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    Daphne and Apollo With the complications that love and relationships may bring‚ there are many ways that one may deal with them. Apollo‚ the son of Jupiter and Latona‚ had his own unique way handling relationships and life itself. Apollo was the most the most beautiful and glorious of all the gods. He was the god of music‚ sun‚ medicine‚ poetry‚ and all fine arts. In today’s society‚ various relationships take on the manner in which Apollo conducted his. Coronis‚ a considerate and an

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    Apollo and Daphne: The Metamorphosis Archetype Life is all about changes. Every single person goes through changes that are either positive and/or negative in their lives. Changes in life come for many reasons and the metamorphosis archetype give the tools for explaining these changes. In the story “Apollo and Daphne” a Greek myth translated by Rolfe Humphries‚ the reader can identify the changes that can be explained by the metamorphosis archetype. The metamorphosis archetype

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    The Metamorphoses: Apollo and Daphne As soon as Phoebus saw Daphne‚ he fell in love with her‚ and wanted to marry her. His own prophetic powers deceived him and he hoped to achieve his desire. As the light stubble blazes up in the harvested field‚ or as the hedge is set alight‚ if traveler chance to kindle fire too close‚ or leaves one smoldering when he goes off at daybreak‚ so the god was all on fire‚ his whole heart was aflame‚ and he nourished his fruitless love on hope. He eyed her hair

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    Apollo and Daphne by Bernini In order to fully appreciate the sculpture of Apollo and Daphne by Bernini‚ we need to understand the myth that it represents from Ovid ’s Metamorphoses. The story of Daphne is an example of an etiological myth one that is strongly explanatory of why certain things in their culture were a certain way. The gods were known for punishing mortals for offending them‚ but occasionally they punished each other. The gods were a vengeful‚ and they did not take kindly to

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    Apollo and Daphne The myth of Apollo and Daphne is about a god who falls in love with a water nymph. It all had started when Apollo decided to make fun of Cupid about how he’s just a child‚ and his weapons are nothing in comparison to those of Apollo’s. Cupid got angry and then shot Apollo with the arrow of love‚ and Daphne with the arrow of disgust. Daphne was a water nymph who wanted to be like Artemis‚ and remain a virgin. While Apollo chased Daphne proclaiming his undying love for her

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    attempts to recreate or translate a work of literature. This explains why there are sometimes several different versions of the same story. Charles Martin and Gianlorenzo Bernini have their own original experience and interpretation of Ovid’s “Apollo and Daphne” in The Metamorphoses. Their translations contain several similarities and differences which can make

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    Apollo (Attic‚ Ionic‚ and Homeric Greek: Ἀπόλλων‚ Apollōn (gen.: Ἀπόλλωνος); Doric: Ἀπέλλων‚ Apellōn; Arcadocypriot: Ἀπείλων‚ Apeilōn; Aeolic: Ἄπλουν‚ Aploun; Latin: Apollō) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless‚ athletic youth)‚ Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun‚ truth and prophecy‚ healing‚ plague‚ music‚ poetry‚ and more. Apollo is

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    While listing to the Ted Talk of Daphne Bavelier‚ we have a better understanding of what happens to our brain during the use of video games. Bavelier is a brain scientist and has an interest in the brain. She desires to develop a new method that could help our brain be smarter‚ better‚ and work in a faster way. With that said‚ Bavelier used statistics and examples to prove her point on how our brain can be moderate. The effects that moderate video games can have on our brain and behavior are screen

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    The God Apollo Pu‚ Chenshuang Introductory Survey of Art 310 D1 February 28‚ 2014 1 Apollo is known as the god of literature and art. He is also the god of the light‚ medicine‚ livestock and music. He is one of the handsome god in greek mythology. He is the favorite

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    Gianlorenzo Bernini "Apollo and Daphne" The statue "Apollo and Daphne" was made by the artist Gianlorenzo Bernini‚ the statue was commisioned in 1622 by the Borghese family and was completed in 1625. The statue is roughly 243 cm tall and is located at the Galleria Borghese‚ Rome. Bernini was a Italian sculptor‚ architect and painter who lived from 1598 till 1680. At first he worked in the late Mannerist tradition but left this style and helped create a new style that had more emotional and psychological

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