Centaur

Plot summary During Dante’s midlife crisis, he ponders on how he lost his way. He is at point in his life where he wants to fix himself and go back to his “true path.” He then finds himself in a dark place and lost. After the sin radiates the mountain above him with light, he tries to climb the mountain only to see it is clocked by a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf. Vulnerable as he is, he decided to go back into the dark. He then sees a specter, Virgil, who was a Roman poet. Virgil says…

Many artists of the Renaissance, were heavily influenced by the art and writings of the classical age {400 B.C.-A.D.400} that proceeded this movement. The word Renaissance which means a time of rebirth, artistic intellectual and spiritual revival. Uncovered knowledge of ancient Greek and Roman civilization was causing people to question the rigid religious attitudes of the mid evil world. The time of the Greek and Roman empire had a massive influence on all aspects of the Renaissance, works…

Threatening Propaedeutic For Moral Behavior Is hell a good propaedeutic for good behavior as instructed by Dante. Propaedeutics are used in many cases to discourage people from bad behavior. The most common being Santa Clause. Parents threaten children that Santa Clause will not come, unless they behave well. Other examples include, reward systems, activity times, and punishments. The most consequential propaedeutic know was introduced by Dante in his Inferno. “Both damnation and blessedness,…

He married a second time to Deianira. She got cream from a Centaur that was supposed to make whoever uses it falls in love with them forever. The cream was actually poison, but Deianira didn't know this. She put it on a cloak and gave it to Hercules. When he put it on he was in terrible pain. The pain just got…

All great Wizards started as a student, as did Harry Potter. He started his journey clueless about the wizard world, but now he is known as a great wizard in fact a hero, but Harry Potter reached the point of becoming a hero by going through the 5 stages of a hero’s journey; departure, Initiation, the road of trials, the innermost cave, and finally the return and reintegration with society. Specifically, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone the hero, Harry Potter follows these essential…

The role of religion in Spartan life was one of great importance. It influenced the entire society both politically and culturally as these two aspects were intertwined through the constitution, a religious document designed off the interpretations of Apollo’s will through an oracle. This was considered the god ideals of harmony, order and reason. The nature of this belief was polytheistic and so, pleasing the gods and goddesses of who they perceived as divine rulers who decided their fates, was…

The parents of Hades were the Titan Cronus and the Titaness Rhea. Hades’s brothers were Zeus; the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods; Poseidon; the god of water and; Chiron; the wisest of all the Centaurs. The sisters of Hades were Demeter; the goddess of harvest; Hestia; the goddess of domestic life; and Hera; the goddess of marriage. Persephone, who was the daughter of Demeter, was kidnapped by Hades and taken to the Underworld. Persephone to be…

A hydria was a pot used for carrying water, with a handle on each side and one handle on the back. This hydria is 19 inches tall with the flat shoulder typical of the 6th century BCE. The pot was sculpted from terracotta and then black figure painted. Black figure painting is a type of pottery painting that uses black as the primary color, and red and white to accent certain aspects of the scene. Gloss was applied to the desired areas before firing the pottery, and a lack of oxygen causes…

He was someone who dreamed his painting and painted his dream. As a young child, Michelangelo wished to be an artist, but his wish did not match his family's business. At the age of 13, Michelangelo's father sent him to an art workshop in Florence, and after only one year of being there, Michelangelo was offered a life changing opportunity which marked the beginning of his professional artistic career. Today, Michelangelo is known as the "father and master of all the arts", his work is wildly…

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the best selling series, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling who started writing Harry Potter when her train was delayed going to the King Cross Station in London and lives in Edinburgh, UK. The novel takes place in Harry Potter’s fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the time where the wizard society cannot distinguish the difference between the truth and the lies. The story is told from first person perspective,…