only mare naturalistic and humanistic but also became directly affected by the events going around. Both the Marble Statue of an Old Woman and the Marble Statue of Aphrodite are sculptures that were made during the Ancient Greek era‚ they each tell a story of what was going on during that point in time. The Marble Statue of Aphrodite is the eldest of the two sculptures‚ it was sculpted between the 2nd and 3rd century B .C. During this period Greece was at its peak‚ the people of Greece had power
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favorite person that she likes pull pranks on is Eros. Alongside the mortals she lived on Earth. She did live on Olympus for a while but she loved not staying in the same place for more than week. She is also really great friends with the woman named Psyche‚ who is Eros wife. Eros and Gi almost act as a tag team‚ she will find a mortal who is in need of a spouse‚ then Eros will shoot them with his love arrows. For fun Psyches and Gi will set up pranks for Eros when he gets home. She also really likes to
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fighting over it but back out. Those 3 goddess are Hera‚ Athena‚ and Aphrodite. Zeus is a bit at fault. Of course when there’s a problem it’s most likely Zeus fault. The mortals screw up too but the gods can control so much and is responsible for a lot more than mortals. Mortals screw ups don’t do to much damage. But with the gods it like they get really angry and whoops earthquake. For this war I blame Hera‚ Athena‚ Aphrodite‚ and Zeus. The king of Olympus screws up a lot for a king. Most of the
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Theseus‚ the king of Athens. At the beginning of the play‚ Aphrodite‚ the Goddess of love‚ explains that Hippolytus has sworn chastity and refuses to revere her. Instead‚ he chooses to honor Artemis‚ the Goddess of the hunt. Artemis is also a Goddess of chastity‚ which essentially opposed Aphrodite completely. This causes Aphrodite to initiate a plan of vengeance on Hippolytus. Two years previous to this play‚ Hippolytus went to Athens‚ and Aphrodite inspired Phaedra‚ Hippolytus’ stepmother‚ to fall in
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with the gathering of respected men over the discussion of Eros at a symposium. The overall tone exuded by the male figures throughout the dialogue displayed a sign of superiority over females through certain mediums in their encomium. Such is not the case with the speech delivered by the upmost respected scholar of his time‚ Socrates. Socrates‚ a trusted figure in regards to wisdom and intellect‚ proceeds to credit his knowledge of Eros to a woman‚ priestess Diotima. The knowledge given to Socrates
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Can men and women be just friends without any sexual tension between them? I don’t believe so. I believe‚ both from personal experience and from several scholarly sources‚ that there is always‚ at some point‚ a sexual attraction between two people of the opposite sex who have a friendly‚ pleasant relationship. There are too many natural human instincts that drive us to be sexually attracted to a person for male-female friends to not ever experience physical attraction towards each other. From my
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Instinct”‚ Thanatos which is in opposition to a “Life Instinct”‚ Eros. (Hogg & Vaughan‚ 2011‚ p. 456) Thanatos is the drive toward death and self-destruction‚ negative behavior such as fear‚ hate and anger are connected to it. (Death drive)Whereas Eros is the sexual component of life‚ it is the drives towards the desire of create life and favors productivity and construction. (Eros) During the struggle between Thanatos and Eros‚ Eros usually wins‚ therefore Thanatos will tend to modify an unacceptable
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The symposium presents a set of cases for love. Different views of love are being expressed‚ in a variety of ways to think. In comparing Diotima’s influenced Socrates’ views on love and Pausanias’ views we find two completely different ways of thinking. Diotima seems to make a much stronger case and many would agree that she might have even just made the best case for love on the night. Although Pausanias thinks of love in more direct realistic way‚ it seems to be too narrow minded and flat. Pausanian
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Paul Choi In recent history‚ homosexuality has caused much uproar. The powerful movement of homosexuality questions the nation’s moralistic‚ humanistic‚ and LOVE: From the question of what is love‚ people may hear many different answers from philosophers‚ psychologists‚ novelist‚ poet‚ or other people. Even though people have experienced falling in love with someone‚ they have different definition on the
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means that since they have true love they can never truly be separated. There are two kinds of love‚ agape and eros. Agapaic love is the kind that is displayed in this relationship. This kind of love is true and goes much deeper than simple physical attraction. Eros love is the kind of love that is based on physical attraction and only the things that can be physically touched. Eros love is centered mainly around sex. The relationships that revolve around sex never last and are rarely true.
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