Jupiter is the supreme god of the Roman pantheon, called dies pater, "shining father". He is a god of light and sky, and protector of the state and its laws. He is a son of Saturn and brother of Neptune and Juno (who is also his wife). The Romans worshipped him especially as Jupiter Optimus Maximus (all-good, all-powerful). This name refers not only to his rulership over the universe, but also to his function as the god of the state who distributes laws, controls the realm and makes his will known
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Long long ago, in the kingdom of Olympus, lived Aphrodite. Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty. She was extremely beautiful, all the gods would just look at her and fall in love with her. One week, she made a plan to have the Ultimate Diamond of Olympus. This was a very valuable diamond, worth millions. And she knew she wouldn't be able to get the diamond herself. So, she took a walk and looked for gods to fall in love with her. Then, she saw Hephaestus. He was big, had muscles and was
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As the spontaneous formation of chasm began, immediately came Gaia, the primeval goddess of mother earth. In Hesiod’s theogony, Gaia is presented as the birth mother to all early goddesses and immortals and eventually conceives with Ouranos, the god of sky with twelve children also know as the Titans. Some would argue whether Gaia was weak or powerful during her primeval time, however I believe that she was fundamentally powerful, according to the resources given in Hesiod’s theogony, Gaia was the
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Aphrodite is depicted in many sculptures. During the year 350, a full-body, naked, beautiful statue of Aphrodite was created for the first time by Praxiteles. The statue was very sexualised, to show Aphrodite’s ability to provoke sexual desire and to show her beauty(2). Venus de Milo is an ancient sculpture, discovered in 1820 on an island. The woman represented by the statue is beautiful, half naked, but sadly the statue is broken and missing pieces. Although no one knows for sure who Venus de Milo
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Gameover ZeuS and Cryptolocker University of Maryland University College Abstract Covered in this paper is how virulent software such as Gameover ZeuS and Cryptolocker can wreak havoc on a system causing all types of issues. Items covered are what type of software each of these malicious codes is categorized as. What a botnet and ransomware are and how they can affect a system. The type of threats that Gameover ZeuS and Cryptolocker are categorized as, such as a confidentiality breach, integrity
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PAN & ZEUS Thesis Zeus and Pan were very meaningful to the Greeks because they shaped their everyday lives and beliefs. Pan and Zeus were important to the Greeks because… Greek people had something that they called a hearth. It was a fireplace outside of their homes. The fireplace had a statue of a god that they could worship while they were at home. People left food and flowers as they were passing by to honor the gods. It also has shaped how we live today by going to church and
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June 7, 2012 Epic Poetry and the Great Goddess Hera Homer’s work The Iliad is an ideal example of epic poetry. Throughout The Iliad Homer uses Hera, the Queen of the gods and goddesses, to show three major characteristics of Epic Poetry; stock epithets, the supernatural and the use of similes. The use of stock epithets or descriptive adjectives is the most common characteristic of epic poetry used by Homer. Hera is considered the “white-armed goddess” and “golden-throned”. These epithets describe
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“The Portraiture of the author’s Perspective on State of his/ her current epoch through literature” Greek culture has had a profound impact on Western Civilizations. It is always and ever be the pinnacle of human ingenuity. The Greeks have bestowed upon Western culture the concepts of citizen’s rights, democracy, mathematics, physics, astronomy, etc. More importantly, the Greeks also had a highly developed spiritual life that is evident in Homer’s eclectic tale The Iliad. Through this highly developed
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An author of the popular and successful series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan completely blew me away with his third and latest installment in the Heroes of Olympus series - The Mark of Athena. The book was published last October 2, 2012 and garnered distinguished awards namely #1 New York Times Bestseller, #1 Indie Bestseller, #1 USA Today Bestseller and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller. The novel continues where the Son of Neptune left off. The story is an unforgettable journey
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Percy Jackson is a demigod, the son of the mortal Sally Jackson and the Greek god Poseidon. He has ADHD and dyslexia, allegedly because he is hardwired to read Ancient Greek and has inborn "battlefield reflexes". He has been expelled from almost every school he has ever attended. Percy's birthday is August 18.[1] In the first novel of the series, The Lightning Thief, he is twelve years old. Like other demigods, he is expected to act as the Olympian gods' agent in the mortal world, taking action when
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