Chariot

Metamorphoses Book 1: Ovid begins in prayer, seeking inspiration from the gods to give him the ability to accurately describe his works in Metamorphoses. He then goes into a detail description of how the earth is created, which contains many similarities to the book of Genesis. The god who created earth is unknown, but after its completion man is born of the clay to rule to world. Ovid next describes four ages of man. First being the golden age, which is a time of trust, goodness. Sadness…

The believed origin date for the first Olympiad is 776 BC however it is has been the subject of intense debates for historians for a long time (Spivey 2004, 206). When trying to come to a date for the first Olympiad a decision was made by fixing a list of victors at Olympia, after which they counted backward in quadrennial units (Miller 2004, 20). The main concern with trying to figure out the origin date is if it is accuracy for the emergence of Greek athletics. Scholars have looked for the…

interact with. My intent towards the experience was, “tell me a story that portrays my unique karmic and spiritual forces currently.” In short, the cards pulled were: first was The Hanged Man (or The Dying God) of the Water element, second was The Chariot of the Cancer zodiac, third was The Lovers of Gemini, fourth was The Moon of Pisces, and fifth was Adjustment (or Justice) of Libra. As to aid the reader, I have included a picture of the card spread in the back of the essay. The first card…

Sappho is falling in love and needs Aphrodite to prevent her from heartbreak. Then in lines 5-9, Sappho calls upon Aphrodite, saying that if Aphrodite has ever helped her before then she should ride her chariot down from Mount Olympus to help her again. In lines 9-12, sparrows yoked to the chariot bring Aphrodite down from the heavens to the “black earth”. The sparrows might symbolize spring, and with Aphrodite as the goddess of love,…

earthquakes and horses. He was from a line of sea gods and his parents were Saturnus and Ops, who were born from the titans. He was one of the twelve olympian gods. Neptune is often shown with long black hair, wearing sea green clothes sitting in a shell chariot pulled by whales, horses, or sea horses. He is always shown holding his trident and accompanied by other sea gods, goddesses or sea- nymphs. He is often known as the creator of horses and one of his temples is located by a race track in…

The play I decided to read was Oedipus the King by Sophocles, I choose to read this play because of the intricacy of its story plot, which allows for great analysis of the many themes throughout this play. I owned a copy of the play since high school and that was how I obtained the play. In this play, Sophocles does a great job at depicting the prominent theme in Greek history, fate vs free will. They believed that a man was born with a certain fate, and all his actions would lead to that fate,…

210–209 BCE thousands of Terracotta warriors were constructed in the Qin dynasty, to protect the emperor, Emperor Gin, in afterlife. The significant discovery is an ongoing work site. It is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang 's royal tomb. The Terracotta warriors were found in 1974 east of Xi’an when farmers were digging a water well 1.5 km east of Qin Emperor’s tomb. When they were digging on of the men hit a warrior on the head, the news quickly spread archeologists swarmed…

affected nobles, they drained the poor almost to the point of bringing China's economy to its knees. Of those poets, who were well educated, mostly notably Du Fu from the 8th century, and Po Chü-yi from the 9th century. In “The Ballad of the War Chariots”, a poem by Du Fu, he described an incrediablely vivid scene. Parents, wives…

demonstrated his different powers in the Odyssey. Physical Appearance Helios has been described as “A handsome Titan with flowing hair, driving a golden chariot pulled by four fiery steeds across the sky. ‘ This is how the greeks would picture himm when they thought of Helios(“Helios”2017). Helios was normally pictured as driving a flaming chariot across the sky. He had four horses their names are, Aethon, Pyrois, Phlegon and Eous. He would also rest with his…

his death. The governor was dragged behind Alexander’s chariot by a rope woven through the governor’s pierced achilles. This act of brutality greatly shows how much the story influenced Alexander, because a scene almost exactly the same occurred in the story. Achilles defeats Hector in battle after chasing him around the city walls three times. After his triumph, he ties Hector’s body to his chariot by his achilles and drags him behind the chariot. Alexander was very dependent on oracles. He…