...Greek mythology with the possible exception of the Vedic-Hindu religion of India, religion or religion in connection with the mythology of the ancient Greeks produced the most complex and sophisticated in the world. Greek myth usually read as individual stories. Greek mythology has exercised a profound and unparalleled influence upon western culture. Dramatists, artists, and philosophers from Roman times, through the great revival of interest in antiquity the Renaissance, up to the present day have been inspired by the thrilling legacy of ancient Greece. The origins of these myths are impossible to determine and there is no one true version of any myth. Greek mythology is the foundation of allusion and character genesis in literature. The imaginative...
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...around a wooden core. Extra details were made by using glass, copper, silver, and jewels. It’s estimated that the statue cost the city 5,000 talents, a sum of money that made the statue more expensive than the building itself. The statue showed Athena standing regal, fully armed and holding a small statue(about as big as an average person) of Nike, goddess of speed, strength, and victory. Athena wears a peplos that was tucked into a belt. She held the shield called aegis on her left. She also a spear lying on her right-side, as well as a large sacred coiled snake in between the spear and her foot. The shield is a wonder all by itself. In the middle of the shield was Medusa(a gorgon), surrounded by a ring of golden serpent-like scales. In Greek, aegis has many meaning: A violent windstorm, a divine shield, and a goatskin garment. A fun fact about Athena is that both she and Poseidon wanted control over Athens and its surrounding territory, Attica. There was a contest on the Acropolis. Poseidon struck with his trident and created the first horse. Athena touched the ground with her spear and produced the first olive tree. She was proclaimed the victor. That’s why Poseidon and Athena have always had a tight relationship. One of my other favorite goddess is Artemis. She’s a virgin goddess, goddess of wilde life and patron goddess of hunters. She’s a very important goddess in lives of women, especially when it came to marriage and young creatures. One of the legends about her is Actaeon...
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...ENG 209-001 Greek Theater Essay Medea by Euripedes and Lysistrata by Aristophanes are two different Greek plays in which the main characters are both strong females with goals to accomplish. Medea is a tragedy written about a woman driven by revenge. Lysistrata is a comedy about a woman who wants to take a stand. Greek tragedies and comedies usually did not have too much in common, besides the general moral background instilled in the people of that time period. Although tragedies always ended in death and comedies often ended in marriage or love, the two characters from opposite genres of theater share many of the same qualities. Both main characters, Medea and Lysistrata, are very strong, smart, determined women whose main goals are to be happy. When first reading Medea you might not think that her goal is to find happiness because it is masked by her want and need for revenge as well. Medea is a very sad story because many characters dead by the end of the play, as is typical in a tragedy. Medea murders Glauce and Creon and then her own two children so that her husband, Jason, must suffer their losses. She did so to get revenge on him for leaving her for the Princess. Medea was so determined to make Jason pay for what he had done to her that she had no restrictions on her actions. She murdered her children only to seek revenge on her ex-husband and to cause him suffering as he did to her. Medea would not be happy until Jason was seeing a consequence for is actions so...
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...A nice romantic-comedy about a Greek-American girl which has to fight against her family's strict traditions in order to marry a non-Greek boy. I think that, for the Greek people, this movie must be full of strange topics and stereotypes, but for the ones who don't know about the Greek way of life it is pretty amusing. There are all kind of weird characters, like the grandma and the starring actress, Nia Vardalos makes an outstanding job showing us the metamorphosis of a timid girl to a liberated woman. `My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' directed by Joel Zwick, will make you laugh and make you cry, but most importantly, it will make you `feel.' It is one of those rare cinematic experiences that after watching it seems to make the sky seem bluer, a single step lighter and a smile easier to come by. It is clearly evident that the film follows the story of Toula and Ian’s love life, through all the bumps and hurdles they face....
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...you know the ancient Greeks were the founders of the Olympics? The Olympics started out as a festival to honor the gods, mainly the chief god, Zeus. Only free, males could compete in the Olympics. The first Olympics consisted of only one event, a foot race. Early competitors competed in tunics and later competed completely naked. There was only one sport women could compete in, and that was horse racing. This is because the owner of the horse won the medal and women could own horses. There is a story of a woman named Kallipateira who trained her son for the Olympics. She dressed up as a man to sneak into the Olympics. Her son later won...
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...Excavation is one of the most common archaeological techniques. It has been used for many years and was developed from a treasure hunting process. It seeks to fully understand the human activity from a selected site and its relation to that of other sites and its surrounding landscape. The purpose of an excavation is to discover the context of a find, although it has been recognised that these sites may not be completely indicative of what early civilization was like. Recently, an excavation site at one of Greece’s ancient ports has revealed evidence of ancient Roman engineering. The port is one of a pair that connected the ancient city of Corinth to the Mediterranean trade routes. From this excavation, archaeologists have been able to examine...
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...The Greek Case By this point in time it should be becoming more apparent that elites within a society have a critical amount of control over historical memory, which leads to a sense of collective memory. Paschalis M. Kitromilides’ essay furthers this position, as well as adds how this can create nationalism within a society. Kitromilides goes about this by enlightening his audience to the power of Paparrigopoulos’ novel History of the Greek Nation. Essentially what this novel did was create a connection to Kolettis’ Great Idea to the dominant Byzantine Empire of the time. The two important concepts to recognize before grasping an understanding of the power of Paparrigopoulos novel are The Great Idea and the power that The Byzantine Empire...
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...mission in the world. The UN-established “green line” divides Cyprus into two parts, the lower 2/3 of the island known as the Cypriot Republic, is almost exclusively populated by denizens whose ethnic identification is classified as Greek. The northern third of the island, occupied by self-avowed Turkish Cypriots, recognizes itself as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The only other country in the world that recognizes the TRNC is Turkey, while the Republic of Cyprus is recognized internationally. While the international community recognizes the Republic of Cyprus as having jurisdiction over the island as a whole, in fact the Republic’s authority stops at the green line, a fact which has led at a number of confusing international issues, including Cyprus’ and Turkey’s EU accession bids. The Beginnings of Cypriot History Cyprus is an island state that has only recently achieved sovereignty. Inhabited for well over two thousand years, it has a four hundred year colonial history of shared culture, language, and mores between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots that populate its scenic mountains, plains, and beaches. These shared mores and sense of culture will prove essential to my discussion of how to best address the current conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The island’s strategic location approximately 40 miles south of Turkey and 400 miles east of Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean, at the crossroads of three continents, coupled with its expansive coastline and...
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...aware of the miseries and ills of our earthly existence". A representative quote is "I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself." He opposed the conquest of the New World, deploring the suffering it brought upon the natives. Citing the case of Martin Guerre as an example, he believes that humans cannot attain certainty. His skepticism is best expressed in the long essay "An Apology for Raymond Sebond" (Book 2, Chapter 12) which has frequently been published separately. We cannot trust our reasoning because thoughts just occur to us: we don't truly control them. We do not have good reasons to consider ourselves superior to the animals. He is highly skeptical of confessions obtained under torture, pointing out that such confessions can be made up by the suspect just to escape the torture he is subjected to. In the middle of the section normally entitled "Man's Knowledge Cannot Make Him Good," he wrote that his motto was "What do I know?". The essay on Sebond ostensibly defended Christianity. However, Montaigne eloquently employed many references and quotes from classical Greek and Roman, i.e. non-Christian authors, especially the atomist Lucretius. Montaigne considered marriage necessary for the raising of children, but disliked the strong feelings of romantic love as being detrimental to freedom. One of his quotations is "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out." In education, he favored...
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...Alexander was born to Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias, in 356 B.C. Phillip II was the king of Macedonia until he was assassinated in 330 BC. Phillip knew that one day Alexander would succeed him so he did much to prepare him for a military and political future. Alexander became king in 336 b.c. when Phillip was assassinated. More importantly, Alexander did many things in his life to deserve the great status. Firstly, Alexander is recognized for his period of conquest and his ability to fight and rule over larger armies than his own. Secondly, Alexander’s legacy and what he left behind for his son and half brother to continue his work. Thirdly, the legend of Alexander from sources such as the bible and both modern and ancient cultures define Alexander’s ability and rank of great. Lastly, one of the main reasons for Alexander’s recognition of greatness is because of his conquest in battle. However, Alexander made decisions with his impulses and immediate reaction, and in the sheer bravery and courage observed in Alexander, it is evident that Alexander the Great set trends among his people. It is also evident in the innovations he contributed to military strategies, and in the spread of his trends to all the lands that he conquered. Alexander was not a product of the society that he lived in, but a trendsetter. Alexander was an impulsive man of immediate action, and it reflected on the decisions he made. Clearly then, Alexander was the one who led society, shaping...
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...CRAMS Essay In the essays, “Living Under Circe’s Spell” by Matthew Soyster and “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs the authors describe what it is like to have Multiple Sclerosis or MS. Multiple Sclerosis is a nervous system disease that is incurable. Although they are discussing the same subject the authors display different attitudes towards it. Soyster seems to with an attitude of longing for the past while Mairs approaches the subject with a more positive attitude about her disability. Both of the writers use diction, appeals to pathos, and allusion to effectively describe their lives with this disease. The use of diction in these essays plays an instrumental role in establishing the tone and ideas that the authors present. Both the writers...
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...Baker, G. P. Sulla the Fortunate: The Great Dictator; Being an Essay on Politics in the Form of a Historical Biography. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1967. Print. This hardcover biography was found in Fresno State University’s Henry Madden Library by first searching through their website for Sulla book topics. The purpose of this source is to inform and educate mainly college-level students on politics during the Roman republic and how Sulla became to be who he is remembered as today with a language that is to the point and not as complicated to understand. This was helpful in understanding Sulla’s early life and how he came to rise in power. It was not recently written, but was published by a respected publisher company, and written by an author who has published many other books on ancient Roman history. Keaveney, Arthur. Sulla, the Last Republican. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2005. Print. The format of this book is a biography that includes bibliographical references and an index. This source was found in Fresno State University’s Henry Madden Library by first searching through their website for Sulla book topics. The purpose of this source is to inform and educate its readers on one of the most controversial and debatable figures...
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...Essay “Communicative Competences” September 10th 2014 Introduction In the following essay I will talk about communicative competences, competence-based education and an introductory about the history of the term in order to delve into the topic and its definition. The essay is based in readings according to the topic and not so much in my thought but I express what I understand and what I achieve through the readings. Body The competence term comes from the Greeks. It referred that someone who is prepared to win and to be recognized. Since ancient time the word competition was defined as competing whit each other. Since Pythagoras, Platon and Aristoteles it change the way was using the word to means be the best in knowledge. They began to measure skills in students and what they were capable doing. In this days communicative competences are abilities for a correct perform of a task, as a student when is learning and acquiring a second language, he needs to achieve certain skills like; speaking, listening, grammar, reading. Those skills will help him to communicate correctly and interact in real life. Nowadays is necessary to conceive education as a centered process in the learner instead of a process that only transmits knowledge. That is the reason of the competence-based education in which says that a competence is a capacity expressed as knowledge, skills an attitudes required to perform a task intelligently, in a real environment or in a another context. Conclusion ...
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...prizes awarded for the best essays and such awards could help to support your University Application as evidence of outstanding academic work and independent effort. How long and of what nature should my essay be? Your essay should be between 2,000 and 2,500 words (excluding notes and bibliography) and represent original and independent work. There may be a case for writing a slightly shorter essay if one of your universities requires a shorter sample essay. Supplying an accurate word count is in any case crucial. Your essay should aim to be quite a focused piece and be a work of analysis and interpretation rather than just description. You may need to seek advice on the planning, structuring and the title of your essay. Some modifications may be necessary for scientific submissions. Where will inspiration for my essay come from? Your essay may, or may not be, a further development of normal subject work (e.g. Physics Research and Analysis, English Phillimore, History Gibbon Prize etc); it may be on subjects which have no existing prizes; it may be on a subject which is not on the curriculum (e.g. Anthropology) or which is cross-curricular (e.g. English and History of Art); or it may have emerged from Cultural perspectives lessons, the Cultural Perspectives timed essay which you take at the end of this term, be inspired by Critical Thinking work or be a ‘further developed’ praebendum essay. You should state in a covering note how and why the essay came about. Of course,...
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...LIFE OF MONTAIGNE [This is translated freely from that prefixed to the 'variorum' Paris edition, 1854, 4 vols. 8vo. This biography is the more desirable that it contains all really interesting and important matter in the journal of the Tour in Germany and Italy, which, as it was merely written under Montaigne's dictation, is in the third person, is scarcely worth publication, as a whole, in an English dress.] The author of the Essays was born, as he informs us himself, between eleven and twelve o'clock in the day, the last of February 1533, at the chateau of St. Michel de Montaigne. His father, Pierre Eyquem, esquire, was successively first Jurat of the town of Bordeaux (1530), Under-Mayor 1536, Jurat for the second time in 1540, Procureur in 1546, and at length Mayor from 1553 to 1556. He was a man of austere probity, who had "a particular regard for honour and for propriety in his person and attire . . . a mighty good faith in his speech, and a conscience and a religious feeling inclining to superstition, rather than to the other extreme."[Essays, ii. 2.] Pierre Eyquem bestowed great care on the education of his children, especially on the practical side of it. To associate closely his son Michel with the people, and attach him to those who stand in need of assistance, he caused him to be held at the font by persons of meanest position; subsequently he put him out to nurse with a poor villager, and then, at a later period, made him accustom himself to the most common sort...
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