greece and rome archetype's

Greece and Rome

Archetype's By: Ca-Shaundra

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The King• Zeus, the Greek king• The king of the gods, the

god of sky and weather, law, order and fate

• He was depicted as a regal man

• There were many Roman kings

• One known as Romulus, the king of wars

The Queen

• The beautiful goddess Hera was queen of the Greek gods and the wife of Zeus, the king.

• Hera is described as jealous and quarrelsome.• Cleopatra Thea was known as “ the other

Cleopatra” making her one of the ancient Roman queens.

• Cleopatra Thea ruled for her husband Demetrius while he was fighting against Parthia.

The Sage• Typically represented as a kind

and wise, old father type figure who uses personal knowledge of people and world to offer

guidance or tell a story

• The wise and old man is often seen to be in some way foreign

• They don’t seek wisdom because he already has it.

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wise_old_man

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sage_(sophos)

THE DRUNKARD

(SATYRS)

• IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY THE SATYRS ARE DEITIES OF THE WOODS AND MOUNTAINS.

• THEY’RE HALF HUMAN AND HALF BEAST; USUALLY GOATS TAILS, FLANKS AND HOOVES.

• THE UPPER PART IS HUMAN WITH HORNS OF A GOAT

• COMPANIONS OF DIONYSUS; THE GOD OF WINE

• SPEND TIME DRINKING, DANCING, AND CHASING NYMPHS

WWW.PANTHEON.ORG/ARTICLES/S/SATYRS.HTML

The Flood• Their rivers, the Euphrates

and Tigris, flooded when the wheat and barely were ripe

• A river flood was a catastrophe indeed

• Greek agriculture, on the other hand, depended on rainfall

• Greek hardly knew what a river flood meant

http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/flood/flood4.html

(Euphrates and Tigris)

The Athlete• In ancient Greek world that means who competes for a prize• Athletes were first introduces at Rome, B.C. 186, in the games exhibited by M.Fulvius • Greek most important athletic competitions were inaugurated in 776 B.C at Olympia in the Peloponnesus.

The Musician

• Orpheus legendary Greek musician• Augustus the roman musicians

The God• Zeus Greek God as the

archetype of the king• need to comprehend

the universe, to give a meaning to all that happens

• Also to see it all as having some purpose and direction.

•http://www.selfhelp-spirituality-selfesteem.com/zeus-greek-god/

The Goddess• The Goddess is an

recognized Archetype in itself and embodies wisdom, nurturing, guidance, physical grace, athletic prowess and sensuality.

• Roman goddess-embodies wisdom, nurturing, guidance, physical grace, athletic prowess and sensuality

• Aphrodite, who despite her legendary beauty and seductiveness, still suffered from insecurity and jealousy

• Hestia for example ruled over domestic life and the hearth.

•http://www.goddess-guide.com/greek-goddesses.html

The Guide

•Charon fairy man guides the souls of the dead across the river sticks to Hades

The Nymph• In Greek mythology, nymphs are spirits of nature• Protectors of springs, mountains, and rivers.•Represented as young, pretty girls. : Dryads (forests), Naiads (springs and rivers), Nereid (the Mediterranean), Oceanids (the sea) and Oreads (mountains), Limoniads (meadows), Limniads (lakes, marshes and swamps) and Napaea (valleys).

The Saboteur• A name associated with

betrayal •The purpose of this archetype is not to sabotage you, but to help you learn the many ways in which you sabotage yourself.