Monday, July 2, 2018

Gods and Goddesses in Homer's Epic Poem and Film

Hello friends
                        God  concept exist in ancient time. We can also find out in ancient Greek these concept related to good. The most ancient poem of Greek is Trojan war in which god participate for lovers.
                        The Iliad is an epic poem ascribed to the ancient Greek storyteller Homer, which tells the story of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy. its story about lover and fight foe a woman.
                       The Iliad is believed to have been written in the 8th century BCE; it is a classic piece of literature which is still commonly read today. its also make film in 2004 as troy which is success in wold. The Iliad includes a dramatic series of battle scenes as well as many scenes in which the gods intervene on behalf of various characters (or for their own reasons). In this list, you'll find the major gods and personifications described in the poem, including some rivers and winds.
                   There is so many character which describes thier ambition related to war. There is important part is God of ancient Great.  In ancient Greek,God is more important to man. So in this war has also participate who's with Helen love. 
  •         If we see in poem than first god came in front of us is Aidoneus = Hades: god, king of the dead;second is Aphrodite: love goddess, Supports the Trojans; third is Apollo: god, sends plague, son of Zeus and Leto. Supports the Trojans; fouth is Ares: god of war. Supports the Trojans; fifth is rtemis: goddess, daughter of Zeus and Hera, sister of Apollo. Supports the Trojans, six is Athena: goddess active in battle, daughter of Zeus. Supports the Greeks others also included Axius: river in Paeonia (in north-eastern Greece), also the river god, Charis: goddess, wife of Hephaestus, Dawn: goddess, Death: brother of Sleep, Demeter: goddess of grain and food, Dione: goddess, mother of Aphrodite, Dionysus: divine son of Zeus and Semele, Eileithyia: goddess of birth pains and labor pangs, Fear: goddess: accompanies Ares and Athena into battle, Flight: god, Folly: daughter of Zeus, Furies: goddesses of revenge within the family, Glauce: a Nereid (daughter of Nereus), Gygaea: a water nymph: mother of Mesthles and Ascanius (allies of the Trojans), Hades: brother of Zeus and Poseidon, god of the dead, Hyperion: god of the sun, Iris: goddess, messenger of the gods, Leto: goddess, mother of Apollo and Artemis, Limnoreia: a Nereid (daughter of Nereus), Muses: goddesses, daughters of Zeus, Nemertes: a Nereid (daughter of Nereus), Nereus: sea god, father of the Nereids, Nesaea: a Nereid (daughter of Nereus), Night: goddess, North Wind, Oceanus (Ocean): god of the river surrounding the earth, Orithyia: a Nereid (daughter of Nereus),
  • Paeëon: god of healing, Poseidon: major Olympian god, Prayers: daughters of Zeus, Proto: a Nereid (daughter of Nereus), Rhea: goddess, wife of Cronos, Rumour: messenger from Zeus, Seasons: goddesses who look after the gates of Olympus, Sleep: god, brother of death, Strife: goddess active in war,
  • Terror: god, son of Ares etc.
  •                                  But in film only Apollo God is mention so this main different in film and poem. in film last part horse taken by odysseys because its not mention Iliad. so i hope this information help you.
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