Hey everyone..
For my Honors English mythology unit, our class has to do a project on something that has to do with mythology. I was assigned Aphrodite and what I have to do is come up with a "working thesis statement" that I could write a paper on- while using myths as examples to analyze Aphrodite's actions/personality. Basically, what I ask of you..is please give me some idea's on what my "thesis statement" for my large paper/project should be.
Thanks for helping me. I really appreciate it.
2007-03-08 10:40:40 · 6 answers · asked by Lina 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
An interesting thing about Aphrodite and her mythology is that even though her father (Zeus) had her marry Hephastus, she and Ares had a long standing relationship and loved each other. They had many children together. This coincides with the relationship of Love and War.
2007-03-08 11:19:06 · answer #1 · answered by StormyC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this: Proof that I don't belong in an Honors English class follows in the next few pages of less than enviable prose.
Hon, if you will make time to sit and read the Odyssey for your own personal edification, you will most likely come into the light. You will come to a place inside yourself and you will own it, from there . . . who knows what you may achieve.
If you won't you're on your oddy knocky
2007-03-08 20:32:20 · answer #2 · answered by Di'tagapayo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay. Aphrodite was the love-goddess in classical Greek and Roman religion. Her Greek name is Aphrodite, her Roman name Venus. She is both the goddess of affectionate and sexual love. She married to Hephaistos/Vulcanus . god of fire and forgery and has one child with him Eros/Amor/Cupido.
Aphrodite was not born by a woman but arose from the foam on the waves in the sea when the sperm of her father Uranos touched the surface of the sea near Cyprus.
She is also mother to Troian prince and hero Aneas, forefather of Romulus and Remus - founders of Rome, and author of the Troian war, if you want to call her so. She was awarded an apple dedicated to the "most beautiful among goddesses" after having promissed to precur the most beautiful woman on earth. That happened to be Helena, wife of Spartan king Menelaos. Assisted by Aphrodite Paris achieved in abducting Helena and eloping with her. The outcome is known well enough.
So she represents love in almost all its facets. Perhaps with the exception of marital love which was in the domain of Hera/Juno.
@Stormy
Yea, almost forgot about that one. However her father was'nt Zeus, but as I said Ouranos. Father to Kronos/Saturnus and so grandfather to Zeus. Aphrodite therefore is an aunt to Zeus.
2007-03-08 19:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen Dedalus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well... If you're in Honors English Mythology Unit, don't you think you should be able to come put with something like that yourself? Unless they put you in their class because they felt like... Im not trying to be mean, Im just trying to make a point. For your answer, I think you should look it up on the internet.
2007-03-08 18:51:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
cant give you a statement, suck at those here. CAN give a site to do reasearch at pantheon.org
2007-03-09 00:57:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The following are sites for Athena. They also give information
on other Greek gods, heros, and culture, and their Latin
counterparts:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/athena.html
(Perseus Encyclopedia)
http://www.moonspeaker.ca/Athena/athenamain.html
http://zero-point.tripod.com/pantheon/Athena.html
(analysis)
http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html
http://www.theoi.com/olympios/artemis.html
http://www.loggia.com/myth/athena.html
http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Athena.html
http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html
http://waltm.net/athena.htm
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Athena.html
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/Athena.html
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9010063/Athena
http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/greek_goddess_athena.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/p/Athena.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3449/athena.html
http://www.hranajanto.com/GoddessGallery/athena.html
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/atheneum/athene.html
http://www.athenasoft.org/sub/goddess.htm
http://www.elysiumgates.com/mt_olympus/histathena.html
http://www.ancient-empires.com/athena.html
http://www.uwm.edu/Course/mythology/0500/athena.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/cig/mythology/first-war-first-peace-athena.html
http://www.freewebs.com/adara/allaboutathena.htm
http://www.ascension-research.org/athena.html
http://www.messagenet.com/myths/bios/athene.html
http://web.uvic.ca/athena/bowman/myth/gods/athene_t.html
http://www.timetrips.co.uk/athena.htm
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~setareh/Athena.htm
http://groups.msn.com/kosmosgenesis/athena.msnw
http://www.goldenageproject.org.uk/237athena.html
http://www.columbia.edu/~jac34/athena.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112190/athena.htm
http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/themagazine/vol7/athena.shtml
(e-magazine)
http://www.rahoorkhuit.net/goddess/ancient_priestesses/goddess_of_the_sun.html
http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~west~greece~Athena.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/athena?method=22
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/athena/athena.html
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/goddess_weekly/62833
http://www.athena-divinewisdom.com/index.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/Athena.html
http://www.loggia.com/myth/galleryathena.html
http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html
http://deoxy.org/gaia/goddess.htm
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/MCL/Classics/Athena/Athena.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shrinetoathenapromachos/
(Encyclopedia)
www.pantheon.org
http://athena_mm.tripod.com/athena.htm
http://www.123helpme.com/assets/9012.html
(free essays)
http://www.noteaccess.com/APPROACHES/AGW/Athena.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/65/at/Athena.htm
(Columbia Encyclopedia, and others)
http://www.greekspider.com/greekgods/athena.htm
http://www.lycos.com/info/metis--athena.html
(LYCOS RETRIEVER)
http://www.gurupedia.com/a/at/athena.htm
http://www.themystica.com/mythical-folk/articles/athena.html
http://www.gaiadreaming.org/pellet/winter2001/5.pdf
http://www.lucaslearning.com/myth/pdf/athena.pdf
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Athena/athena.html
http://freespace.virgin.net/athesa.mills/athene1.htm
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/A/Athena.html
(encyclopedia)
http://www.world-mysteries.com/gw_rbjohnson.htm
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Athena
http://help.com/post/44587-i-need-a-speech-abou-athena-help
(ask for other help topics)
http://www.softassteel.com/myth/story5/
http://persephones.250free.com/athena.html
http://www.freeessays.cc/db/34/mci0.shtml
http://www.crystalinks.com/athena.html
http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Athena
(encyclopedia)
http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/mythology/names/athena.htm
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/circle/articles/pantheon/athena.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/society/A0805189.html
(Atlas, Almanacs, Dictionary, Encyclopedia)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/athena
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=athena
http://www.in2greece.com/english/history
http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/
http://ancienthistory.about.com/
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology
http://www.loggia.com/myth
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
http://www.messagenet.com/myths
http://library.oakland.edu/information/people/personal/kraemer/edcm/index.html
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia
www.worldbook.com
www.encarta.com.
www.thefreedictionary.com/
2007-03-08 21:32:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋