Word Count 1093 The Greatest thing you’ll ever learn to love and be loved in return Baz Luhrmann’s film Moulin Rouge adapts the ancient Greek Orpheus myth to the context of early 19th century France. The film celebrates Bohemian ideals through reshaping the archetypal story of The Orpheus Myth to illustrate the importance of love through music. Within the classical context‚ freedom is achieved through music and through love‚ both of which offer the individual emancipation from the confines
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To Hell and Back: A Look at the Mythological Life of Cerberus There was a certain demon that patrolled the gates of Hades in classical Greek mythology. Known and feared by many as Cerberus (Also known as Kerberos)‚ this impeccable canine-like monster was known to allow anyone to pass freely into the underworld‚ Hades‚ but make it his mission to let none escape from inside‚ regardless of how they had entered. What exactly is Cerberus‚ and where did he originate? What tales depict Cerberus
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point for that era. Some background on the story of the kidnaping of Persephone. Demeter‚ the mother of Persephone‚ was god of fertility and agriculture and had Persephone with Zeus. Until one day Zeus‚ god of the heavens‚ agreed that his brother‚ Hades‚ god of the underworld‚ could marry and take his daughter with him to hell. The artist was able to capture what the myth told us and turn it into a piece full of expressions (structure). Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ the artist of “The Rape of Persephone”
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Kevin November 6‚ 2013 Professor Comparison of the Sumerian Gods and the Greek Pantheon The Sumerian civilization existed an estimated three thousand years prior to the Greeks (Powell p. 60). Although very little is actually known about the Sumerian culture‚ archaeologists have unearthed ancient artifacts and clay tablets containing cuneiform writing that have given historians bits and pieces of the stories that were told during that time (Powell pg. 63 Figure 7.3). While the Sumerian empire
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In the Ancient Gallery in the Chazen Museum of Art‚ there is a bell krater from Attica‚ Greece that was made around 460-450 BCE. It is a ceramic vase that is in excellent condition with the exception of a few chips on the red-figure decoration. The Bell Krater (figure 1‚ figure 2) stands under two feet tall and is just over one foot in width. Overall‚ the scene and design style on this krater is mostly consistent throughout the entire body of the vase‚ but there are a few formal elements that separate
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often translated in the King James Version as “hell?” Sheol (OT describes the after-death of both the saved/unsaved) Be familiar with the textbook understanding of the account of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19–31). PG 819 Rich man goes to Hades @ death‚ tormented in flames Punishment: Burning‚ separation/lonliness‚ memory conviction‚ thirst‚ falling‚ stench) Richman can see where saved are locatedacross the gulf Richman cannot escape his torment/send a warning to family Be familiar with
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Cronus was afraid that his children would overthrow him. In order to prevent being overthrown‚ Cronus would swallow each of his children after Rhea‚ his sister-wife‚ had given birth to them. Poseidon along with his siblings Hestia‚ Demeter‚ Hera‚ and Hades were all swallowed and trapped in the belly of their father. Poseidon’s youngest brother Zeus was kept alive by their mother after she had tricked Cronus into swallowing a rock. Eventually all the gods were freed by
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In Greek mythology‚ Cronus or Kronos was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans‚ the divine descendants of Uranus‚ the sky‚ and Gaia‚ the earth. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age‚ until he was overthrown by his own son Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus. Cronus was usually depicted with a harpe‚ scythe or a sickle‚ which was the instrument he used to castrate and depose Uranus‚ his father. In Athens‚ on the twelfth day of the Attic month of Hekatombaion
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and was one of the symbols that Lawrence claimed as his own‚ along with the phoenix‚ dark sun‚ and rainbow symbols. Here he relates the flower with the Persephone myth. Persephone‚ a daughter of Zeus and Demeter‚ was abducted by Pluto‚ King of Hades. For six months of the year she must reign as Queen alongside Pluto but is allowed to return to the surface for the other six. Persephone carries the flower torch-like into the underground to light her way to Pluto’s chambers. Or rather it is Pluto’s
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Greek god Zeus‚ who was ruler of the sky and the gods‚ evolved into Jupiter‚ who held the same responsibilities. The same went for all of the gods in the Roman world: Poseidon became Neptune‚ Aphrodite became Venus; the Greek god of the Underworld‚ Hades‚ became Pluto‚ who still remained the ruler of the dead. The Roman Underworld was known as what we call Hell today. It was where all departed souls went‚ and your punishment depended on the crime(s) committed (if any). The Roman afterlife in the Underworld
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