two. "Cupid and Psyche" is an old Greek love tale‚ while "Beauty and the Beast" is a Disney tale with a moral story. The female hero in both stories is Psyche and Beauty. They suffer the wrath by no fault but their own. In Cupid and Psyche‚ the goddess Venus is jealous of the mortal Psyche’s beauty‚ and essentially dooms her to marry a beast. In Beauty and the Beast‚ Beauty is doomed to live in the beast’s castle forever because her father took one of his roses. In these two stories the woman’s
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Nyx and Aphrodite disagreed on everything. Aphrodite wanted everything to be beautiful; because she was the goddess of beauty. Nyx loved the night and she was the goddess of darkness and night time. Aphrodite wanted it to be day time all year round because it was golden and beautiful. She wanted to be able to see her friend Hemera more because she was the goddess of daylight. Nyx disagreed and said there should be darkness. They got into an argument on whether it should be night all the time or day
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Kevin Asubonteng 04/15/2014 Short Objective Response Paper The marble statue of Aphrodite‚ which is also known as Venus Genetrix‚ is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It is a Roman copy‚ which was created in the Imperial period‚ approximately between the first and the second century A.D. The original sculpture was Greek‚ made of bronze and is dated to the late fifth century B.C.E.‚ which is the Late Classical period. The museum approximates that its creator is Kallimachos
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Venus and Cupid by Lorenzo Lotto is definitely one of the most unusual paintings when viewed through 21st century eyes. The painting depicts Venus lying on her left side‚ naked‚ and Cupid standing about a foot behind her. Inspired by ancient marriage poems‚ known as “epithalamia‚” the painting was apparently painted to celebrate a wedding and Venus’s body type and facial features were taken from that of the bride to be’s. The painter included a few items in the picture that relate to Venus and to
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Christine de Pizan: c.1365-c.1430 1. Christine’s life shows a glimpse into the changing worldview in numerous ways. For one‚ she became educated as a child and continued her education throughout her life‚ she also was able to support her family as a single mother on her own by working independently‚ and he writings were symbolically revolved around women in such a way that they rebuked the negative teachings by most scholars. 2. As a girl‚ Christine had an unusual life because her father‚ who was
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For example‚ Artemis took very well care of nature and animals‚ since she was the goddess of hunt and animals. Both wild and tame animals were under her protection. If any animal was in need she would help them. She would stay in the wild with young maidens. “Artemis was the protector of young animals and had the gift to tame wild animals”
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The goddess of agriculture Ceres was one of the greatest and the most important goddess. Ceres was the goddess of agriculture‚ and she was Roman. She was one of the greatest and the most important goddess because all of the other gods and goddess relied on her. They relied on her because she was the goddess of agriculture‚ so she had to feed them. Ceres was the daughter of Saturn and Ops‚ and she was the sister of Jupiter‚ Pluto‚ Neptune‚ Vesta‚ and Juno. Ceres was the mother of Proserpine‚ and
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Minerva is a goddess in Roman history and literature. Most gods only have one thing to do‚ but this goddess has a lot on her mind. She’s considered the virgin goddess of warriors‚ poetry‚ medicine‚ wisdom and learning‚ commerce‚ crafts and arts‚ spinning and weaving‚ and inventor of music. That’s one tough job‚ considering most gods only have one department. Mars is the god of war‚ Neptune the god of the sea‚ etc. She was known for not sleeping with gods at all‚ just with mortal people. The Romans
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and watch movies. I am always up for a spontaneous trip; there is nothing more that I love. Artemis had an explorer archetype like me. She was the goddess of hunting. She always looked for the craziest game and went on amazing adventures. Another explorer was Athena. She was motivated by the desire of achievement. Demeter is another example of a goddess with an explorer archetype. She took on the adventure of rescuing her daughter Persephone from the
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pollution of the Yamuna River located in India‚ this river has become so polluted with industrial and human waste that it is becoming no longer a safe source to use. Yamuna is viewed as a source worshiped by Hindu religion because it is named after a goddess of selfless love and is believed to be a prerequisite to heaven‚ as well free of sin. It is explained that rituals are being lost from all this pollution because the water is no longer safe to use. The river is a victim of the utilitarian perspective
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