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    The Justice of Athena

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    Victor Salvado English R1A: Performing Revenge The Justice of Athena In the Greek trilogy of revenge The Oresteia‚ Aeschylus actively utilizes literary symbols to suggest significant parallels between the representative system of justice reflected in the play and the prevalent democratic attitudes of 5th century Greek society. The goddess Athena is instrumental in drawing these parallels‚ as it is she who establishes the unbiased court system in which Orestes is tried. However‚ Aeschylus

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    The Role of Athena

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    women played a significant role in Odysseus’s journey back to Ithaca. In particular‚ the role of Athena is arguably the most important role to Odysseus. Without the help Odysseus receives from Athena‚ he wouldn’t be the most well known epic hero of all time. Athena is important to Odysseus due to her role as the goddess of war and battle‚ and as a Greek war hero‚ Odysseus receives much favor from Athena. She frequently disguises herself in order to help Odysseus. She appears as a little girl‚ a Sheppard

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    Athena and Telemachus

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    Eng-111 3/10/13 Athena and Telemachus Athena‚ the Grey eyed goddess‚ is one of those women in The Odyssey whose role is so important. She is the goddess of wisdom‚ who helps Telemachus on a journey to bring his father back home. Athena goes to Odysseus son to put courage in him. She doesn’t show her true self to humans; instead Athena disguises herself on three different occasions. She appeared as Odysseus friend Mentes‚ when she approached Telemachus. When Athena touches down Ithaca she

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    The Mark of Athena

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    TITLE: The Mark of Athena AUTHOR: Rick Riordan Intro: When you find yourself on a flying ship waiting to land and then suddenly meet an exploding statue you’re in Annabeth Chase’s life. The crew of the 4 demigods in the Prophecy Seven venture out to Camp Jupiter‚ a Roman camp. They go there to find Percy‚ Frank‚ and Hazel the 3 other demigods for the prophecy. They ride on the Argo 2nd‚ a ship that one of the demigods made which can travel in the air and water. After landing in peace‚ one of the

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    ancient Greek’s ideation of the goddess Athena compare to modern day portrayals of her? First‚ how did the ancient Greeks imagine Athena? And now‚ how does that compare to her portrayals now? Does she compare extremely alike or does she differ tremendously? To begin‚ in ancient Greek’s times‚ Pallas Athena embodies the Greek goddess of wisdom‚ crafts‚ and war. The name Pallas translates to mean “girl.” Her other epithets‚ Parthenos‚ Ergane‚ Promachos‚ and Nike‚ translates to “virgin‚” “of the crafts

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    Mark of Athena

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    One: The Lost Hero The Heroes of Olympus‚ Book Two: The Son of Neptune ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to Seán Hemingway‚ curator of Greek and Roman antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ New York‚ for helping me follow the Mark of Athena to its source. Copyright © 2012 by Rick Riordan All rights reserved. Published by Disney • Hyperion Books‚ an imprint of Disney Book Group. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical

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    Adjusting to College Life

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    Adjusting To the College Life Adjusting to the college life and be hard and also a great learning experience. Adjusting to living in a dorm is the main adjustment a student will make. The stress level as a student can be a rude adjustment for most college students. Last but not lease balancing freedom with responsibility. Going to college and living in a dorm is a living and learning experience. Sharing a floor could sometimes bring problems with sharing showers‚ washers and dryers. One key thing

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    Adjusting Entries – Examples Let’s work with some examples. We are working with a one year accounting period that ends on 12/31/X2. Let’s use a three step process. Step 1 – Analyze the transaction. Step 2 – Record in the journal. Step 3 – Post to the ledger. Example 1: On 12/31/X2 (before the adjusting process)‚ Supplies‚ an asset‚ has a balance of $2‚500. Employees take a physical account of the supplies on hand. That physical count reveals that $1‚200 of supplies remains. Step 1 ‐‐ The balance

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    Odysseus and Athena

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    2) Odysseus and Athena. Compare their relationship with that of Job and God from the Hebrew Bible. What does this suggest about the religious attitudes of the Hebrews and the Greeks. Odysseus and Athena’s relationship can be very closely compared to that of Job and God due to the harmonious nature of their coexistence. In the Odyssey‚ Athena acts as a sort of protector for Odysseus. “I that am always with you in times of trial‚ a shield to you in battle…” (pg 368‚ ln356) She is constantly

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    Hope Athena Sculpture

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    The Hope Athena was carved using marble by the Romans at the School of Pheidias. This is a 2nd century copy after a Greek original of the late 5th century BC. The sculpture is located at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Hope Athena sculpture is simple to complex in the way that the statue was created to the display by the museum. There are many details that can be noticed when looking up closely from the head to the toes of the sculpture. The first detail is the head of Athena; the sculpture’s

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