went to where they were tortured for the rest of their immortal lives. This is shown in both epics‚ The Odyssey by Homer and The Aeneid by Virgil. In the Odyssey Odysseus into the underworld and you get his count on the awfulness of Hades‚ and too Aeneas goes to the underworld and you see the different parts and find out the meaning of each section. Both texts have similarities and differences on the interpretations of the after lives of greeks. Throughout time Greeks have changed their understandings
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Tabitha Montgomery November 27 2011 Hum 2210 Professor J. Whitmarsh Aphrodite ’s Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love‚ beauty‚ and pleasure she was also known as Venus in the Roman era. There are two stories on how Aphrodite’s was born. Some say she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. The most known story is she was born when the father of the gods‚ Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus and he threw Uranus genitals into the ocean and from the sea it created bubbling sea foam and arose
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Michelangelo was considered to be one of the most inspired artist in the history of art. Not only was he a talented artist‚ he was also a sculptor‚ architect‚ and a poet. Through his creativity and intellect‚ he employed an astounding amount of influence on his contemporaries and western art. Michelangelo was truly a Renaissance man who manifest unbelievable abilities and visions throughout his artwork that presented humanity within its natural state of intense beauty. Italian artist‚ born
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What Is Epic An epic (from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos)‚ from ἔπος (epos) "word‚ story‚ poem"[1]) is a lengthy narrative poem‚ ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.[2] Oral poetry may qualify as an epic‚ and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless‚ epics have been written down at least since the works of Virgil‚ Dante Alighieri
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Michelangelo Buonarrati Alex Moir/3-15-00 Per.3/Mr. Mikulec The typical stereotype of artists of the past‚ is a lonely‚ tormented outsider‚ who creates his art through his pain and anguish. Well Michelangelo was just that. In fact the stereotype is modeled after him. He was an unsociable loner who didn’t have many friends‚ lovers‚ or even assistants to help him. His temper and rudeness drove others away from him and kept him lonely. However‚ even though he was not the most likeable or
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High Renaissance Introduction * the art of high renaissance‚ sought a general ‚unified effect in terms of pictorial representation and architectural composition. * a controlled equilibrium was observed from the increase in the dramatic force & physical presence of work of art. * Because the essential characteristic of renaissance art was its unity-a balance was achieved as a matter of intuition. * As a result‚ the style was destined to break up if the emphasis was shifted
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questionnaires: a demographic questionnaire developed by the researcher and the Nursing Role Conceptions Instrument developed by Pieta (1976) using Corwin’s (1961) original definitions of the three role conceptions: professional‚ bureaucratic‚ and service. Content validity of the instrument was determined by a panel of nurse experts with experience in teaching and nursing administration (Pieta‚ 1976). Seventy-five percent of the panel agreed that the final 34 items measured the role conceptions for which
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sources‚ one of the most ancient to recount the tale was Virgil in his Aeneid‚ which has been said to present the most reputable account of Roman mythology. This story narrated the voyages of the Roman hero‚ Aeneas who was a Trojan warrior. In the tale‚ the goddess Venus helps her son‚ Aeneas‚ escape from Troy along with a number of his fellow soldiers before the city becomes conquered by the Greeks. It is through this story as well as its link to the Trojan War which gave the Romans a relationship
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Jennifer Walsh Block 2 12/21/11 Michelangelo [pic] One spring day in 1475‚ a baby boy named Michelangelo di Ludovico Buonarotti Simoni was born to Ludovico Buonarotti‚ a governor of a village in Italy‚ in Caprese‚ which was part of Florentine territory. His mother died when he was young‚ and he spent his early adolescence with his father and brothers. At age thirteen‚ he spent a year of his life with Domenico Ghirlandaio in Florence‚ painting‚ sketching‚ and studying art
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Among her mortal lovers‚ the most famous was perhaps Adonis Some of her sons are Eros‚ Anteros Hymenaios and Aeneas (with her Trojan lover Anchises). She is accompanied by the Graces. Of Aphrodite’s mortal lovers‚ the most important were the Trojan shepherd Anchises by whom she became the mother of Aeneas and the handsome youth Adonis (in origin a Semitic nature deity and the consort of Ishtar-Astarte)‚ who was killed by a boar while hunting and was lamented
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