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    Hymns celebrated gods and afterlife‚ as well as the pharaoh. “The Hymn of Aten” praised Aten‚ who created life‚ as well as the pharaoh Akhenaten‚ showing how pharaohs ruled for the god. Additionally‚ unlike the other cultures‚ the Egyptian art depicted the pharaoh’s power as sole ruler

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    The 1812 Overture is a sixteen minute‚ thirty nine second long classical composition by Tchaikovsky written in 1880 to commemorate Russia’s defeat of Napoleons Grand Armenia was scored for an orchestra that consists of the following: • brass band • woodwinds (a piccolo‚ 2 flutes‚ clarinets‚ bassoons and oboes‚ and one English horn) • Brass(four horns in F‚ two trumpets‚ two cornets‚ three trombones and a tuba).The trombones have to be two tenor and one bass • Strings: first and second violins‚ violas

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    Hindu Religious Traditions Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the Hindu religion. The paper will describe what the Hindu religious traditions consist of. It will describe what sacred elements characterize the Hindu religious traditions and their significance and meaning. Hindu Religion Hinduism is the described as the world’s oldest organized religion and is the world’s third largest religion. Hinduism consists of "thousands of different religious groups that have evolved

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    religious Indian art is not focused on carnal beauty‚ but with higher spirituality. From the Indian poetry came many religious hymns that describe the physical beauty of the goddess. The Saundaryalahari‚ which is believed to have been in the eighth or ninth century by Shankaracharya‚ is a hymn celebrating the beauty of the goddess Tripurasundari. The title of the hymn. Saundaryalahari‚ literally means waves of beauty. It clearly and vividly describes each of her physical features from head to

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    Hans Holbein The Ambassadors ❦Introduction The Ambassadors is one of the most complex and arguably portrait which Holbein had painted. The purpose of this report is to analyze Han Holbeinfs painting‚ gThe Ambassadorsh. The main task of this report is to uncover the meaning of this painting‚ as it still remains unclear. Firstly‚ I will give a short introduction about the painter. Then‚ I will examine the characteristics of the people and the objects in the painting. Lastly‚ I will

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    Jesus. The mother of Christ remains a Virgin in the minds of others even when Jesus is born. This does not mean an untouched woman‚ or intact. In ancient times this meant unmarried lady. The Greek Goddess Astraea is Goddess of Justice. The Goddess Demeter‚ an earth Goddess who has a natural affinity with agriculture. The Syrian Goddess Atargatis Associated with Uranus‚ and the Moon‚ the sexy Goddess. VIRGO is the sixth sign of the zodiac and is ruled by the planet Mercury. VIRGOS constantly search

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    Greek and Roman mythology share many similarities in terms of stories‚ beliefs‚ and superstitions despite the belief that they differ in many ways. Though many people say Roman and Greek mythology have a plethora of differences‚ yet I believe that they are more similar because of the major traits both share. I believe this because Greek and Roman mythology have similar gods and goddesses with similar traits‚ have myths that correspond with each other‚ and power contributing to their respect they

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    Creative Assignment 1 The first similarity that I found is the division class of male and female. In the both of Genesis and Hesiod’s Theogony‚ it is stated that from the beginning there are only two genders for mankind. Technically‚ it is unclear when the first mankind is created‚ but the appearance of the first human is stated in the Prometheus’ chapter when the gods and mortal men were negotiating‚ (Theogony ln. 317) and Pandora‚ a gorgeous yet has a hidden intention from the gods. It is clearly

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    judged One of my favourote quotes by Homer is”I didn’t lie I Just told a fiction with my mouth” .I like this quote because it’s humerous to me and I like humerous quotes.There is a book by Homer called Homeric Hymns it is a sum of 33 anonymous Ancient Greek hymns.Homer wrote a Homeric Hymn of Apollo which was 580 lines ‚ the longest he has wrote about anyone else.There are also movies out involving Homer’s work.One of the movies is called “Troy” which is based on Homer’s “lliad”.This movie potrays

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    bizarre things‚ such as singing church hymns constantly. One song that she sings is on page 109‚ “Ophelia. And will ‘a not come again?/ And will ‘a not come again?/ No‚ no‚ he is dead‚/ Go to thy deathbed‚/ He never will come again./ His beard was as white as snow‚/ All flaxen was his poll./ He is gone‚ he is gone‚/ And we cast away moan./ God ‘a’ mercy on his soul!/ And of all Christian souls‚ I pray God. Goodbye you.” Ophelia eventually transitions from singing hymns to really letting herself go and

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