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    The story Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides starts with the main character Agamemnon having second thoughts about going through with the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia to get the winds to move to go to Troy. He decides to write a second letter to send to her telling her to go back home and that her supposed marriage to Achilles would be another time. Before the letter can get to Iphigenia, Agamemnon’s brother Menelaus intercepts the letter and is outraged that his brother would damage Greece…

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    Hera Goddess

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    Hera is the Greek goddess of marriage and motherhood. She was the ideal woman. She was most famous because she was very jealous. She was mostly mad all the time or mean because her husband would go out and cheat on her. Zeus, the king of the gods, cheated on her many times. Hera would punish the women and if they had children she would punish them also. Hera is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Hera’s husband is Zeus. Zeus is the king of the Gods. Since Hera’s husband is Zeus that makes her…

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    Castor and Polydeuces, my beloved, divine brothers, how I long for you. The war has adjourned and Troy has been burned to the ground and I despair that my brothers are no longer of this realm and now spend their days between Mt. Olympus and Hades, even now the two of you are inseparable. I have always admired and envied your bond and yearned for the same between Clytemnestra and I and now I am even more alone than ever. Did the King of the Heavens know of the events he’d set off, I wonder?…

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    Taurus Research Paper

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    The constellation I have chosen is Taurus, I have chosen this constellation as it is the sigh in which I was born. Taurus is one of the sighs in the Zodiac. Taurus is a large and prominent constellation in the northern hemisphere's winter sky. It is one of the oldest constellations, dating back to at least the early bronze age when it marked the location of the Sun during the spring equinox. The Myth of the Taurus I will be focusing on is the Greek as it is the most well known story, Zeus fell…

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    Over 40 odes were written by Pindar. Each dedicated to victors of Olympic, Nemean, Isthmian, and Pythian games. Each one is unique in style and subject. What makes his ode’s unique, though? Pindar would compare the victor and a character from a well-known mythology. The comparisons would vary with each victor. The only time these epics would differ from the normal is the odes dedicated to charioteers. Only one of the odes dedicated to a chariot-race victor focuses on the rider that won. In…

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    Short writing #3 The death of Iphigenia was mainly because Agamemnon killed a holy stag which made Artemis, goddess of the wilderness super irate. She had to get him back, so she stopped the winds so that the army could not sail to Troy. Agamemnon had to have his daughter killed in spite of that. Clytemnestra needed revenge for Agamemnon killing her so she killed him. She plans the murder with brutal tenacity and feels no remorse after his death. She is convinced of her own uprightness…

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    According to Greek mythology, Helen is said to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Helen is the daughter of the Greek god Zeus. Helen is kidnapped by the Trojans from Greece, this begins the the Trojan War. In these poems both writers Edgar Allan Poe and Hilda Doolittle try to convey and contrast Helen’s beauty and how it affects Greece. To Helen, by Edgar Allan Poe, takes a positive approach to what her beauty represents while Helen by Hilda Doolittle, approaches her beauty negatively.…

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    Queen Of Troy Monologue

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    All of this leaves little hope in her. Directing Cody kept us all aware of his vision from the beginning. For my scene, he made especially clear that I was to “lead” with my eyes. This kept my character Helen to appear in a constant state of calculation and overconfidence. Later, when Helen was condemned, I was the only person in the whole show to get on my knees and beg. The other women in the cast held their dignity. Acting: Were these actors cast appropriately…

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    be a frightening experience for anyone, but for Helen Keller this was a reality. Helen Keller had many accomplishments throughout her life but to understand her accomplishments you need to know some information about Helen Keller. Only then will you be able to grasp how…

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    Another inspiring successful leader is Helen Keller, once she gained language, she gained personal empowerment. After reading Helen Keller’s ”The Day Language Came into My Life”, I realize how much language can offer to life. Helen was struck by an illness at the age of 18 months that left her physically impaired. She was deaf and blind but she overcame that disability and created a meaningful life for herself through language. Helen first learned what language was from her teacher Anne…

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