Weekly Case-studies for Small Group Seminars Semester 1‚ 2012 Week 2 case study Deciding what legislation means Case-study: The toxic waste Late in the afternoon on 1 December 2009 Alex Demetriou‚ who owns a waste removal business‚ collects a truckload of contaminated soil from excavations at a building site in Melbourne. He drives the full truck back to his company’s yard in Werribee. He leaves it parked there overnight‚ intending
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In Homer’s mythological epic: The Odessey the reader follows what is thought to be a story of a courageous soldier and his battle hardened crew fresh from their victory at the stronghold of Troy. Yet a dark shadow of greed and lust for power hangs over these heroic men. Odysseus is a supposed hero‚ an icon to all his men who are just as power hungry as he is thought to be heroic. Nevertheless at the time of Greek mythology all men had a level of lust‚ greed‚ and power hunger at their side. This ultimately
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Odysseus and his flaws In Homer’s Odyssey‚ the hero is Odysseus‚ a man who left his home to fight the Trojan War and who comes back twenty years later to find his household overrun by suitors courting his wife Penelope. Throughout his journey‚ this rich and complex character battles life’s temptations towards purification‚ since he must overcome his sins and flaws in order to obtain redemption from the gods‚ thus returning home to his throne on the island of Ithaca. However‚ this purification process
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Many people know the story of the Great Odysseus‚ but nobody knows his story like I do. I‚ the great sun god Helios‚ knew Odysseus and his men for who they truly were. They were thieves‚ cheaters‚ and murderers. It is time that the true story is finally told‚ the way it should be. Get ready for a story that will change the way that the Great Odysseus is thought of forever. It all started on a dark‚ rainy day on the island of Thrinakia. I visited this island many times over the course of the year
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Question: Examine the Origin of the Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses In ancient Greece‚ mythology was a part of the Greek religion. Mythology was a tool used to explain various aspects of ancient life‚ such as‚ the environment in which humankind lived‚ the creation of the world‚ and the natural phenomena they witnessed. Myths in relation to Greek religion refers to the ancient Greek gods‚ explaining their origin and their lives. The accounts of Greek mythology were originally disseminated in
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Character Analysis: Odysseus Smart‚ yet Arrogant In books 9-12 of Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Odysseus shows three prominent character traits: quick-wittedness‚ hubris‚ and self control. Odysseus has gone down in stories and history books for his life-saving quick-wittedness. An example of his quick thinking is in the scene where Odysseus and a few of his men are trapped in Polyphemus’‚ a cyclopes‚ cave and Odysseus devises a cunning plan to help them escape. He gives Polyphemus all the liquor he
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Throughout the epic of The Odyssey of Homer‚ Odysseus‚ the main protagonist‚ receives help‚ and is frowned upon by the gods. There are many gods‚ and goddesses who play significant roles in Odysseus’ journey back to his homeland of Ithaca. Athena‚ the gray-eyed goddess‚ or the daughter of Zeus‚ is the most predominant goddess in the epic. One of Athena’s roles is to act as a guardian towards Telemachus. In the beginning‚ Athena travels to Ithaca in the guise of Mentes‚ and states to Telemachus
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The first piece is the Helios and his horses‚ and Dionysus. It was made between the years 438-432 BCE. My second pieces is heroic portrait of Trebonianus Gallus. It was made between 251-253 CE. I will compare these two piece from two areas media and historical impact. In the first piece Helios and his horses‚ and Dionysus the artist used marble to depict the birth of the goddess‚ in the other hand in heroic
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Jesus (7-2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)‚ also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth‚ Jesus Christ or simply Christ (i.e. Messiah)‚ is the central figure of the Christian religion‚ whom a majority of Christian denominations worship as God the Son incarnated. Caesarion was named co-ruler by his mother on September 2‚ 44 BC at the age of three‚ although he was King in name only‚ with Cleopatra keeping actual authority all to herself. Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar (June 23‚ 47 BC – August 23‚ 30 BC)
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This is Helios‚ the sun god’s island. Upon stopping on the island‚ the men are very hungry and are looking for food. Odysseus carefully warns them not to touch Helios’s cattle or they will pay dearly for it. While away from his men‚ Odysseus falls asleep in the shade of a tree. While he is asleep his men disobey him and kill Helios’s cattle for food. Afterward‚ Helios pleads to Zeus to make Odysseus’s men pay for harming and eating his
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