Arcadia

mediatized occurrences of acceptance deriving from Bible. In “Metamorphoses”, Ovid gives readers multiple examples of the barbarity ascribed to cannibalism. Beginning in Book One, Ovid presents readers with the character of Lycaon, the king of Arcadia. In order to determine the divinity of his guest, Jupiter, Lycaon attempts to serve him the roasted and poached flesh of an innocent hostage. Jupiter, seeing through his duplicities, transforms Lycaon into a wolf as punishment. Stories of…

Romans. Book 38, covers dialogue between the Carthaginian General Hasdrubal, the Numidian King Gullussa, and the Roman General Scipio. Lastly, in book 39 covers the fall of the city of Carthage. Polybius was a Greek statesman and historian born in Arcadia, Greece. Polybius was the son of a wealthy Greek named Lycortas. Polybius became in involved in public affairs at an early age. Polybius was promoted to General of a Calvary unit in the Achaean League at the age of 30. He…

Hermes was the Greek god of commerce, athletes, literature, poetry, invention, trade, roads, boundaries, and travellers. His name 'Hermes' literally means 'boundary marker'. He is quick acting, cunning and consider as a trickster for his ingenious personality. Hermes the second youngest of the Olympian gods, is son of Zeus and the mountain Nymph Maia, goddess of clouds, the seven daughters of Titan Atlas and one of the Pleiades. As a god, he was the swiftest, nobody could go anywhere faster…

Reflection on Matisse Henri Matisse was born in 1869, the year the Cutty Sark was launched. The year he died, 1954, the first hydrogen bomb exploded at Bikini Atoll. Matisse lived through some of the most traumatic political events, worst wars, greatest slaughters, and the most demented rivalries of ideology. Yet, this did not affect his artwork. He never express his political opinion or experiences living throughout the horror of the 20th century, instead his painting were “the equivalent of…

RIPFEST One of the most memorable events from this past year that I experienced was attending RIPFEST an international diving camp. This is a summer long camp held in Arcadia, Indiana. RIPFEST is run by Olympic coach John Wingfield. At this camp, coaches from all over the world are brought in. Some that I got to meet were Johel from Venezuela and Sonia from Switzerland. RIPFEST is one of the best, if not the best, diving camps in the world and divers from all over come to this camp. Most divers…

Heracles, or as the Roman’s called him, Hercules, is possibly the most famous hero in the Greek and Roman history. Alcmene (granddaughter of Perseus) and Zeus were parents to Hercules. Zeus stated that whoever was born next in his family will rule all of Greece, but Zeus’s envious wife, Hera, had played a trick so a different child, the evil Eurystheus, was born first and soon became king; when Heracles got older, he had no other choice but to work for him and also go through the terrible wrath…

My friends and me went to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary last Friday in order to fulfill this online assignment. The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary is consisted of four parts. All of the artworks in the first part of this museum is focused on the women and the power. The whole space has been filled with a variety of artworks. A world map filled one of the wall and a series of cloth artworks filled one of the other walls. Then I just noticed this piece of artwork which called You Better…

Ohio, He is the son of Leah Adler Posner and Arnold and the older brother to three sisters. We began seeing glimpses of his future greatness after his prize-winning film ‘Escape to Nowhere’, which he directed at the tender age of 13. It was at Arcadia…

Ryerson University The Sun Also Rises: The Lost Generation and Masculine Identity Taylor Vagenas 500650873 ENG 624-011 Thomas Heise November 27 2015 Throughout the 20th century, modernist writers focused their literature on the social and political change that was occurring at that time. There was a constant push and pull transpiring between order and the disorder of the world. This created a distinction in society between an insider and an outsider. After World War I had ended,…

INTRODUCTION: This case involves the death of 78 year old male Keith Sidney Boyd. He was found by Pasadena Paramedics #36 Paz unresponsive sitting on a chair in the bedroom of his residence. He had a history of several medical problems. There were no obvious signs of foul play. INVESTIGATION: On 09-30-16 at approximately 1139 hours, Officer Harrell #3441 and I were dispatched to the Rosewood Court located at 1888 N. Fair Oaks Avenue regarding a person found deceased at the above residence.…