The Parthenon Marbles‚ known also as the Elgin Marbles (pronounced /ˈɛlɡən/‚ with a hard “g”)‚ are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures (mostly by Phidias and his pupils)‚ inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Thomas Bruce‚ 7th Earl of Elgin‚ the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799–1803‚ had obtained a controversial permission from the Ottoman authorities to remove pieces from the
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Sinclair and Dante: Packingtown‚ Chicago and the Nine Circles of Hell Allie Sheppeck Mr. Cosme English 10 12 March 2012 Sinclair and Dante: Packingtown‚ Chicago and the Nine Circles of Hell Chicago in 1906 was considered ‘hell.’ Is that a coincidence‚ or did Sinclair get inspiration from Hell itself? The workers of Packingtown may have felt that they were experiencing Dante’s Inferno and the punishments with it. Sinclair noticed this as well‚ as he made many allusions to Dante when
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William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet. He was broadly known as " the greatest writer in the English language." Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night near the middle of his career and wrote it to entertain people because it was near Christmas time when the first production of the play was first performed. Shakespeare’s intention in writing this play was to present a Romantic comedy that explored the theme of love‚ music‚ and beauty. He successfully completed this play and used many literary
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God of War: Redefining Hack and Slash The hack and slash genre of video games has been around for several years. The concept of endlessly going through level after level tearing countless waves of enemies apart has become a cultural phenomenon. After several years of the same repeated concepts‚ hack and slash started to lose its touch‚ until Sony released a redefined hack and slash that would change the genre forever. This new hack and slash was God of War. God of War was released in 2002 for
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Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus In Marry Shelly’s book Frankenstein‚ she tells the story of a man named Victor Frankenstein. The character of Frankenstein contains traits that parallel Prometheus from Greek mythology. Through his actions and emotions Victor Frankenstein becomes the modern Prometheus by producing ill-fated actions that carry tragic consequences just as Prometheus’ did. Prometheus was a figure in Greek mythology who created the conflict between mankind and the God’s. Prometheus
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species existed in Greek mythology. Chief among these were the gods and humans‚ though the Titans also frequently appeared in Greek myths. They predated the Olympian gods‚ and were hated by them. Lesser species included the half-man‚ half-horse centaurs and nymphs. Many greek myths revolved around the Trojan war between Greece and Troy. Greek mythology largely survived and was added in order to form the later Roman Mythology. The Greeks and Romans were literate societies‚ and much mythology
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Cubism‚ he used wallpaper and newspaper to create a collage in his art work. After the war Picasso left Cubism and went back to traditional styles in the early 1920s. He created a different alterative of classicism using mythological creatures such as centaurs and nymphs. Picasso then created a series of painting that had themes of anti-war‚ because of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. During the second Great War‚ Picasso remained living in France despite the heavy control Germany had over
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of war. In one case‚ a nurse was killed and several wounded by a Japanese diver bomb attack on the Manunda‚ (an Australian hospital ship) on the 19th of February 1942. Another report recalls the death of eleven nurses killed on the hospital ship- Centaur‚ when the ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine off the Queensland coastline on the 14th of May‚ 1941. The nurses received recognition for their efforts 1999 at the Australian Service Nurses Memorial‚
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The glory of ancient civilizations is observable through the expansion of territory‚ cultural influence‚ and‚ most importantly‚ art production. The greatness of a civilization is easily measured by the quantity and quality of its art production. Over the course of history there have been many similarities between seemingly different cultures‚ and the most striking evidence to support this are the artifacts which remain to this day. Arguably‚ one of the most important civilizations in the world’s
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unknown meaning‚ and has been paired with the name "Wezen‚" the two applied to the two bright stars in Centaurus as well as to stars in Columba‚ "Wezen" now commonly used for Delta Canis Majoris. Hadar‚ less often known as Agena (from the "knee" of the Centaur)‚ is quite the magnificent star. At a distance of 525 light years‚ blue class B (B1) Hadar is 130 times farther away than Rigel Kentaurus‚ and is bright because it is truly and very generously luminous‚ shining (accounting for the ultraviolet radiated
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