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    TYPES OF PROSTITUTES OLD 10 Types Of Prostitutes In History DEBRA KELLY  It’s called the world’s oldest profession‚ and for good reason. Prostitution has been around since the beginning of recorded history and it’s had a lot of time to grow. A prostitute isn’t just a prostitute—there are a wide variety of different types of women throughout history who have served a varied role in civilization‚ from shunned outcast to pillars of society. 10Ying-chi The ying-chi are arguably the first official‚ independent

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    childbirth‚ Hebes‚ the goddess of youth‚ and Ares‚ the Olympian god of war. He was married to the goddess Aphrodite‚ the goddess of love and beauty. One time Hephaestus‚ to make his mother angry‚ sent her a beautiful chair. When she sat in it she was strapped to it. Hephaestus did this in revenge for her throwing him off of Mount Olympus. He only agreed to free her when Zeus offered him a wife‚ Aphrodite. The main and most ancient sanctuary in Rome was the Volcanal. It was located in the area Volcani

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    upon it to Hera‚ Athena‚ and Aphrodite. Since each of them thought they were they were the most beautiful‚ they needed some one to judge their beauty. But Zeus was too smart to agree to this so he told them to ask Paris‚ a handsome Trojan prince. The goddesses desperately wanted the golden apple‚ so each of them promised Paris a brilliant gift if he should choose them. Hera promised to make him a powerful ruler; Athena promised him wisdom and victory in battle; and Aphrodite promised him the love of

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    13th Labor Of Hercules

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    Dark and eerie are the depths of the infamous lakes in Scotland. Among these troubled waters lurked the Lochness Monster‚ who could not be harmed in any way when in water‚ but once on land‚ was as vulnerable as a little kitten. After completing his twelfth labor‚ bringing Cerebrus to Earth and back‚ the very cocky Hercules‚ who had accomplished the impossible‚ asked for one more labor‚ a challenging one. After pondering‚ and reviewing all that Hercules had already accomplished‚ it was difficult

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    worship? The argument that politics is a male-dominated‚ power-motivated practice is a debate almost as ancient as the Rosetta Stone‚ yet it was during the Transitional period in ancient Greece that statues of male figures were erected and honoured. Not until the Sophists did the Goddess Aphrodite appear in sculpture‚ but one could argue that this is the female embodiment of beauty rather than a form of “fertility” worship. Once again‚ one might argue that

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    The Role of Horses in Ancient Greece by: Sarah Kline Horses have been an important‚ if not vital‚ part of most great societies. This fact was no less true in Ancient Greek society where horses were held on a level just below the gods. According to I. Menegatos‚ a lecturer from the Agricultural University of Athens‚ there were eight different breeds of Greek horses. All eight breeds were valued equally as "majestic or awe-inspiring beasts." This was especially true in scenes of battle. In

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    Iliad that Hera‚ Athena‚ and Aphrodite were fighting because Eris the Goddess of Discord‚ would give her golden apple to the fairest woman there. All three of them thought they should have that apple‚ Eris wanted Zeus to pick‚ but he declined. Instead they let Paris‚ the youngest son to the king of Troy‚ decided. All three woman promised Paris something in return if he gave it to them. Hera‚ promised amazing powers. Athena‚ promised him glory on the battlefield. Aphrodite‚ promised could have the love

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    Euripides Metamorphosis

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    Euripides‚ youngest of the three great Greek tragedians‚ was born c.485 BC though he was scarcely a generation younger than Sophocles‚ his world view better reflects the political‚ social‚ and intellectual crises of late 5th-century Athens. Euripides’ enormous range spans contradictory tendencies:  He was both a rationalist and a romanticist; he both criticized the traditional gods and celebrated religious phenomena He incorporated the new intellectual and scientific movements into his works but

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    Role Of Love In Antigone

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    Aphrodite‚ as the goddess of love‚ is a notable example. The last line of the “Ode to Love” references Antigone’s call to Aphrodite‚ “A girl’s glance working the will of heaven: pleasure to her alone who mock us‚ merciless Aphrodite” (655). Antigone’s grand gesture of love thus far‚ to bury her brother‚ had not yet brought Aphrodite to the cave. The question up until this Ode was whether Creon would change his mind

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    beauty secret box and by that it made her work wasted‚ she wasn’t able to give back the box to Aphrodite so she failed while in the other tory Orpheus was able to get Eurydice back but then he was so impatient and curious if Eurydice is still with her or not so she looked back and then Eurydice was sent back to the underworld. There are different gods who impact the story‚ in the story cupid and psyche Aphrodite is the one who impact the story but in the story Orpheus and Eurydice Hades and Persephone

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