In the beginning, there was nothing. You could imagine the nothing as a gap, a void filled with swirling movement, not emptiness. There was nothing that held together, nothing distinct, nothing measurable. There were no borders or limits, but within the void appeared Gaia, the Earth. In the depths of the lowest extent of Gaia was Tartarus, the place of punishment, a world beneath the world. Gaia and Tartarus emerged spontaneously, and were joined by Love, the fundamental creative force. By herself
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Everyone has heard of the Olympics. In fact, the 2016 Brazil Olympics just wrapped up, but did 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
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interesting and very important. The Gods have a great powers so don’t they just smite Achilles for this crude act. Within this there is discussion between the Gods of what they should do about the body. Apollo believes the bod should be saved, While Hera on the other lands protects Achilles. Apollo is definitely right though. This shouldn’t be allowed to go on like this. The Iliad and Odyssey and Iliad although both related around the Trojan war are different in many aspects. The Odyssey is about
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poems, which have survived through fragments. Episodes from the war provided material for Greek tragedy and other works of Greek literature, and for Roman poets including Virgil and Ovid. The war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, gave them a golden apple, sometimes known as the Apple of Discord, marked "for the fairest". Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the "fairest", should receive
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Apellidos ACKERMANN MARÍN ALONSO DE FRUTOS BASOALTO SOTO BECKDORF MUÑOZ BINDER ROSS BITRÁN DE LAS HERAS BOZZO SCAMPERLE BRAVO ARACENA BRIL DODINO BUSCH GONZÁLEZ CABEZAS GUTIÉRREZ CAPDEVILLE PIMSTEIN CAYO ROJAS CEA MARTÍNEZ CELHAY BALMACEDA CRUZ DETRE CUADRA ENEI FARÍAS BUHLER FIGUEROA BIANCHI GAETE LETELIER GALAZ GIL GODOY VEGA HARVEY AGUILAR HELLE REYDET HERNÁNDEZ MONTANÉ HERNÁNDEZ ROSSELOT HERNÁNDEZ SALAS JUSTINIANO JAQUE LIZANA ACUÑA LONGUEIRA BRINKMANN LÓPEZ BRUCE MACCHIAVELLO ARMIJO MANDIOLA
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Elements of Greek and Roman Cultures By Agnes Lind The following chart compares and contrast distinguishing elements of early Greek and Roman cultures. The chart will also provide a couple examples of various features. Elements Greek Culture Roman Culture Government Each little city-state had its own polis. They called this citadel an acropolis. It served many purposes. They debated issues of the laws and
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he Minotaur sat in his labyrinth and started to get angry. Every day he sat in his maze of a prison. All alone. It wasn’t his fault, not really. He blamed Hera and the rest of those God forsaken, well gods. He hated to live like this. If he ever smelled a god he would destroy it. The prison was never ending. He hated his stupid brain. The only things he ever felt was hatred and anger towards the gods that made him miserable. He wanted to cave their skulls in, but he knew they wouldn’t die. They would
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krige. Guttene fikk lite mat og klær, slik at de måtte lære seg å stjele. Greske guder Zevs: han var kongen over alle gudene, og bodde i fjellet Olympos. Når han ble sint, kunne han sende lynet av sted som et spyd. Han hadde ansvaret for været. Hera: hun var gift med Zevs. Hun var ekteskapets gudinne. Athene: var gudinne for krig, vitenskap og jordbruk. Hun var Athens beskytter. Afrodite: hun var en kjærlighetsgudinne. Hun var også gudinne for skjønnhet og fruktbarhet. Apollon: han var
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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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Through his adventures with the Argonauts, Jason had all the makings to die as an epic hero considering the favor two goddesses showered over him and the help of his exalted contemporaries but in spite of such backing, a glorious ending was denied to Jason after scorning a woman. As stated in the lecture, Jason is very much the archetypical hero-he adventures far and wide killing monsters, attempts to get a nearly unattainable object and it is not in his nature to remain monogamous. Medea, a woman
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