Greek Literature

Pg 1The business office and importance of the physically disabled play in arevaried . The disability can stem from fraudness , to ugliness to to each one one having the their ownpowers as if a compensation for their disability . The first would be the story of Phineusin Jason and the Argonauts . In this classic story , Phineus is a blind soothsayer , who istormented by the HARPIES . Whenever a meal was set earlier him , the harpies wouldcome and carry the food off . The Argonauts delivered him from these pests in return forinformation respecting the lane they were to take in to obtain the Golden Fleece The Harpies in the story are evil predaceous birds with women s faces . They areDaughters of the titaness ELECTRA and sister of fleur-de-lys . They combine the primitiveconcepts of wind spirits and predatory ghosts with actual characteristics of carrion birdsAnother pattern is of Hephaestus . He is the god of fire and metal- working . He wasidentified as with the Roman Vulcan . Hephaestus is either the son of genus Zeus and Hera orwas produced by Hera alone . Hephaestus is lame and was thrown out of Heaven by Herabecause of his disfiguration . For revenge , Hephaestus wrought a golden throne from whichHera could not use . In another story , Hephaestus took part of Hera against Zeus , whothen threw him from heaven . He fell for nine days and was in conclusion picked up , lamed forlife , on the island of Lemnos . Hephaestus to the unfaithful Aphrodite he became knownas the special frequenter of CUCKOLDS . Hephaestus delivered ATHENE from the head ofZeus with the stroke of an axe . Homer in addition depicts him as the maker of the AEGISHecate the Greek goddess is believed to be the goddess of witchcraft or evil and isPage 2believed by some to be descended from the Titans .

She is betrayed having threefaces and three heads , which symbolized her powers all over her infernal region Earth , air , withone head of a suction stop , one of a snake and the last of a sawhorse . She is known as the lady of theunderworld , of chthonic rites and of black fantasy . Hecate combined fertility with death asa power of Earth , make her a feared and revered figure in Greek mythology . Herimportance and role was to have a benign influence on body politic however during thehours of night and darkness she was involved in witchcraft , ghosts , and tombs . Betrayedmostly as evil , however she did some very grave things in her timeOne such deed is when she helped to rescue Persephone (Demeter s daughterthe queen of the sin and the maiden of spring , from the underworld . Sheeventually became Persephone attendant in the underworld , once Persephone marriedHades . Hecate is said to haunt a three-way cross-road , each of her heads facing in acertain direction and appears when the ebony moon shines in the sky . Her Hebrew nameis Sheol , and the Egyptians know her...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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