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    Canova And Rodin Essay

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    Short Paper. Both work are from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The paper can also be used for Collage. Good‚ But needs to be a little more specific in some areas. Canova Even though both Canova and Rodin were from completely different stylistic periods‚ they both shared somewhat similar views and influences. "Canova and Rodin are probably the only two sculptors of the nineteenth century who escaped the strictures of an epoch that looked on human life as a succession of events whose banality

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    The Andromeda Myth

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    astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations.. Located north of the celeatial equator. Andromeda is most prominent during autumn evenings in the Nothern Hemisphere‚ along with several other constellations named for characters in the Perseus myth. Because of its northern declination‚ Andromeda is visible only north of 40° south latitude; for observers farther south it lies below the horizon. It is one of the largest constellations‚ with an area of 722 square degrees. This is over 1‚400

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    Clash of the Titans” tells the tale of Perseus‚ one of the first great hero’s of ancient Greece. The film has excellent set and costume design with very accurate depictions of ancient Greek culture. From comparing the art and architecture featured in the film to the examples we learned about in class and other examples I found myself‚ the film appears to be set around the high to late Greek classical period and also features influences from the Near East. Perseus is supposed to have founded Mycenae

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    Hermes helps Perseus complete his task: to get the head of Medusa‚ by proposing a well thought out plan. His plan was that Perseus would steal the Graiae’s one eye as they were in the process of passing it to the other and refuse to give it back until he was told where to find Medusa. Hermes plan worked just as he expected

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    CLASSICS 101: GREEK MYTHOLOGY Spring 2013‚ CSULB J. Mark Sugars‚ Ph.D. Sec. 06 Course #1364 TuTh 1230-1345 My office: MHB - 611 DESN – 112 j.marksugars@csulb.edu Mailbox (Dept. of Comp. World Lit. & Classics): MHB-517 Course Objectives: Greek myths have inspired and influenced literature‚ music‚ and the rest of the arts‚ especially in the

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    of love. Not only good deeds‚ but also acts of hate and war. These units both prove this idea in many ways‚ actions and emotions. Love is a universal influence and has lots of powers. The first example of the theme is the story of the Greek hero Perseus and how he discovered his wife‚ Andromeda.

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    journey and like most Greek Heroes‚ he had the courage and strength to do this. Because of this‚ Percy is most like Perseus‚ Odysseus‚ and Theseus. Percy is not just like Perseus because their names sound alike. They are alike in other ways as well. Like Perseus‚ Percy was saved because he had a god watching over him. In “ The Great Heroes Before the Trojan War” it says‚ “ But Perseus was saved from his folly. Two great gods were watching over him.”(Hamilton 145). This same thing happened to Percy

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    Women of Troy Essay

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    Web. 29 Mar. 2013. Else‚ Gerald Frank. Aristotle: Poetics. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press‚ 1967. Print. Euripides. The Trojan Women. The Plays of Euripides. Trans. E. P. Coleridge. Vol. 1. London: George Bell and Sons‚ 1891. N. pag. The Perseus Project. Ed. Gregory Crane. Tufts U. Web. April‚ 1st‚ 2013. Fagles‚ Robert‚ and Bernard Knox. The Iliad. New York‚ N.Y.‚ U.S.A.: Viking‚ 1990. Print. Green‚ Roger Lancelyn‚ and Pauline Baynes. The tale of Troy: retold from the ancient authors. London:

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    It was about one in the morning‚ Josie was on watch when the figures in the dark began to take shape around them. “EVERYBODY UP!” Josie shouted. The sword maidens were on their feet‚ swords in hand‚ in a second and a half. They formed a protective circle around Brock as Neph snarled and growled at the intruders‚ trying to keep himself between them and the sword maidens. A voice in the dark said‚ “Hello ladies‚ no need for any violence‚ you’re out numbered six to one anyway. Lower your swords and

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    Throughout multiple mythological stories women have been shown as jealous‚ revengeful and intrusive. Prometheus and Pandora The Great Bear Perseus and Medusa Medea (A Women Scorned) Antigone Prometheus and Pandora~ Prometheus and his brother stole fire from the gods and gave it to humankind. Of course‚ the gods were furious. As PUNISHMENT‚ the gods gave the brothers a women‚ named Pandora to Prometheus and his brother. However‚ even as punishment‚ the gods still gave Pandora valuable traits. Epimetheus

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