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    By: Christine Boldt The Greek invented the idea‚ or concept‚ of theater in the 6th century B.C. The first known formal theater was built in Athens between 550 and 534 B.C.‚ although the oldest theater in the world is in the palace at Knossos in the northern Crete. The Ancient Greek’s way of theater and its many accomplishments greatly influenced the modern day theater and entertainment. Staring with the evolution of theater and how it evolved from religious groups in ancient Greece. There were also

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    Expository Essay Greek mythology started over 2000 years ago and it is still influencing our world of today. Traveling the world or just being more conscious of the area that you live in you will be seeing many names or things and guess what‚ many of those came from Greek mythology. For example‚ Olympic games or many movies like "Wrath of the Titans" or games like " god of war" derive from Greek mythology. Those and many others explain how Greek mythology continues to play role in our

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    Religion and Mythology in Ancient Greece were looked upon with the utmost importance‚ the Greek myths and tales of religion explained the unexplainable‚ gave reason to live and a sense of stability to a community. Ancient Greek myths can make the protagonist or other main character a role model in the way that they author writes them. The reader can also obtain life lessons from the myth or legend. A worthy illustration of this is the Ancient Greek god Apollo‚ who is a wealthy king a‚ affectionate

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    Originating from the same hearth‚ Russian mythology and Greek mythology have so many similarities caused by being in the same cultural tree. The few differences are from the branches splitting off. Although ancient Russia and ancient Greece are thousand years apart from each other‚ Russian mythology and Greek mythology almost mirror reflect each other in the values the gods represent‚ the traits the heroes possess‚ and the notions the myths contribute to modern times‚ just like a pair of “fraternal twins

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    Greek mythology and Roman mythology are almost identical. This is an accepted fact‚ as it is widely known that the Romans stole the Greek myths. However‚ it is very interesting to note that the mythology of the Vikings (Norse) has many similarities with the Greek myths. These myths are‚ by no means‚ identical to the Greek ones (like the Roman ones are)‚ but there are very distinct commonalities between the two. I see two possible reasons for this besides pure coincidence. The first has to do with

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    30 Magnolia Street Belleville Zip Code: 07109 Dear Mr. Carmine Guinta: I believe I would be an amazing social studies teacher for the Belleville Public Schools. The reason why I would be a great teacher at your school is because I know history like the back of my hand. The next reason is because I love teaching kids. The reason why I love teaching kids is because it puts knowledge into their brain. The last reason is because I am highly qualified. The reason why I am highly qualified it is

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    Glory and Story: How Greek Mythology Informs Modern Culture      “Excellence is not an action. It is a virtue.” Says Aristotle. In a way‚ as an  action‚ excellence would seem episodic‚ occasional‚ or lucky. As a virtue‚ excellence would  appear to be serial‚ rehearsed‚ or practiced. In both contexts‚ just as ancient Greek  philosophy made different‚ lasting conceptual designs about the idea and ideal of “aristein” or  to be the best of yourself and/or the better of your peers‚ so did classical Greek mythology  make diverse

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    The ancient Greek people wrote stories about characters known as gods in order to explain things in the world. For example‚ the story of Hades and Persephone explains why plants do not grow in the winter. The story of Hades and Persephone is only one story however‚ and they are only two gods out of the large number of immortal characters that the Greeks created. Hades is the god of the underworld‚ goes by many different names‚ was extremely protective of his posessions‚ and was married to the beautiful

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    After she was turned into a gorgon she was slain by Perseus and her head was given to Athene. The story of medusa is one that shows exactly why no one dared to mess with the gods. In the story of Medusa her characteristics have developed in Greek mythology like no other character has before. At the beginning of her story she was portrayed as beautiful and wanted by many men‚ but after she turned into one of the three gorgons it was said that she became ugly‚ vengeful‚ and got the power to turn people

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    Monsters Greek mythology is usually not given that much attention by the average person. I personally believe the obtainable information that is offered by Greek mythology is not pursued too often by people in today’s society due to the fact that they do not think there is a point of doing so. I myself was one of these people who had this closed mindset. People do not realize that a relation can be formed with the meaning behind some of these Greek creatures. These Greek creatures are not just a

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