so the people can harvest the food to eat‚ thus staying alive. Consequently‚ the other Olympian Gods would be blamed for allowing Demeter to be unhappy and withdraw her gifts from the earth. Without food‚ the Greeks would fall ill and perish. That is why it is important for the Ancient Greeks to worship Demeter‚ the goddess of agriculture‚ grain‚ nature‚ and the
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the Greeks and Romans had many different versions of how the universe was created but most looked to the versions by Hesiod and Ovid. Hesiod was a famous oral poet in Ancient Greece. He is thought to have lived between 750 and 650 BC‚ but no one knows for sure. Along with Homer‚ Hesiod is believed to be the earliest of the Greek poets. But it is hard to prove which one had come first. Not only did his writings serve as entertainment‚ but they were also used in other aspects of Greek living
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Cheyenne Duran Comm 20 Kelly Glass October 23‚ 2013 Informative Speech Outline Topic: Gun Control Organizational pattern: Topical Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the controversial subject gun control. Primary audience outcome: I want my audience to know the two sides on the topic of gun control. Thesis statement: Gun control will create laws and licensing to possess a gun to help decrease crime and fatalities‚ but also people believe gun control is going against our constitutional
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sure to respect this mighty hero! Mortal News This week the mortals have been involved in yet another war‚ one they call the Trojan War because the opposing sides are the city of Troy and the Greeks. Troy had managed to hide behind its high and protective walls for a long while‚ but eventually the Greeks broke through by sending a small force in the guise of a large wooden horse that they hid inside‚ then from there allowed the rest of their army entry and took down Troy. It has been confirmed that
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Topic: Seven Wonders of the Medieval World Specific Purpose: In today’s society culture is being lost to technology and money each of the seven wonders is an attribute to a culture‚ and this is why people should to know it. Thesis Statement: Seven Medieval wonders of the world are structural representations of the cultures that built them. Attention gain material: There are more than one world’s seven wonders. Credibility statement: “As the great civilizations of antiquity warped‚ the memory of
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magical girdle which caused everyone to have great desire for her. Sex‚ attraction‚ and beauty described Aphrodite. Her holy birds included the dove‚ sparrow‚ and swan. Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera. He was married to Aphrodite. He was the Greek god of fire and volcanoes‚ blacksmiths‚ and sculptors. He is usually depicted with a hammer‚ anvil‚ and a pair of tongs. He was crippled by Zeus‚ who threw him off Olympus after trying to protect Hera from the rage of Zeus. Later‚ after learning to
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Informative: Herpes and what you should know. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Oral and Genital Herpes. Central Idea: To understand what herpes are‚ the cause‚ diagnosis/symptoms‚ treatment and prevention. Introduction: I am here today to inform you on a very important topic that I have taken classes on and done extensive hours of research on. According to Dr. Lisa Marr‚ who wrote “Sexually Transmitted Diseases” ‘fifty million Americans are infected with genital or oral herpes’
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between Greek and Indian mythology Although the general topic of my interpretation presentation and my 5 essays is Greek mythology and considering how vast Greek mythology is I could talk strictly about Greek mythology in all 5 of them; I decided to base my first essay on the similarities between Indian and Greek mythology since I felt simply talking about Greek mythology would become too monotonous. I will begin my essay with a basic introduction of what mythology means and what Greek and Indian
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Zeus In Greek and Norse mythology that took important roles as the foundation of today’s cultures are very similar yet different. They have many different traits and the way people wanted their gods to be. The two mythologies reflect the different ideologies. The similarities and the differences that stand out the most are between the god of all gods‚ Odin and Zeus. The biggest similarity between Zeus and Odin is that each of them was the ruler of the Gods in Greek and Norse mythology. Zeus is
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Introduction Like many others‚ I have a really difficult time holding a conversation with someone when it involves a topic I have absolutely no interest in. I believe the same can be said on an attempt to be informative on a topic in which one cares little about. During my research on our given assignment‚ I found no topic near or around the date of my birth that had any pertinence or provided any interest to me. I came to the conclusion that I would speak to you all today about something that use
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