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In 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art purchased Apollo the Python-Slayer (figure one) which they believe to be the only surviving piece from the Greek sculptor Praxiteles. After the purchase, questions arose regarding the authenticity of the museum’s claims as well as the murky history of how this piece was procured and how it was found in Germany in the 1980’s. Scholars agree that Apollo is ancient, but are irresolute of the label the sculpture should don. Two arguments sprung from the display…

Powerful women don’t fare well in histories when looked at through the lens of a patriarchal society. It speaks volumes that Visenya Targaryen is still respected by the Maesters as both a Warrior and a Queen and not dismissed because she’s “on her moonblood.” The Conquest was not a solo project, yet her brother got the credit in the stories while his sisters got hills in Kings Landing named after them. She was a founding mother that helped set the stage for everyone that followed her. She is…

done so, a person would no longer carry his or her identity as a person. In response to the argument of God creating a free person who would always make the right decision, Hick argues that the contradiction in itself does not make sense despite the apparent logic. In order for something to be free it must be free of any causation by an outside source. There cannot be any choice out of reach or not allowed. There cannot be a guarantee that anything will happen in any situation. Arguably there…

Taking Over Rome: Someone Was Going to Do It "Greatness might have cost the Romans their freedom, but it gave them the world" - Tom Holland Julius Caesar completely changed Rome. He initiated transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Without this morph in government, Ancient Roman culture as it is known to the modern world never would have existed. This is because the Pax Romana, during which Roman culture really developed, would not have been started by Augustus if…

SOS HERMANN GMIENER INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE “How did Asantehemma Nana Yaa Akyaa make herself a prominent leader of the Asante Empire before its collapse 1902?” SUBJECT: HISTORY NAME: Akosua Asamoabea AMPOFO SUPERVISOR: John Kamau WORD COUNT: 3,499 MAY 2015 ABSTRACT This extended essay researched into the life of Nineteenth Century Asantehemma Nana Yaa Akyaa and her political influences in leading the Asante Empire with the research question: “How did Asantehemma Nana Yaa Akyaa make…

Epics in India and elsewhere have always been a rich reservoir of tales. Time and again, different perspectives emerge from the re-readings of these ancient tales, inspired by the challenges thrown up by the vicissitude of contemporary life. As Workman has observed “…the literary attractiveness of mythology is due to its enduring depiction of significant and sometime very uncomfortable relationships, some admittedly between man and his environment, but others of at least equal importance between…

CHAPTER ONE The governmental inspiration based on the impact of inter-European energy challenges and competitors for preeminence. People from France, and Italy were competitive for energy within Western energy state policies. One way to demonstrate national preeminence was through the getting places around the world, including African-American. The public factor was the third significant element. As a result of industrialization, significant public issues grew in Europe: lack of employment,…

How do mythological allusions in Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves establish the novel’s setting of the house on Ash Tree Lane? Introduction Literature has, since its conception, maintained a close relationship with religion and mythology – not only through religious texts and mythical canon. Much prose and poetry embrace the use of allusions: textual references to other works or bodies, and these references serve to better elaborate a part of the text and/or connect the reader to the text…

staff of seven employees to run the salon. Succession Plan Mode Pets enterprise is sole proprietor business. There are two options for succession in such kind of business. The first option for succession is appointing one of the family members as an heir to the enterprise. For a smooth succession in the business, there is a need for training of the family member to impart the new managerial skills. Alternatively, the owner may hire a manager who takes charge of the business with monetary gains…

Chapter 2 A Brief Background of Dvo??k Anton?n Dvo??k (1841?1904) was one of the most versatile and prolific composers of the nineteenth century, reaching into almost all genres of music from piano miniatures to comprehensively conceived vocal-orchestra compositions. His output encompasses nine symphonies and fifty-five other orchestral pieces, eleven opera, eleven works for chorus and orchestra, nine small choral works, thirty-five sets of songs and duets, fifty-five chamber works for various…