Greek cuisine is seen as a healthy Mediterranean diet because of its wide range of vegetables and herbs used in every dish. Greek cuisine is seen as healthy because it follows a basic style when it comes to cooking. One of the main ingredients in Greek food is olive oil which is produced from olive trees in the region. Greek cuisine uses fresh ingredients‚ olive oil‚ and carefully uses herbs and spices. Greek food is recognized for its spit-roasted meats‚ dishes containing olive oil‚ olives‚ chick
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Greek legacies are their governmental systems‚ culture and arts‚ and science and technology. Classical Greece was a time where the growth of a community held strong through times of plague‚ wars‚ and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy‚ citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males‚ except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women‚ slaves‚ and all foreigners
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The Greeks’ history began around 700 B.C. with festivals honoring their many gods. One god‚ Dionysus‚ was honored with an unusual festival called the City Dionysia. The revelry-filled festival was led by drunken men dressed up in rough goat skins (because goats were thought sexually potent) who would sing and play in choruses to welcome Dionysus. Tribes competed against one another in performances‚ and the best show would have the honor of winning the contest. Of the four festivals in Athens (each
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Animal Cruelty in China China‚ an ancient and civilized country‚ possesses profound culture of thousand years on Buddhism which insists on no killing and the idea of equality of all living things‚ that is all life should be treated kindly. Let us put aside the review on brilliant history‚ and turn to today when China has entered the 21st century. Now our eyes are lashed by animal-abusing events nearby: Liu Haiyang‚ a Qinghua University student‚ hurt bears by sulphuric acid; tigers in circus
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• As Vlad grew older he became more and more brutal‚ thus gaining the name “Vlad The Impaler” • Both Ray Porter and Dr. Elizabeth Miller‚ author of “A Dracula Handbook‚” tell anecdotal stories of Vlad’s cruelty‚ describing how he allegedly had the Turbans ambassadors nailed to their head after they refused to take them off‚ and how he impaled a nobleman who complained of the smell of dead bodies on a high stake so that he would be above the smell. • As Julia White said “Pope Gregory XII actually
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A Swiss Myth; Barbegazi Introduction The definition of myth varies greatly amongst scholars‚ some have a functionalist approach where myths serve as approvals for social action‚ and others have a structuralist view where myths serve to facilitate conflicting or dualistic elements of society and life (Magoulick‚ 2003). A classical definition of myth from William Bascom (1965) is that they are tales believed to be true‚ usually sacred‚ in distant or past worlds with extra human‚ inhuman characters
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Hero Defined Heroes are necessary in our everyday lives. They are looked up to as leaders and role models. Whether it be a superhero‚ a parent‚ a god‚ or even a friend - everyone‚ no matter whom‚ has a hero. To be a hero you have to complete difficult tasks and contribute to society‚ therefore we dream and strive to emulate them. For example‚ Jason’s story‚ one of the greatest known‚ is a perfect outline of each step in a hero’s journey. A hero of his own‚ Jason is a brave and goal-oriented young
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Cruelty Involved in Animal Testing Hobbes‚ the cat‚ has been under experimentation for most of his life. This is probably the last time that he will ever have to be experimented on again. Why? Because he is probably not going to make it through this time. The makers of Herbal Essences are about to force shampoo down his throat to see what happens to its organs. Even if the cat lives through the process‚ they will have to kill it to see which organs were affected by the toxic chemicals. If this
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Appearance and reality‚ with things not being what they seem to be‚ are often relative to a situation in both life and in American literature after the Civil War. Authors such as Mark Twain‚ Red Cloud‚ William Vaughn Moody‚ George Washington Cable‚ Zitkala-Sa‚ Howells‚ Chopin‚ and Garland‚ write about things that may not be what they appear to be. Some things are not always what they appear to be; therefore‚ people should be cautious in the decisions they make and what they decide to believe.
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Antonin Artaud: Theatre of Cruelty Antonin Artaud’s most profound piece of work was not a poem‚ not a play‚ not an acting role‚ but a theory: Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. He began to form his Theatre of Cruelty theory after learning of the Balinese theatre that seemed‚ to him‚ to share qualities with his ideas about theatre. Artaud held a great respect for Balinese theatre which revolves around dance and actions to convey meaning (Encyclopedia Britannica). More traditional theatre revolves
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