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Ulysses, Juno, Jupiter Davian/Hsin-Yu/Cameron **Audience**: Those who created the gods wanted everyone to follow them in their ways of thinking. In one article, it states, “Over the centuries, the movement of large numbers of people meant that gods from a variety of cultures, including Etruscan and Greek, merged together. As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks” (“The Roman Empire”). They convinced many people that they were each responsible for their own aspects of everyone’s lives. All three of these figures were used to represent, symbolize, and modelize different characteristics of man. Whether it is of arrogance, bravery, or leadership, the Romans worshipped Juno, Jupiter, and idolized Ulysses. With the creation of each God/Goddess and Roman hero, it was to fit the ideal characteristics of the behavior in different human beings. Each of these characters were also shaped through initial Greek standards, but Romans also incorporated their influences, which creates the “Roman personality” of the Greek Gods/Goddesses (Delgado). Without the Greeks and Romans, and those before that perhaps influenced the Greeks, these icons would not be here to show how to achieve the idolizing human behavior and how acts of human behavior are developed through plentiful experiences. 14092045731409204573user:chenh1 Ulysses, Juno, Jupiter Hsin-Yu Chen **Cultural**: These three mythological characters are presented throughout various stories during the reign of the Roman Empire. Juno is the Roman personality of Hera, a Greek Goddess, Jupiter is the Roman personality of Zeus, the King of all Gods, and Ulysses is a Greek mythological character who survived the Trojan war to return home and regain his throne as king of Ithaca. Throughout myths describing these three fictional characters, they are still used to this day because of how they display many emotions and describe the needs and wants of human beings, except through the perspective “Gods/Goddesses” going against ferocious monsters, and doing amazing feats. An example would be Jupiter’s behavior of sometimes being arrogant, since he is “the most powerful god in Roman mythology”, but also shows a romantic side with women (Sailus). Because of these symbolic characteristics, these attributes describe the commonalities among man. These Gods and Goddesses were also “worshipped daily” beside shrines throughout households during Ancient Rome ("ODYSSEY/Rome/Mythology"). Even those without shrines, anyone can still act upon being courageous, fearless, or shower compassion among friends. Thus, through either worshiping or being educated through reading these myths, mythological characters deal with a great amount of emotions and create idols for many who wish become a respectable human being. 14092045731409204573 Ulysses, Juno, Jupiter Davian Peterson **Aim**: The gods were idealized to take the responsibility for many aspects of living like agriculture, fertility, weather, and war. They were all displayed as ideal beings with an extreme amount of power. “The Romans were always keen to get the Gods on their side and JUPITER was definitely a force to be reckoned with” (Jupiter). Ulysses, though he was not a god, was displayed the same way. He was seen as a role model just as the gods were. Homer wrote the Odyssey to teach society his beliefs and present where he stood. “Odysseus fought for ten years in the Trojan War before coming up with the idea of the wooden horse, just one example of why "wily" or "crafty" is attached to his name” (Odysseus). Ulysses displays bravery, intelligence, and leadership, all very important qualities each society will need to strive. He does this just as Juno and Jupiter each show vital attributes and encourage people to strive to be the best they can. Homer has been a very influential person upon those of his time to the people that study him today and his purpose in writing The Odyssey will successfully live on. 14092045731409204573 Ulysses, Juno, Jupiter Cameron Bost **Historical**: The three Roman mythological individuals were all made from fictional stories taken by the Greeks from the Romans. Jupiter, the king of the gods, was known as Zeus to the Greeks. Juno, sister to Jupiter and also his wife, was known as Hera to the Greeks, but thought as the same tricky god that was easily jealous. Ulysses is the Latin name of Odysseus, who was a hero in the Greek story. The famous story, the Odyssey, is about Ulysses’s journey back home after the Trojan War. The three roman figures were royalty and considered themselves above all others. “When the Romans came into contact with the Greeks, they adopted the myths of the Greeks and some of the attributes of the Greek deities and attached them to their own (by this time fully Roman) Roman deities. This was called syncretization, and it was done so that the Romans could understand the deities of other peoples” (“Did the Romans”). The stories and myths made by the Greeks were changed to fit the Roman way of life. “ The thunderbolt-wielding Jupiter was even more powerful in Roman mythology than Zeus was in Greece. Unlike Zeus, Jupiter could not be affected by the antics and mischief of other gods” ( Sailus). All these Roman mythology characters have come from Greek based myths, but even so the Romans changed it to fit their lifestyle. 14092045731409204573 Works Cited Delgado, Jose. "Roman Mythology vs. Greek Mythology." Accents. Kean University, n.d. Web. 28 Aug. 2014. 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