Herculean: a. adj. - of extraordinary power‚ size‚ or difficulty relating to the characteristics of Hercules; having enormous strength. (Most often used in capitalized form when referring to Herculean task: may not require great strength‚ even though expression comes b. from name of mythical superhero. Such a task is a difficult or dangerous one.) Given twelve impossible tasks. Hercules completed all of them overcoming great difficulties. He was carried off the Heaven to live with the
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what courage meant‚ you would probably think of The Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz. Or maybe you think of some hero from Greek mythology‚ like Hercules. If you asked the web‚ you would find that courage means “The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty” (“Courage”). People often put courage into a person‚ again‚ like Hercules‚ or Odysseus. But is this really right? I mean‚ is courage really someone you can just go up to and say‚ hey Courage! How are ya‚ bro? I mean‚ really
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Is Victor Frankenstein the modern Prometheus? Mary Shelley’s purpose in the subtitle of her book‚ Frankenstein; or‚ the modern Prometheus is to compare Victor Frankenstein and Prometheus‚ son of Zeus. By showing many similarities between the two‚ she has solid reasoning that Dr. Frankenstein is‚ in many ways‚ the “modern Prometheus.” Although both main characters create a problem they have no control over‚ they learn their lesson of tampering with the law of nature. It takes time‚ punishment‚
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METROPOLOTIAN MUSUEM OF ART Fatima Lundy I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with my mom and my sister. I didn’t quite enjoy it at first‚ but as I explored the museum more‚ I began to feel enlighten at the sight of the different forms of art. It was hard for me to choose just two pieces out of all the amazing sculptures and paintings in this museum. I finally made the decision to write about two different pieces‚ from two different cultures‚ time periods‚ and even mediums. The first piece
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From the beginning of time‚ mankind has been interested in devising an explanation for all of the unknowns in his world. Whether he was questioning the weather‚ or the elements‚ or time‚ he wanted to understand why. The ancient Greeks solved this dilemma by creating myths that began to try to tell him exactly how and why different events happened. Among these myths were mind-bogging stories of miraculous gods and goddesses. Today‚ Greek mythology is often times over looked and its significance goes
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Percy Jackson is an interesting character. In the book The Lightning theif by Rick Riordan the main character Percy Jackson is somebody that changes a lot. He started as an outcast who gets picked on daily and becomes the Demigod (a demigod is somebody with a normal human parent and one god parent) that everyone wants to be and looks up to. Percy’s change didn’t happen overnight though; it took him the course of the book for his true colors to show. Beginning the book off‚ Percy has a negative
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The Trojan War The trojan war was a war fought between the greeks and the trojans in the bronze era of ancient greece. The war was famously documented by a man named Homer in a book called Iliad. The war was fought in a city called troy. The Trojan War started as a way for zeus to reduce the increasing population of humanity and‚ more practically‚ as an expedition to reclaim Helen. Helen was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris (also known as Alexandros) and taken as his prize. Menelaos and
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During the launch‚ I saw the Earth from very high up as I launched into space (though the fire emitted by the rocket blocked most of the view). We reached very intense speeds as we left the Earth’s atmosphere. We used a new rocket from SpaceX called the Dragon. This rocket will also be taking us back to earth as it is capable of making a launch and return trip. Our first stop on the trip was to the Apollo 11 landing site‚ as it was the place of the first lunar landing. It is also a relatively smooth
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When someone mentions the word hero‚ people picture Hercules‚ Batman‚ or even Superman. You might picture a knight in shining armor riding into the sunset with a beautiful woman along side. Some people picture the skinny models who prance around in clothes and always look beautiful featured in Vogue‚ and Cosmo. Other people picture the CEO of a top company‚ making over ten million a year. Some might even picture an ex-president‚ or even their teacher. But when I hear the word hero I don’t picture
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Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer‚ composer and pianist. In his four-decade career‚ John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music‚ especially during the 1970s. He has sold more than 250 million albums[citation needed] and over one hundred million singles‚[3] making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U.S. albums‚ 59 Top
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