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    Name: Poseidon Age: Age unknown Also known as: God of sea Last known location: Location unknown Significant actions/crimes: Poseidon fostered illegitimate children with mortals Presumed dangerous? Why?: Poseidon was powerful‚ decisive‚ competitive‚ and dignified. It was very important to stay on his "good side"‚ for he was also moody and irascible‚ quick to take offense‚ and made a hobby out of taking his revenge out on those who angered him. Punishing Odysseus for blinding his gigantic one-eyed

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    played a large role in both Greek and Chinese history. The Greeks based their religion primarily around Mythology and philosophy while the Chinese had three main religions: Buddhism‚ Taoism and Confucianism. The Greeks had many different gods that are well known even today such as Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Athena and Aphrodite. Greek philosophy also played a major role in Greek religious history a few well known Greek philosophers would be Thales‚ Pythagoras and Anaxagoras. Although Greek gods are no longer

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    SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY The self-fulfilling prophecy is‚ in the beginning‚ a false definition of the situation evoking a new behaviour which makes the original false conception come ’true’. This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual course of events as proof that he was right from the very beginning. A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true‚ by the very terms

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    -Kring kring- "who is calling cookie" I asked my voice automated .4 inch iphone12z "its Miss Pellaso ma’am" he replied "answer her call now! Please and thank you cookie" I demanded cookie. After which I heard the voice of Noche saying "hi dhaii! Busy ka?" I replied "nope why?" she asked me another question "how many days will be your free schedule?" I answered "as far as I’m concerned my free schedule is more or less weeks‚ why?" she answered "uhmm‚ we will be going to the state of Palawan the day

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    ©Joshua Rei Famanilay de Santos Twitter: @wawewiwowu Facebook: jrfdesantos@yahoo.com My wife has just handed me the newspaper‚ The Los Angeles Times. What is striking is not the headlines but the date today - March 27‚ 2030. It has been 15 years since I graduated in Saint James School. I already settled here in San Pedro‚ California about 3 years ago as a graphic artist at the Mercedes Z Benz Co. I designed new models of Mercedes Benz Sports Cars; and as a part time I designed a website

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    How the Greek gods influenced the Trojan War What a Greek mythology event be without Greek Gods? The Trojan War is just one example of what role the Greek gods play in Greek mythology. The Trojan War was a war that took place between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greek gods influenced the personalities and actions of the Greeks and Trojans.Throughout the Trojan War the Gods played a major part on both war sides the Olympic Gods. All the gods had different reasons of why they

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    Poseidon is a very popular god in Roman and Greek mythology. His name is Poseidon in Greek‚ in Roman its Neptune. The god’s features are that he has sea green eyes‚ his hair is wavy brown with streaked with grey and not very old .One of his popular symbols is the trident other ones are horses‚ dolphins and seafoam. Poseidon’s domain was the oceans‚ mainly anything with water‚ he also was responsible for earthquakes and was the creator of the very first horse as a gift for the city Athens‚ spent

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    Hermes English/Greek Mythology Hermes the messenger of gods; this is the title given to one of the most fascinating gods in Greek mythology. Hermes (also called Mercury) is a god that is a big symbol for many things today. This Greek god is one out of a variety of the characters in stories that have changed the way we look at Greek Myth. One night in Olympia‚ Zeus‚ the greatest god of all‚ went out and impregnated Maia‚ the daughter of Atlas. The Next morning she bore Hermes‚ who was born in a

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    CLASS PROPHECY It was the 26th of July‚ year 2025. The awaited gathering of successful professionals has come to time. They are top caliber performers and well-known personalities in our industry‚ who have established respected names in their chosen field. They‚ who work and strive hard to achieve their goals‚ are now enjoying the glory of their hard work and perseverance. They are the delegates of Professional Regulation Commission Convention. As the appointed chairwoman for the said affair‚ I

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    Love‚ Sex‚ and the Gods in World Literature Literature throughout world history contains many of the same themes and motifs. The works that will be discussed in this paper: Homer’s The Iliad‚ Aristophanes’ Lysistrata‚ and Ovid’s Metamophoses‚ all contain common themes. The first theme is love‚ whether it is the love between a man and a woman‚ parent and child‚ or the love of siblings. Love is a driving force for many of the characters in these works. The second theme is sex‚ whether it is symbolic

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