Chryseis and Briseis who are only seen as prizes that contribute to a male’s ego and pride, strong wives like Andromache, Helen, and the goddesses for instance, Athena and Hera. Men are viewed as superior to women in the…

For many years, people in different cultures have different interpretations on gods and goddesses. In the Greek culture, it is clear that the gods and goddesses are very important because they appears in most of their literature, including the ancient Greek texts. In the Iliad, Homer writes about the conflict between the mortal Greek and Trojans, along with the disputation among the gods. Unlike the duties of the gods and their relationship with human in other culture, the gods in the Greek…

Gods and Goddesses surround the world’s lore, from stories of amazing heroes, parents of demigods that turn into great warriors. Although in many current culture tales, they show the famous gods helping and aiding protagonist, even an increase of half human, half gods in current literature. Now which is most famous to you? Zeus? Maybe Poseidon, or even Hades. Yes they are known well, but not as expressed or as beloved as the daughter of Zeus herself, Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War. Athena is…