miércoles, 14 de abril de 2010


OLYMPIC GODS


Aphrodite
Aphrodite (in ancient Greek φροδίτη) is, in Greek mythology, the goddess of love, lust, beauty, prostitution and reproduction. Although it is often referred to it in modern culture as 'the goddess of love", is important to note that Normally was not the love in the christian sense or romantic, but specifically Eros (attraction physical or sexual). Its equivalent romana is the goddess Venus.


Apolo
In Greek mythology and roman Apolo (in ancient Greek πόλλων Apóllōn or πέλλων Apéllōn) is one of the most important and multifaceted olympic gods. The ideal of kurós (young baby), Apolo has been recognized as various god of light and the sun; the truth and the prophecy; the tire With arco; medicine and healing; the music, poetry and the arts; and more. Apolo is the son of Zeus and Leto and twin brother of the virgin hunter Sagebrush. It is known as Apulu in mythology etruscan, influenced by the Greek. Apolo was worshipped in the former greek religion and in la romana, as well as in the neohelenismo modern.


Ares
In Greek mythology, Ares (in ancient Greek ρης Arês or ρεως Areôs, military conflict ) is considered the god of olympic The war, although it is rather the personification of the brute force and violence, as well as the tumult, confusion and horrors of the battles,[] as opposed to his sister Atenea, which represents the meditation and wisdom in the affairs of the war and protects men and their rooms of their havoc. The romans identified you with Mars, roman god of war and agriculture (which had inherited from the etruscans), but it enjoyed between them much larger estimated.


Artemis
In Greek mythology, Artemis or Artemis (in ancient Greek Αρτεμις, perhaps of αρτεμης, safe and sound , of the root αρ, fit ) is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and sister twins of Apollo. Used to be represented as a virgin goddess of hunting, taking a bow and arrows. Later moved to be associated with the moon, as his brother Apolo was with the sun. It was one of the deities more widely venerated and one of the oldest.[] In times Subsequent was mixed with the goddess Diana of the roman mythology. In the etruscan mythology, took the form of Artume.


Atenea
In Greek mythology, Atenea or Atena (in attic θηνᾶ Athênã or ionian θήνη Athếnê; in doric σάνα Asána) is the goddess of wisdom, the strategy and just war. Was seen as a mentor of heroes and adored since Antiquity as patron of Athens, where it was built the Parthenon for adoring the Eucharist. He was associated with the Etruscans with its goddess Menrva, and then by the romans with Minerva.



Dioniso
In the classic mythology, Dioniso (in ancient Gree Diônysos or Dionysos) is the god of the wine, inspirator of the ritual madness and the ecstasy, and an important personage of the Greek mythology. Though the geographical origins of his worship are not known, almost all the tragedies present him as "foreigner".


Hades
In the Greek mythology Hades (in ancient Greek Hads, originally Haids or Aïds, of uncertain origin, though it(he,she) is in the habit of associating with  (exclusive) + ("to 'see"), that is to say, ' the one that he, does not see ' or ' the invisible one ') alludes both to the former Greek inframundo and to the god of the dead men. The word was referring originally only to the god; or (' in [the place of] Hades ') was an abbreviation for his mansion and finally the nominative one managed to designate also the mansion of the dead men.


Hefesto
In the Greek mythology, Hefesto (in Gree Hêphaistos, probably of phainô, "to 'shine") is the god of the fire and the forge, as well as of the blacksmiths, the craftsmen, the sculptors, the metals and the metallurgy. he was adored in all the industrial and manufacturing centers of Greece, specially in Athens. His equivalent one brought near in the Roman mythology was Vulcano.


Hera
In the Olympian(Olympic) pantheon of the Greek classic mythology, Hera (in ancient Greek - attic - Hêra, in ionic and Homeric Greek Hêrê) was the wife and major sister of Zeus. His(her,your) principal function was to preside as goddess of the births and the marriage.her equivalent one in the Roman mythology was Juno. Hera, want to give a good example to the gods and mortal, chose the cow as one of her emblems, because they are the most maternal animals. Not queriendo to be a sight as simple as the cow, also she chose the royal turkey and the lion.


Hermes
In the Greek mythology Hermes (in ancient Greek ) he is the Olympian(Olympic) god of the borders and the travelers who cross them, of the shepherds and the herds of cows, of the speakers and the ingenuity, of the writers and poets, of the athletics, of the weight and measures, of the inventions and the trade in general, of the trickery of the thieves and the liars. The Homeric anthem invokes Hermes like " of multiforme ingenuity (polytropos), of crafty thoughts, thief, rustler of oxen, chief of the dreams, night spy, guardian of the doors, who very prompt should do ostentation of glorious exploits before the immortal gods."


Hestia
In the Greek mythology, Hestia (in ancient Greek Hestía) is the goddess of the home, or more appropriatly, of the fire that gives heat and life to the homes. Her worship was alike the escita Tabiti, and her equivalent Roman would be the goddess Vesta, though the Roman worship to this one was deferring enough of that of the Greeks.


Poseidon
In the Greek mythology, Poseidon or Posidón (in ancient Greek) he was the god of the sea and, as " Agitator of the Earth ", of the earthquakes. The name of the marine Etruscan god Nethuns was adopted in Latin for Neptune (Neptunus) in the Roman mythology, being analogous both to Poseidon. The slats in linear B show that Poseidon was venerated in Pilos and Tebas in the Mycenaean Greece of ends of the Age of the Bronze, but he was integrated to the Olympian pantheon as brother of Zeus and Hades. Poseidon had many children and was a protector of many Hellene cities, though he lost the contest for Athens against Atenea. A Homeric anthem was dedicated.


Zeus
In the Greek mythology Zeus (in ancient Greek: nominative Zeús, ' divine king ', genitive case Diós) is the king, governing of the Olympian gods of the mount Olympus and god of the sky and the thunder. His attributes include the beam, the eagle, the bull and the oak. Besides his Indo-European heredity, the classic Zeus " recollector of clouds " also obtained certain iconographic features of cultures of the former Middle East, as the sceptre. Zeus was frequently represented by the Greek artists in two pose: of foot, advancing with a beam raised in his right hand, and sat majestically.






¿ Como hacer que la gente se interese en ampliar su cultura a traves del conocimiento la mitologia griega?

Para que la gente conozca mas sobre la cultura griega (mitologicamente hablando), se podrian ocupar los videojuegos, las peliculas (como la que va a salir llamada "FURIA DE TITANES").

Tambien se podria motivar a la gente por medio de actividades que muestren la mitologia de un modo interesante y divertido.

martes, 13 de abril de 2010

Mitologia Griega

The first generation of Titans, sons of Uranus and Gea, consists of:
*Titans:
-Ocean, the river that surrounded the world.
-Ceo, titan of intelligence.
-Kid, god of herds and flocks, the husband of Titan (daughter of Ponto) and the father of Shovels.
-Hypericum, fire astral.
-Jápeto, husband of oceánide Clímene and father of Prometheus, ancestor of the human race.
-Cronos, the youngest, that unseated to Uranus and was king of the gods.

*Titánides:
-Phoebe, the crown of gold.
-Mnemósine, the personification of the memory and mother of the Muses with Zeus.
-Rea, queen of the gods with Chrono.
-Temis, incarnation of divine order, laws and customs, and mother of the Hours and the Youth with Zeus.
-Tethyan, goddess of the sea.
-Tea, goddess of the hearing.

Some authors also considered part of this generation to Dione, while others consider a oceánide.

The marriage between brothers was flow in Greek mythology, and several Titans and Titánides joined, engendering a second generation of Titans:

-Ocean and Tethyan engendered nymphs Oceánides, rivers (Oceánidas) and springs.

-Hypericum and Tea to Helios (sun), Selene (moon) and Eos (the aurora).

-Ceo and Phoebe to two daughters, Lete and Imperial.

-Chrono and Rea formed the couple more important, as were the kings of the gods, and had six children:
*Hestia, goddess of the home.
*Hera, goddess of the fidelity and the marriage, queen of Olympus.
*Hades, the god of the underworld.
*Demeter, goddess of agriculture.
*Poseidon, the god of the oceans.
*Zeus, supreme god, king of all the gods of Olympus.

By extension, also known by the name of Titans to some of the descendants of the first generation: Imperial, daughter of Ceo and Phoebe.
-Astrea, goddess of justice, redecessor of said.
-Astreo, father of winds and the wandering stars.
-Atlas, punished to sustain on their shoulders with the pillars that maintained the land separated from the heavens.
-Eos, the aurora.
-Eósforo, the star of the morning and afternoon (Venus).
-Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus, parents of humanity.
-Helios, the sun. Leto, mother of Apollo and Sagebrush.
-Menecio, son of Jápeto and Asia.
-Shovels, god of wisdom.
-Perses, son of Child and Titan.
-Prometheus, friend of the deadly stole the fire from the gods.
-Selene, goddess of the moon.
-Titan, brother of Helios and god (perhaps) of the annual calendar.

Other members of the second generation tend not to be called Titans:
-Caanto, Brother of Melia.
-Dione and Metis, usually considered oceánides.
-The Oceánidas or gods-river.
-The Oceánides, nymphs marine.
-Pico, king of Lazio.
-Chiron, the centaur.