Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Information to Get out of My System

    Before I truley understood the direction I wished to pursue I had been doing more of a "report back" style of writing. Now I understand its okay to really branch out. This is what I had typed up until this point(pretty rough draft.) It's just information with little to no voice whatsoever. From here on out I will be changing my style of writing and thought I'd put this up for those of you who may have an odd fascination of blunt information.
    Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Aphrodite was other wise known as Acidalia, Cytherea  meaning Lady of Cythera, or Cypris meaning Lady of Cyprus. These names were used amongst different local cults of the goddess in Greece. The Goddess of beauty was born, according to Hesiod's Thegony, when Cronos cut off Uranus's genitals and threw them into the ocean. Aphrodite then arose from the sea foam (aphros). According to Homer's Iliad she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Because of her astonishing beauty there was fear that jealousy and lust over her amongst the Gods would disrupt the peace, Zeus Married her to Hephaestus. Due to  Hephaestus's ugliness the threat was eliminated. Aphrodite had many lovers such as gods (Ares) and men (Anchises.) She also played a role in the Eros andPsyche legend and was later Adonis's lover as well as his surrogate mother. She is also said to be the mother of many lesser off-springs.

    Hesiod was a Greek poet thought to be alive between 750-650 B.C.) Thegony is poem Hesiod wrote in the 8th-7th century B.C. entailing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods. Hesiod's piece was originally composed in Homeric Greek. Ancient authors give him give him and Homer credit for creating the bases of Greek religious customs. Many scholars regard him as one of the major scources of Greek farming techniques.
    Homer was also a Greek poet, whom of which, lived in years unknown to this day. Homer is estimated to have lived 400 years before his own time which would place him at 850 BC. The majority of modern researchers imagined him to be around the 8th-7th centuries. He is considered to be one of the greatest Greek poets whom of all dramatically impacted the history of literature. About 50% of his work are speeches. Homer composed his epic pieces of writing in a archaic version of Ionis Greek combined with other dialects such as Aeolic greek. This system of writing later became the base of Epic Greek(the language of epic poetry generally in dactylic hexameter.)

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