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    Integrating Quotes

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    INTEGRATING QUOTES Why Use Quotes in Your Essay? The essay you write for class must be your essay. It should be your own ideas and in your own words. However‚ many essay assignments will ask that you use sources or quotes. So why would you use quotes in an essay that is supposed to be your own work? 1. To prove that your ideas are correct 2. To illustrate your point of view 3. To demonstrate how you arrived at an original idea of your own When to Use Quotes in Your Essay Usually‚ you will not use

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    consequently‚ While there they both experience dreaded conflict. Odysseus coped with trouble as he realized that his mother had departed from the Earth and is now merely a shadow in the underworld. Meanwhile‚ Persephone was ripped away from her mother‚ Demeter‚ by the horrid man‚ Hades‚ God of the underworld‚ who had found himself yearning for the young maiden. Naturally‚ the mothers in the myths mourned at the loss of their child that they anticipated they would never see again. Upon infiltrating the underworld

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    Role of Zeus in the Iliad

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    happens to be Zeus. Zeus is also known as the supreme god of the Olympians. Zeus was the youngest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. When he was born‚ his father Cronus intended to swallow him as he had all of Zeus ’s siblings: Poseidon‚ Hades‚ Hestia‚ Demeter and Hera. But Rhea hid the newborn in a cave on Mount Dicte in Crete. (To this day‚ the guides at the "cave of Zeus" use their flashlights to cast shadow puppets in the cave‚ creating images of baby Zeus from the myth.) When he had grown up‚ Zeus

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    Title: Villa of the Mysteries: The stylistic and religious influence of Hellenistic Civilization Date of Submission: 31/10/12 Word Count: 1262 Artist: Unknown Title: Scenes of Initiation of a Woman into the Mysteries of Dionysus Type of work: Fresco Date: circa 50 B.C. Dimensions: 15 by 25 feet Patron: Unknown Original Location: Pompeii‚ Villa dei misteri Present Location: In situ The Villa

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    oppressors win in the end. Although the oppressors in “Damon & Pythias” persist as well‚ it is not quite the same. Dionysus‚ the ruler of Syracuse‚ accused Pythias of plotting to overthrow the king. Thus Dionysus oppresses Pythias by condemning him to death for his “traitorous actions”. However‚ after Dionysus is shown the friendship of Damon & Pythias it ends happily with Dionysus wanting to befriend them both. In this short story the oppressor is triumphed and the oppressed happily live on. Ultimately

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    theme‚ but in The Bistro Styx‚ which is a small excerpt from a works entitled Mother Love‚ Dove does make references to home. This poem is a recasting of the story of Demeter and Persephone from ancient Greek mythology. In short‚ Hades kidnaps Persephone from her home‚ and Demeter‚ her mother goes insane trying to get her back. Demeter is able to go after Persephone only to find that too late Persephone

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    Sophocles and Euripides have provoked audiences for centuries to question what constitutes ‘justice’. Watching the various events onstage‚ spectators are led to ask if a definitive form of justice exists in these plays‚ or whether notions of justice in a world such as mankind’s are absurd. Furthermore‚ by presenting cases where ‘justice’ is claimed to be enacted by a character or force (generally the gods)‚ the playwrights encourage speculation as to whether the punishments delivered are reasonable

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    Ancient Greek Theatre

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    Ancient Greek Theatre The Greek theatre history begins with festivals which honor gods. An example of such a festival was ‘City Dionysia’ festival which honored god Dionysus. During this festival‚ which was taking place in Athens men perform songs to welcome god Dionysus. Plays were also presented. Athens was the main city where these festivals and theatrical traditions were presented. At ancient Greek Festivals‚ the actors‚ directors and dramatists were all the same person. Later only three

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    Hades and the Underworld

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    underworld and the dead he was not as bad as they made him seem. He did however have a few minor flaws; just to name a few he was very selfish and greedy. Born as the son of Cronus‚ Rhea and the brother of Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Hestia‚ goddess of hearth‚ Demeter‚ goddess of agriculture‚ and Hera‚ goddess of marriage. All the girls were all older than he was and Hades was the oldest male out of his siblings. Hades father‚ Cronus was the leader and then youngest of the first generations of the Titans and his

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    come and the whole village might move across the valley to the other side then he could strike. But the problem was‚ that the only way to fertilize the soil was if Demeter‚ the goddess of crops and harvest‚ did it herself and she probably wouldn’t agree to help Hephaestus. Once again‚ he sat down to think and he figured that if Demeter fell in love with him‚ she could help him. He had to use the magic girdle he made to make her fall in love with him. The next night he crept into his wife Aphrodite’s

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