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    Achilles is one of the main characters that participated in the Trojan War‚ it no the most important. He was born from the newly married Thetis and Peleus. Beforehand though‚ Poseidon and Zeus with in love with Thetis‚ however‚ Prometheus warned them of the prophecy that said that the son of Thetis would be greater than his father‚ so the two gods decided to withdraw and then Peleus and Thetis conceived Achilles‚ the greatest of all Greek Heroes. When he was born‚ his mother‚ Thetis‚ wanted him

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    Art101-15 Assigment-4 1- The Maids of Honor is a 1656 painting done by Diego Velazquez. Its subject goes around a portrait of the main characters in the painting‚ also it shows the artist who is painting. The theme of the painting is social where it shows a very casual time of a royal family’s life. 2- IT was a commissioned work by King Philip IV‚ the main point of the painting is the king’s daughter were she is encircled by the other characters‚ and the painter shows her clearly by using

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    2B November 2015 Achilles is a strong courageous hero. Achilles is strong because of everything he has been through and he is one of the strongest heroes in Greek history. He chased hector back to troy and gathered the Trojans on the way. He is courageous because of many of the strategic decisions for the army that are made thought. He has helped the army in many ways and he has respect from a lot of people. Achilles killed Priams Jon and caused him pain but Achilles did not let anything get

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    and great deeds. Beowulf and Achilles are epic heroes for some of the same reasons‚ but their culture makes them different. The story of Beowulf was written in the fifth century‚ but was based around the time period of somewhere between the middle of the seventh century A.D. and the end of the tenth century. Beowulf wanted to help people when he could‚ even by risking his life. The story of Achilles fighting in the Troy war was written in the 4th century A.D. Achilles was very upfront about wanting

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    Achilles tendonitis is the inflammation of the achilles tendon and it restrains both the athletes performance and endurance. The achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body. It connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. This tendon is used everyday when you walk‚ run‚ and jump. The achilles tendon is about six centimeters long. There are two different types of achilles tendonitis‚ both are based off of which part of the tendon is inflamed. Noninsertional achilles tendonitis damages the fibers

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    the Iliad by Homer we learn to pity Achilles for the things that have happened to him‚ but we tend to overlook whether we should pity him. Achilles is a brutal fighter‚ who pillages‚ rapes‚ and enslaves his captives. The most important‚ least obvious thing to know about Achilles is that he is not a hero. Within the first few books of the Iliad‚ Achilles is depicted as a victim when Agamemnon grabs his prize from pillaging a city. This is the main reason Achilles doesn’t fight in the beginning of the

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    regards to Beowulf and Achilles‚ both men in a way were prideful‚ courageous‚ and leaders. Although both Achilles and Beowulf were prideful men‚ Beowulf’s pride could be seen as a positive while Achilles’s a negative. In other words‚ along with Beowulf’s pride comes a sense of comitatus because he fulfills his promises to the Danish king‚ Hrothgar‚ “We have gone through with a glorious [endeavor] and been much favored in this fight…” (Heaney 65). On the contrary‚ Achilles does not pledge allegiance

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    that a majority of people bring up‚ Achilles and Hercules. Each of these heroes has at least one thing that separates them from regular men‚ something that is special about them. For Achilles it is his invulnerability and his incredible courage that make him a great Greek hero. For Hercules it is his god-like strength‚ and his luck of being the son of the king of the gods. Each of these Greek heroes was destined to be great at a very early age. Just after Achilles was born he was dipped in the River

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    6.05 The Cold War: Honors When Fidel Castro came to power in 1959‚ relations between the U.S. and Cuba rapidly transferred into bitter arguments‚ political grandstanding and the occasional international crisis. By 1960‚ Castro’s government had captured private land‚ nationalized hundreds of private companies‚ and taxed American products so greatly that U.S. exports were halved in just two years. The Eisenhower Administration responded by imposing trade restrictions on everything except food and

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    chose to focus on the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon‚ rather than on a more obvious highlight of the Trojan War legend (i.e.‚ the Sack of Troy)? - In my perspective‚ Homer chose to focus on the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon‚ rather than on a more obvious highlights of the Trojan War legend because it is due to their argument that eventually led to the Trojan War. If it hadn’t been for the insults and the things‚ that Agamemnon did to Achilles‚ maybe there might have not been the

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