Essays on Zeus

One of the widely discussed topics in the classic literature is hospitality. It found a deep reflection and great importance in the Homer's Odyssey. The rituals of modern hospitality go deeply into ancient traditions. They shaped relationship between host and guest, which had been expressed preliminary in non-material benefit as shelter and protection, food and support, as well as gifts. From modern perspective, this is one of the key cross-cutting themes of the Odyssey as the book, which tells about a long journey and a return. The essay discusses specific examples of such relationships, both good and bad, and ...

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Introduction Prometheus Bound is an Ancient Greek tragic play that is one of three plays concerning the larger than human figure, Prometheus. Prometheus and Zeus, the main ancient Greek god of the time, argue, and Prometheus is punished to a life bound in chains. This is where the title, Prometheus Bound, is given to the play. Even being bound in chains Prometheus manages to annoy Zeus as he gives to mankind the gift of fire, even though Zeus does not want this to happen. Prometheus is chained through the whole play but he portrays a strong moral character. Zeus, ...

The background to this Greek poem, The Iliad of Homer, is the war between the Trojans and the Achaians. The Greek warriors sieged a city on the shores of Turkey, and were opposed by the Trojans. The main purpose of this war was to rescue Helen of Troy (Sparta). This poem could be an imaginary expression of events, yet it could also be the historical recordings of a real war. There is, however, the dispute of the date of the poem and the date of the war that makes it invalid as an eyewitness record. Even so, the beauty ...

There are several subglacial basins in East Antarctica but Lake Vostok is the most interesting for scientists, as its conditions are close to the ones on Europa – the Jupiter’s moon. So, the results of the exploration of Lake Vostok can shed light on one of the most important issues in astronomy – whether there could be living organisms somewhere besides Earth. The subglacial lakes are the subjects to low temperatures (nearly -3 degrees Celsius), high pressure (about 350 atmospheres) and constant darkness (montana.edu). When drilling, the scientists found out that the temperature of the air is -89 degrees Celsius ...

In Homer’s The Iliad books 1-14, Hector is an example of the ultimate Trojan warrior, who is brave, honorable, and willing to die to protect his city. As the leader of his troops, he is responsible for the fate of Troy. At the beginning of the epic poem, he is portrayed as a caring and responsible leader. However, he becomes increasingly reckless and his bravery becomes a sign of his hubris. He blindly believes in the protection of Zeus, breaks social norms, is overconfident in battle, and becomes wounded fighting Ajax. Nevertheless, he is still a heroic character, ...

Introduction

The commencement and ending of Homer’s epic poem the Iliad depict a rational existence of humans before and after the interference of the immortal beings respectively. The middle passages are different as they present a palpable yet gradual build up of human emotions that warrant an alliance with the gods and goddesses in the text. In turn, a paradox emerges in the depiction of the relationships between the mortals and the immortals in the Homeric poem: the gods are necessary for Homer’s presentation of the humans, but they are also to blame for the unstable attitudes and ...

People of Renaissance had a fully-fledged and multi-faceted life and attained a high degree of perfection at the same time in different areas of knowledge and art. The aim of this paper is to review the life of one of Italy’s Renaissance men, Benvenuto Cellini and a review of his early work. The best prime years of his work as an artist were the years in which he sculpted the colossal bronze statue of Perseus. According to ancient Greek mythology, Perseus was the son of Zeus, Lord of the Olympian gods, who was attracted by the beauty of ...

1. Olympus introduced new product “Compact Cameras” that was manufactured by the use of advanced technologies. The uses f the product were larger than existing product especially SLR cameras. The new product was quite compact with multiple uses, and it was expected to derive potential profits to the organization. However, the company got into trouble because of declining sales of SLR cameras. The company through sales of SLR cameras generated the substantial revenue. The automatic exposures of features and autofocus zoom advantage of compact cameras dropped the sales of SLR cameras. Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. suffered big loss due ...

Introduction

The world never saw a rainbow until long after most of the Gods on Olympus and the heroes of the land were tales told by grandmothers to the eager faces of their grandbabies looking through sparkling eyes looking at the old but still beautiful face of Chloe. Her strong but soft voice filled the quiet room aglow with the golden and orange light from the warm crackling fire at the hearth in the main room of the small but clean and welcoming house on the hill along the cliffs overlooking the Aegean Sea. Chloe loved telling these old tales ...

Our solar system is a collection of some cosmic “neighbors” in space existing in a certain range. This extraordinary system of space bodies includes: a Sun, 8 planets with 140 moons, dwarf planets, comets, and asteroids. In the center of the Solar System, there is average in size and age, yellow star that people call it the Sun. Around it, for about five billion years, 8 planets and different celestial bodies have been circling in the eternal dance (Seasky.org. “The Solar System”). The size of the planets ranges from the small stone worlds to the giants consisting of ice ...

Fate versus free will is a common theme in Greek tragedies. In many cases a person who tries to avert their predestined fate will set the pieces in motion that will inevitably lead to that fate. Laius and Jocasta from Oedipus are examples of this. On the other hand, you have characters like Prometheus, and Zeus, who knowingly put their own fates into motion bur want to avoid the consequences. Finally, you have Agamemnon and Cassandra who are resigned to their fates. In Prometheus Bound Zeus has ordered Hephaestus to bind the titan Prometheus to a rock as punishment ...

(Flyby) New Horizons The New Horizons spacecraft was launched by NASA in January 2006 (NASA, New Horizon, online). It used Jupiter to gain a gravity boost and carried out scientific studies of Jupiter. New Horizons carried out a flyby study of Pluto and moons in mid-2015. Next came the close approach flyby of Pluto itself on July 14, 2015. The spacecraft will carry out an extended mission in which it will travel out to the Kuiper Belt (which is more than 1 billion miles beyond Pluto's orbit). (Orbiter) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter left Cape Canaveral in ...

The Olympics was innovated form the site of the ancient Olympic Games, Olympia. Well, according to the historical archives, the first ever Olympics, dates back to the 776 BC and were dedicated to the Olympian gods. The games were played on the prehistoric plains of Olympia, which was the main site of the primeval Olympic Games, situated in the western part of the Peloponnese. This place is referred to as the island of "Pelops", that is, according to Greek mythology, in other words referred to as the founder of the Olympic Games.

The history of Olympics is considerably ...

Section A: Learning Theories in the Big World

During the course of this semester, the process of gaining insightful information regarding the different learning theories allowed me to appreciate the different techniques used to facilitate learning. During the first part of the course, I was able to learning five learning theories which enable me to see how learners process insights and gain knowledge from them through the techniques proposed ...

“Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin and Child” and “The Rape of Europa” (henceforth “Saint Luke” and “Europa,” respectively) are two pieces by two very different artists: the former is a piece by the Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden, while the latter is a piece by the High Renaissance artist Titian. To put these two paintings in the proper context for comparison, some information is needed about their respective artists. Titian was a Venetian artist during the period that is now known as the High Renaissance, and is widely acknowledged by art historians as the master painter of this era. “The Rape ...

Galileo Galilei often known, as Galileo was a very famous scholar and an Italian scientist who pioneered astronomy and modern physics. He was born in Pisa, Italy on 15 February 1564 and spent valuable time of his life by providing the services as professor of mathematics. He was the sixth child of Giulia Ammannati and well known and famous musician of his time Vincenzo Galilei. Spending very early years of his life in Italy, Galileo shifted along with his family in the year 1574 in Florence and there began his proper education at the Camaldolese Monastery in Vallombrosa (Sis, 2000). ...

Hermes and Cernunnos are some of the most popular Greek and Celtic deities revered in their respective religious practices. The two deities were regarded as gods and were discharged with specific duties to perform in line with their doctrinal practices. As much as they are important deities, they have a lot of differences between. This is mainly because they were worshipped in by different people who knew their essence in fulfilling their spiritual pursuits. The following are the major differences between these deities.

First, Hermes was a Greek god of commerce and market trade. This is a responsibility which was bestowed upon ...

1. Nietzsche in his work distinctly differentiated slave and master morality. During his time, and for conservative thinkers of today, there are traits that are considered noble and positive. These traits including meekness, humility, pity and other characteristics that might be universally defined as kind are to him, weak. This kind of thinking is what he refers to as slave morality because it is not assertive and people who think that way are not strong enough to become masters of their own world. He condemns the philosophy which embraces these characteristics. To him, a master morality is one that is opposite ...

While The Odyssey features Poseidon and the other gods largely guiding and punishing Odysseus, he does tend to bring about these outcomes through his actions. While he is a skilled strategist, often his pride gets in the way of sound strategy and he ends up making awful decisions to repair his ego. For example, his worst decision is fuelled by his pride; the decision to tell the Cyclops his name as he departs. He says that no one can defeat the "Great Odysseus," when, up until then, the Cyclops did not know his name. Having defeated and blinded ...

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Jupiter was the first giant planet formed.

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According to the Nice theory where did the Kuiper belt objects and Oort cloud objects come from?

Kuiper belt objects come from the out edge of Solar System where huge spheres made of rock and ice that circle around Pluto’s orbit. The objects took their name from Gerard Kuiper who suggested that comets may come from the Kuiper belt. This group of planetoids is called Kuiper belt objects (KBO). The first KBO named “1991 QB1” was discovered in 1992. The plant Pluto also belongs to the group of KBO. Some ...

1.Jupiter was the first. Giant lies just beyond the frost line. As the frost line accumulated great amounts of water via evaporation from infalling icy material, it created a zone of lower pressure that increased the speed of orbiting dust particles and halted their motion toward the Sun. As a result , the frost line acted as a barrier whice lead material to accumulate. This excess material coalesced into a huge embryo of around 10 Earth masses, which then began to grow rapidly by swallowing hydrogen from the surrounding disc, reaching 150 Earth masses in only another 1000 years and finally topping out at ...

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Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, astronomer and astronomer largely recognized for his contributions towards the scientific revolution. He laid down the basis of modern astronomy and largely supported the work of Copernicus. He is largely known for his heliocentric views in that he acknowledged the existence of the earth and the other planets including earth revolve around the sun, which is stationary. His heliocentric views brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church since was considered to be challenging the then pope Urban the eighth’s authority. He was then arrested, tried and convicted of heresy upon which ...

The concept of holiness in the dialogue between Euthyphro and Socrates emerges when Socrates insists that Euthyphro ought to have been perfectly informed of what is pious and what is impious prior to filing a murder charge against his own father. Socrates presence at the porch of the King Archon had been occasioned by a case of impiety brought against him by Meletus. The concept of holiness takes a prominent position in the discussion between Socrates and Euthyphro because Socrates wanted to learn of what is pious and what is impious so that he could defend himself in case. Euthyphro was considered ...

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The Paradise Lost is the epic poem written by the blind English poet John Milton. For many years, this piece of poetry had sparked countless of debates amongst literary scholars particularly concerning the character of Satan. One important aspect of studying Milton’s work is to analyze his clever ways of manipulating characters to challenge the notion of good and bad heroism. In his work, Milton’s Satan was an evil character; however, he also portrayed the devil to a heroic figure instead of God or Adam. In order to analyze the character of Satan, one must begin with a definition ...

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The Mona Lisa

The role of the artist in this case is to render a likeness of the individual who is to be in the portrait. During the Renaissance, the master artists such as Leonardo da Vinci were commissioned to paint the portraits of the wealthy citizens of Florence and the other major cities in Italy at the time. The artist’s function was simply to render and create the portrait of the customer or the subject. The art piece may have had several functions. The first is to “immortalize” the image of the subject so that his or her image could be ...

Cost management is a major concern for many companies. There are different techniques that companies implement. However, some companies believe that the techniques of reducing cost can only occur at the design phase. According to Cooper and Slagmulder (2004), cost management techniques can be applied during different stages of a product’s lifecycle. The study was based on Olympus Optical Co. Ltd. Research on Olympus showed that the company reduced most of the product’s cost during the manufacturing phase. An assumption is held that 80 to 95 percent of a product’s cost is determined in the design phase. Research ...

Humans are interesting in the way that they come up with names for everything. Every object in this world must have a label so we may understand what another person is speaking about when we communicate. Names and labels are an integral part of language and communication; without them, we would never know to what anybody is referring. The story is no different when it comes to human beings themselves. We all have names in order to identify ourselves, whether to friends, co-workers, or verifiable government documents. Our names are essentially who we are. Some people come upon their names ...

In the Symposium, Apollodorus makes a relation to an unidentified companion story, which he had learned about a dinner party, or a symposium from Aristodemus. The symposium is given to honor the tragedian Agathon. Here, Socrates is lost in thought on the neighboring balcony, and arrives at the party late. Eryximachus accepts Phaedrus suggestion after they have finished eating that, every person should make a speech praising the god of love. After a consensus, Phaedrus starts by referring to love as one of the oldest of gods. He adds that love promotes the most of the virtue in people. Pausanias draws the difference between ...

This paper is aimed to give a brief outline of Edgar Poe’s life and a short analysis of one of his famous poems ‘Annabel Lee’ to trace the main peculiarities of the author’s style. Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most prominent figures in the American romantic literature of the second half of the 19th century. Apart from being a critic, an editor and a poet, he is considered to be a founder of the short story in its modern form. Edgar Poe came from the family of professional actors, who died three years after the poet’s birth, and ...

A gift is anything presented to another without expectation of payment or anything else in return. However, the individual giving the gift may sometimes expect reciprocation of the same. Generally, a gift is meant to be free, and no action is taken to those who do not reciprocate. Gifts have been known to foster good social relations and contribute to social cohesion. A gift by extension can mean anything that makes the other party less sad especially as a favor to them. Such gifts may be in the form of kindness or forgiveness. Gifts are occasional and presented every day of ...

Induction

Induction The problem facing induction has been a great challenge presented by epistemology to various philosophers, among them David Hume. Since the 18th century, he has raised the induction concern to various philosophers with the aim of finding a solution to the dilemma. Karl Popper, Chalmers among others philosophers played an imperative role in identifying a considerable solution to the induction problem. In philosophy, induction is defined as a form of reasoning that is derived from a particular observation of a phenomenon and draws conclusions from the phenomenon. For instance, it is certain that the sun will rise tomorrow in the morning simply because ...

Prometheus lent humans the gift of fire, and while the move he made had Zeus fuming, Prometheus never regretted his decision. Prometheus was unlike any of his counterparts on who lived on Mount Olympus; a God that cared about the events of the future, about the world the humans lived in, and about the people who lived on that world. He was disinterested in Godly matters, disinterested in the wonderful things that all the other gods seemed to enjoy. For Prometheus, the other gods were merely ignorant of what was happening to their people, and therefore, he wanted to make ...

The Theogony encompasses a wide array of classical mythology concerning the beliefs of ancient Greek people. Theogony illustrates narratives of how the gods created and shaped the universe. Thogony retells the Greek mythology the same way the bible in the book of Genesis depicts the story of creation. The Hesiod asserts the narrative is the work of a poet or a king that acts in the capacity of a prophet. Hesiod in the epic poem of Theogony offers the Greek version of Genesis in the bible. Hesiod says that, in the beginning of creation, there was a lot of chaos due to many elements ( ...

Introduction

At the centre of the solar system is the Sun. The nearest four planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars these are terrestrial and rocky worlds. The next four are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune these are gas giants. Between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars lies an asteroid belt that includes the dwarf planet of Ceres. After the orbit of Neptune, a disk shaped Kupiter belt exists where the dwarf planet Pluto exists and further beyond that there is a giant spherical Oort Cloud and the heliopause that is teardrop shaped (Choi).

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Many ancient astronomers thought that the Earth used ...

Origin or beginning of the Civilization (part 1)

Greek civilization began during the period between 3000 to 1200 BC (Sansone, 1). This period is known as the Bronze Age. According to Sansone (10), the Greek civilization emerged after the Minoan civilization during the Mycenaean Age and extended up to the period after the Dark Age. As a matter of fact, many historians consider the Mycenaean Age the earliest period of Greek civilization. The Mycenaean civilization is so called since their capital was built at Mycenae. The founder of Mycenaean civilization was King Perseus. The origin of the people who established the Mycenaean civilization is not well known though ...

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Zeus is one of the greatest Olympian gods. He is believed to have been a father of other Greek gods and men, and was parented by Rhea and Cronos. He was a brother to Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hades and Hestia. However, he ended up marrying his own sister Hera. Upon dividing the world amongst his siblings and himself, he ended up getting the heavens and all of the world’s upper regions. Zeus just like all other Olympian gods lived in Thessaly’s Mount Olympus. This mountain was understood to infiltrate with its patronizing summit into heaven. This paper discusses the ...

Since the beginning of the early civilizations, man tried to understand the world around him and why events take place. Some tried to put symbols to non-living things and even on natural occurrences, while many turned to religion to explain the meaning of life and the mystery behind the creation story. However, there were a few who deviated from this unyielding faith in religious preaching and sought to answer the world’s many mysteries through their own studies. In Europe, this desire to solve these mysteries escalated into a conflict between religion and science that resulted to the advent of the ...

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In ancient times, intellectuals and philosophers such as Plato, Socrates, Euthyphro and Aristotle among many others engaged in intense Philosophical debates about morality, science, sociology among many other issues. The debate between Euthyphro and Socrates on piety or holiness stands out as a classic philosophical argument. While Euthyphro offers different definitions on what he thought piety and impiety were, Socrates refutes them on his own grounds because he wanted to learn how to defend himself and justify acts of impiety filed against him by Meletus (Navia, 2007). The Concept of piety or holiness takes a prominent position in the dialogue ...

Ares is a god of war in the Greek mythology. He was the son of Zeus (the king of the gods) and Hera (the goddess of marriage). Ares was the most powerful but detested god on Olympus. His birth was after the Great War and developed into a vicious and fearsome man. Ares had a brother Hephaestus (god of artisanship) and three sisters Hebe, Eileithyia, and Athena. However, Ares did not relate well with his siblings especially his sister Athena. As such, Athena and Ares fought many battles against each other. He did not care for anything else but fighting in wars ...

How were Uranus's rings discovered?

William Herschel was the first observer to mention that Uranus has a ring system in 1789. It was only a speculation since the astronomers that time could not observe any rings around Uranus. The discovery of the Uranian ring system was observed almost 200 years later by James Elliot, Edward, Dunham, and Douglas Mink in 1977. The discovery of the ring system of Uranus was only an accident when they grabbed the opportunity to observe the atmosphere of the planet using the occultation of the star SAO 158687. In their observations, they found out that the star suddenly disappeared for five ...

Women in Ancient Greece

OUTLINE I. Introduction Thesis: Plato’s Symposium, Euripides’ Medea and Lysias’ Murder of Eratosthenes demonstrate that women had no place in Ancient Greek culture, other than to produce children and run a household. II. Plato’s Symposium A. Pausanias begins his speech describing two types of love: heavenly and common. Common love is a physical type of love, something to be had between a man and a woman. B. Aristophanes, a comedian, gave a speech about humans being split in two by Zeus and because of this we are always looking for our other half. Men who want women, and ...

Artistic Analysis of Artwork in the Museum

I went to a local museum, and I felt like as if I entered the realm of the past. The objects were literally talking to me, and they were giving a set of very clear and concise messages as I moved along the various regions of the facility. Villa Terrace was established as a historical center in the year of 1924, and the fonder of the establishment was Lloyd R. Smith. The Smiths came back from the journey from Italy, and requested, architectural expert, David Adler to build them a new residence, and the museum was its part at that time. I exposed ...

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Imagery in Ben Jonson’s “Song: To Celia” Ben Jonson was one of the most popular poets of the Renaissance period in England, and he became famous during his lifetime and was awarded the title of the Poet Laureate of England. He remained remembered as a writer consistent in his inconsistency, and varying in his images as a Jacobean Jonson, Regency Jonson, and Romantic Jonson – a diverse and multi-dimensional product of his age (Lockwood 10). Though Jonson was most famous for his comedies and plays, such as Volpone or the Fox, The Alchemist, etc., he is also credited for writing lyrical ...

The Greek mythology as known today is a culmination of the traditions in different parts of the Greek civilization with each region having its own heroes. For examples, the Homer’s Iliad is a regional mythology that strived to appeal to as many cities as possible bringing together a common identity of the Greeks. During the time of Hesiod and Homer, Greece comprised of many cities and islands separated by natural boundaries made by the gods (Works and Days, 167-171). The Iliad mentions almost all the apart of Greece that took part in the Trojan War. The mythology often conflict with each ...

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Myth, particularly in the Greek tradition, places a great significance on place and location – cities such as Thebes, Athens and Crete are given almost mythical importance of their own through their roles in the characters’ journeys. In the case of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Thebes is both the setting and the goal of the story – Oedipus’ loyalty to Thebes, a suffering city, provides a complex goal and metaphor for Oedipus’ own journey to the truth of his own existence and past with King Laius. Thebes is just as much of a character in Oedipus Rex as Oedipus himself or any other figure, solidifying place’ ...

Adultery remains the charged topic today that it was back in ancient times. Even though the twentieth century brought it more liberal means for gaining a divorce, and even though cohabitation is catching up with marriage as the relationship structure of choice for many couples, particularly in Europe, the idea that a spouse is cheating on his or her betrothed is still the sort of alluring gossip that draws interest. If this were not true, such spurious stories as Michelle Obama’s plans to divorce the president and Angelina Jolie’s latest decision to leave Brad Pitt would not be among ...

Greek mythology and culture are important element of the development of every culture. Ancient Greeks always thought that Gods are the reflection of our inner conflicts and turmoil. That is why the myths about the Gods contain thoughts much deeper than it seems from the very beginning and can be interpreted in multiple ways. I’ll be discussing the meaning the story about Zeus and Typhon, following them by the interpretation of Aegyptus and Danaus, comparing the myths to my own personal conflict. First, I would like to analyze the story about Zeus and Typhon. According to the ...

- Introduction Greek sculpture is often what people think of when they consider the idea of “classical” sculpture. Greek and Roman sculpture has long been considered some of the most influential to the western art world; these pieces, particularly from the High Classical period, are still influential on artists today. This discussion will focus on the High Classical period of Athenian Greek sculpture, notably from the years 449 BCE- 404 BCE. Earlier Athenian sculpture took many cues from Near Eastern and Egyptian art. Greek artists began, however, to focus more heavily on form and realism as time ...

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“Olympus has fallen” is a film set during the 20th century, which is characterized by increased rate of insecurity and terrorism. The film is set in the state house, where it is considered the most secure place in America if not the whole world. However, some North Korean citizens beat the odds by managing to bring the White House down, but above all; they manage to take the American President away with them. Mike Banning, who is the thrilling actor in the movie, manages to fight his position as presidential Secret Service Agent. And subsequently win the Presidential trust once ...

Greek mythology as it exists today was a culmination of oral tradition that was part of the early Greek civilization. Different regions of the Greek empire had different heroes with their own traditions and thus Greek mythology was firmly tied to it geographical location. Geography and physical places/ space helped shape Greek mythology to a large extent. Homer’s Odyssey, Iliad and Hesiod’s Theogony are examples of Greek mythology where the myth is tied with the geographical space. With the mention of places these poets also driven by a certain ‘Panhellenic’ impulse-a desire to appeal to as many city states as ...

1. Meteors’ Hunting in the Antarctic Glaciers The Antarctica is a popular and unique area for finding meteors because of the extremely cold weather conditions in this area (Gonzalez). Scientists find meteorites easily in the Antarctica since the meteorites are frozen in glaciers. Moreover, these meteorites are well-preserved unlike those that fall on earth or the sea, where they are hidden among other objects. Identifying meteorites in glaciers is relatively easy. Since meteorites are dark, they are easily visible against an ice background. Moreover, many of them are preserved for years owing to the freezing temperatures of the ...

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The roots of the history of sculpture in Europe can be traced back to the ancient Greece, where the great traditional forms of architectural sculpture, large-scale sculpture and statues flourished. The Greek sculptors primarily worked in stone and bronze. Classical and Hellenistic style of sculpture in Greek art carry distinct characteristics. Where the Classical sculpture is restrained and balanced, Hellenistic sculpture is extravagant plus dynamic. The composed and solemn expression of a classical figure gives in to the passionate expression found in the Hellenistic sculptures. The human body is seen to be the primary focus of ancient Greek sculptures, and ...

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For the purpose of this paper, I will be discussing the East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, as well as a terracotta bell-krater attributed to the Methyse Painter, and comparing both works in terms of their composition, formal elements, and cultural context. The selection of these works allows for two central activities of the Greeks to be compared, especially ones represented by their own divine figures. The east pediment and the Dionysian vase feature two distinct sides of Greek culture – the former showcasing Greek’s love of justice, and the latter the Greek’s love of wine ...

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The study investigates different aspects of the Mirphak star. The Introductory section explains that the star occurs in the Perseus constellation and is the brightest star in the night sky above the Northern horizon. The paper has a section that describes the various names and myths linked to the star. Moreover, the paper traces a Greek’s mythical story that gave the constellation its name. Under the section on properties and position of the star, the study examines the changing coordinates of Mirphak. As a result, it outlines the star’s coordinates in J2000 and J1900. Other features examined include Mirphak’s ...

IN THE PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE GRADES

Absract The paper studies the benefits of using Greek and Roman mythology in the primary and intermediate grades. It gives examples of popular Greek and Roman mythology. It discusses six benefits derived from using Greek and Roman mythology in the classroom setting. First, Greek and Roman myths make learning more interesting and appealing to students. This is through relevance with human daily lives. Second, they teach important values and universal truths. This makes them appropriate in intermediate school due to the maturity required. Third, they can be integrated in arts-based education. Fourth, collaborative learning activities used in teaching ...

Laius was the father of the infamous tyrant, Oedipus and the first husband to Jocasta. Because he broke arguably the most important custom in ancient times, the guest-host relationship, he was fated to be killed by his own offspring. His role in the story of Oedipus was described in pages 72 and 73 and it is a very interesting one for several reasons. He played a versatile character because not only is he the cause of all of Oedipus’ woes, but he was also a motif which often appeared in Greek tragedy, which is the “absent father.” Laius was also the very ...

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Hospitality has played a great role in the ancient Greek society, and this is highly evident in most of the classics written during those times. Homer’s Odyssey is a classic example of this fact. The Odyssey is one of the greatest masterpieces of Greek Literature. It is dated written between 750 and 650 B.C.E. (Notes, 1968) According to Fagles and Knox hospitality is understood to be a major part of the moral code. One of the most important factors that can be heavily noticed in this work of Homer is hospitality, with ...

Morgan Freeman playing Congressman Martin Trumbul give the impression of an experienced and qualified man taking charge and control of the worst possible situation. As the authoritative speaker of the House in Olympus Has Fallen, the speaker is an excellent type of a representative character (Ying and Kuo, 127). This paper aims at exposing the elements of Martin Trumbul's character that support his representative role.

Representative character

According to Ying and Kuo, a representative character embodies traits that represent a specified group. Martin Trumbul's action to take over command in time of crisis portrays him as the last final alternative that the nation relies ...

The worlds of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey are often harsh, with mankind being essentially at the will of the gods and prone to failure. To that end, even the best among men in these works have their own flaws – Achilles and Odysseus respectively provide that sense of romantic antiheroism inherent to Homeric works. Whereas modern heroism values moral and ethical virtue as part of being a hero, the Homeric ideal of heroism is actually quite anti-heroic. Greek heroes do not have to be the most ethical or civilized; they just have to possess supreme bravery, strength, military ...