"peaceful ruler‚" and Siegfried‚ "victory peace." The root also shows up in the name of the Germanic deity Frigg‚ the goddess of love‚ who lives on today in the word Friday‚ "day of Frigg‚" from an ancient translation of Latin Veneris dis‚ "day of Venus."Word History: A friend is a lover‚ literally. The relationship between Latin amcus "friend" and am "I love" is clear‚ as is the relationship between Greek philos "friend" and phile "I love." In English‚ though‚ we have
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Basin with a diameter of 1550km. Venus‚ the second planet from the Sun‚ is a solid and rocky terrestrial planet. Named by the Romans‚ it is the third brightest thing in the night sky after the Sun and the Moon and is often called the Morning or Evening Star because these are the times it shines the brightest. The atmosphere of Venus is mostly made of CO2 and sulphuric acid. The surface can be very hard to see because of the thick atmosphere; the pressure on Venus is 92 times stronger than the pressure
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turmoil. Growing up in a small‚ segregated Louisiana town dominated by the Klu Klux Clan‚ many of Komunyakaa’s poems express a need for escape. However‚ his poems also share a theme of perseverance. The poems “Slam Dunk & Hook”‚ “Ode to a Drum” and “Venus Flytrap”‚ show not only Komunyakaa’s unique style of writing‚ but his encompassing theme of the ability the need to overcome. In Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem‚ "Slam‚ Dunk & Hook‚" he reflects on playing basketball in the south during the 50s or 60s. On
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about humans who live in an underground city on Venus. It is constantly raining except for one hour every seven years. The main character Margot recently moved to Venus. She is the only one of her classmates who remembers the sun. Her classmates hate her because they were only two years old since the last time the sun came out. None of her classmates treat her fairly because she is the only one who has a memory of the sun. Additionally‚ the kids on Venus are jealous of Margot so they treat her with
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role in their environment‚ and makes them fascinating in many different ways. These traits and abilities create a vast diversity among the many environments on Earth. The four insects that were most fascinating to me are: The American bumble bee‚ Venus fly trap‚ black widow spider‚ and the Burmese python snake. The American bumble bee has a lot of characteristics that make it fascinating. One of these characteristics is the bumble bees’ organization of their colonies. There are three types of bumble
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The Solar System The solar system still to this day one of the most fascinating subjects of study in the science world. In our time‚ we are one of the first generations to see the planets of our solar system up close‚ and we have been able to view evolution of these planets through time. Our solar system consists of a middle aged star called the Sun‚ 9 planets‚ about 100 moons‚ thousands of asteroids‚ millions of icy bodies‚ and many comets revolving around all of it. We can begin by looking
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Diana’s name in the passage is capitalized‚ showing the importance of the values in which she represents: chastity‚ and intellectual and emotional beauty. This implies that other people value the qualities that Diana represents more than the values of Venus‚ whose name is not capitalised. Additionally‚ the devotion of a “host of worshippers” (l. 10) to their religion is much more everlasting than the infatuation that is the result of physical beauty. This suggests that Diana’s quality of internal beauty
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painting took place‚ Isabella D’Este would have been in her 60’s‚ yet at her request‚ Titian created the painting instead as she would have appeared in her 20’s (cite book). Even when the subject is from within the artist’s own mind‚ such as Venus in Allegory with Venus and Cupid by Bronzino‚ a woman is depicted with a youthful appearance‚ free of wrinkles and any of the other telltale signs we must all face with age. In modern times‚ the appearance of aging is so strongly avoided‚ that according to the
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Introduction Galileo Galilei is considered to be the most predominant scientists during the 17th century for the astronomical discoveries that he made using a telescope. He utilized the telescope in the year of 1616. Galileo faced numerous challenges and remarkable discoveries which impacted science forever. The telescope was first invented by a Dutch eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey in 1608‚ but it was Galileo who first commenced the astronomical discoveries by pointing the telescope towards
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Libya” by Dido‚ a few strings had to be pulled by Venus and Juno (Marlowe‚ “Dido” 3.4.63). Before Venus and Juno had even met‚ Venus substituted Cupid in for Ascanius to ensure her grandson’s safety from “any seek to do him hurt” (Marlowe‚ “Dido” 2.1.321). Venus also did that so that Dido would be attracted to Aeneas so he could get his ships fixed‚ or‚ even worst-case scenario‚ Aeneas could be the new King of Carthage. The promise between Juno and Venus was that Aeneas could stay in Carthage and be
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