Apollo 13

Archibald’s maiden voyage in charge of Inchgreen went as follows. Ac-cording to the ship’s log, she departed Glasgow on the 27th of October, reached Cape Verde on the 2nd of November, and subsequently lost her upper main topsail yard in strong that prevented replacement efforts for the following week. She crossed the equator on 29th of November, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on the 25th of December, and eventual-ly rounded the Cape of Tasmania on the 25th of January 1877 during a “very heavy…

Kym Borgman was born on August 21, 1959, in Hawthorne, CA. Kym has a normal childhood, with an older brother who picked on him. Even though his brother often picked on Kym, when the two weren’t fighting they were conspiring and getting into trouble. Martin would not be Kym’s only accomplice, his life long friend Charles (aka Chuck) Dixon would join Kym in many of his adolent escapades. The two would even raise their families together when that time came. Who knew searching my grandfather's name…

Moon Landing Is the Moon Landing taken place in 1969 real? Some people think that the moon landing was real, something it's fake and can back it up. People have been wondering this question ever since it happened. Is the moon landing real. I am here to talk about that. I think the moon landing was fake because of the reflection in Neil Armstrong's face mask. If you look closely at his face mask you can see a reflection of a building in his helmet. This must mean that it was recorded in a live…

In Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, the two sides, immortal and mortal, place blame on one another for the chaos that unfolds on earth. Human nature entails acting on impulse to serve personal agendas, the gods of Olympus are not exempt from its effect and may be major parts of its existence. Homer depicts the gods as divinities that are similar to humans in that they indulge in the same practices, are subject to the abstract beings of Greek mythology, and are in constant interaction with each…

Homer’s Illiad is an adventure nonfiction piece that was meant to convey the tremendous amount of causalities faced during the time of the war. While reading Homer’s Illiad this epic piece connected with life issue in many ways, and was a piece that was very diverse. Of course, with war comes death, but let not death be in vain. In today’s world soldiers have risk their lives’ and many have died due to the battle of the war. The war that changed this nation’s view is the war in Iraq, which was…

Another famous myth portraying homosexual relations is the myth of Apollo and Hyacinth. In this myth, we appreciate a consensual relation between the god and the mortal, who at his death is transformed into the hyacinth flower by the god. If we compare Apollo’s relation with Hyacinth and Daphne, we are able to see that even though the male lover died, Apollo himself transformed him in order to honor their relationship. In contrast, Apollo also venerated Daphne by wearing a laurel crown, but she…

Introduction: Apollo was one of the most powerful gods in Greek mythology. There was only one other god who was more powerful his name was Zeus. Zeus, otherwise known as “Jupiter” for the Romans, was the supreme ruler of all gods, he was the god of weather (Day, 24). Apollo had a twin sister named Artemis, who was the goddess of the moon and the hunt; they were the children of Zeus and Leto. People do not know whether Apollo was based off of a real person. It is said that he would have…

Homer 's the iliad The homeric story of the iliad is one of the greatest known, and most important story in all of greek history. This epic story basically talks about the greatest greek god like zeus, well known for his powerful leadership enables armies to head to war against the trojan soldiers. As he goes to fight against the great god achilles one of the best well known fighters of the achaeans. Everyone fears him due to his great power of his sword in war. Never was he afraid to…

these myths solely entertain the public, they also showcase the Greeks’ personal and cultural values. The myth “Apollo and Daphne” speaks of a god and a nymph, who were both struck my a Cupid’s arrow. Apollo was struck by an arrow, which caused him to become infatuated with Daphne, while Daphne became repulsed by all things related to love. After, quite literally, being chased by Apollo around a forest, Daphne called out to her father – river god, who turned her into a laurel tree. The…

the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of power. However, in Hermes case, his lie gains him a powerful new instrument in music, something that can tempt others away from their better judgments. The temptation of the lyre is what tempts Apollo away from his anger and allows the trade, the lyre for the Caduceus (Hermes 409-580). To simplify, Hermes’ lie to the tortoise gives him the Caduceus, the symbol of his power as a herald, the herald of the gods to be specific, and which in turn…