Argos

Around 1250-1200 BCE in ancient Greece, trouble was brewing in the city of Argos, following the alleged Trojan War. Aeschylus’s The Oresteia depicts an ancient family’s struggle for vengeance and justice. Throughout The Oresteia, the descendants of brothers, Thyestes and Atreus, appear to have been in a seemingly ceaseless cycle of blood crimes in the name of vengeance. These descendants were constantly pursued by the wrathful Furies, which represent the ancient law system of Greece. The Furies…

sustainability. The model is used to derive five types of analyses. The first analysis that can be derived from this model is the contextual analysis of trends, conditions, and assessment of policy setting in terms of social differentiation, demography, Argo-ecology, climate, terms of trade, macro-economic conditions, politics,…

Jason wakes up on a school bus without any memories whatsoever. Next to him is a girl, Piper McClean, and a boy, Leo Valdez. Piper, who claims to be Jason’s girlfriend, and Leo, who says he’s his best friend, tell Jason that they are on a field trip to the Grand Canyon. Once they reach the canyon, they are attacked by venti, or storm spirits. In the chaotic series of events that follow, they find out that their counselor, Coach Gleeson Hedge, is a satyr, Jason pulls out a magic coin that…

tragedy written by Sophocles. It is the story of Antigone’s last days and what leads to her death. Creon and Antigone have opposite opinions on the burial of Antigone’s brother Polynices. Because Polynices was a traitor and fought against Thebes with Argos, Creon believes he does not deserve a burial. Yet, Antigone still loves her brother and believes the gods would want her to bury him. Although Creon’s perspective on the burial of Polynices is justified, Antigone has the more valid moral…

The Business Little Bay is a business of several opera-themed restaurants in England. The idea of the restaurants is to serve Modern European and French cuisine for a good value whilst offering a unique experience of live entertainment and original, extravagant surroundings. Little Bay has 6 restaurants, almost all located around London: Battersea, Brighton, Belgrade, Croydon, Farringdon and Kilburn. The first restaurant was opened in Kilburn, in 1992, and then over the years, more restaurants…

Discussion assignment unit 7 According to the definitions in the unit, “Java graphical user interface programming (GUI) involves two packages”: the original abstract windows kit (AWT) and the newer Swing toolkit. Swing components have the prefix J to distinguish them from the original AWT. For example . JFrame instead of Frame. And to include Swing components and methods in your project, you must import the:- java.awt.* java,awt.event.* and javaax.swing.* packages. The java GUI top-level…

August 22nd 2013 around 10 o’clock at night, the announcement that many cinematic comic book fans have long been awaiting arrived. With this announcement came many “boos”, and cheers, some misunderstandings and hatred. This is because actor and director Ben Affleck was awarded the role to play the new incarnation of the famous caped crusader Batman. His role as Daredevil, another costumed do-gooder, is one of the reasons that he is being doubt for the role. I myself was among the first to hear…

An investigation showed that supermarket chains such as Argos, Homebase and Tesco were guaranteeing contracts of around only three hours a week (Macaskill, 2014). Translated into real figures, this means that if the minimum wage is of £6.70 an hour the weekly pay for someone over 21, could account for just £20…

Ancient Greece was one of the most powerful regions in ancient times. Greece wasn’t an established country but was made up of small farming villages. As these villages grew larger some built walls but most built agoras or marketplaces. As they grew larger they became city-states some were very powerful. City-states would clash between each other and form alliances against other city-states or foreign invaders. Greek warfare includes armies, soldiers, weapons, tactics, and strategies. The main…

The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe is a gothic horror poem with a rather interesting point of view. The story is narrated in first person by an unnamed murderer who throughout the story displays symptoms of a severe mental illness, similar to that of schizophrenia. This narrative point of view is significant in the development of the plot because the narrator’s mental state causes him to be an unreliable narrator. This encourages the reader to consider the story through a psychological lens…