Mythology

Mythology

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Desmond Ye
Period 7
August 19, 2014
English IB
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Biblical and Mythological Allusions
Greek and Roman Mythology
• Acheron
One five rivers in the Underworld; river of woe. Leads to gates of Tatarus.
• Achilles
Son of Thetis, one of great warriors in the Trojan War. He dies from being shot with an arrow on the heel.
• Aeneas
Son of Aphrodite, was another one of the great warriors on the Trojan’s side of the Trojan War. He was second to Hector. Aeneas
escapes Greeks with his father and son.
• Agamemnon
Commander in Chief of the Greek army in the Trojan War.
• Ajax
One of the champions next to Achilles of the Greek army in the Trojan War.
• Amazons
Daughters of the nymph Harmony, are the warrior women.
• Andromache
Wife of Hector. She is captured by the Greeks after the Trojan War.
• Andromeda
Andromeda was the sacrifice for the Ethiopians in order to be freed by the serpent. Perseus, his lover, rescues her.
• Aphrodite
Daughter of Zeus and Dione, is the Goddess of Love and Beauty who is irresistible to men and gods. As a goddess, she has no
strength, but she uses charm to destroy men.
• Apollo
Son of Zeus and Leto, is the God of Light and a master musician. He is the Healer and his weapon is the silver bow.
• Ares
Son of Zeus and Hera, is the God of War with a very violent attitude. Though he craves violence, he often runs when he is
injured.
• Artemis
Twin sister of Apollo, is one of the three maiden goddesses of Olympus who is the Lady of Wild Things. She has three
embodiments who are Selene in the sky, Artemis on Earth, and Hecate in the lower world.
• Bacchus
(Dionysus) God of the Vine and one of the two great gods of the earth. He knew great joy and great pain.
• Cassandra
Daughter of Priam, was a prophetess who was given the ability to read the future by Apollo. She predicted the Fall of Troy, but
no one believed her.
• Centaur
Mythical creatures that are half man and half horse. Chiron was different and...

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