This piece of artwork‚ promptly titled Thetis Bringing Armor to Achilles‚ was created by Benjamin West in 1806. It depicts the scene in book 19 of The Iliad in which Thetis brings his son‚ Achilles‚ a set of armor that was made by Hephaestus during the Trojan War. Benjamin West (1738-1820) was born in Pennsylvania and was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes who had created multiple versions of this portrayal during his lifetime (Wikipedia). This version‚ made in 1806‚ is located in
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The Grand Shrine of Ise is the probably most sacred or holy Shinto site in Japan. The shrine has been rebuilt in the same place every 20 years since the third or fourth century. Shinto‚ Japan’s unofficial national religion‚ is devoted to spiritual beings called “kami.” Shinto shrines were traditionally simple wooden structures built to house the kami and as a place to hold rituals and celebrations. Shinto’s holy places typically include natural formations‚ such as rocks‚ waterfalls‚ caves‚ forests
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I have a lot of creation myths were they were made from clay/mud and even corn paste. Some materials worked better than others. The gods also only had limited sources around them to begin with. In the Greek (Theogony) creation Athena made humans from clay/mud and water. All though some were from sex or even just thought into family trees. The Mayan creation had a few attempts until they realized white corn paste makes the best humans. In one creation (Inuit)
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of love between two people but he also could drive two people away and make them not like each other. Eros also had an interesting love story for himself. Eros has many different allegories of his birth. The earliest known myth is found in the Theogony written by Hesiod. Hesiod affirms that he was the primeval god. And that the earth was once just a giant stone with no sky‚ sea‚ or living thing until Eros entered the world‚ and living things appeared and earth took its shape. The possibilities
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Ancient Greek Legacies Throughout Ancient Greece there have been many legacies. The Olympic Games were created and become part of history. Architecture influenced modern buildings. During these times‚ different types of literature were produced. Three greatest legacies of Ancient Greece are literature‚ the Olympic Games‚ and architecture. The Olympic Games was created because of a myth. It began when Oenomaus‚ the king of Olympia had a daughter named Hippodamia and wanted to compete with the person
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the earliest known literary works. This Babylonian epic poem arises from stories in the Sumerian language. Although the Sumerian stories are older (probably dating to at least 2100 B.C.)‚ it was probably composed around 1900 BC. The epic deals with themes of heroism‚ friendship‚ loss‚ and the quest for eternal life. Different historical periods are reflected in literature. National and tribal sagas‚ accounts of the origin of the world and of customs‚ and myths which
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white foam spread around them from the immortal flesh‚ and in it there grew a maiden...and came forth an awful and lovely goddess‚ and grass grew up about her beneath her shapely feet. Her gods and men call Aphrodite...because she grew amid the foam- Theogony‚ 185 -200” (Lombardi) The other story of how she was born is what the poet Homer believed‚ that she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Another mysterious fact is that there are no references to her growing up. We can infer that she was born as
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as personification‚ metaphors‚ onomatopoeia‚ and similes to make their stories come alive to the listener; for example‚ “The fertile earth being burnt‚ roared out…” provides an auditory picture of the viciousness of the battle (2008‚ p. 59). “The Theogony”‚ “Iliad‚” and “Aeneid” describe the hierarchy and intrigue of the immortals‚ including their interaction among themselves and with
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John Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ considered the greatest achievement in English epic‚ is a poem which seeks to do the impossible: to provide an account of the book of Genesis through the medium of epic‚ a genre depicting‚ among other things‚ the religious practices and theological imperatives of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. For all that we know about Milton’s classical education‚ his early training in ancient languages and later mastery of classical genres‚ many mysteries‚ nevertheless‚ remain
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CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY CLAS C205 (23712) W 6:00-8:40pm Room: CA 235 IUPUI Fall 2014 Martina Dalinghaus‚ Program Director for Classical Studies email: mdalingh@iupui.edu Office: CA 543B; Phone: 278-3645 Office hours: MTR 9-11 am; W 4:30-5:30pm (and by appointment) Secretary (World Languages): Cavanaugh 545‚ 274-0062 Note: Please send all communications outside of office hours via email or Oncourse mail or leave urgent messages with secretary during business hours. COURSE OBJECTIVES This course provides
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