ALEXANDER THE GREAT BY: JOHN J. POPOVIC CATEGORY: HISTORY – GREEK HISTORY ALEXANDER THE GREAT Αλεξανδροσ Πηιλιππου Μακεδονον‚ Alexander the Invincible‚ later renamed by the Romans‚ Alexandros Philippou Makedonon‚ Alexander III the Great of Macedon (356-323 B.C.) PROJECT by John J. Popovic Alexander accomplished greater deeds than any other ruler before or after him. This project is dedicated to the most charismatic and heroic king of all times. Edition 9.2 SYNOPSIS Introduction Alexander’s
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Book 1: The Rage of Achilles Book 2: The Great Gathering of Armies Book 3: Helen Reviews the Champions Book 4: The Truce Erupts in War Book 5: Diomodes Fights the Gods Book 6: Hector Returns to Troy Book 7: Ajax Duels in Hector Book 8: The Tide of Battle Turns Book 9: The Embassy to Achilles Book 10: Marauding Through the Night Book 11: Agamemnon’s Day of Glory Book 12: The Trojans Storm the Rampart Book 13: Battling for the Ships Book 14: Hera Outflanks Zeus Book 15:
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their faces. The sand blinded them and the giants killed each other out of confusion. Along with being granted amulets‚ heroes also are given helpers. Throughout Jason’s adolescence he was trained by Chiron‚ who was a great teacher that also taught Hercules. When Jason goes in search of the Golden Fleece he also had a crew of helpers that assisted him on his journey. Only a true hero would be granted such good aid in his
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The Lightning Thief Main article: The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief is the first book in the series. It was released on June 28‚ 2005. Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old with ADHD and dyslexia. Percy goes to a middle school called Yancy Academy‚ which is a school for troubled kids. During a field trip‚ Percy is attacked by Alecto‚ a mythological creature known as a Fury‚ who was disguised as his pre-algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds. Percy kills Mrs. Dodds with a pen sword that his Latin teacher
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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. He was carried off the Heaven to live with the
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ENTRY I Part I Section I I-THE GODS The Greeks believed that the Earth was here before the gods; the gods did not create the universe‚ instead the universe made the gods. So the heaven and earth were the first parents‚ after them came the titans‚ and following them came the gods and goddesses. The titans were known to be big and of great strength. The one titan who over-ruled the rest was Cornus‚ also known as Saturn. He reigned until Zeus- his son dethroned him. Zeus was amongst the twelve
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Prima ab origine mundi‚ ad mea perpetuum tempora carmen‚ "from the very beginning of the world‚ in an unbroken poem‚ to my own time" (Metamorphoses 1.3-4). Publius Ovidius Naso also known as Ovid wrote Metamorphoses‚ which combines hundreds of stories from Greek mythology and Roman traditions. He stitched many of them together in a very peculiar epic poem in fifteen books. The central theme of the book is transformation "from the earliest beginnings of the world‚ down to my own times." Ovid sweeps
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by kings who had ultimate power over their lives‚ whose power was only trumped by that of the gods. Such a heroic story is common of those times‚ and shows the true values of the people. In Greek mythology‚ the half god‚ Herakles‚ also known as Hercules in Roman mythology‚ was a very important character. He was the product of a love affair between Zeus and Alkmene‚ making him half human‚ half god. Herakles is a greatly popular character in greek mythology‚ appearing on numerous vases‚ sculptures
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CRONUS - in latin Saturn‚ he ruled over the other Titans. Was dethroned by his own son Zues. OCEAN - the river that was supposed to encircle the earth TETHYS - Ocean’s wife HYPERION - the father of the son‚ the moon and the dawn MNEMOSYNE - it means memory‚ THEMIS - usually translated by justice IAPETUS - important because of his sons ATLAS and PROMETHEUS ATLAS - bore the world on his shoulders PROMETHEUS - he was the savior of mankind ZEUS - jupiter‚ he is the supreme ruler of the
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Angela Davis 7/27/2014 Humanities Paper #2 Athena On the top of Mt. Olympus lived one of the greatest goddesses‚ Athena. Athena was known as a goddess of war‚ wisdom and arts. She is portrayed as strong‚ fair and merciful. She helped many warriors on their journeys. She was greatly admired by humans for her contributions to man. Athena was also very intelligent and thoughtful; she rarely lost her temper and pushed for a solution that was beneficial. As you read on you will find that Athena
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