INTRODUCTION Hera is the Greek goddess of marriage & family, women, and in some legends, the goddess of childbirth (in others it is her daughter, Eileithyia). ... BACKGROUND Hera is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. ... Another example is Semele, the daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia and a mortal. ... Zeus took the child she carried and put him inside his thigh until the time came for Dionysus to be born. ... Even so, Hera kidnapped her daughter Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, and forced her to prolong Leto's labour for nine months until her son Hephaestus could be born before Leto&#x...

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The reason why there are many versions of one myth is because years and years ago people didn't write down the stories; Instead, it was passed down from generations to generations verbally and after a period of time tales were converted into several variants. ... However, the second myth portrayed that Midas turned his own daughter into gold by hugging her but the anchor text excludes his daughter in the tale. ... Marygold, daughter of Midas, once came to give her father flowers. ... Although Midas was a greedy man, his love for his daughter weighed out greater than wealth when he had ...

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Clytemnestra is introduced in the play, following the death of her daughter, Iphigenia. ... Therefore we can feel her pain and at the same time she doesn't seem like she is insane. ... He does not have the courage to challenge society and protect his own daughter. ... At the time, women of the society never got a chance to voice their opinions and were forced to follow the male dominant ways of life. Even her daughter had to accept her death silently. ...

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Helen somewhat betrays Menelaus by being seduced by Paris of Troy, and as a result of this Menelaus takes revenge, by him and Agamemnon organizing a massive force to win her back, but as they were just about to set sail the goddess Artemis held the weather against them and Agamemnon was therefore sat a choice that if he wanted to appease the goddess he had to sacrifice his own daughter, Iphigeneia. ... Clytaemnestra takes revenge by killing Agamemnon for killing their innocent daughter Iphigeneia and the desire for power. ... Jason has betrayed Medea by taking a new bride who is none other tha...

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Antigone, a daughter of Oedipus, cannot live to see her brother die without a proper burial. ... In the ancient Greek time, they believe that if you don't get a proper burial, then the God's send you to hell. ... He ends up losing his wife, his son, and his future daughter-in-law. ...

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At a time when politics and religion were one in the same, sacrifice was crucial in regulating governmental issues. ... Mortals made sacrifices at any time, to any god during the occurrence of something that fell with that deity's' jurisdiction, or as a payment of a vow (Sissa and Marcel). ... The first instance of sacrifice, and the cause of all following retribution, begins when Agamemnon resolves to sacrifice his daughter, Iphpigenia, because of constraints being placed upon him by Artemis and Zeus. ... The chorus then provides the appropriate reaction to this, announcing that th...

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Gaea and Uranus warned Zeus that if Metis had the child she was pregnant with at the time, the child would be more powerful than he and overthrow him just as he overthrew his father. ... A few of Zeus's wives included: Themis, Uranus and Gaea's daughter, Mnemosyne, which gave birth to the nine muses with Zeus, Oceanid Eurynome, who gave birth to the three graces with Zeus, and Hera. ... Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and twins with Apollo, although she was one day older than he was. ...

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- A wise Ithican elder admires and gives thanks to Telemachus for finally stepping into his fathers shoes, do to the fact that is the first time an assembly takes place since Odysseus left to war... - Athena visits Telemachus again but this time disguised as a mentor, who is another old friend of Odysseus. ... SECTION 4 - They arrive to Sparta, were the king and queen Menelaus and Helen were celebrating the marriages of their son and daughter... Athena - Daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, battle, and the womanly arts. ...

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The stories behind the myths are from a much earlier time but written versions don't exist before Classical times. ... That means that by the time they were written down, these works had survived 400 years of additions, subtractions and mutations to finally become the versions we now call "authentic". ... When it came time to give birth to her sixth child, Rhea hid herself, then she left the child to be raised by nymphs. ... Atlas became their leader in battle and it looked for some time as though they would win and put the young gods down. ... With the time right, Zeus retreated drawin...

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Jason fell in love with the daughter of Kreon, the king of Corinth, and left Medea in order to wed the princess. ... Now is the time for Medea to make her move. ... Medea has decided that she will end the lives of her two children as well as Kreon and his daughter. ...

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Antigone, in Greek legend, was the daughter of Oedipus. ... Many criminals believe they are doing the right thing at the time of their actions, some do even after they are facing the punishment. ... Being put in the position to punish his niece would have caused him unneeded stress in a time when the land was stricken with such despair that would have made him all the more disgusted with Antigone....

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Her daughter Electra will also be in the episode as well as a chorus, messenger, Aegisthus and Agamemnon. ... They greet each other and Orestes starts explaining about everything has happened since his time away. ... The chorus are again talking about how this is surely the last time they will see their king alive and that if she does indeed kill her own husband, she will be punished greatly by the gods for breaking her oath. ...

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He wed the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth; which is also the Greek city where the play is set. ... During that same time she is also visited by the King Creon who has also heard her cries and rants of revenge against her husband and his new wife, the princess. ... Also, as far as his love life was concerned it was reported that Euripides had very few faithful lovers in his time. ... To better understand Euripides I thought it best to look up the time period in which he lived in which would now be considered the Peloponnesian war and the Ochlocracy or mob-government time frame. I felt this ...

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September 11, 2001 changed the United States. Not only did it change individuals" personal lives, but also the perspectives of every citizen. This event proved the U.S. was and still is vulnerable, an idea many people would've doubted until that point. The U.S. was put in a defensive position and...

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Prometheus recognizes her as Io, daughter of Inachus, and he told her that he knew of her trouble because of a God who had fallen in love with her and how because of that, she had to suffer Hera's wrath as consequence. ... At the same time, Zeus had been way up in the heavens idly watching them. ... Polyphemus would let his sheep out some days, allowing them to graze and at one time, Odysseus and his men took hold of the opportunity and clinged to the bottom part of the Sheep as it went out. ...

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It is not until her curiosity gets the best of her a second time and she goes against the rules of one of Venus' tasks. ... Perseus begins with a sorrow tone as Apollo tells the King of Argos that his daughter's son would later kill him. ... The tone of the story changes for the final time as Perseus names Dictys as the ruler of the land. ...

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After having refused Chryses his right to his beloved daughter, the priest then prays to Apollo, who then sends down a plague on the Achaians. ... In his dying moments, Patroklos says, "Now is your time for big words, Hektor. ...

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Apollo's priest Chryses comes to the Achaian camp and asks to ransom back his daughter Chryseis, who has been captured. ... At the end of the day, there is another duel, this time between Aias and Hector, which is broken up before its end. ... The Achaians by all means manage to retrieve the body of Patroclus, but the battle has turned to the Trojan's favor the second time, and the Achaians retreat. ...

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Because she has felt so passionate for Jason for some time, she feels there is no possibility that she can forgive and forget, and her emotions for Jason continue.... Davis 2001, p.14) This is essentially why the tale of Medea has stood the test of time, as it warns of the evil inside every male and female. ... Creon made a gainful match between his daughter and Jason, hoping to take advantage of Jason's fame as the hero of the Golden Fleece. ...

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The Iliad is a poem believed to have been written by Homer around 800 B.C. It is set against the backdrop of the Trojan War and centers around the human condition. This condition comprises a wide range of emotions leading to decisions that often result in unforeseen consequences. Resounding theme...

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(Sophocles Pg.1145) The messenger goes on to reveal that Oedipus is not the birth son of Polybus and Merope but a foundling whom the messenger at that time a shepherd, took to Polybus. ... He also asks Creon to give Jocasta a proper burial and to see that the sons and daughters of the unnatural marriage should be cared for and not be allowed to live poor and unmarried because of the shame attached to their parentage. ...

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Specifically, Achilleus wishes that the Agamemnon's army be brought to the brink of defeat, at which time the Greeks would come back pleading for his help. ... Zeus, though far superior to humans, is willing to grant Achilleus's wish despite the fact that this will surely put him at odds with other gods sympathetic to the Greeks - his wife and daughter among them. ...

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