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Natalie
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God/Goddess
« Thread started on: Sep 13th, 2004, 6:47pm » |
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Let's start a conversation here... 
Which god/goddess do you prefer?
I like goddess Minerva/Atena and god Appolo. The first one because of her intelligence and the second one because of his beauty 
How about you guys?
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Re: God/Goddess
« Reply #1 on: Sep 19th, 2004, 05:57am » |
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I'd have to say Athena, Goddess of War and Wisdom. Exactly...intelligence all the way. *rock*
I also like the God of acting and wine, but I can't remember his name. Is it Dionyses? Or something?
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Re: God/Goddess
« Reply #2 on: Sep 19th, 2004, 8:44pm » |
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*smiles and points to her name* I just like that she chose never to marry, prefering to remain free to do as she pleased. ^_^
I also like Apollo because he was god of music and things having to do with beauty. And there's Athena, because she was so wise.
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Re: God/Goddess
« Reply #3 on: Sep 21st, 2004, 7:21pm » |
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Yes, Artemis is a great one too! I agree with you!
And Eleanor... I guess you're right the name is Dionyses... *raising hand* Prof, is that right? What's the usual name for him?
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Re: God/Goddess
« Reply #4 on: Nov 2nd, 2004, 12:48pm » |
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on Sep 19th, 2004, 05:57am, Eleanor Chambers wrote:I'd have to say Athena, Goddess of War and Wisdom. Exactly...intelligence all the way. *rock*
I also like the God of acting and wine, but I can't remember his name. Is it Dionyses? Or something? |
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Dionysus, or Dionysos. In Rome he was called Bacchus. 
My favourite has always been Aphrodite.
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Re: God/Goddess
« Reply #5 on: Feb 1st, 2005, 11:48pm » |
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Hi, everybody!
My favorite Goddess is Aphrodite, because there nothing like love and beauty. Maybe knowlege and inteligence, but even this qualities could be showned in a "lovely" and "beautifull" way.
And my favorite God is Dionysius, because everything becomes more lovely, beautifull and happy with a good glass of wine, isn't it?
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Re: God/Goddess
« Reply #6 on: Nov 24th, 2005, 01:53am » |
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My favorite goddess is Athena.
The interesting thing about her is that she is the patron of BOTH Athens and Sparta. Why is this odd? Well, they were rivals! She is a complex godddess, the goddess of wisdom, tactics, strategy, weaving, city-building, fortifications -- see how these are all linked together? Applied, practical knowledge is her strength, rather than the wild brute force of Ares, the other war god, who was never as popular.
The downside -- at least in Aeschylus-- is that Athena tends to be a male-focused god, at least in classical times. We don't know what the pre-patriarchal Athena was like. In Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy of plays, Athena breaks a cycle of family revenge by siding with the son, Orestes, who had killed his mother, Klytemnestra, who had killed her husband, Agammemnon, who had killed their daughter, Iphegeneia, and her first husband, and her first baby. (Betcha you didn't know about that last part, it tends to get forgotten, WHY she would kill her husband. He had murdered her first husband and forced her to marry him.)
But I am off on a tangent. Athena sided with Orestes because, she said, women were only the vessels of birth, and that all genetic material came from the father, so Orestes owed more to dad than Mom. This was WRITTEN by a man and is just one interpretation of Athena.
There are many interpretations of every Greek god and goddess, and each time you read a new play, story, or myth, you'll get a slightly different take.
Okay... I confess.... I'm not here just to teach, although, as you can tell, I'm a teacher. I'm also here to share my favorite Greek gods and goddesses in a more annoying way. I'm a grad student trying to get a mythology PhD, and after going to Greece this spring, I hit on a small way to support myself, as well as share my love of ancient Greece with more people.
I'll post this and let you be, it's not too big. And...actually... I think some of you really WILL like what I have here, since we're studying the same things!
http://www.cafepress.com/greek2me
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Re: God/Goddess
« Reply #7 on: Oct 12th, 2006, 8:53pm » |
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  i like artemis goddess of nature? doesanyone else?TEXT
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Re: God/Goddess
« Reply #8 on: Oct 12th, 2006, 8:56pm » |
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on Nov 24th, 2005, 01:53am, Guest-Is this site still going wrote:My favorite goddess is Athena.
The interesting thing about her is that she is the patron of BOTH Athens and Sparta. Why is this odd? Well, they were rivals! She is a complex godddess, the goddess of wisdom, tactics, strategy, weaving, city-building, fortifications -- see how these are all linked together? Applied, practical knowledge is her strength, rather than the wild brute force of Ares, the other war god, who was never as popular.
The downside -- at least in Aeschylus-- is that Athena tends to be a male-focused god, at least in classical times. We don't know what the pre-patriarchal Athena was like. In Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy of plays, Athena breaks a cycle of family revenge by siding with the son, Orestes, who had killed his mother, Klytemnestra, who had killed her husband, Agammemnon, who had killed their daughter, Iphegeneia, and her first husband, and her first baby. (Betcha you didn't know about that last part, it tends to get forgotten, WHY she would kill her husband. He had murdered her first husband and forced her to marry him.)
But I am off on a tangent. Athena sided with Orestes because, she said, women were only the vessels of birth, and that all genetic material came from the father, so Orestes owed more to dad than Mom. This was WRITTEN by a man and is just one interpretation of Athena.
There are many interpretations of every Greek god and goddess, and each time you read a new play, story, or myth, you'll get a slightly different take.
Okay... I confess.... I'm not here just to teach, although, as you can tell, I'm a teacher. I'm also here to share my favorite Greek gods and goddesses in a more annoying way. I'm a grad student trying to get a mythology PhD, and after going to Greece this spring, I hit on a small way to support myself, as well as share my love of ancient Greece with more people.
I'll post this and let you be, it's not too big. And...actually... I think some of you really WILL like what I have here, since we're studying the same things!
http://www.cafepress.com/greek2me
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