How Volcanoes Came to be : Hephaestus god of blacksmiths and fire wanted revenge on all the villages that used his gift of metallurgy for war and killing so he went up to Zeus to ask him for a way to devastate their population. Zeus thought for a while and decided to give him the deserted mountains on the others side of the valley and let him chose what he wanted to do with them. “I’d like to make them burst into an explosion of liquid fire.” he said “Ha ha ha” laughed the father god‚ “ thinking
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he became king for getting rid of the Sphinx and was very stubborn to his brother-in-law (uncle). Then I thought that he needs to stop talking and listen to his own thoughts and think everything threw. 2) From lines 1-89‚ what qualities do the people attribute to Oedipus? What heroic qualities does he attribute to himself? The qualities people attribute to Oedipus is that they see him as a very kind‚ smart‚ and a strong man mostly because he faced the Sphinx. The heroic quality that he attributes
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Egyptian architecture is characterized by massiveness‚ monumentality and SIMPLICITY. 15. Egyptian system of construction is essentially COLUMNAR and TRABEATED. 16. The Colossi of Memnon was erected by AMENOPHIS III. 17. The architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria is PTOLEMY III. 18. The funerary temple at Der-el-Bahari was built by HATSHEPSUT. 19. The forerunners of the caryatids of the Greeks is OSIRIS PILLARS. 20. Characteristic wall ornament of the Egyptians is HIEROGLYPHICS. 21.
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man who sees the sun” (52). Furthermore‚ Oedipus is proud of himself and what he has accomplished‚ especially regarding what happened with the Sphinx: “The tyrant is a child of Pride” (67). The tyrant‚ which‚ aside from the modern meaning‚ can also be interpreted as “King”‚ is Oedipus. “Pride” refers to the fact that he is proud to have defeated the Sphinx by personal means only. Moreover‚ Oedipus is a very arrogant person‚ hence the use of the word
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positive change in Thebes even though some people don’t understand his ways. For example‚ when Thebes was being tormented by the evil Sphinx‚ Oedipus figures out the riddle that the Sphinx would repeat to people who wanted to enter Thebes. Since he answers correctly‚ the Sphinx gets so upset that she kills herself. This is justice for the people of Thebes because the Sphinx was treating the travelers and people of Thebes unfairly. Another way Oedipus searches for
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Matandang kaharian- 2700-2180 BCE -Pinamunuan ni haring MENES - tinaguriang gintong panahon -nagtatag ng sentralisadong pamahalaan *kapangyarihan- animo= diyos *hari=pharaoh -hawak ang pamahalaan‚ hukbon military‚ relihiyon -parang diyos *pharaoh Khufu o cheops- pinagukulan ang paggawa ng pyramids *giza pyramid- kakaiba‚ 137m * ang mga pyramids ay libingan ng mga pharaoh + ang mga susunod na pinuno ay mahina at walang kakayahan. Kabulukan ng
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Biography of Oedipus: A tragic hero. Birth: Oedipus was child of King Laius and Jacosta‚ the ruling couple of Thebs. Laius was eager to know the future for his personal knowledge‚ but the new he received were quite unwelcoming. He was told that his newborn son‚ Oedipus would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. Disturbed by the new he was given‚ Laius gave the new born to a herdsman and ordered him to kill the child. A spike was driven through the baby’s ankles and was left on Mt.
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of the play‚ Oedipus realizes his ignorance. In the beginning of the play‚ Oedipus solves the riddle and defeats the Sphinx‚ which causes Oedipus views himself as one of a kind. After the Sphinx defeat‚ Oedipus is speaking to the Priest and describes himself as‚ “I Oedipus‚ whom all mean call great!”(11‚ line 8). There have been many attempts to solve the riddle of the Sphinx‚ and Oedipus has been the only one to prove successful. This shows the reader that Oedipus has qualities which make him
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Ancient Egypt ’s pyramids are the oldest and largest stone structure in the world. Along the Nile 35 major pyramids still stand. The three largest pyramids at Giza rank as one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World. It was on the list of notable things to see which was made up by the travelers during ancient times. The ancient Egyptians also built temples of limestone. They designed parts of the temples to resemble plants. Moreover‚ many of ancient Egypt ’s finest paintings and other works of
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A) In what ways did Hatshepsut portray herself as a male pharaoh? While the concept of a female ruler as a Queen Regent or Co- regent was not foreign to New Kingdom practices there was no provision for a female pharaoh in Egyptian tradition. Hatshepsut’s portrayal as male was unprecedented. ‘After Hatshepsut regency for about seven years the political situation apparently changed and a bomb shell exploded’ . Hatshepsut dressed herself in the clothes of a man‚ put on the false beard that pharaohs
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