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    Mythology

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    Perseus-Prideful‚ courageous‚ brave‚ and intelligent • Dictys-Sympathetic and friendly • Polydectes-Selfish‚ evil‚ and cruel 3.) The Path of the Hero- • The call to adventure- Perseus claims and boasts to get the King the best gift‚ the head of a gorgon (Medusa) • Initiation- Pereus Makes a deal with the grey women. He takes their eyeball in exchange for directions. • Return- Perseus comes back and accidentally turns Polydectes this and his men into stone. To fulfill the prophecy‚ he kills his grandfather

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    Corey Friel Dr. George English IV – 5 3 March 2014 Foreign Piracy Ship‚ aircraft‚ or motor vehicle? This is the question that is asked when a company needs to transport goods from one country to their buyer. Companies have the opportunity to choose of the three which suits them best. There has been many times the buyer may not receive their items because it takes longer or it was stolen. But if it was stolen who was it stolen from? Foreign piracy is an act of robbery at sea. Captain

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    Sirens

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    vicious creatures with the head of a women. After the goddess of marriage‚ childbirth and Zeus’s wife‚ Hera challenged the Muses at a signing contest. The Muses are goddesses of songs‚ dance‚ and music also‚ they were known to be an inspiration to poets. The Muses were daughters of Zeus. It is unsure why Hera challenged the Muses‚ but I believe that Hera challenged the Muses as a way to get out of her marriage with

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    traditional epic poetry‚ the poet asks a muse to speak through him. In the very beginning‚ Milton invokes a muse to inspire and instruct him. "I thence invoke thy aid to my adventurous song/…instruct me‚ for Thou know’st" (Book 1 ll 13-19). Though the muse gives him his motivation‚ it is not only the muse that distinguishes his knowledge of the supernatural world. There is a separate affiliation between the poet and the muse. Instead of the heavenly muse speaking through Milton‚ he uses her more

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    happens the child is referred to as a demigod. Zeus fathered the demi-god Perseus with Danae‚ a mortal woman. Zeus is the God of the Sky and creates weather and storms with his lightning bolts. Poseidon is the God of the Sea. Perseus defeated the evil Medusa and then saves Andromeda by using Medusa’s head to kill the sea monster who was holding her captive(Greek Mythology n.d). In Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief‚ the author Rick Riordan‚ created a fictional character and by the name of Percy Jackson

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    Muse’s] gift [Demodokos] knew the good of life‚ and evil--- for she who lent him sweetness made him blind” (127). Although the Muse takes away Demodokos’s eyesight‚ she shows him “ the good of life” and makes him an amazing minstrel. In this passage‚ there is a direct relationship between suffering and success. “She who lent him sweetness made him blind” shows how the Muse both made Demodokos great and caused him suffering. Although being blinded causes Demodokos pain‚ it allows him to be great. By

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    organs III- Simple nerve net in body wall IV- Sexual and asexual reproduction V- Life cycle including separate polyp and medusa stages sessile(adult)‚ free floating medusa VI- Exhibit the phenomenon of polymorphism VII- Carnivorous Example: Obelia sp. (Hydra) Class: Hydrozoa Unique characteristic for Hydrozoa: I- Alternate polyp and medusa forms in the life cycle although the polyp is the dominant stage II- No mesenteries

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    6 Degrees of Separation Just as in life‚ art is shaped and molded by history. Previous artworks set the stage for future masterpieces to come. Every piece of art is unique in its own expression‚ but when thoroughly analyzed‚ a map of inspiration between all art starts to form. Whether the inspiration derives from form‚ color‚ style‚ or message‚ most artworks contain hints of similarity and by following this map of artistry we can discover connections between pieces that illuminate a whole new meaning

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    Andromeda Book Report

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    ANDROMEDA I am Andromeda‚ princess to Joppa and daughter of Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus. Born and raised in Joppa‚ I know the way everything works around here and I was prepared to take over the throne with my beloved Calibos. That was until the day Calibos decided to kill Zeus’ herd of flying horses‚ leaving only one named Pegasus. In retaliation to this heinous and odious crime‚ Zeus turned my fiancé into a vile monster‚ and of course I can no longer marry him. The people of Joppa must have

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    Phylum: Porifera A sponge has differentiated cells and functionally distinct layers. The ameobocytes secrete spicules which stack up together to make the sponge. The choanocytes are composed of a flagellum and a collar (collar cells). The amoebocytes and choanocytes are the work force of the sponge--they create the body of the sponge. The major sponge groups of today had an ancestor in the Cambrian period. The sponges reproduce either sexually or asexually. When they reproduce sexually‚ they

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