Eagle (Zeus)

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Eagle (Zeus)

• English I Louise S. McGehee School
• 2004

(Aquila)
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What the Eagle Looks Like

• The eagle has shimmering white feathers.
• It was a very big bird.
• Sometimes called the Thunder Bird because it
  received Zeus thunder bolts from land.
• The eagle was also called Aquila (Tucker).

(Kakerka)
A piece of Greek pottery of the eagle eating
Prometheus liver.
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The Cultural/National Origin and How it was
regarded in its own culture

• Aquila the eagle is Zeus messenger and comes
  from Greek mythology.
• We know Aquila is Greek because Zeus was the
  Greek god and Aquila was Zeus eagle (Linsell).
• This eagle is presented on Greek coins, armor,
  pottery, and art (Wise).
• The eagle is found in other myths in other
  cultures, but it is not presented in the same way
  as it is in Greek mythology.

(Wise)
Greek Coin
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Myths surrounding the eagle

• Dung beetle and the Eagle is a myth from
  Aesop's Fables.
• In this myth, the beetle asks the eagle not to
  eat a particular rabbit in Zeuss name.
• But the eagle doesnt listen and the eagle eats
  the rabbit anyway.
• Then every time the eagle lays its eggs the
  beetle crushes them.
• So the eagle gets upset because she cant lay
  eggs without them being destroyed (Gibbs).

(Google)
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Continuing Dung Beetle Myth

• The eagle brings her eggs to Zeus, and Zeus
  agrees to hold the eagles eggs in his lap.
• When the beetle found out what the eagle did, he
  flew up to Mount Olympus and flew into Zeuss
  face, causing Zeus to jump up and knock the eggs
  out of his lap.
• Then, the beetle told Zeus what the eagle did to
  the rabbit so long ago, and Zeus punished the
  eagle.
• But, since Zeus did not want eagles to go
  extinct, he tried to make the beetle stop
  smashing the eagles eggs, but he wouldnt agree.
  
• So Zeus changed the season when Eagles laid their
  eggs to when beetles would only stay right at
  ground level (Gibbs).

(Zeus)
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Another Myth surrounding the eagle

• This second myth is tilted The Myth of
  Prometheus.
• It is about Prometheus and his brother
  Epimetheus. They did things against Zeus will
  and, after a while, they gave man fire when Zeus
  did not want to give fire to man yet.
• So, Zeus sent Pandora down with a box to give to
  Prometheus and Prometheus gave it to his brother
  because he knew it was going to be bad.
• And his brother opened it and the box contained
  all of the horrors of the world. Since he opened
  the box he was tied down to a stone and Zeus
  eagle would come and eat his liver (The Myth of
  Prometheus).

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Continuing The Myth of Prometheus

• Overnight, Prometheus liver would grow back and
  then the eagle would do it again.
• Then Zeus sent Hercules to go get Prometheus, and
  Hercules bound him to a chain which was attached
  to a rock, which Prometheus had to carry with him
  the rest of his life.
• This painting shows Zeuss eagle eating the liver
  out of Prometheus's body (The Myth of
  Prometheus).

(Prometheus and the eagle)
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How it links with any other myths and stories

• In a Mesopotamian myth, people thought a
  lion-headed eagle brought in the rain, and when
  the eagle would flap its wings that would be the
  thunder. This myth relates with Zeus and the
  eagle because as important as the eagle was in
  the Greek gods and goddesses, the lion-headed
  eagle has as much stature as Aquila did.
• Also, there is a Chinese myth about two people
  getting married and the people trampling a
  magpie. The people did such a good job that they
  were happy about it. This myth links with the
  Prometheus myth because the people were fighting
  and harming the bird, whereas in Prometheuss
  myth, Aquila was harming Prometheus.

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How it links with the modern world

• The eagle (Aquila) is a constellation. In Greek
  mythology it is known as the storm bird, and now
  it is known as the messenger of the heavens
  (Aquila).
• The eagle is the national bird of the United
  States.

(Eagle)
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Works Cited

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