Long ago in the land of Greece, an ordinary town of Olympia was once existed. Olympia had a perfect location at the foot of Mount Olympus, where the gods oversee the townspeople. Every part of the town was picturesque with beautiful, fragrant flowers and trees. There were many forests and tons of astounding life everywhere. The nature and life of the land were ruled by Zofea. Her gorgeous long as white as snow hair and a flower wreath that attracted all the magnificent butterflies and birds, made her look like a fairy tale exquisite kind goddess. Zofea was part of the family of gods. She had a large family which included Hestia, Zeus, Demeter, Hades, Hera, and Poseidon. In the town of Olympia, it was the beginning of Spring meaning that it …show more content…
Zeus hopped out of his comfy and cozy bed and shouted, “Hades might have it, he said that he needed some people to pass away and he knows the wreath is what gives you power.” Zofea began to search for Hades and found him standing near the edge. She saw sticks and flowers on his head and there were the rays of light were starting to be pushed away and it became dark and cloudy. She knew what was happening, Hades was destroying the world. Zofea could see flowers becoming frail and dark and falling as she saw people getting weaker and weaker every second. The people shouted, “ Save us! The gods are mad!” as they plummeted to their knees and faces. She ran toward Hades and took the wreath off his head, but he turned around and knocked her away. She stood back up and shouted, “ You're not helping yourself!” “Yes, I am. I’m doing what I should have done a long time ago something that you didn’t have the guts to do!” Hades screamed. “You’re killing everyone and everything! The people and animals and nature! You're destroying it all!” She shouted defending her …show more content…
What you were just doing was killing everything so you would have been right back where you started this time with nothing to kill,” Zofea calmly explained to him. He gave her the wreath back and responded by saying “I understand that I should have thought before I went ahead and stole your wreath in order to kill everyone, and now I understand why everyone calls me so greedy.” Zofea put on the wreath and everything became brighter and livelier. The plants and flowers started to grow taller and the townspeople regained their strength and slowly brought themselves to their feet. The townspeople shouted from below, “ Thank you for clearing everything up between you guys and not to sound greedy, but can we have more food than usual seeing what you put us through. Zofea gave them more food and agreed with Hades. She said, “I will let you take the lives of two people every hour and I will not help the people that committed horrible crimes and near to death. I will not hang onto everything so much and let things go.” Hades promised, “ I will think about my actions before I act and I won't be
Persepolis Argumentative Essay In the memoir “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi we learn the effects the revolution had on the Satrapi’s family. To summarize, Marji grew up around the Islamic War. This caused her to become very curious about why people act a certain way or do things. In the story, she is constantly learning from what’s right and wrong.
trip to Hades or would not return from it. At this point of the voyage
In The House of Hades, there are many underlying conflicts, but they are all directly caused by one person, Gaia. One that Percy and Annabeth are stuck in the underworld and can’t get out. Also, the demigods are trying to close the doors of death, but this is made harder because they don’t want to leave Percy and Annabeth in the underworld. The reason they need to close the door is because Gaia has been sending monsters out of Tartarus to stop the demigod from perusing their quest to save the world. In each of their quests, Gaia sends monsters to kill the demigods, then when the monster would die
Hades fell in love with Demeter’s daughter, Persephone. Persephone loved to live about in the fields that her mother made. Hades wanted Persephone as his bride. Zeus, the father of Persephone, did not deny but warned that Demeter would be furious. He captured her and forced her to stay in the underworld. To capture her, he arose from the depth with a chariot of horses. He stole her from the flowery field and took her to a dungeon of darkness. Persephone gained the name “core”. This was symbolizing her loss of girlhood. Demeter went looking for her daughter. She could not find her, and she almost came to the extent of barring the whole earth of the vegetation. Zeus could not let this happen, so he sent for Persephone to be received. Persephone would not eat, but Hades would not let her leave until she ate at least one thing. Hades gave her a forbidden fruit. Any fruit that was to be eaten in the underworld, the eater of that fruit must stay in the underworld. Her eating the fruit meant she had to stay in the underworld forever. A compromise was made between Demeter and Hades. Four months of the year Persephone had to stay with Hades and be the queen of the underworld. During this time the Greeks entered a cold and barren time called winter. The other eight months, Persephone spent her year with Demeter. During this time crops and vegetation would be abundant (Peterson and Dunworth 143). These were the times of spring and summer. When it was time for Persephone to rule the underworld, she was in charge of watching the special prisoners. The prisoners were the defeated titans (Calame, 266).
Hercules was about to kill himself. But he was told by the oracle at Delphi
Zeus has been ruling and keeping control of Mount Olympus for centuries. Now, he is retiring and needs someone worthy enough to take his place as ruler. Someone who is trustworthy but also powerful and intelligent. All these traits depict Hades. Hades is as powerful as Zeus and already has leadership skills from his ruling experience with the Underworld.
After that he goes down to the underworld and asks the Fates if Hercules is going to interfere with his plans of taking over Mount Olympus by releasing the creatures of nightmares called Titans used for defeating Zeus. The names of The Fates are Enyo, Deino, and Pemphredo. The Fates tell him that Zeus will fall, but if Hercules is not taken care of he will interfere and soil his plans of taking over the world. He takes action with the advice given and sends his two scapegoat servants Pain and Panic to kidnap Hercules, turn him mortal, then murder him.
On February 2nd, 2016, in trial of the Odysseus, the jury found the defendant guilty of both counts of unjustifiable first degree murder. While both sides of the trial had differing points, the defense had an overall weak and unconvincing case while the prosecution provided strong evidence of these unjustifiable murders using a variety of persuasive techniques.
‘Demeter’ is a poem about the story of Demeter. "Demeter was the goddess of harvest and Persephone was the goddess of springtime. Hades, the lord of the underworld, kidnapped Persephone. Hades fell in love with Persephone and asked Zeus to help him kidnap her so she could become his bride. The crops started to wilt and humans couldn't grow crops anymore. However Zeus told Hermes to bring back Persephone and to make sure she didn't eat any food from the Underworld. Hermes fetched Persephone. But before she left, Hades convinced her to eat 6 pomegranate seeds. Hermes made a compromise and said Persephone had to stay in the Underworld as Hades wife for six months. That's why there are seasons. In the fall and winter, Persephone goes down into the Underworld and Demeter mourns. In the summer and spring, she comes back and Demeter rejoices. " (1)
Zeus was frustrated. He started trying ridiculous ways to make the plants grow, which made all the humans and animals laugh at him. Zeus was infuriated. He started to yell and jump up and down, which was so loud the humans and animals to ran and hid. He was so mad he also started knocking stuff down and
In the Hymn to Demeter, the rape of Persephone starts with her picking flowers and she comes across the hundred headed narcissus which "Gaia made grow as a trick for the blushing maiden" (HHDem. 8-9). This trick is set into motion by Zeus, but since Gaia plays the role of protecting the youngest generation, this is a foreshadowing that Persephone's ordeal will be for a good cause. Hades moves in to take Persephone when the grounds gapes open and she begins to cry aloud. Demeter hears her daughters screams but she is powerless against Hades, hence the separation of distance between them. The grief stricken Demeter goes through an experience which plays out the role of a symbolic death. this is because the relationship between the mother and daughter ends at a wedding.
...emplate his answer but he already knew what he was going to say. Hades was very generous with Daedalus because he wished to reward his efforts and he was confident he knew what Daedalus would choose but when Daedalus spoke Hades was puzzled by the decision but he nonetheless agreed.
As a result Zeus let his brother, Hades go on a rampage against mankind in order to teach mankind a lesson and stop any of his relatives who would try to stop him in his tracks. • Hades releases his beast the Kraken to ravage mankind and punish them for their defiance against the gods. • Hades tries sends furies to deal with the people who would tear down the statues of the gods along with those who desecrate their statues and tries to stop Percuss by sending the king that defied Zeus that was as a result changed into a hideous creature that seeks ravage against Zeus and his son, Percuss. Mankind shows that they do need the gods as they need them because they need hope which the gods provide them in the form of heroes and
In a society in which social position was vital for having a successful family, the Greek and Roman families internally struggled with one another. This constant conflict stems from the father’s desire for control and the society’s high placement of power. In the Greek myth Demeter and Persephone, Zeus’s interest for his selfish gains prompts him to “ ( give ) Persephone to the Lord of Dead to become his queen “ ( Rosenberg Demeter 96). Zeus does not ask Persephone nor Demeter, his beloved wife, presenting that he does not show any opinions on their feelings. Although Zeus in reality just wanted to have a powerful family with the addition of Hades, his love for power overrode his love for his family and created a tension between the other members and him. In another Greek myth, Jason and the Golden Fleece, shows man’s love for supremacy through ...
“I know I’m the reason for her death. Those hunters were after me, not her. It’s this goddamn curse. If I hadn’t known, if I hadn’t screamed and realised. I- I wouldn’t have rushed all the way to that house to make sure she was okay. They tracked me. She had nothing to do with it. If I wasn’t there she still would be. And now I can’t even make sure that she’s alright. Because the bloody divine forces won’t let me. Why?”