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    Homer’s The Odyssey, is a Greek epic poem detailing the homecoming of Odysseus to his kingdom of Ithaca. Throughout the piece of literature, the Greek hero has multiple altercations that invoke acts of deception of himself to others. Homer describes him as “…a man of twists and turns” early within the poem, making the theme of deception apparent and prominent (Homer). Odysseus uses deception as a way of protecting himself from his own vulnerability. An early impediment to Odysseus’s journey…

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    Mythology is filled with many stories about gods and goddesses, as well as the many journeys they went on. Mythology is a collection of myths that belong to a specific culture or religion. Greek mythology is one of those specific cultures. Throughout Greek Mythology, the myths consist of tales about irony, adultery, morals, crimes, and human disputes. One of the gods that continued to appear in certain myths about human disputes or adultery was Poseidon. People considered Poseidon to be a very…

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    Dailyn Grijalva Mr. A. Recinto English 1-2 2B 18 November 2015 An Epic Hero Hercules is an epic hero. Why was he epic? Hercules was a courageous hero of supernatural strength and he was known as the most powerful human being that has ever lived. He was the most famous of all the Greek mythological heroes. This essay contains many reasons why Hercules is such a legend. Hercules was known for his strength, courage, and his adventuresome personality. In the fist place, Hercules is…

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    The is a essay for Dionysus. Dionysus was one of the 12 Olympian gods. Dionysus is the god of wine, agriculture, and fertility of nature. Dionysus's mom was killed by Zeus' lightning bolts wile Dionysus was still in her womb. But Zeus cut Dionysus from his moms womb still killing her but saving Dionysus. Dionysus lived in mount Olympus with his father Zeus. But Dionysus wonder about his mother. So one day he asked his father where she is and Zeus told Dionysus she died giving birth to him.…

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    to him, in which included Elpenor. He says “After I went to sleep on Circe 's house, I did not notice how to go down again by the long ladder, but fell headlong from the roof; my neck was broken in its socket, and my soul same down to the house of Hades” (Homer 132). This man says that he did not know how to climb down the ladder and fell of the roof. This is mainly because they were having a celebration, and he was drunk. In the Theoi website, this story is slightly different,…

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    Zeus’ revenge and captured Thanatos, resulting in a halt of deaths across the world. Ares then embraced the task of rescuing Thanatos, restoring the natural cycle of life. Sisyphus, though killed by Thanatos, did not receive a proper burial, forcing Hades to release him back to Earth to ensure he undergoes proper burial rituals. Of course Sisyphus, being the cunning man he was, did not return to the underworld, and instead spent many more years on Earth. However, as repentance for cheating death…

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    dedicated to Hera for her importance in her cult following. Hera is the Greek goddess of childbirth, marriage and women. She is married to Zeus and has three kids: Ares, Hephaestus and Eileithyia. Her family includes her siblings Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter and Hestia and, her parents, Cronus and Rhea. Though Hera is the goddess of marriage, Zeus had many other girlfriends including Leto, Io and Semele. She sought revenge on them by going after their their families Hera is the 3rd child of…

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    The wisdom of goddess has many talents. She is known to be the founder of wisdom, civil life, arts, and crafts, strength, mathematics, skills, law, and justice, inspiration, strength, and courage. Her name is to be known as Athena who is the daughter of Zeus. Her mother's name is Metis, Athena had many siblings that Zeus offspring with his other wife's. Apollo, Artemis, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Porus, Aphrodite, Hermes, Muses, Hebe, Hephaestus, Graces, Dionysus, Minos, Ares, Apollo, and Perseus.…

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    Minecraft Personal Essay

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    1 and hafe year and still do play it to this day. i am a very trustworthy person and i respect all players and what they do. I have also created a plugin my self that is made for prison but i hade to delete it because it wasent really good but i have been a pretty good owner on my 2 servers i have never hade any hate. Sometimes owning a server is a very hard job because paying the fees and working on the fourms if ur server hase a lot of players. And can cause stress. i really loved…

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    Percy Jackson/ADHD Percy has been diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). The main traits of ADHD are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. The ADHD child often has trouble keeping his mind on one thing and organizing a task. He/She feels restless and fidgety. He/She may blurt out comments or act without thinking. Does this profile fit Percy? I believe Percy Jackson has ADHD because does things without thinking (a common ADHD symptom), he is unable to keep his…

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