Riace Bronzes The Riace Warriors were discovered by Stefano Mariottini on August 16‚ 1972‚ on the bottom of the Ionic Sea near Riace Marina in Calabria in Italy. The statues have been dated to roughly 450BC. The statues’ eyes are inlaid with bone and glass‚ the lips and nipples are made from copper while the teeth are silver. Both statues at one point held spears and shields; however‚ those have not been recovered. Both statues stand firmly on the right foot‚ with the left foot forward
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Sample character sketch - my friend Liz. My friend Liz is the most amazing friend anybody could ask for. We’ve been through so much together‚ we’re basically like sisters. We met on the first day of school in sixth grade‚ both of us terrified by the massive size of the middle school. She had the locker right above mine. I told her I didn’t know anybody in our class and she said “You do now.” We’ve been friends ever since. Most boys think Liz is cute. She has long red hair‚ cascading over
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This was supposed to teach them resilience. During the annual contest of endurance teenage boys were whipped on the altar of Artemis. It was not uncommon for teenage boys to die on this altar after being whipped so badly they would bleed out. Once they were twenty they would enter the military until they were thirty. Once they were thirty they would leave and go marry and have
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The greeks may have laid the basis for a lot of things in the common era‚ but one thing they did differently was their medicine. They first believed that disease was caused by demons and that Asclepius could cure diseases(quatr). So the doctors thought that they could cure patients through sacrifice and prayer(quatr). They would model the diseased body parts so they could be offered to Asclepius. However‚ by the 5th century B.C.E. doctors started trying a more material approach‚ they started using
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Quick‚ what’s the average age considered for someone to have an imaginary friend? Four years old? Six? At most‚ you’d probably guess that a child would stop believing in their invisible comrades’ existences by the time they’ve reached their ninth birthday. Young age‚ however‚ doesn’t seem to be a prerequisite for holding onto fantasies. Full-grown adults will don costumes and call them uniforms‚ outwardly denying any true significance it bears in their lives‚ and then actively try and gain recognition
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IO Greek and Roman Mythology Narcissus and Echo Narcissus [nar-SIS-is] was a handsome young man. He was so good-looking all the young girls who saw him wanted to be his‚ but he would have nothing to do with them. Even Echo [EK-oh]‚ most beautiful of the nymphs‚ did not attract him‚ though she was desperately in love with him. Echo was a follower and favorite of the Huntress‚ Diana [die-ANuh]‚ but even Diana could not protect her against the spite and malice of a more powerful goddess
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Paul exclaims to the Ephesians that they were once in darkness‚ meaning that the Ephesians used to participate in the Artemis cult‚ which subsists in spiritual darkness. In the latter part of verse 8‚ Paul encourages the Ephesians that they live as children of the light and exist in the Lord’s light. Children of the light subsists as a metaphor that Jesus spoke in John 12:16
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Greek and Roman civilisations were the first western civilisations to flourish. The two civilisations which were based in Athens and Rome -respectively- introduced new building techniques and materials. As a result‚ their architecture remain relevant until present day. While the Parthenon of Athens captures ideal Greek standards in architecture‚ the Pantheon of Rome shows the great advances that Roman architecture reached. The impact of each building shows in terms of materials‚ building technique
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the Romans took those stories and put their own twist on them with the same morals and changed the names to correlate with the names of Roman origin. "The Roman version of Aphrodite was Venus. The Roman version of Ares is Mars. The Roman version of Artemis is Diana. The Roman version of Athena is Minerva. The Roman version of Demeter is Ceres. The Roman version of Hera is Juno. The Roman version of Hermes was Mercury. "(Wikipedia) As you will realize in the list above‚ the Romans have a more recent
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Stafford opens by explaining how since ancient Greece to modern times how the fight a between heroes and monsters was and still is popular in literature and media. She talks about the development of Herakles’ twelve labors and how the specific number twelve was not established until around 460 B.C. using the collection of twelve labors on the temple of Zeus at Olympia as the earliest depiction. She also talks about how Herakles was already know for overcoming series of challenges in literature before
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