ways. They crawl on 8 legs rather than 6‚ they have 2 body segments‚ the cephalothorax and the abdomen‚ rather than three body segments and they don’t have compact eyes like those of an insect. A spider’s life cycle contains four stages: egg‚ larva‚ nymph and adult. Most spiders live up to 1 to 2 years‚ with the exception of female tarantulas‚ which can live up to 20 years. Male tarantulas only live up to 2 to 3 years as many male spiders soon die after mating. They are known for their web spinning
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to his wife‚ Penelope‚ was tested. Odysseus is not very loyal or fidel with his wife‚ based from the trials he’s been through on his way back home. For seven years‚ Odysseus was held captive in Calypso’s island. Calypso is a beautiful nymph who wanted to marry Odysseus. Calypso tries to tempt Odysseus to marry her by offering him immortality but still‚ Odysseus resists. But although Odysseus resisted Calypso’s beauty and offer of immortality‚ he still stayed in her island for a long period
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attacked by a leopard. All alone‚ Tarzan cried for help and his adopted mother Kala saved him from the vengeful leopard. This is an unusual circumstance at birth; what other child is adopted by a gorilla? Similar to Dionysus‚ who is given to some nymphs to be raised after having two failed births. Foremost‚ Tarzan has an atonement with his father Kerchak. Tarzan’s step dad never truly accepted him as his son. Kerchak does not teach Tarzan “manly” things nor considers Tarzan his son. Throughout
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The Greek heroes Heracles‚ 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
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pH In chemistry‚ pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said to be acidic and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are basic or alkaline. Pure water has a pH very close to 7. pH is defined as the decimal logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion activity‚ aH+‚ in a solution. Universal indicator consists of a mixture of indicators such that there is a continuous color change from about pH 2 to pH 10. Universal indicator paper
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Title: The Odyssey Of Homer Author: Henry L. Christ Publisher: Globe Book Company Copyright date: N/A April 26‚ 2012 Main Characters: Odysseus: The main character‚ he is on a journey determined to get back home with his wife and son. Athena: Friend of Odysseus‚ Goddess of wisdom. Ino: A goddess of the sea‚ who pitied Odysseus in the storm. Laertes: Father of Odysseus. Penelope: Wife of Odysseus. Telemachus: Son of Odysseus. Theoclymenus: A prophet‚ who prophesied
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debate: some see the birth of Venus‚ some see her triumphal parade‚ and others see the sea god Neptune’s marine procession. There is even disagreement as to whether Venus is depicted at all. The woman in the center might instead be Galatea‚ a sea nymph who is often shown riding in a cockleshell chariot drawn by dolphins. As reflected here‚ Poussin exercised great skill in introducing multiple meanings and rich ambiguity into his paintings of classical themes. This painting used to belong to Catherine
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It just wasn’t fair. Mrs. Kwa just announced our Greek Mythology project. We had to form a group‚ choose a myth‚ and perform it. Are you kidding me? She was making jokes with Geo about the myth of Echo & Narcissus‚ a pretty common myth about a nymph named Echo who loved to talk‚ and a very conceited guy named Narcissus. Echo annoyed Hera with her blabbermouth‚ so Hera eventually cursed Echo so that Echo couldn’t say anything‚ and all she can do is echo whoever’s speaking’s last words. She soon
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Europa ended up in Crete and was taken there by Zeus. 19 The Idea of an Echo came from the nymph Echo who was cursed by Hera to only be able to say the last word she hears. The myth of Echo involves Narcissus who was curse by Nemesis to love only himself‚ so when he saw himself in the reflection of a pond he sat and watched his reflect for the rest of his life. 20. The purpose of the flower nymph was to explain nature. 21 Love is the common theme for all the flower myths. Part 2 Chapter 5 22
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stories relate to Cinderella is when the Disney princess has certain rules she has to follow‚ such as leaving the ball by midnight. As well as‚ Perseus had to wait until the Gray Women were exchanging their eye to strike and ask how to get to the nymphs of the North and not look at the Gorgon’s eye. Another example‚ is how in the fairytale
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