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    Heroes In Greek Culture

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    The training for Witch and Wizardry has been completed! Now that the status in the magical world has been confirmed‚ the non-magical world awaits. Of course in order to be confirmed in the magic-free world‚ a few lessons from the Magical Institute are needed! This is to ensure that any new witch or wizard is to be fully educated to avoid any repeats of burning at the stake or worse…Please read carefully. This Guide in particular will teach how Greek and Indian societies expect a model citizen to

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    Antigone Work Quotes

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    Guard “We saw this girl giving that dead man’s corpse full burial rites-an act you’d made illegal.” (12) Creon “Don’t speak of here being here. Her life is over.” (18) Creon “No‚ not me. Hades is the one who will stop the marriage” (18) Creon “Well enjoy your sophisticated views. But if you don’t reveal to me who did this‚ you’ll just confirm how much your treasonous gains have made you suffer.” (10) Antigone “Don’t try to share my death or make a claim to actions which you did not do. I’ll

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    popular Gods of Greek mythology‚ like Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Hades‚ Hermes‚ but what they may not know is the Roman equivalent to those Gods are Jupiter‚ Neptune‚ Pluto‚ and Mercury. In Greece‚ the gods and goddess are based on human personality traits such as Love‚ Honor‚ and Hatred‚ while in Rome the deities are named after planets and objects. This is important because while reading some Greek literature‚ for example‚ Homers the Odyssey‚ we see lines such as “Zeus‚ the cloud-gatherer”

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    The Parthenon

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    They worshipped the Greek Gods. They made temples for their gods; The Parthenon is the temple for Athena‚ one of the goddesses. Some of the major Gods were Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ and Hades. Treatment of Women in Athens was very standard for these times. Women were not regarded as citizens. They could not vote‚ own property etc. They were owned by males such as brothers‚ fathers‚ and husbands. Women primarily didn’t have

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    The Fates Greek Mythology

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    it is to be. Atropos‚ who cannot be turned‚ who at death will cut the thread of life with her shears. The Fates are old and predate the gods. It is possible that they determined the fate of the gods themselves. The Fates were independent aside Hades throne in the Underworld they directed and watched the fate they assigned to everyone making sure that it take its course without obstruction. A story featuring the Fates is of the birth of the hero‚ Meleager. When Meleager was born‚ the three Fates

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    Have you heard of Zeus and Jupiter? Maybe Hera and Juno? Well these are some of the many Greek gods and their Roman Opposites. In the religion of polytheism they share is called polytheism it is a belief in many gods instead of one god. It was told that the gods of the Greeks and Roman people were given a personality and a motive so‚ that they could be the cause of the things that happened in the human’s everyday life. This religion had 12 Main Gods that were worshiped and loved by most humans.(Not

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    Even bold men run when they see Hades coming close to them to snatch their lives.” (Sophocles – Johnston) Determination of a lower ranking subject‚ a woman‚ to stand to such patriarchy was a gigantic‚ bold‚ and unheard move for the time. A challenge that aims at the power of a phenomenon

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    Ares: The God of War

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    these gods still have enormous influences on how our world works today. One of those gods‚ the Greek god of war‚ exemplifies many qualities which many people expect from him‚ although strongly disliked by most. The Greek God of war‚ Ares‚ is the son of Zeus and Hera (Van Aken 18)‚ and has had difficulties living in the world of the Greeks‚ whilst many different views have been given of him. For example‚ in early Greek vases‚ Ares was depicted as an old and seasoned warrior with a shield and a helmet‚

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    Book Review

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    the Percy Jackson series and the Heroes of Olympus series‚ there are two camps called ‘Camp Half-Blood’ and ‘Camp Jupiter’. The campers of the two camps are sons/daughters of the Greek and the Roman gods and goddesses‚ which include Zeus/Jupiter‚ Poseidon/Neptune‚ Hades/Pluto‚ Apollo/Apollo‚ Dionysus/Bacchus‚ Hermes/Mercury‚ Ares/Mars‚ Hephaestus/Vulcan‚ Hera/Juno‚ Artemis/Diana‚ Athena/Minerva‚ Aphrodite/Venus‚ Demeter/Ceres and etc. The two camps are a place where ‘demigods’‚ thus the children of

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    monsters was and still is popular in literature and media. She talks about the development of Herakles’ twelve labors and how the specific number twelve was not established until around 460 B.C. using the collection of twelve labors on the temple of Zeus at Olympia as the earliest depiction. She also talks about how Herakles was already know for overcoming series of challenges in literature before 460 B.C like in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey‚ in Hesiod’s Theogony where Herakles has five labors‚ and in

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