of the worst soldiers. Therefore in this way having returned you will find Nysa being in the same order.’ 6.43 Alexander who was still a boy often read the Iliad. His nickname was ‘Achilles’. His teacher’s nickname was ‘Cheiron’‚ because the centaur trained Achilles. When the king was also a general‚ Alexander always had India with the dagger under the pillow. And he captured many prizes having routed the Persians in battle and a certain chest of Darius‚ which was valuable: and in the chest he
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The life of the hero theseus Aegeus‚ king of Athens‚ and the sea god Poseidon both slept with Theseus’s mother‚ Aithra‚ on the same night‚ supplying Theseus with both divine and royal lineage. Theseus was born in Aithra’s home city of Troezen‚ located in the Peloponnese‚ but as an adolescent he traveled around the Saronic Gulf via Epidauros‚ the Isthmus of Corinth‚ Krommyon‚ the Megarian Cliffs‚ and Eleusis before finally reaching Athens. Along the way he encountered and dispatched six legendary
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The Parthenon temple (448-432 BCE) was the product of rebuilding Acropolis in Greece after the Persian invasion by Ruler Pericles. The chief architects were Ictinus‚ Callicrates‚ and Mnesicles The decorative sculptures on the Parthenon was made by sculptor Phidias. They were located in three main areas of the temple- in the pediments at each end of the building‚ on the metopes‚ or the square panels between the beam ends under the roof‚ and on the frieze that runs across the top of the outer wall
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At the end of the 14th century AD‚ a couple of Italian thinkers declared that they are already entering in a new age and that the unenlightened ‘Middle Ages’ is over. They have called the new age a ‘rinascita’ or rebirth of learning‚ literature‚ art and culture. This period was later called Renaissance. The Renaissance period which served as transition period between the Medieval and Modern Europe ended in the 1600. It is best known for its cultural achievements which include the literary works
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boyfriend of Annabeth Chase. Coach Gleeson Hedge is a coach for the Wilderness school‚ which is a special school‚ a satyr in Greek terms and a faun in Roman terms‚ which is a human but with goat features‚ and a protector from Camp Half-Blood. Chiron is a centaur‚ which is a half-man half-horse creature‚ son of Titan Croons and current director of Camp Half-Blood‚ which is a camp for Greek demigods. Rachel is a friend of Annabeth and an oracle. Festus is the bronze metal dragon made by cabin 9‚ which is from
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Malcom X’s Similarities to Hercules Malcom X was a man who could be easily compared to the likes of Hercules of Ancient Greece as both had similar pasts‚ trials and family lives (though slightly out of order). Both men were the son of someone great and someone who was seemingly unworthy. Malcom Little‘s father‚ Earl Little‚ was a well educated and famous preacher. Preachers‚ at the time of Malcom’s upbringing‚ were very respected and were bringing messages of revival and equal rights/the need to
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The Inferno written by Dante is a haunting and gruesome tale of one man’s journey through hell. Taking place in 1300 Dante writes about a character named Dante. Throughout the book we are not sure if the character is strictly sketched out like Dante himself or just simply named Dante. Most scholars of Dante believe that he used the name Dante but suggest that no evidence has been given to support the character Dante being based on the poet Dante. The Inferno is about Dante’s travels through hell
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The story of Dante’s Divine Comedy is one that is now read throughout the world and is highly regarded as one of the great literary works of all time. The most famous of the Divine Comedy‚ the Inferno‚ is the story of Dante’s journey through Hell. With the great poet‚ Virgil‚ as his guide‚ they make their way through the nine circle of Hell in which Dante describes. While‚ very much a religious work‚ it is also just as political in substance because of the ways in which Dante draws on his life
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boy. Achilles’ father takes Patroclus in and trains him with the rest of the boys that take refuge in Achilles’s kingdom. The two boys grow up with each other which in turns makes them have many adventures together. First‚ they both go to Chiron‚ a centaur that trains heroes like Hercules. Then Achilles is taken away by his mother a sea Goddess to be protected from the war on Troy. Patroclus goes and finds him because he was worried about him. Lastly‚ they end up in the war they tried so hard to avoid
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Greek Art And Sculptures My Thesis Statement The Greeks were the first civilization to make accurate sculptures because they were so focused on detail and technique. W hat D id Gr eek S culpt ures Repre sent ? Greek sculptures represented many different things such as battles‚mythology‚ and the ruler of Ancient Greek. Some examples of rulers of Ancient Greek are Polycrates‚Periander‚Evagoras‚etc. What Material Did They Use To Build Sculptures. They built the sculptures out of entirely
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