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Your task is to use critical thinking to compare a specific Greek god or goddess to the superhero or superheroes you created at the beginning of the school year.
The ancient Greeks were polytheistic, meaning they worshiped multiple gods. They also told many stories (myths) about the gods, which were meant to guide human behavior and teach about the relationship between gods and humans.
Some of the main characters in the Greek “pantheon” (collection of gods and goddesses) include:
Zeus, the thunder god and ruler of the gods
Poseidon, sea god
Hades, god of the underworld
Persephone, queen of the underworld
Hephaestus, god of fire (blacksmithing)
Hermes, messenger
Ares, god of war
Apollo, god of light, linked to Helios, the sun
Dionysus, god of wine and fertility
Hera, wife of Zeus, queen of the gods
Aphrodite, goddess of love
In addition to gods and goddesses, the Greeks included many heroes in their myths. Heroes were either human or demigods (the offspring of a human and a god or goddess).
The following student friendly links are also helpful. The first one is an overview of the gods and the second one has myths.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/gods.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/greekmyths.htm
Superheroes almost always begin as ordinary humans who later
acquire special powers. In their pre-superhero lives, these humans often are
outcasts or just regular people. Many have also experienced personal tragedies, challenges
or setbacks. Superheroes are known for fighting evil, whether in the form of
human criminals or supervillains, so gaining superhero status allows tragic
individuals to redeem themselves and/or avenge wrongs. Good examples of
outcasts-turned-superheroes are Spider-Man, Rogue (from X-Men) and Captain
America. Batman does not have special powers per se, but prior to taking on his
superhero persona, he witnesses the tragic fate of his parents. Are the themes of
redemption and vengeance also present in Greek myths?
Your Question: How are the motivations of your superhero similar to, or different from, those of the Greek god, goddess, or hero that you chose?
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It was slightly difficult for me to find a Greek god to compare my superhero (Mr. French) to. I did find a pair of brothers, who I think are some-what like Mr. French. I don’t know if they are gods or what-not, but a link to them was on one of the sites Mrs. O’Hara posted.
The Greek people/gods I chose are Kleobis and Biton (KLEE-oh-biss and BYE-ton). They were twins. This is their story.
One morning Kleobis’ and Biton’s mother was going from the village up a hill to a temple to make an important sacrifice. Their mother was old and unable to walk up the hill, so she was riding on an ox-cart. All of a sudden, the oxen dropped dead! Now, their mother would be unable to make it to the temple.
Quickly, Kleobis and his brother offered to pull the cart the rest of the way up the hill. They hitched themselves onto it were the ox would be, and they pulled their mother up the hill. Then, they fell to the ground, dead. They had exerted themselves so much that they both had had a heart attack and died.
I think that Kleobis and Biton are like my superhero because they all did things for others, making sure that all was going okay, and they were ready to step in if something wasn’t. The website I got this story from said that Kleobis and Biton, “never did anything bad, or had anything bad happen to them, and they died heroes, successfully performing a good deed.”
Similar Motivations: I think that Kleobis and Biton did what they did because they were people who had good consciouses. They did what was best for their mother, not for themselves. They put their lives at risk and died to help someone. Mr. French also did good because it was his natural urge. I think that Kleobis and Biton and Mr. French all have the same type of motive. They all put the needs of others before themselves. They acted selflessly.
Different Motivations: I don’t know how Kleobis/Biton’s and Mr. French’s motivations are different. Maybe in the sense that Kleobis and Biton were helping their mother and Mr. French helps complete strangers. There aren’t other myths with Kleobis and Biton that I know of, so I don’t know if they did other selfless actions like in the story above or not.
Are the themes of redemption and vengeance also present in Greek myths?
Yes, there are themes of redemption and vengeance in Greek myths. For instance, through different stories, Hera spends a lot of time to get back at Zeus for having girlfriends other than her. There will obviously be lots of other myths with redemption and vengeance, because it’s just a part of life, even for gods and goddesses.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/myths/kleobisbiton.htm
*SPOILER ALERT*
This comparison contains spoilers from my book The Amazing Mustachio: Revenge Of The Razor.
My superhero, The Amazing Mustachio reminds me a bit of Hercules.
Here’s why:
Hercules Comparison #1
Hercules
The goddess Hera is angry at Hercules (or Herakles as the Greeks called him, although I prefer to call him Hercules) because Zeus had Hercules with a mortal named Alcheme, she’s angry because she does NOT want her husband having children with other woman. So, when Hercules was just a baby, she sent two huge snakes to kill him but, since Hercules is a demigod (when a God or Goddess decides to have a baby with a mortal) he has a special power, he was born with amazing strength. So, using his amazing strength, he defeated the two snakes and went on with his life, eventually forgetting the snake encounter.
My Superhero
Someone is also angry with Bob (AKA The Amazing Mustachio), just like Hera is angry at Hercules, his name is Joe. He’s angry with Bob because a long time ago Bob vowed to never grow hair to comfort Joe when he was being bullied for his bald head, now Bob has grown a mustache over 10 feet long! So he’s angry at Bob for breaking a promise he forgot about.
Comparison
The comparison found in this part of the story is that someone is angry at both Hercules and Bob and Bob doesn’t (at first) know why. I think that’s the same for Hercules because at such a young age, how would he know what’s going on?
Hercules Comparison #2
Hercules
In the next part of Hercules’ tale, Hercules is much older. He has a wife named Megara and two little children, Hera is still angry at Hercules so she unleashes a new wrath on him, she puts a curse on him to make him go insane, despite his attempts to fight it the curse eventually wins him over. In his madness he eventually kills all of his family, his wife and children. When he comes to he’s so upset he prays to the Gods for forgiveness on what he has done, they say he will be forgiven if he does some “impossible” tasks. These are now called ‘The Twelve Labors Of Hercules’ even though there are 13 tasks.
The tasks are:
1. Nemean Lion
2. Hydra
3. Keryneian Stag
4. Erymanthian Boar
5. Augean Stables
6. Stymphalian Birds
7. Cretan Bull
8. Diomedes' Mares
9. Hippolyta's Belt
10. Geryon's Cattle
11. Antaeus
12. Golden Apples of the Hesperides
13. Cerberos
My Superhero
Bob also begged for forgiveness but it wasn’t because he accidentally killed his family, it was because he lied to his Elementary School friend Joe. And he wasn’t begging to the Gods, he was begging to Joe. Joe agreed to forgive him on one condition, that he would retrieve five items for him. The five items were:
1: A bag full of dirt from Liberty Island
2. A brick from The Great Wall Of China
3. The Magical Golden Cauldron
4. A sprinkle of unicorn hair
5. A potato from the Potato Land Farm Fields
Comparison
The comparison found in this part of the story is that they both are asking for forgiveness because of something they didn’t mean to do. Now they both have to do a certain amount of things to gain forgiveness.
Conclusion
So those are some comparisons with my superhero and Hercules. There is one more comparison, Hercules is strong and so is The Amazing Mustachio’s mustache (but it will never be as strong as Hercules.
The goddess Artemis and my superhero Dog Girl, are similar and different from each other.
First of all, they both have the symbol of a dog. Artemis has a hunting dog and Dog Girl has the symbol a star with faces of dogs shaded with black around it.
Second of all, they both want to help. Artemis was a midwife and also helped her mother delivered her twin brother (Apollo). Dog Girl wanted people to not disappear and get murdered like her owner's aunt when she was a kid.
Third of all, they weren't born with their powers. When Artemis was 3, she asked Zeus (her father) to grant her 6 wishes. To never get married, “to have many names to set her apart from her brother; to be the Light Bringer; to have a bow and arrow and a knee-length tunic so that she could hunt; to have sixty "daughters of Okeanos", all nine years of age, to be her choir; and for twenty Amnisides Nymphs as handmaidens to watch her dogs and bow while she rested. She wished for no city dedicated to her, but to rule the mountains, and for the ability to help women in the pains of childbirth” (From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis#Childhood). Dog Girl got her powers from an asteroid that killed her mother.
Also they are very courageous. Artemis is known for her courage and you can’t be a superhero without courage.
There are also differences between them. Artemis is a god and Dog Girl is not. Artemis hunts and Dog Girl doesn’t. Artemis has about 14 siblings (Ares, Athena, Apollo,Aphrodite, Dionysus,Hebe, Hermes, Heracles,Helen of Troy,Hephaestus, Perseus,Minos, the Muses, the Graces) and Dog Girl has 3.
think that my Superheros (I have two) do connect with Greek Gods. I think that my first super hero (Which is Annie the Animal Girl) is similar to the Greek God, Pan.
Pan
He was the son of Hermes and Penelope (later married to Odysseus) in some myths and the son of Zeus and the nymph Callisto in others. He is the god of flocks and shepherds. He is mostly human in appearance but, with goat horns and goat feet. He is an excellent musician and plays the pipes. He is merry and playful frequently seen dancing with woodland nymphs. He is at home in any wild place but, is favorite is Arcadia, where he was born. He is always in pursuit of one of the nymphs but, always rejected because he is ugly.
His name is the basis for the word "panic". There are two differing explanations for this. The first is that he was present when Zeus defeated the Titans and claimed that it has his yelling that caused the Titans to flee. However, this seems at odds with his being Hermes son. The second is that he created the noises in the woods at night that scared travelers.(I got this info about Pan from a website called Greek Mythology.com)
Annie The Animal Girl
Annie The Animal Girl is a superhero who has the ability to interact with animals, and Fly. Although her name is really Celina Ryans, most people don’t know she is even a superhero! She has a twin sister who is known as Vanessa Ryans, but is also a superhero known as Diane the Drawer.
Annie (Celina) is a superhero because her dad was a superhero, but her mom was a normal person. They got married and had the Super Twins!
Sadly Both parents died (The Dad got killed by a super villain, and the mom died from a car accident.) As Celina (normal person) she works in a vet and is a very shy and conservative person. She also has long blonde hair, blue eyes, and freckles.
I think that Pan and Annie the Animal are similar because Pan is the king of gods and can kind of interact with with flocks and shepherds, where Annie the Animal Girl can interact with any animal kind of with her voice.
- Natalie
My Hero: IceHeart
My Goddess: Persephone
First off, I choose Persephone because both had gone under physical and emotional change. Before Persephone’s abduction, she was a sweet, innocent virgin with a different name. ( I forget that name because the internet is sometimes useless.)
Then in the underworld, she choose a new look and the name ‘Persephone’. She was very sad and gloomy for she was away from the earth above, for her mother was Demeter is the goddess of the harvest, who ruled over grains and the fertility of the earth.
Where you see Ally, changed after she got struck in the heart: her hair went from dark brown to light blonde, her skin was paler, her eyes turned blue and her heart was frozen, so she went cold blooded. Also, she choose the new name (when becoming a superhero.) IceHeart because it made sense, that her heart was covered in ice.
Ally, had a new personality too. She was more outgoing, more friendly, more chatty and adventurous. Pretty much the opposite of her loner personality before. IceHeart was also taken away from her home (Not Ally, a different person.) by her arch enemy Queen Ruby Firestone. She escaped by turning into the celestial star, (A really REALLY, powerful important star to her planet.) and crashing to earth, piercing Ally’s heart in the process.
Persephone and IceHeart were both stolen away from their home by a enemy and both had a reason to stay there. Persephone had eaten a seed and IceHeart’s life was connected Ally’s. (Even though Persephone could leave for summer and spring, while Iceheart couldn’t.)
In the end both of them had a happily ever after. (Even though Persephone had to go back. Poor girl.)
WHY????
Because once you eat something in the underworld, you have to stay there forever. But Persephone was lucky and her dad Zeus, got her out. At least for a few months anyways.
The funny thing is: It was the opposite transformation my character went through. Ally went from sadish to happy, Persephone went from happy to sad.
Both of there motives were to escape the evil villian. I think they both achieved it in the end.
I think the superhero I created (Flame) relates to the greek god Hephaestus , god of crafting, smithing, fire and volcanoes.
Story: Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. According to popular greek mythology Hera rejected him for being ugly and having a weak body and sent him down to earth where he fell into a ocean getting raised by Thetis. Then later when he was older he got his revenge on his mother Hera by making her a golden throne to sit on, but she could not get back up after sitting in it.
The similarities are: Flame my superhero has fire powers plus he creates weapons and armour like Hephaestus does. They both have a disability in their leg, When Flame got hurt by the villain his leg got cut and had scars on it for a long time, and when Hephaestus fell from heaven he hurt his leg. Flame and Hephaestus were both born with their powers.They both have enemies that they fight. They also both have black hair. Here are some of the differences between them: Hephaestus crafted weapons and armour for all the gods and goddesses (like Zeus’s Thunderbolts) and Flame only made gear for himself. Flame has a fire whip as his main weapon, where Hephaestus carries around a two - faced axe. Hephaestus lives in heaven and Flame lives in New York. You could way that Hephaestus is more of a blacksmith then Flame. Flame also has better technology and can create different gear then.
Same motivation: they both had a tragedy when they were younger and got back at who did it. For Hephaestus His mom rejected him to hide his” ugliness and lameness “ and his weakness. Then sent him down to earth. After he came back up to heaven, and made her a throne, when she sat on it, she could not get up. With Patrick he lost his parents by a murderer/ Snake the super villain . Then he killed him when he was older and knew he had the super powers.
-Ronan
Comet Girl / Zeus
My superhero has power over comets, lightning and light. So,the big question is: “Which one of the Greek gods/godesses/heroes is my superhero (Comet Girl) similar or different to? Well, looking at the different Olympians, the only one that is really similar to Comet Girl is Zeus. To me, that is not that surprising, because of the fact that Zeus is the god of lightning and storms (or at least he seems to cause a lot of nasty weather). So there is one similarity right off the bat, because Comet Girl controls lightning and comets, and both of those often have something to do with stormy weather (or at least lightning does). Another similarity is that both Comet Girl and Zeus have a bit of a nasty temper. However, that being said, the fact that they both have a temper also makes them different because of the fact that Comet Girl does not cause storms when she is angry, while Zeus does (although, she COULD cause comets to fall out of the sky if she wanted to). Also, over all, Comet Girl’s temper is NOTHING compared to Zeus’. Another difference is that that although Comet Girl does have control over comets and other fire-related weather, she does not have control over rain or any other sort of water-related weather, while Zeus has control over ALL THE WEATHER, water-related or fire-related. As I said at the beginning of this paragraph, Zeus was the only Greek god that I could find that was similar to Comet Girl in any way, but overall, I think that my superhero is very unique and is not that much like any of the Greek gods. Also, I could not find any similarities between Comet Girl’s motivations and Zeus’ motivations. I can however answer the question “Are the themes of redemption and vengeance also present in Greek myths?”. The answer is : YES! One of the many examples of this is (although I know that more than one person has probably used this one already) that Hera is always getting with Zeus because he is always having babies with other women, both godesses and humans.
Superhero and greek gods comparison
My hero, Micro man, compares to Kleobis and Biton.The story of them is that they were brothers that saved their mom. So they were in an ox cart with their mom, who is old, riding up to the temple of Delphi. Suddenly the ox died from something not in the story. Kleobis and Biton volunteered to pull the cart up the hill and made it to the top on time for their mothers important sacrifice, but died because they worked so hard and had heart attacks. My superhero, Micro man, compares to Kleobis and Biton, because Micro man saved the city and mostly his dad from being destroyed by the supervillain, Power Crusher, like how Kleobis and Biton saved their mother.
Redemption and vengeance are in greek myths sometimes, because usually gods put curses on people for revenge for something they did or do and the people who did something try to forgive the thing it was bad to.
My heros motivations are similar to each other, because they both saved their mom or dad.
My heros motivations are different to each other, because Micro Man can fly and Kleobis and Biton can’t. Micro Man also saved his father by fighting, and Kleobis and Biton just dragged the cart up the hill.
Out of all of the greek gods, goddesses and demi-gods none of them shoot lightning like Bolto except for the god of thunder, Zeus.
To compare the two of them, there is basic history of the two below…
Zeus’s history
Zeus is a greek god who lived in Mount Olympus (according to the myths). He overthrew his father Cronus, His father is a cannibal and he ate his own sons and daughters because he was scared they would overthrow him. His mother, Rhea stopped his father from eating him and tricked him with a a stone wrapped in a cloth (that’s what I read). Zeus freed his brothers and sisters from his father’s stomach later when he was older by using an emetic or in some versions he cut his father’s stomach open to free his brothers and sisters.
He then became the king of greek gods. Zeus married his sister Hera. Then gave birth to a lot of children. He is the greek god of thunder, the greek god of sky.
He became the king of greek gods by drawing lots with Hades and Poseidon and won the draw. He became the king of greek gods because of that draw. Then he just continued ruling the people. Zeus's motivation is that to keep his reign as king of gods and eliminate any threats to him.
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Bolto’s History
Bolto was once known as Mark Wattsmann. He was just an ordinary person that was under a deep situation. His aunt and uncle were tortured, and his grandfather passed away. He found the Gem of Lightning on the Mountains of Janu and touched it while lightning struck, because of that, he got special lightning powers and became the new Lightning Guardian. He found a new dark enemy named Darkto and keeps being bothered by Darkto, Darkto has showdowns with him and also some other conflicts with him. So yes at the end Bolto utterly defeats Darkto, making them both tired and hurt (a bit for Bolto and a lot for Darkto). Bolto’s powers are flying at the speed of light, shooting lightning in any forms, shapes, and being very strong. He wears a yellow suit with a lightning bolt on it.
He also has a guide, which was the previous Lightning Guardian. After winning against Darkto, he just has normal life and fights crime and maybe Darkto if he shows up again…
Bolto’s motivation is that the Lightning Guardian is depending on him to keep the world safe and not covered by darkness. He also fights against Darkto and is willing to do it because Bolto finds out that Darkto is the one that made his grandfather pass away. That is Bolto's motivation for fighting against Darkto and saving others from Darkto.
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This is part one.
The Comparison...
Even though I think that this greek god has most things in common with Bolto compared to any other Greek god, they still have a lot of differences, even more differences than similarities.
Zeus had a battle with Typhon. Bolto also had a battle with Darkto. They both fought their enemies and won. Both of them use lightning and thunder to attack. They are considered as very powerful people in their society, but because of different reasons. Bolto is considered a powerful person because he is a great hero. Zeus is a powerful person because he is a Greek god and is very powerful. They both use flying as their advantage while fighting.
They also had previous predecessors like Zeus had his father Cronus and Bolto’s predecessor is The Lightning Guardian. They also are similar because they help (sometimes in Zeus’s case) other people
They also have many differences like Zeus is a Greek god, Bolto is not. Zeus also has many relatives such as sons and daughters and brothers and sisters, also had lots of wives, while Bolto only has his parents and some other relatives. Zeus is also immortal while Bolto is not immortal. Zeus actually wields a lightning staff and Bolto does not. Zeus had to overthrow his own father Cronus, to become the king of Greek gods. Bolto obtained his power from a gem while Zeus is a greek god so he already has powers.
The reason Bolto became a superhero is because he got powers of lightning and had guidance from the Lightning Guardian and understood that he had to help the world and took on the role as a superhero.
The reason the greek gods and people called Zeus as the king of greek gods is because he was very strong and had a short temper so they were scared of him.
My super hero is very similar to the greek god Zeus. Here is a (point form) comparison from my superhero (Bolto) to Zeus.
Part two.
Ultra Nova||Helios
I think that the superhero that I created (Ultra Nova) relates to the greek God Helios (Hee-lee-os, also called Helius or Eelios) God of the sun and also the guardian of oaths and the god of gift of sight.
Story: Everyday he emerged each dawn driving a chariot drawn by four, fiery winged steeds and crowned with the aureole of the sun. When he reached the the land of the Hesperides (Evenings) in the West he descended into a golden cup which carried him around the northern streams of Okeanos back to his rising place in the East.Once his son Phaethon Attempted to drive the chariot of the sun, but losing control, set the earth on fire. Zeus then struck him down with a thunderbolt. Helios was depicted as a handsome, and usually beardless, man clothed in purple robes and crowned with the shining aureole of the sun. His sun-chariot was drawn by four steeds, sometimes winged. Helios was identified with several gods including fiery Hephaistos and light-bringing Apollon.
Similarities
Helios got his powers from a sun, so did Ultra.
Helios had enemies, so did Ultra.
Helios could survive in space, so could Ultra.
Helios is Powerful, fiery, bright, tireless, so is Ultra.
Helios had powers, so did Ultra.
Differences
Helios was a God, Ultra was not.
Helios drove a chariot, Ultra did not.
Ultra could blow up. Helios could not.
Conclusion
Ultra Nova and Helios were similar in some ways and different in other ways. I chose Helios because Helios is the God of the sun and Ultra nova got his powers from a sun.
My superhero (Old Man) was very hard to match with at Greek god or goddess, but in the end, I couldn’t decide between Geras (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_gods) and Chonos (found with Aidan’s help). My superhero’s back story was different from every god/ goddess/ demigod I searched, since he was looking for a way to get younger, but ended up getting older, and he made a monster-baby, so it was sort of hard to find a background story like that. Since I couldn’t find a god/goddess/demi-god with a story like that, I went for other similarities, like powers. Here are some connections I made:
Same (Geras)
~They are/were depicted as a tiny shriveled-up old men
~opposite of 'youth'
Same (Chonos)
~ they are both old men
~they both have babies (children) as (an) enemy(s)
~"Chronos is usually portrayed through an old, wise man..."
- Wikipedia which is the same way my hero is portrayed.
Here is a brief description of them both:
Chronos
Chronos was imagined as a god, serpentine in form, with three heads—those of a man, a bull, and a lion. He and his wife, serpentine Ananke (Inevitability), circled the primal world egg in their coils and split it apart to form the ordered universe of earth, sea and sky. Chronos was confused with, or perhaps consciously identified with, due to the similarity in name, the Titan Cronus already in antiquity. the identification becoming more widespread during the Renaissance, giving rise to the allegory of "Father Time" wielding the harvesting scythe.
He was depicted in Greco-Roman mosaics as a man turning the Zodiac Wheel.Chronos, however, might also be contrasted with the deity Aion as Eternal Time (see aeon).
Chronos is usually portrayed through an old, wise man with a long, grey beard, such as "Father Time". Some of the current English words whose etymological root is khronos/chronos include chronology, chronometer, chronic, anachronism, and chronicle.
Geras
In Greek mythology, Geras (Ancient Greek: Γῆρας, Gễras) was the god of old age. It was considered a virtue whereby the more gēras a man acquired, the more fame and excellence and courage he was considered to have. According to Hesiod, Gēras was a son of Nyx. Hyginus adds that his father was Erebus. He was depicted as a tiny shriveled-up old man. Gēras's opposite was Hebe, the goddess of youth. His Roman equivalent was Senectus. He is known primarily from vase depictions that show him with the hero Heracles; the mythic story that inspired these depictions has been entirely lost.
~Mackenzie
P.S. Mrs. O'Hara, I have this chart which displays this better.
My superhero is Camolena and the Greek Goddess she’s similar to is Artemis. Artemis is the goddess of childbirth, women and girls, hunting, the wilderness and wild animals. She also has a twin brother named Apollo.
Similar Motivations
1. They are both connected to nature somehow. Artemis is connected to nature because she’s the goddess of the wilderness and wild animals. Camolena is connected to nature because she lived in a forest for about a week, her secret superhero hideout is also in that forest and she’s very sensitive when it comes to nature.
2. They can both be hidden in someway. Artemis can change her shape and form to appear as another person, an animal or an object, so she’s practically hidden. Camolena can just turn invisible and stay hidden just like that.
3. They are both very clever. Camolena can trick her arch-nemesis, Doomer, and win the battle most of the time. As for Artemis, when the Aloadai giants, Otos and Ephialtes, attempted to fight the Gods. So they set Mount Ossa on top of Mount Olympos, and then placed Mount Pelion on top of Ossa, and the tower of mountains climbed to the sky. Artemis tricked them by turning herself into a deer form and darted between them. The Aloadai giants tried to spear her, but missed and ended up killing each other.
Different Motivations
(I’m only doing 3 since there are a lot of different motivations between them.)
1. Camolena knows nothing about assisting in childbirth, unlike Artemis. Artemis is the goddess of childbirth and the other things I said already. When she was born, she was born a day before her brother, Apollo. She assisted her mother, Leto, and she gave birth to Apollo.
2. Artemis can give and take away diseases and sicknesses from women and girls, and Camolena cannot do anything with health at all… Yet!
3. Artemis kills beasts and even humans, but Camolena is too kind to actually kill anyone. She wouldn’t even kill her arch-nemesis, Doomer! As for Artemis, who ever she’s angered at, there’s a chance of her killing who ever it is.
My superhero, Gliderman, relates to Hephaestus because they both made inventions to help other people. They are different because Hephaestus created things to help the gods, but Gliderman created things to help him fight crime. They both created robots that turned evil. Gliderman got scratched by the robot he created but I think that one difference is that Hephaestus broke both of his legs. That's way worse than a scratch. Another difference is that Gliderman's parents never did anything to him, whereas Hera threw Hephaestus off of Mount Olympus. Gliderman was never married either. Hephaestus was married to Aphrodite. That is how Gliderman compares to Hephaestus.
-Jacob
I am comparing the Greek Goddess, Khione, to my super hero, Frostbite. I was going to compare my super hero to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, warfare and handicrafts, but i didn’t know that the greeks had a god/goddess of snow or ice at the time, so I changed it.
Before I compare Khione to my super hero, I want to say that this is just for differences and similarities between Khione and Frostbite, not to see who is better, so Khione, please don’t send a blizzard on Burlington (snow day!).
I also think that it would help to know the story of Khione and her background to help with comparing her to Frostbite.
Khione, or Chione, (minor) Goddess of snow, daughter of Boreas, God of the north wind, and Oreithyia, the lady of the mountain gales (winds). Sister to Cleopatra (the last active pharaoh of ancient egypt), Zetes and Calais (the winged twins). She married Poseidon (God of the sea), became the mother of Eumolpus, and to conceal the event she threw her son into the sea. Luckily, Eumolpus was rescued by Poseidon. Poseidon took him to Ethiopia,where he gave him to his and Amphitrite’s daughter, Benthesikyme. Eumolpus is also said to have taught Hercules music.
Similarities:
- They both say and do strange things under pressure.
- They both control snow
Differences:
- Khione did bad things (such as throwing her son into the sea) under pressure and Frostbite did good things (such as saving the world from something evil)
- Frostbite controls ice as well as snow
- Khione is also said to be a nymph
My super hero compares to Cassandra in a few ways.
First of all, Cassandra cannot be trusted when she was Apollo's priestess and Apollo fell in love with her, so he promised he would give her the power of telling the future, if she would kiss him. So she kissed him, but then spat in his mouth. Feeling betrayed, Apollo gave her the power of telling the future, but no one would believe her. That us why Cassandra is not trusted.
Flame (Kristen Fyre Walker) is not trusted because she is always pulling pranks on her sister, Frostbite (Caytlin Winter Walker).
One different thing between the two is that Cassandra was a priestess, but Flame was not.
Another well known thing about Cassandra is that she is very beautiful. Flame is pretty, but that isn't the first thing known about her. The first thing known about her is that she can set herself on fire and not get hurt. I don't think Cassandra can do that. :)
My super hero compares to Cassandra in several ways.
First of all, Cassandra cannot be trusted when she was Apollo's priestess and Apollo fell in love with her, so he promised he would give her the power of telling the future, if she would kiss him. So she kissed him, but then spat in his mouth. Feeling betrayed, Apollo gave her the power of telling the future, but no one would believe her. That us why Cassandra is not trusted.
Flame (Kristen Fyre Walker) is not trusted because she is always pulling pranks on her sister, Frostbite (Caytlin Winter Walker).
One different thing between the two is that Cassandra was a priestess, but Flame was not. Another well known thing about Cassandra is that she is very beautiful. Flame is pretty, but that isn't the first thing known about her. The first thing known about her is that she can set herself on fire and not get hurt. I don't think Cassandra can do that. :)
Also, Cassandra is a goddess, and Kristen REALLY wishes she was, but unfortunately she is not.
Another cool fact is that my parents were going to name me after Cassandra, but eventually named me Catherine instead.
I just realized my superhero's name had the same name as Ronan's... Well, great minds think alike! :)
Room 11,
You have written some interesting comparisons. A few students haven't posted yet. Please make sure you do so by Friday.
I can't post because there are 2 many words...WHAT DO I DO :(
If you have too many words, you can post half of your response, then in another post, do the other half.
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