Aphrodite The Greek Goddess Aphrodite is known as the Goddess of beauty‚ love‚ and pleasure. Aphrodite is equivalent to the Roman form Venus. She is a major goddess that was known to be youthful and the most appealing. As the god of love and affection‚ she has been involved in many affairs which also resulted in many children. The Goddess is believed to have been born from Ourano’s damaged genital thrown into the sea by Kronos after a fight. From the damaged part‚ she was born and arose
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Divine Myth; “True myths” or “myth proper”. Stories in which the main characters are super natural beings. Generally explain some aspect of the world Example would be Zeus over throwing his father and the related stories; creation of myths and of the ancient greeks Nyx (Night): the abstract concept of night given to a few human characteristics. Union of Nyx and Erebus (Darkness) produced their opposites‚ aether ”Radiance” and herma “day” Legends (Sagas) Latin word is Legenda “something that
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to the true meaning of the past‚ to a right estimate of the present‚ to a sound forecast of the future. Where Letters cease‚ darkness covers the land; and a Prince who cannot read the lessons of history is a helpless prey of flattery and intrigue. Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini‚ Italian humanist who later became pope‚ On the Education of Free Men‚ 1450 Document 2 Learning and training in Virtue‚ which the ancients called the “Humanities‚” are peculiar to man‚ for they are the pursuits and the activities
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Nhu Nguyen Period 6th Mythology Project PART TWO: Stories of Love and Adventure I. Cupid and Psyche 1. “Psyche excelled her sisters so greatly that beside them she seemed a very goddess consorting with mere mortals” (121). 2. Venus wants Cupid to use his power and make Psyche fall madly in love with the vilest and most despicable creature there is in the whole world (122). 3. Cupid fell in love with Psyche the moment they first met (122). 4. The Zephyr carried Psyche from the
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Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen 2004 The movie Troy is about the conflict between the Greek city-states‚ led by Agamemnon‚ and Troy‚ ruled by Priam. These two have this conflict because Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ fell in love with Helen‚ wife of Menelaus who is Agamemnon’s brother and king of Sparta‚ and took her back to Troy against the wishes of his brother‚ Hector‚ who‚ with his father‚ had been trying for years to make peace with Sparta and had finally gotten that peace. Agamemnon had recently
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ROMANTIC PERIOD The Chancel and Crossing of Tintern Abbey‚ Looking Towards the East Window‚ by JMW Turner‚ 1794. NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD Aeneas Tells Dido the Misfortunes of the Trojan City BY Pierre-Narcisse Guerin MODERN PERIOD BY Pablo Picasso BAROQUE PERIOD Bacchanal before a Statue of Pan by NICOLAS POUSSIN ROMANTIC PERIOD Fishermen at Sea‚ by JMW Turner‚ NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD Andromache Mourning Over the Body of Hector JACQUES LOUIS DAVID
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18th Centuries (1600 and 1750) 2. Instruments: Violin‚ Viola‚ Cello‚ Harpsichord‚ Organ‚ Recorder‚ Flute‚ Oboe 3. Typical forms/structures: Opera‚ Oratorio‚ Fugue‚ Suite‚ Sonata‚ Concerto 4. Composers and their works/pieces: Purcell – Dido and Aeneas Vivaldi – The four seasons J. S Bach – Mass in B Minor Monteverdi – L’Orfeo Handel – Messiah Domenico Scarlatti – Keyboard Sonatas J. S Bach – The well – tempered clavier Romantic (1810 – 1900) 2. Instruments: Full Orchestra‚ Concert
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Aeneas is pleasing Elissa with his story: "We have sailed from the island of the Harpies to the Adriatic Sea‚ from which we have been called to Eporus by miraculous rumor. They are the captive Trojans and Helenus‚ had been named to be rulers. We were delighted because the welcome report was true. Andromache called our people kindly to the palace where she gave many great gifts to Ascanius and Ancises. Helenus was the husband Andromache and a noted prophet.He strengthened our spirits with his true
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to have developed gatstraphetes as weapon during a war against Cumae and Milet between 421 BC and 401 BC. Based on similar pattern the catapults were used in Greek as arrow -shooting machines‚ popularly known as katapaltai as well. According to Aeneas Tacticus‚ the flexible crossbows dominated the Greek and Roman artillery designs. History of catapults reveals that the catapults got improved and were supported with innovative technologies between 330-329 BC. With the improvement in catapults the
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Hephaestus‚ the Greek god of fire‚ is most revered for his master craftsmanship. In works of art he is usually depicted as a middle-aged smith working in his forge‚ often making a thunderbolt for Zeus. Born of Hera alone‚ he was cast down as a baby from Olympus by his mother for his defective ugliness and fell for a whole day before he hit the ground. Nine years after he was thrown from the heavens‚ he returned to Olympus and became one of the twelve Olympian Gods. With Zeus’s favor‚ he was able
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