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    beautiful princess that was to be sacrificed to a sea monster to repent for her father’s crimes. She was chained to a rock by the ocean in an attempt to attract the sea monster. The young hero Perseus was returning from his quest to kill the beast Medusa when he saw her about to be killed‚ and swooped in to kill the sea monster. He rescued Andromeda

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    Pegasus is a famous constellation within Greek mythology about a winged horse. Pegasus has a story of a him coming out of Medusa and beheading her and that is how he came into this world as a magical horse in Greek mythology. Pegasus is a constellation that has a shape in it called the “Great Square.” Another constellation is tied in with Pegasus in a way that it is a horse but a much smaller version of Pegasus and its heads are touching as if they are in love. That constellation is named “Equuleus

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    How I Want to Live.

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    BOOK REPORT THE LIGHTNING THIEF Gianne Angelo R. Valdez 9- St. Alphonsus Author: RICK RIORDAN Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling  Author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series‚ the Kane Chronicles‚ and the Heroes of Olympus. He is also the author of the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults. For fifteen years‚ Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002‚ Saint Mary’s

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    france and reign of terror maximilien robespierre- reign of terror- declaration of the rights of man and citizen- goethe-1749-1832 the sorrows of young werther 1774 death of marat-1793 the third of may-1808‚ 1814-1815 the raft of the medusa-1818 oil on canvas ch 18 triumph of the bourgeoisie Liberalism- democracy and individual liberity. Nationalism- pride in one’s nation. Equality and brotherhood real politik- realistic/praticial governing style > strong armies 1850-1871. socialism-destruction

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    Women in Greek Mythology

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    Women in Greek mythology A myth is a legendary traditional story‚ usually concerning a hero or an event‚ and typically involving supernatural beings and events. Informally‚ the term is also used to describe false stories‚ due to the usual lack of determinable basis or fact in most myths‚ but the academic use of the word has nothing to do with truth or falsity. Myths are stories woven from the need of having models for behavior. They are sacred stories revolving around sacred events and sacred

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    Greeks compared to the Maya Looking around too all the different ethnicities that can be found in this world‚ two of those most interesting cultures would have to be the Greeks and the Maya. The ancient Greek and Mayan civilizations have many similar characteristics but they also have many differences. The Mayan’s are an indigenous Mesoamerican culture found in present day South America. As where the Greeks are an ethnicity group native to Greece. The history of the Greece can be traced back

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    (Underworld) and Zeus. There were also 3 sisters‚ Hestia‚ Hera‚ and Demeter. Poseidon is usually shown with his wife Amphitrite‚ but he mated with many creatures. Such as water spirits which is why Cyclops are some of his children. Poseidon mated with Medusa when she was still a beauty. Out of their union was born the winged horse Pegasus. Cyclops are Poseidon’s son because he mated with water spirits. The water spirit he mated with were Nerides. Poseidon and Nerides are pretty much the complete opposite

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    more about Sylvia’s childhood and adolescence I personally feel that she was all to hard on her mother portraying her as a sickly person that purposely cut between her and what she believed was true happiness in her father. Within the poem “Medusa” although Medusa is a woman that with looking into her eyes turn the voyeur to stone with snakes for hair. This Amplifies that even the title is an over exaggeration of an image of Aurelia. Sylvia uses metaphors all threw this poem portraying her father as

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    Cnidarians

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    Cnidarians Cnidaria is a phylum containing some 11‚000 species of simple animals found exclusively in aquatic‚ mostly marine‚ environments. Cnidarians get their name from cnidocytes‚ which are special cells that carry stinging organelles. The corals‚ which are important reefbuilders‚ belong here‚ as do the sea anemones‚ jellyfish‚ sea pens‚ sea pansies and sea wasps. The names Coelenterata and Coelentera were once applied to the group‚ but those names included the Ctenophores‚comb jellies

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    so easily‚ is it because the game is just too good‚ or is it because of the fact that there are mythical creatures‚ Homeric proportions and Gods and Goddesses involved in these games that gave them a significant boost in comparing to others. Zeus‚ Medusa‚ Cronos‚ Hades‚ Hermes are some of the Gods and Goddesses that are made as characters in the mentioned games but are just remodelled. Go inside any internet café and notice that more than half of the customers there are playing one the mentioned games

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