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    beauty secret box and by that it made her work wasted‚ she wasn’t able to give back the box to Aphrodite so she failed while in the other tory Orpheus was able to get Eurydice back but then he was so impatient and curious if Eurydice is still with her or not so she looked back and then Eurydice was sent back to the underworld. There are different gods who impact the story‚ in the story cupid and psyche Aphrodite is the one who impact the story but in the story Orpheus and Eurydice Hades and Persephone

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    Role Of Love In Antigone

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    Aphrodite‚ as the goddess of love‚ is a notable example. The last line of the “Ode to Love” references Antigone’s call to Aphrodite‚ “A girl’s glance working the will of heaven: pleasure to her alone who mock us‚ merciless Aphrodite” (655). Antigone’s grand gesture of love thus far‚ to bury her brother‚ had not yet brought Aphrodite to the cave. The question up until this Ode was whether Creon would change his mind

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    Iliad that Hera‚ Athena‚ and Aphrodite were fighting because Eris the Goddess of Discord‚ would give her golden apple to the fairest woman there. All three of them thought they should have that apple‚ Eris wanted Zeus to pick‚ but he declined. Instead they let Paris‚ the youngest son to the king of Troy‚ decided. All three woman promised Paris something in return if he gave it to them. Hera‚ promised amazing powers. Athena‚ promised him glory on the battlefield. Aphrodite‚ promised could have the love

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    Euripides Metamorphosis

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    Euripides‚ youngest of the three great Greek tragedians‚ was born c.485 BC though he was scarcely a generation younger than Sophocles‚ his world view better reflects the political‚ social‚ and intellectual crises of late 5th-century Athens. Euripides’ enormous range spans contradictory tendencies:  He was both a rationalist and a romanticist; he both criticized the traditional gods and celebrated religious phenomena He incorporated the new intellectual and scientific movements into his works but

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    Bahrani Writing Assignment In the article‚ “The Hellenization of Ishtar: Nudity‚ Fetishism‚ and the Production of Cultural Differentiation in Ancient Art”‚ Zainab Bahrani describes how different cultures have interpreted and represented the nude female body. Some cultures believe in representing the female body in its “ideal form”; however‚ these cultures have different ideas on what is ideal and what is not. She uses historical context and other sources of evidence to analysis the views that these

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    Oedipus‚ Antigone‚ and the Poetry of Sappho Question One: Fully explain who Laius is‚ how he died‚ and how Laius’ s death led to the downfall of Oedipus. (5 points max) Laius was the first husband of Jocasta‚ and the biological father of Oedipus. The play begins when Laius is already dead‚ and it is explained that he was overtaken by a gang of thieves on a crossroad and killed by an unknown man. It is later found out that the son of Laius is responsible for the murder. Before the boy is born to

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    In the mystical world‚ Homer’s “Iliad” portrays very distinct and personal relationships between gods and mortals. In “my world”‚ there is a relationship with a god‚ the God. Unlike the “Iliad‚” my relationship with God is not very much distinct but is very much personal. In my world‚ there is only one god‚ God. God is known as the creator of all things: the Alpha and Omega: the Beginning and the End‚ the Creator‚ the Father‚ Son‚ and Holy Spirit‚ the Bread of Life‚ and so forth. He is the only

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    other things. He even created‚ upon request of Zeus) Pandora‚ a beautiful gifted woman. Romantic relationships Hephaestus does not have many lovers‚ on the contrary‚ it is a very short list compared to the other God’s lists. His first wife was Aphrodite‚ the Goddess of Love and Beauty‚ but he separated from her when he found out about her affair with her brother Ares. Then he married Aglaia‚ the Goddess of Glory. Eventually‚ he tried to rape Athena‚ the Goddess of War and Wisdom‚ but she fought

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    Fools in April (Scene opens: Everyone is laying on the ground‚ as though they are dead‚ focus on Hypnos.) Hypnos (Narrating): “Wait! It’s not what it looks like! Let me show you what really happened.” (The entire play rewinds.) (Artemis and Poseidon are seated at a table in a restaurant. Hermes is disguised and lingering in the background.) Hypnos (Narrating): “It all began on the morning of the first day of April‚ when Artemis and Poseidon decided to go on a brunch date to celebrate spring.” Artemis:

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    Trojan War - Book Report

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    Integrated Montessori Center SY: 2013-2014 Book Report of The Trojan Wars Submitted by: Natasha Beatriz Ancheta III- Radon Submitted to: Teacher Orlando C. Pascual I. Introduction a. Biography of the Author Edith Hamilton was a well-known educator and author. She is recognized as the “greatest woman Classicist”. She was sixty-two years old when The Greek Way‚ her first book‚ was published in the year 1930. Hamilton had not yet been to Greece and was only writing about Greek mythology through

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