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    Hermes Accomplishments

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    Hermes, or Roman Mercury, is the divine messenger, particularly delivering the dictates of Zeus himself. He is the god of travelers and roads, often depicted wearing a travelers hat, sandals, and carrying a heralds wand that has two snakes entwined on it which could be a symbol for Hermes as a god of fertility. He is also the guide of souls to the underworld. Hermes is also depicted as a thief and a trickster and is the patron of youths in their late teens. Statues of Hermes are called Herms,…

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    Story Writing 2 Concept: Love affair Springboard: A story about Zeus and his inability to remain monogamous. Context: Ancient Greece Setting: Greece Backstory: After several failed marriages, Zeus settles on marrying his sister, and goddess of marriage, Hera. They lived a happy life in the year 1200 B.C.E. and had four children together: Eilithya, Ares, Hebe, and Hephaestus. However, Zeus was still fixated on affairs even though he was married to Hera. He continued to cheat on her throughout…

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    Hermes Research Paper

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    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…

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    The Messenger God Hermes is the messenger god who guides souls to the underworld of people who have passed. Hermes is the son of Zeus and Maia, he has four children himself but is not married. His children's names are Pam and Hermaphroditos are his divine children, and his hero children are Autolykes and Aethalides. Hermes was born on Mt. Arkadia but when he showed promise of being a god Zeus gave him access to Mt. Olympus. Hermes is a Greek god that is very unique and interesting. Hermes…

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    Greek Gods And Goddess

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    I chose to write about Greek Gods and Goddess. There are plants, constellations and some months that are named after the Gods. Most Greeks lived their lives to please the Gods. They believed the weather and even good or bad things happened because of the Gods. They believed the Gods came down from Mt. Olympus to help the good and to punished the bad. Zeus is the King of Mt. Olympus. He is the God of Justice. He is the God that made thunder and throws lightning bolts. Zeus had many children and…

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    Apollo was worshipped as a mouse daemon in ancient Troy and Greek islands. It was thought that when he was in a bad mood he would cause an invasion of mice spreading diseases, and when he felt good he would destroy them. He was also a gifted musician and would play his music on his lyre for the other Olympian gods. He was an oracular god which meant he could predict prophesy through the Delphic Oracle. He did have some children, such as Asclepius and Orpheus, and he was born along with his twin…

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    For Entertainment in Greece theaters in towns were used for festivals, usually for a holiday or to honor a god. On these days, everyone in town except the slaves went to the theater to watch four plays that were comidies, or tradgedies. Actors in the plays played more than one character in each play. They wore different mask so that the audience knew which character they were playing. The masks were very important becomes all of the actors were men, and they had to play both male and female…

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    The Toad: A Short Story

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    Long ago in a very large marsh there lived a community of frogs, there was also one toad who lived there to, no one liked the toad and no one treated her fairly because she had warts all over her body, the frogs would always tease and make fun of her for being the only toad in the marsh. The toad had grown up in this marsh so she never met another one of her kind and she had always wanted to, she wanted to move and go find other toads to live with but the marsh was surrounded by a large dry…

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    Zeus Research Paper

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    Zeus, the King of the Gods, was a main aspect of Greek Mythology, and is an influential figure in society. He lived on Mt. Olympus, and ruled over all of the heavens. Zeus was born in Crete, and his parents were Cronus and Rhea. After he and his siblings defeated power hungry Cronus, Zeus became king alongside his five brothers and sisters, each with different strengths and weaknesses. Zeus’ symbols are lightning bolts, a bull, and an oak tree. He was considered to be the God of the sky, rain,…

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    Dionysus Vs Plato

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    Right now Plato's close to home intercession in Sicilian legislative issues stops. The squabble in the middle of Dion and Dionysius regularly went on, and Dion, whose one extraordinary flaw, as Plato lets him know, was need of "flexibility" and savoir-faire, decided to recuperate his rights with the solid hand. Enrollment went ahead in the Peloponnese and somewhere else, with the dynamic simultaneousness of huge numbers of the more youthful parts of the Academy, and in the mid year of 357 Dion…

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