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    favors to other gods‚ and finally gods who act as favors to humans. The first instance when a god came down to help for her own personal motives is when Hera sends down Athena to stop Achilles from killing Agamemnon in fit of rage. "And as this tumult swayed him‚ as he slid the big blade slowly from the sheath‚ Athena came to him from the sky. The white-armed goddess‚ Hera‚ sent her‚ being fond of both men…gripped his red-gold hair." (Book I; 157-64) Hera despises the Trojans and rather than

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    women in Athenian society? Answer Selected Answer:    To produce male offspring for their husbands’ households Correct Answer:    To produce male offspring for their husbands’ households Question 8 4 out of 4 points Why was Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos such a sensation? Answer Selected Answer:    She may be the first fully nude female in Greek sculpture Correct Answer:    She may be the first fully nude female in Greek sculpture Question 9 4 out of 4 points The centerpiece

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    circumstances would eventuate. Contrastively‚ if a god/goddess was exultant‚ congenial and propitious events would be consequent. These absolute beings were also authoritative for minor occurrences. For instance‚ if a person fell in love it was because of Aphrodite and her son Eros. If crops were fertile or infertile it was due to Demeter. Also‚ if a person is intelligent and artistic or

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    Memory and how it is formed. How smell can trigger memories. Since time unknown‚ humans have tried to understand what memory is and how it works. Our memory is the most essential part of what makes us human and at the same times is the most elusive of our attributes. The study of human memory can be traced back atlases 2‚000 years to Aristotle’s first attempts to understand memory. The 18th century English philosopher David Hartley was the first to hypothesize that memories were encoded

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    Kelly Baggett 5-10-13 BI 1314 Paul’s Second Missionary Journey I plan to write about Paul’s second missionary journey. In this paper you will find the history dealing with the second missionary journey that Paul went on. I will list each city that Paul preached in this paper. There will be one major city that I will go into detail with and I will be explaining the social‚ cultural‚ historic background and the establishment of the church in that city. Also‚ I am going to find a later epistle

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    8‚ pp. 193-199 [Iliad Bk 5‚ 764-969] &Powell‚ Chap. 9‚ pp. 222-228 [Odyssey Bk 13‚ 194-457]. Homework Quiz 5 [Athena‚ Ares & Hephaistos] available in the Oncourse Test & Survey tool from 9/24-10/1. 6. Oct. 1 Apollo & Hermes. Powell‚ Chap. 7 & Chap. 8‚ pp. 177-193. Artemis & Aphrodite. Powell‚ Chap. 9‚ pp. 201-222. Homework Quiz 6 [Artemis & Apollo‚ Aphrodite & Hermes] available in the Oncourse Test & Survey tool from 10/1-10/8. Complete answers to the Hippolytus questions in the

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    also with the nature of being and of the perfect political order” (Powell‚ 2002‚ p. 18-19). Physical Allegory Myths Myth 1: Homer’s Story Literature it’s found in: Iliad (Powell‚ 2002‚ p. 19) Myth 2: “The Contest of Poseidon and Athena” Literature it’s found in: Poseidon Answer the following questions: Describe physical allegory myths. A physical allegory myth is when gods represent a physical element. A good

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    he would be the cause of Troy’s destruction. Worried‚ his father King Priam leaves him on Mount Ida‚ where he is found and raised by the shepherd Agelaus. When he is an adult‚ he judgesAphrodite as the fairest of the three goddesses‚ Hera‚ Athena‚ and Aphrodite. After awarding her the golden apple she promises him the love of Helen of Sparta‚ the most beautiful woman in the world. Meanwhile in Sparta‚ Helen sees in a pool Paris’s judgement‚ and happily accepts his choice of her love. She later

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    Religion plays a big role in day to day life. That was just as true a few thousand years ago when Greek society was just budding. To fully understand Greek religion and its affect on the culture we must go back to the origin of both‚ examine both as they were developed‚ and look at the stories and aspects of both‚ individually and as a whole. Greek religion’s exact origin is vague and presumed unclear. However‚ it is known it started in Mycenae‚ an area at the foot of Greece along the

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    Introduction SESSION CONTENT START "When you want to represent beautiful figures‚ since it is not easy to find everything without a flaw in a single human being‚ do you not then collect from a number what is beautiful in each‚ so that the whole body may appear beautiful?" -- Socrates The destruction of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations led to a decline in the knowledge of reading‚ writing‚ building‚ and art. This period is often called the Dark Ages of Greece. It was a time of poverty‚ depopulation

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