about that time period. Euripides 480-406 bc. Euripides was another Greek tragedian. He was the youngest of the three. He wrote about 95 plays‚ 18 of which have survived completely and many more as fragments. His most known works are Alcestis‚ Medea and The Bacchus. His plays were very modern for his time in that they portrayed the characters very realistically and included strong women and wise slaves – which was very uncommon at the time. Euripides is the Greek tragedian who is known to have
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Equally important‚ The Poem of the Cid tells the story of a heroic knight and military leader known as the Cid that is banned from Christian Spain by royal edict that is issued by King Alfonso VI. Eventually‚ while battling against the Morrish armies the Cid manages to conquer Valencia. Because of his gesture of gifting the Moroccan’s tent to King Alfonso‚ the Cid is allowed to return to Spain but only under the conditions of marrying off his daughters to the princes of Carrión. Eventually‚ both
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of these first heroes were great benefactors of humankind: Hercules‚ the monster killer; Asclepius‚ the first doctor; Dionysus‚ the creator of Greek fraternities. But people who had committed unthinkable crimes were also called heroes; Oedipus and Medea‚ for example‚ received divine worship after their deaths as well. Originally‚ heroes were not necessarily good‚ but they were always extraordinary; to be a hero was to expand people’s sense of what was possible for a human being. Today‚ it is much
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Countee Cullen was born May 30‚ 1903 in New York City‚ Cullen was raised in a Methodist parsonage. Little is known of his father and mother or of his early years in New York but Countee Cullen was born with the name Countee LeRoy Porter and was abandoned by his mother at birth. Countee was raised by his grandmother‚ Mrs. Porter‚ but it is unclear where the location of his birth was in fact located because he was very secretive about his life to the community. Countee Cullen was considered an important
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Jason‚ Perseus and Theseus are all intriguing characters of Greek mythology. They each portray many different qualities and compare and contrast each other. For example the fact that Heracles was constantly a target of Hera and Theseus a target of Medea links them as characters. Also‚ Heracles frees Theseus from the chair of forgetfulness which also makes them similar. Even further‚ Perseus is from the city of Argos which happens to be where Heracles’ family is from as well. Another similarity between
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enough he moved the rock and discovered what was left under it. Aethra told him the truth about his fathers identity and who he was. Once he found out this information he went to Athens to meet him. His father did not recognize him but his new wife‚ Medea‚ surely did. She invited him to dinner and gave him a poisoned wine glass and just as he was about to drink it‚ Aegeus saw the sword Theseus had and then knew that that was his son. Theseus then went to Crete with the 13 others to try and defeat the
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danger and neither shied from doing what was necessary to complete their quest. Both men were also very modest and were able to except help when needed‚ either form gods or from other mortals. Jason did not hesitate to ask for help from the princess Medea. Odysseus accepted help from a simple sheep herder in order to reclaim his home. Although these two heroes had similar adventures and shared similar qualities‚ they were very different. The first difference we notice between these two heroes is their
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Maria Callas as Violetta in La traviata‚ 1958 Maria Callas‚ Commendatore OMRI[1] (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας; December 2‚ 1923 – September 16‚ 1977)‚ was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Critics praised her bel canto technique‚ wide-ranging voice and dramatic gifts. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti‚ Bellini and Rossini; further‚ to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and‚ in her
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give up the fleece to anyone who could tame two fire-breathing bulls and then use them to plow a field with dragon’s teeth. Jason was confounded by how to pass this trial and was saved at the last moment by Aeetes’ daughter Medea‚ who gave him a potion of wild herbs that would protect him from the fire. With the
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casual tone to engage the reader and gain empathetic response. The weblog writer uses colloquialisms such as ‘gutted’‚ and elision; ‘Whatcha’ DCB Pierre engages a young audience through use of a teenage protagonist. The weblog starts in medea res with use of the discourse marker ‘So after another...’ creating an informal ambience. This also suggests that the audience are regular readers of this particular blog‚ as they are expected to understand what the conversation is referring back
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