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    It is like the gods use the mortals like a chess piece on the chessboard. An example would be in the early stages of the book when Aphrodite pulls Paris into a fog and saves him from Menelaus before he dies. Or‚ when the war to win Helena goes on‚ the gods show their human-like qualities as they make jokes and bet on who will win thinking nothing of the people’s lives. Another example

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    Hurrian songs are a set of fragmentary relics as well as a nearly complete example of noted music. They are the basic starting points of songs or hymns. 2. What is the Natya Shastra? Why is it important? Natya Shastra is a written discourse on the performing arts‚ including music‚ dance‚ stage performances. It goes into more detail about instruments used in hymns or songs. 3. Who were troubadours? What was their music like? Troubadours were traveling poet-musicians who traveled‚ singing and performing

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    Role of Zeus in the Iliad

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    took the sky. Zeus also was accorded supreme authority on earth and on Mount Olympus. Zeus was also known for having many relations with mortal and immortal alike. His offspring include Ares god of war‚ Eris goddess of discord‚ Apollo god of light‚ Aphrodite goddess of beauty‚ Hermes god of thieves and commerce‚ Artemis huntsman of the gods‚ Hephaestus god of the forge‚ Persephone wife of Hades‚ Hebe goddess of youth‚ Dionysus god of the vine‚ Epaphus‚ Minos King of Create‚ Rhadamanthus‚ the Muses namely

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    Iliad The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters‚ traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War‚ the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states‚ it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war‚ the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends

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    Agamemnon that he needs Achilles. Zeus agrees to this but Hera finds out and begins an argument. Hephaestus intervenes and restores the peace‚ and all the Gods have a feast and go to bed happy. Book 3: Paris‚ Helen‚ Aphrodite Main Characters: Paris‚ Menelaus‚ Hector‚ Aphrodite‚ Helen‚ Priam Themes: Women The heroic code Intervention of Gods Plot: The two armies advance towards each other‚ and Paris bravely offers a duel to anyone who will accept. Menelaos steps forwards and joyously accepts

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    In the early nineteenth century‚ African Americans were involved in the "Second Awakening". They met in camp meetings and sang without any hymnbook. Spontaneous songs were composed on the spot. They were called "spiritual songs and the term "sperichil" (spiritual) appeared for the first time in the book "Slave Songs of The United States".The negro spirituals "The Gospel Train" and "Swing low‚ sweet chariot" which directly refer to the Underground Railroad‚ an informal organization who helped many

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    those who belong to that “local”‚ they use a Bundy clock sort of thing. * Gadgets (cell phones and such) are collected in a counter-like area. * There is a book‚ containing the hymns sung by the choir‚ distributed to the individuals. Then‚ there is an LED in front which guides the people on which hymns are being sung. * They set spaces between the seats of each person’s for them to avoid chatting and to concentrate to their activity. * There is an organized manner of leaving

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    the way of life or death. The darkness and cold can also be perceived as death and danger. The hymn mentions when speaking of darkens that “all creeping things bite.” Aten chases the darkness away and gives all living things light so that they can live‚ grow‚ and be safe. All beasts rise and plats grow once the Aten has shone his face; therefore‚ without his light the world cannot thrive. Later in the Hymn it is mentioned that Aten made the sky so that he had a place to watch his creations in the

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    Plato's Symposium Analysis

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    9/20/2013 PHIL 203 Plato’s Symposium When most people think of love‚ they think of love between a man and woman‚ love between a father and son‚ mother and daughter‚ etc. Many do not think of love as a desire. However‚ Socrates‚ through his speech in Plato’s Symposium puts love in a different light. Plato’s Symposium examines the topic of love through the speeches of six men. These six men include Phaedrus‚ Pausanias‚ Eryximachus‚ Aristophanes‚ Agathon‚ and Socrates. When first reading this

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    Our Town In the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder‚ Wilder uses the experience of young girl to symbolize his themes throughout his play. These themes revolve around the essence of Human Companionship‚ the representation of life and death through day and night‚ and the value of life and how it is a special gift. Wilder’s character Emily‚ who’s experience he uses‚ is a typical American girl in the early 1900’s who is just living out her life in the typical American Town of Grover’s Corners in

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