Artemis I am Artemis, “goddess of the hunt and of beasts, of childbirth and of chastity” (Daly 18). My mother and father are Zeus and Leto and my twin brother is Apollo, the god of music and healing. My main symbols include a quiver, hunting spears, a torch, a lyre, a crown and a deerskin cape(Atsma). I love nature and spending time outside. Some of my favorite animals are the deer, the bear, and the bore however I think the quail best represents me because it is free-spirited but bold. I also have
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he was riding his son chariot, Apollo, the Sun God, spotted a beautiful maiden washing clothes in the front yard of a small hut. When night fell and he could do whatever he wanted, he went to visit the beautiful maiden. Apollo stayed with the maiden for a week and she fell madly in love with him. A few months later, the beautiful maiden whose name was Meladondria, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with blond tufts of hair atop her head and electric blue eyes. Apollo, disappointed it wasn't a boy
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Muses invented musical vibrations, four Muses invented the the language dialects: Attica, Ionian, Aeolian, and Dorian, and the five Muses for the five human senses. Their specialization in arts were further exemplified with the teachings of the god Apollo and then brought them to Mount
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Leto. Finally Leto came to the island of Delos. Since the island was floating and wasn't connected to the ground, it really wasn't considered “land”. On the island was a single palm tree where Leto sat down to rest. Then Artemis and her twin brother, Apollo, were born. When Artemis was little, she went to her father Zeus and asked him six wishes: to never force her to marry so she would stay as an eternal maiden, to be more famous than her brother, to rule over the mountains, to have 60 nymph attend
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Composition Apollo Greek God Apollo's Appearance: A young man with curly golden hair. Symbol or Attribute: The Sun itself, the lyre (a type of musical instrument), the bow, and the chariot he drives across the sky daily. Apollo's Strengths: Creative, handsome, supportive of all the arts of civilization. Weaknesses: Like his father Zeus, Apollo is all too happy to enjoy the charms of nymphs, as well as the occasional youth, and his conquests number in the dozens. Birthplace of Apollo: On the
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|Topics in cultural studies | |Comparing Early Greece and Rome | |[Differences Between Early Greece and Rome]
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lesson with at least one quote of not less than two lines from the text, citing the location. Suggest how each lesson could be applied in a practical way today. On page 128, Chapter 1, summary of the chapter, "Agamemnon insults the priest of Apollo, causing Apollo to punish the Greeks… Achilles and Agamemnon argue, and as a result, Agamemnon takes Achilles' prize of honor. Achilles, in turn, retaliates by withdrawing from battle". Maybe war is a little bit too far from our everyday life, how about
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Journey! Crossing the threshold is the next stage, and in Troy, Achilles “crosses the threshold” when he lands on the beaches of Troy. Achilles leads the Greeks to an easy victory, slaughtering all the Trojans on the beach and taking the temple of Apollo. Achilles then after, faces the supreme ordeal, the next stage in the hero’s journey. In this case, Achilles must fight the man who killed his younger cousin, who he was training to fight, and enter Troy. After he defeated the man and Entered Troy
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example: Athens had Athena; Sparta had Artemis; Corinth worshipped Aphrodite; Delphi and Delos had Apollo; Olympia had Zeus. Zeus de-throned his father Cronus and Zeus banished Cronus with the Titans that fought with Cronus. Titans were also known as the elder gods. They ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them. The 12 Olympians were: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Hera, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes, Artemis, and Hephaestus. The other gods were: Asclepius, Demeter, Persephone
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