Hannah Puckett Mrs. Taylor AP English May 7‚ 2013 The Writing Style of Rita Dove Rita Dove was born August 28‚ 1952 in Akron‚ Ohio. The African American poet loved music and poetry from a young age. She was an outstanding student and was invited to the White House as a Presidential Scholar out of high school (The Biography Channel). Rita Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States and Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995 and as Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth
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Greek mythology is composed of a larger collection of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks‚ stories of their gods and heroes‚ and explanations given to unexplainable phenomenons. Zeus became the ultimate ruler of the gods as well as lord of the sky and rain after defeating his father. Zeus was characterized by the Greeks as a regal man‚ mature with a sturdy figure and a long beard. He is usually depicted with a lighting bolt‚ royal scepter or with an eagle. He married Hera‚ his sister
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his wife‚ Persephone‚ from his sister‚ Demeter‚ to live with him in the underworld. Persephone was the god of two places; the underworld and earth. Hades and his wife had three children named Furies‚ Dionysus and Makaria. Makaria was the goddess of a blessed death. Persephone‚ being both the goddess of the earth and the underworld‚ stays on earth for six months of the year with her husband‚ Hades. Hades is the brother of Zeus‚ Hara‚ Demeter and Poseidon. He was known as a greedy
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They also believed the gods caused daily events. * For example‚ they believed the goddess of agriculture‚ Demeter‚ created the seasons. * According to Greek myth‚ Demeter had a daughter who was kidnapped by another god. * The desperate goddess begged the god to let her daughter go‚ and eventually agreed to let her return to her mother for 6 months. * During the winter‚ Demeter is separated from her daughter and misses her. In her grief‚ she doesn’t let plants grow. * When her daughter
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PERSEPHONE Persephone is the illicit daughter of Zeus and his sister‚ Demeter. She was the goddess of agriculture‚ vegetation‚ land and fertility. She was abducted by Hades‚ who was madly in love with her. Hades gave her six seeds of pomegranate to eat in order to tie her with the Underworld forever but Zeus ruled that Demeter and Hades must share the unhappy girl. For six months‚ Persephone lives with her husband‚ and for the rest of the year‚ she lives with her mother. She was entitled as the
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Family: Daughter of Zeus (god of the sky) and Leto ( goddess of motherhood)‚ twin sister of Apollo (god of music). Birth: Artemis was born on the island of Delos‚ where her mother Leto found refuge after being hunted by Zeus’ lawful wife Hera (goddess of marriage). She assisted her mother Leto in giving birth to her younger twin brother Apollo. Description: Artemis was the Olympian goddess of hunting‚ the wilderness‚ and wild animals. She was also a goddess of childbirth‚ virginity‚ and protector
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The Great Persephone Have you ever wondered how the ancient greeks explained the world’s mysterious actions. Persephone is one of the goddess that were made to help the greeks understand the natural and otherworldly events. Persephone holds the responsibility of changing the seasons. When she is with her mother on earth it is summer or spring and when she is with Hades it is winter or fall‚ this is only one of the major things that she controls. Persephone is a minor god but‚ she is just as important
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Mount Olympus Mount Olympus is the tallest mountain point in Greece. Greeks believed that it was the place on earth or in heaven. Greeks believed that there where 12 gods. Zeus‚ Hera‚ Poseidon ‚ Athena‚ Ares‚ Apollo‚ Artemisia‚ Hermes‚ Aphrodite‚ Demeter‚ Hades‚ Hephaestus are all of those twelve guys. Hestia turned her place over to Dionysus. Zeus was the king of gods he had two brothers and three sisters and his father had died. His brothers are Poseidon and Hades. They divided the world between
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Greeks celebrate his life by naming the Aegean Sea after him. In addition to this incidence‚ the explanation of seasons is given using the tale of Demeter‚ “Demeter did not refuse‚ poor comfort though it was that she must lose Persephone for four months every year and her young loveliness go down to the world of the dead‚” (Hamilton 53). When Demeter is without her daughter‚ whom she loves dearly‚ for four months‚ she becomes very unhappy. As a result of her depression‚ the earth becomes cold for
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1. Pandora’s Box - http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/textonly562-pandoras-box.html Summary: Epimetheus and Prometheus were two brothers who annoyed one of the most powerful Gods‚ Zeus. Because of Zeus’ annoyance‚ we punished all humans by taking away their ability to create fire. However‚ Prometheus rebelled‚ went to a blacksmith named Hephaestos‚ and stole his fire. Zeus became very angry and came up with a harsher punishment for all humans. He made a girl out of clay‚ named her Pandora‚ and
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