To what extent was Themistocles’ contribution the key factor in bringing about a Greek victory in the Persian Wars‚ 480-479 BC? To a very large extent Themistocles did play the key role in bringing about a Greek victory against the Persians in 480-479BC. His efforts in the pre-war years‚ his leadership and tactical skills at Artemisium and Salamis‚ and his persuasive arguments all combined to offer the Greeks hope of victory. However‚ Themistocles‚ alone‚ could not determine the fate of the war
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JJ Selwyn IV DJM AUH ESSAY – WORLD WAR II How significant a contribution did Australian troops make to the course and outcome of World War II? During World War II‚ of the 7 million people who lived in Australia‚ 550 000 served overseas in the armed forces. While this was a high proportion of the population and they all fought bravely in battle‚ it still can not be said that their efforts made a significant contribution to the course and outcome of the war. In campaigns such as Tobruk and El Alamein
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(Thor). Thor is also very much represented in present day. The weekday Thursday is derived from this Viking God. This Norse God shows great strength but a simplistic mind. In Viking mythology‚ the flash of his hammer is lightening and the roll of thunder is his chariot racing through the sky. In Greek mythology‚ Hercules has comparable attributes to Thor (Norse Thunder God). Both of them are mighty protectors but can be viewed as not the brightest gods in the sky. Thors hammer is named Mjollnir
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The Greek Gods Many people would blatantly state that the importance of the gods in Greek society derives from the fact that Gods in any society are usually used to explain phenomenon that people cannot logically comprehend‚ but in ancient Greece gods were actually entities that took part in the workings of society itself. Even simple aspects of day-to-day life such as sex and disputes between mortals were supposedly influenced by godly workings. Unlike modern religions such as Catholicism
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GREEk Literature IntroGreek duction * Greece is a land of islands‚ mountains‚ and peninsulas. Rocky hill tops separate parts of the territory from each other‚ and make the soil difficult to farm. * Their literature focuses on human body and mind. ARCHAIC PERIOD TO THE END OF THE 6TH CENTURY BC The Greeks created poetry before they made use of writing for literary purposes‚ and from the beginning their poetry was intended to be sung or recited HOMER Iliad Odyssey Pure tragedy
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examples for each type of myth and identify the pieces of literature‚ such as a Shakespeare play‚ in which the examples are found. Greek Myths Myth 1: Daphne and Apollo Literature it’s found in: Parthenius’s “Erotica Pathernata” Myth 2: Trojan War Literature it’s found in: Homer’s “Iliad and the Odyssey” Answer the following questions: Describe Greek myths. Transform the original stories “from {their} initial frame of referene into another that is more acceptable” (Powell‚ 2002
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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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What makes a hero? Saving someone’s life perhaps‚ or is it just being noble and caring for the poor like Robin Hood did. Most people who don’t actually take the time to read about or study mythology believe that a hero in mythology is a god or a supernatural most of the time. But that is not the case. There are some that can be called a demigod‚ these are ones that even though half god are also mostly human. A demigod could have different meaning‚ one being as previously mentioned‚ which is a being
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most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks. Part of a series on the History of Greece Part of a map of the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent regions by William Faden‚ March 1785 Greek Bronze Age[show] Ancient Greece[show] Medieval Greece[show] Modern Greece[show] History by topic[show] Portal icon Greece portal v t e Ancient Greece was a Greek civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC
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