Reflection Assignment « Homer and Odyssey From the Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces » The Greek literature impacted the western civilization from the eight century before the Common Era. It was and is among the most popular and well known literature. In this reflection assignment‚ we are going to talk first about the origin of Greek literature‚ then briefly about its different poems and finally we will end with the first six books from Odyssey. Who dares talk about western
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The biblical narrative‚ “In the Beginning” and Homer’s epic poem‚ “The Odyssey” share many commonalities. The pair of writings have their own heroes and villains. In each they face similar struggles‚ one of which is temptation‚ the main theme of both passages. They also share the basic archetypal of a hero’s journey‚ complete with protagonists‚ antagonists‚ and a common theme. In the biblical narrative and epic poem alike‚ there are heroes. In the biblical narrative‚ adam and eve are the heroes
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set by Xenia‚ there would be severe penalties dealt by Zeus and also by society (Wikipedia). In The Odyssey‚ Xenia is a theme which is shown repeatedly throughout the book: Nestor and Menelaos take in Telemakhos warmly as a guest and Eumaios plays an excellent host to Odysseus‚ while Odysseus is disguised as a wandering beggar. It is no accident that Xenia is such an important theme in The Odyssey‚ as it helps Homer present which characters he wanted to be “good.” Of course‚ the same can be said
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The Importance of Xenia in The Odyssey and it’s Consequences One of the most important themes in The Odyssey is the concept of xenia‚ which is the old Greek word for hospitality. In modern times‚ hospitality is something we rarely think of‚ and the first thing that comes to mind is the hotel industry‚ but in ancient Greece‚ xenia was not about hotels‚ or just about etiquette‚ it was a way of life with many benefits in a world that was still mostly savage. Xenia was more than just being polite to
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Merck Consolidated Balance Sheet | | | | | | € million | ------------------------------------------------- Note | ------------------------------------------------- Dec. 31‚ 2012 | ------------------------------------------------- Dec. 31‚ 2011 | ------------------------------------------------- Jan. 1‚ 2011 | 1 | Previous year’s figures have been adjusted‚ see Note [5] | | Current assets | ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------
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Question 1: Select an industry and outline the changes taking place in the nature of its work and how work in that industry is organized. Describe the effect these changes have on the skill requirements of workers. A lot of industries have faced major changes in their work methods in the last years‚ such as the automobile industry. Technology is one of the main factors to be accounted for these new working methods. A lot of consequences for workers occur due to this change such as the following:
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Data Warehousing and Data mining December‚ 9 2013 Data Mining and Data Warehousing Companies and organizations all over the world are blasting on the scene with data mining and data warehousing trying to keep an extreme competitive leg up on the competition. Always trying to improve the competiveness and the improvement of the business process is a key factor in expanding and strategically maintaining a higher standard for the most cost effective means in any
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the Department of Management College of Business Administration‚ Management and Marketing Studies‚ City College of Tagaytay in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (major in Marketing) with contribution number TC (BSBA) 11-01-403. Prepared under the supervision of Mr. Edilberto P. Lunas INTRODUCTION Evidence of hotels and the hospitality industry have been recorded as early as the biblical times when Mary and
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Odyssey essay `How did character choice affect the outcome of The Odyssey? That is the question that this essay will answer. Odysseus the hero of The odyssey goes on many adventures. During these adventures there are many choices that have to be made by Odysseus and his men. With all of these choices Odysseus and his men don’t always make the right choice. The events in The Odyssey occurred because of character choice‚ as shown with Odysseus’s ignorance‚ Odysseus’s faithfulness towards Penelope
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