Mythology and Folklore

 I am planning on doing more of an anthology than anything else with these stories. First story will be the story of Helen. Information about Helen Story of Helen Information on Eidolons Paris and the Golden Apple Second will be Cassandra Information on Cassandra Cassandra and Troy Third will be Andromache Information on Andromache   Information on Epirus Women in the Iliad Information about Andromache I am probably going to go third person limited point of view here, just because I want to tell their stories from their point of view, but I do not want to do first person. I feel like first person would take away a little bit of the 'ancient myth' vibe from their stories, and I do not want to do that.  I feel like a lot of people ignore the women when they think about The Iliad or The Odyssey . It is easy to do. Homer did not make them front and center the way he did the men. They were not the focus of the story. I want to tell their stories here. I picked these three beca...

Helen: So, apparently, there is a story that says the Helen of Troy we all know—the one who is blamed for the ten year Trojan war—was an eidolon, or an empty copy of someone. The real Helen was in Egypt the entire time. Helen was promised to Paris after Paris judged Aphrodite the fairest goddess. Hera offered Paris wealth and power and Athena offered Paris knowledge. Aphrodite offered Paris the most beautiful woman in the world. Some say that Athena and Hera replaced Helen with a copy in order to get back at Aphrodite. After the Trojan war, Menelaus winds up in Egypt. He and Helen recognize each other. The eidolon of Helen vanishes into thin air, and Menelaus and the real Helen sail away. Story of Helen Information on Eidolons Paris and the Golden Apple Cassandra:  Cassandra was the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She had the gift of prophecy. When she would not sleep with Apollo, he cursed her so that no one would ever believe what she prophesied. She saw the fall of Troy before it...

Option 1: There were six children born to Kronos and Rhea—Hades, Poseidon, Zeus, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. Most everyone concentrates on Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Hera, Demeter, and especially Hestia are forgotten a lot of the time. I could tell the story of the first female goddesses; one who was married to a god who would never be faithful, one who lost her daughter to another god, and the firstborn who was overlooked by most everyone—and lost her seat on Mount Olympus to Dionysus.                                                      Image of Hestia Information about Hestia Information about Zeus' Mortal Children Option 2: In the popular movie Clash of the Titans, there are several scenes that fell flat for me. The first is where Zeus disguises himself as Danae’s husband and sleeps with her (which is rape). Danae’s real husband (who had offended Zeus...