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    Hercules Hercules also known as Alcaides was a greek son of Zeus. He was an Exceptionally strong young mortal.Hercules was the son of zeus‚A greek god.Learning the talents and traits attributed to hercules helps mythology students learn.Hercules was the strongest man on the earth(HAM 290). He was known for his exceptional strength‚even surpassing many gods. Hercules also had great courage and the ability to do anything in his will.Hercules got a curse put on him by Hera(HAM 320).Hera told Hercules

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    In the myth Daedalus by ‚ a man.. Sometimes talents can lead to tragedy. In the myth Daedalus‚ Talus and Icarus find how that’s true. They both have some sort of talent weather if its being an inventor or if it’s flying. People were jealous of Talus and then died‚ and Icarus’s flying talent killed him. In the beginning of the story‚ Daedalus was overly focused on his own abilities and reputation. He was overly jealous of his nephew Talus and pushes him to his death. He was jealous

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    and innovation both artistically and architecturally. The Minoans formed the first Greek civilisation on the island of Crete‚ which is located just south of mainland Greece. The name Minoan stems from a series of Greek myths about the legendary King Minos of Crete who was said to rule a vast sea empire; the Minoans were sea-faring people themselves. Minoan civilisation thrived from approximately 2000-1050 B.C.E. before being succeeded by the Mycenaean’s. Minoan civilisation was very clearly influenced

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    PAOLO AND FRANCESCA  Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)  more Artful Romance | François-Auguste-René Rodin (1886) |      The story of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta is told in Inferno (part of Divine Comedy) by Dante. Paolo and Francesca were historical contemporaries of Dante. Francesca’s father‚ Guido da Polenta‚ lord of Ravenna had waged a long war with Malatesta‚ lord of Rimini. Finally peace was made through intermediaries‚ and to make it more firm‚ they decided to cement it with a marriage

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    Peter holding the keys‚ St Bartholomew displaying his flayed skin‚ the censored version of St. Catherine‚ Minos as the judge of hell and many more. I believe that he displayed so many different pictures within this one portrait because he wanted to show the many different people that would be there and the many aspects of The Last Judgement. He also inserted

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    Cris Ronnel A. Balita BSIED-1A HUM 12 (Art Apprecition) Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 Michelangelo Buonarroti was of noble birth‚ but was not raised by his parents.  His father had him brought up by a stone carver and his wife‚ because his own wife was too ill to take care of the child.  While living with his surrogate parents‚ young Michelangelo learned the skills that would serve him throughout his life.‚ but his father was displeased when his son told him he wanted to be an artist

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    CP Western Civilization Chapter 4 Sections 1-3 Minoan Civilization: lived on Crete; after king Minos; earliest civilization; based on trade not conquest; used art to reflect them; used others cultures and customs Polis: a city-state; political Oligarchy: rule by some people Acropolis: high city; city built high up on a cliff for defense purposes City-State: independent; own government; isolated; doesn’t answer to anyone Crete: island off the coast of Greece that was the cradle of an early

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    While Athena may have been his first offspring‚ Zeus had many more to following Athena. Athena has a total of fifthteen siblings. They are: Artemis‚ Aphrodite‚ The Muses‚ the Graces‚ Ares‚ Apollo‚ Dionysus‚ Hebe‚ Hermes‚ Hercules‚ Helen of Troy‚ Minos‚ Hephaestus‚ Perseus‚ and

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    children. She is in her home on earth yet everything is vapid‚ dull and lifeless. In the Inferno‚ the suicides are located in Circle Seven among the violent against self subdivision. The punishment that they receive is not their fear but determined by Minos. Suicides in the Inferno are turned into trees and eaten by Harpies who painfully eat their leaves for eternity. The Suicides can only speak when they are bleeding from being eaten. Just as they have defiled the body that God gave them on earth‚ they

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    and Daedalus and Icarus are two Greek myths. In King Midas the king receives a wish from Dionysus after doing him a favour. Midas chooses that everything he touches turns to gold. Daedalus and Icarus focuses on the main characters escape from King Minos captivity. Daedalus invents wings to escape‚ but his son does not follow his advice and flies too high. This causes the sun to melt the wax holding his wings together and Icarus plummets towards his death. Both myths show some of the morals and philosophies

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