The Lightning Thief Main article: The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief is the first book in the series. It was released on June 28‚ 2005. Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old with ADHD and dyslexia. Percy goes to a middle school called Yancy Academy‚ which is a school for troubled kids. During a field trip‚ Percy is attacked by Alecto‚ a mythological creature known as a Fury‚ who was disguised as his pre-algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds. Percy kills Mrs. Dodds with a pen sword that his Latin teacher
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on Mount Olympus. Zeus was also known for having many relations with mortal and immortal alike. His offspring include Ares god of war‚ Eris goddess of discord‚ Apollo god of light‚ Aphrodite goddess of beauty‚ Hermes god of thieves and commerce‚ Artemis huntsman of the gods‚ Hephaestus god of the forge‚ Persephone wife of Hades‚ Hebe goddess of youth‚ Dionysus god of the vine‚ Epaphus‚ Minos King of Create‚ Rhadamanthus‚ the Muses namely‚ Clio (History)‚ Urania (Astronomy)‚ Melpomene (Tragedy)‚
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Forget Herostratus is a story about a man in ancient Greece who burned down the Temple of Artemis in order to live forever‚ but it is much more than that. Grigori Gorin is a genius writer who wrote an instant classic full of universal themes that will stand the test of time. Gorin’s Forget Herostratus is a clear critique of the Soviet Union‚ but it is an ingeniously disguised critique‚ enabling the play to get past the censors and communicating Gorin’s serious messages within a historical‚ comedic
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cursed Achilles before dying. The intervention of the gods pretty caused the war and all of its chaos. C. Aphrodite- goddess of love‚ daughter of Zeus and Dione‚ mother of Aeneas. Sides with Trojans. D. Apollo- god‚ son of Zeus and Leto‚ twin of Artemis‚ a patron of the arts‚ especially music and poetry. Also an archer-”lord of the silver bow”-and a prophet with a famous oracular shrine at Delphi‚ in central Greece. The principal divine champion of the Trojans. E. Ares- god of war‚ son of Zeus and
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Did Agamemnon Deserve His Fate? In asking this question we must remember to look at both sides of the ’coin’. On one hand we have Agamemnon’s uncompromising position and his good qualities‚ and on the other‚ we have Clytemnestra and her reasons for killing her husband. We shall start with Agamemnon. The first time we hear of Agamemnon is from the Watchman in the opening scene. He speaks of the feeling of longing he has to take his master’s hand in his. The Chorus are ready to criticize the
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1. WHY DOES PROTAGONIST (Helen of Troy) considered main cause of Trojan War? In Greek legend‚ the Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the city of Troy. The direct cause of this war was the beauty of Helen of Troy‚ daughter of the Greek god Zeus and Leda‚ the Queen of Sparta. Helen was much coveted by all of the men in Troy‚ so when she chose a husband‚ the King of Sparta made all men swear that they would accept Helen’s choice of a husband and that they would also defend her if anyone
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Study Guide Pgs. 1-28 Oedipus the King by Sophocles Translated by Bernard Knox Characters: * Oedipus- King of Thebes; saved the Thebans from the sphinx by solving the riddle. Son of Lauis and Jocasta‚ his name means “swollen footed”. * Priest of Zeus- asks for Oedipus’s help on this plague in Thebes. * Creon- brother of Jocasta and he was sent by Oedipus to the oracle of Apollo to figure out a way to stop this plague. * Chorus- the citizens of Thebes * Tiresias- blind prophet
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15 Oct 2009 Sample Essay: 7 Wonders of the Ancient World Introduction The seven wonders of the ancient world is a list of very important buildings a great Greek historian called Herodotus wrote‚ over two thousand years ago. They are seven because he only wrote about the greatest structures he knew‚ he did not know much Asia and the Americas. People have always felt the need to create lists. Lists are accounts of vital places‚ places‚ people or events. About two thousand five hundred years
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (often called simply‚ the Seven Wonders of the World) is a list of man-made structures built during the classical era. Scholars believe that ancient historians began compiling the list in the second century B.C. The final list of the Seven Wonders that we currently reference was defined in the Middle Ages. The Great Pyramid at Giza Cairo‚ Egypt Noted for being the only surviving member of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World‚ the Great Pyramid is the largest
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TITANS‚ OLYMPIANS AND THEIR EQUIVALENT ROMAN GODS The Titans In Greek mythology‚ the Titans were a primeval race of powerful deities‚ descendants of during the legendary Golden Age. They were immortal huge beings of incredible strength and stamina and were also the first pantheon of Greco-Roman gods and goddesses. The Titans‚ also known as the elder gods‚ ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-throned by his son Zeus. Most of the Titans
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