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    A woman scorned and bent on revenge. The song "Seven Devils," by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, uses demonic imagery to tell the story of a woman seeking revenge. Demonic imagery is used in music videos. It is used on the cover of albums to sell albums for song artists. It has the appearance of evil with images of blood, Satan and skulls. Some rappers use devil horns. A few use the symbol 666 or an upside down cross to promote their agenda. Top artists are turning to satanic usage, as…

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    When Zeus ruled the land, and Poseidon controlled the sea, and Hades lived in the underworld, there was a brave hero, the first hero. An Oracle of Delphi told Acrisius that one day, his grandson would put an end to the King of Argos. Knowing this, he locked her daughter, Danae, in a chamber to hide her from all men. However, the great god Zeus had found her and had fallen in love. With the power to do anything, the great Zeus had turned into golden rain to seduce her. Soon, she would give birth…

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    The Gryphon; the Phoenix, The Gorgon: The Gryphon is a creature that has the body of a lion, and the head of an eagle. Gryphons represent intelligence and strength because the lion is the king of all beasts and the eagle is the king of all birds. Gryphons are courageous and bold, as…

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    Loki is the Norse god of trickery. He never had any intention to help anyone, but himself. This put Loki into many situations where he decided to help the giants instead of helping the other gods. However, Loki would be caught up by his own ambitions. He often made a promise to the giants that went against the gods, but then he had to make another new promise to the other gods that went against the giants. In one instance Loki had to captured the goddess Idun and gave her to the giant Thiazi.…

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    Introduction Athena was a tall, strong, graceful, gray-eyed, goddess who liked owls. From the beginning, she was already an amazing goddess. In fact, even her birth was most unusual. Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman named Metis. Older gods had warned Zeus that he would be in trouble if Metis gave birth to a daughter. So he swallowed Metis whole.Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. Athena's siblings included Persephone, the Dioscuri…

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    Perseus Perseus was a great hero born of Denae and Zeus. The story of Perseus is that one day King Acrisius visited an oracle because he only had a daughter and he wanted a son. The oracle told him hat his daughter, Denae, would have a son, but the catch was that the son would kill King Acrisius. Acrisius grew angry and locked Denae in a tower with no way for anyone to reach her. One day Zeus saw her from Mount Olympus and visited her. He then made Denae pregnant with her baby boy. They…

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    Pegasus constellation lies in the northern hemisphere. It is one of the largest constellations in the sky. It was first catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. The constellation was named after Pegasus, the winged horse in Greek mythology.The constellation is known for the Great Square of Pegasus, a familiar asterism in the northern sky, as well as for a number of bright stars and deep sky objects, among them Messier 15 (NGC 7078, Cumulo de Pegaso), Stephan’s Quintet of…

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    Perseus Being A Hero Essay

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    The Greeks consider him heroic because of his courage, strength, divine ancestry and was favored by the gods. His courage is most greatly shown in his quest to slay the gorgon Medusa. He travels to the edge of the world in order to kill the Gorgon that turned people to stone; something that no one else would ever attempt (Hamilton 146) This quest shoes Perseus’s courage because he ventured to complete a task everyone was too frightened to attempt. Perseus…

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    doesn’t blind one; but she dries up one’s tears.’ The answer checked the pleading on Archer’s lips: it seemed to come from depths of experience beyond his reach” (239). When Madame Olenska said that she has seen the Gorgon, rather than blinding her, she reflects that looking at the Gorgon makes her seen everything. Madame Olenska has seen the way her and Newland’s future will turn out based on the current status of their relationship if they chose to run away together, and she does not want that…

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    Αθηνα - Athena Αθηνα - The great mother of civilisation and Goddess of; education, philosophy, warfare, strength, inspiration and civilisation. The immortal Hellene, pushing boundaries and reminding everyone about how women can do math and have an education, along with provoking gender equality in such a dark period in time. ΑΘΉΝΑ of Pallas Athens. Guardian of her city. The people of Athena used to be able to look up at their Acropolis, the safe haven, high above the city and know that a…

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