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    It was most commonly thought that Hades chose your fate and that you had higher chances of going to Tartarus instead of that island of goodness‚ but he never judged the dead‚ he had three other people judge them for him. “RHADAMANTHYS‚ MINOS and AIAKOS (Aeacus) were the judges of the dead‚ three demi-god ministers of Haides. They were originally mortal men‚ sons of the god Zeus‚ who were granted their station in death as a reward for establishing law and order on earth.” (“Judges of the

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    Theseus the WIse

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    others‚ he makes wise decisions‚ treats others fairly‚ and is extremely courageous. Theseus’ ability to make wise decisions during critical times proves that he is the quintessential hero. In one of his adventures‚ Theseus sets out to kill King Minos’ minotaur in the Labyrinth. Theseus “came upon him (the minotaur) asleep and fell upon him‚ pinning him to the ground; and with his fists... he battered the monster to the ground”(215). Many other heroes (such as Hercules) would have waited until

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    Group 4 vs. Group 7 Saturday November 3 Group 3 vs. Group 7 Group 4 vs. Group 5 Group 2 vs. Group 8 Group 1 vs. Group 6 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM DARK JERSEYS GROUP 1 Mohammadi‚ Fahad Rehman‚ Abdul Minos‚ Andrew Chen‚ Bentley Hugh-Yeun‚ Zachary Nanayakkara‚ Maheeka Chin‚ Ethan Ciceu‚ Anthony Srikaran‚ Abhishek Adonu‚ Aiden Mossop‚ Adam Rego‚ Nicholas LIGHT JERSEYS NUMBER 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 GROUP 5 Albi‚ Alessandro Polsinelli‚ Tommas

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    Since the days when man lived in caves and struggled to survive‚ wondering about the world that surrounds him. What makes the sun rise and set? Why are there seasons? Where do things go when they die? To the ancient Greeks‚ there were simple explanations to all these questions – it was the gods! Things that seemed unexplainable could suddenly make sense when there were gods and goddesses involved. And these stories of the gods that the Greeks created to help make sense of the universe have survived

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    King Minus The King

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    One day King Minos was a very powerful man. This one town called Athens and every year he would go to war with them. So they made a deal with the king that if he stopped the war with them they would 7 kids every year to his maze where he had his monster very hungry for humans. So the King liked the deal and went on with it and said yes. That was a very sad day for the Athens and cried every year when they had to send 7 kids who tried to kill this monster but never came back. So one says the Kings

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    share‚ and examples will be given to show you why. This paragraph will determine why Zeus is able to share and will give three carefully detailed examples. The first example of Zeus being able to share is when he gives Crete a magnificent gift; King Minos was in desperate need of a wall‚ a warrior and an army. They pleaded to Zeus to give them these three wishes and Zeus put it all into one huge gift. He gave them Talus a great bronze giant that will

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    ALLUSION VOCABULARY Second Six Weeks   1. Herculean: a. adj. - of extraordinary power‚ size‚ or difficulty relating to the characteristics of Hercules; having enormous strength. (Most often used in capitalized form when referring to Herculean task: may not require great strength‚ even though expression comes b. from name of mythical superhero. Such a task is a difficult or dangerous one.) Given twelve impossible tasks. Hercules completed all of them overcoming great difficulties

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    Zeus Beginning around 700 B.C.‚ stories by Homer and other Greek poets told of the lives of powerful gods who involved themselves in human affairs. Supreme among these gods was Zeus‚ but to the Romans he was known as Jupiter. Zeus was the supreme god and ruler of Olympus. He was known by many titles: Lord of the Sky‚ the Cloud- gatherer‚ the Rain-god‚ and Zeus the Thunderer. All of which are the most popular names dating back to ancient Greek history and mythology. Zeus was the child of the

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    The Sistine chapel was the only one of Michelangelo’s large scale projects that was insisted by religious leaders such as Julius II and Paul III (Harris‚ 1976‚ p 20). The main fresco of the Sistine chapel took four years to complete (1508-12). The last Judgment was created twenty three years later after completing the Genesis ceiling fresco. It is located on the altar of the Sistine chapel. The Last Judgment was commissioned by Pope Clement VII (1523-1534) shortly before his death‚ and confirmed

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    Herculean myth resembles Jesus in many areas. The mortal and chaste Alcmene‚ the mother of Hercules‚ gave birth to him from a union with God (Zeus). Similar to Herod who wanted to kill Jesus‚ Hera wanted to kill Hercules. Like Jesus‚ Hercules traveled the earth as a mortal helping mankind and performed miraculous deeds. Similar to Jesus who died and rose to heaven‚ Hercules died‚ rose to Mt. Olympus and became a god. Hercules gives example of perhaps the most popular hero in Ancient Greece and Rome

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