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    Then all the sudden I overheard Hera the goddess of marriage talk to another. “ I’m so glad,” Hera said to another Goddess in a jealous tone, “that Hercules is going after the stag of Artemis so that Artemis might get mad at Hercules and hurts him I may think his birth was outrageous, I’m Zeus's wife not the mother…

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    would pull back the veil of imagined horrors, and see the truth in what there was to see. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The weather around the Gates of the Underworld was perpetually grey and stormy. But Hera didn't care. The storms outside didn't match the fury inside her chest. She knew now. She had known Zeus lied to her, known now that Demeter's daughter Persephone had lived! Persephone was too powerful to kill now that the child was a young woman,…

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    Additionally, despite NASA’s HERA research endeavours, NASA is yet to propose any valid strategies to reduce any behavioural risks during their planetary research on Mars. ISS missions have also failed to show any potential issues in this area due to the ease of access to support systems…

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    Mythology is “a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (“Mythology”). Myths are passed down from generation to generation and hold a great deal of significance for believers by giving meaning to the things that happen in life. Two groups that have deep roots in their own mythology are the Greeks and the Nordics. Both sets of mythologies share a lot of similarities in the types of gods they contain. King of the gods,…

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    serene capital. "You okay?" the gentle voice of Hera interrupts my pitying. "I should be the one asking you that question, Hera." I counter, thinking about how she must be feeling. This is her home, after all. "That maybe so, but I need your head in the game." Hera sternly divulges to me. "Or, more of my people will die, today" she solemnly tells me. "You 're right, let 's go." I agree without delay, preventing any more of the assurances from Hera, as I know what is at stake. The entire…

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    story elements of the plot, characteristics and motifs of Hercules and Heracles, and references to other Greek myths within the film. The movie was obviously aimed to children, but it is also aimed at today’s people. In the film, Hercules’ mother is Hera and his father is Zeus. Having both of his parents as gods, Hercules is a god. However, Heracles has a complex birth. Heracles’ mother is the mortal Alcmene and he has two fathers: Amphitryon and Zeus. As such, Heracles…

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    Jason wakes up on a school bus full of kids with no memory of how he got there or anything else about him, but his name, and he's sitting with a girl who claims to be his girlfriend, her name is Piper McLean. On top of that a boy named Leo Valdez says he is his best friend. They're all on a field trip As members of a school for troubled kids. As we arrived at the Grand Canyon they are attacked by a band of storm spirits. Their counselor, Gleeson Hedge reveals himself as a satyr (which is a half…

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    Hercules is the son of God Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene. Zeus got Alcmene pregnant while her husband, Amphitryon was away. Hera, who is Zeus's wife was infuriated by this and tried to make if that the baby wasn't born. Alcmene gave birth to the baby and named him Herakles (Romans pronounced Hercules). Hercules means "glorious gift to Hera" in Greek. This angered Hera even more. She sent down snakes down on Hercules to kill him as a baby. Hercules was strong and strangled the snakes,…

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    The Lost Hero Summary

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    The Lost Hero Written by Rick Riordan Summary by Mason Smith Jason, the main character in the book, wakes up and has lost his memory. He is on a school field trip with Piper his girlfriend and Leo, his best friend and they walk on a bridge that goes across the Grand Canyon and some freak storm hits, a strange creature attacks them. Their teacher, the P.E. Coach, is captured while trying to fight them off. Two kids rescue the three of them, taking them to a place called Camp Half Blood, where…

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    Skyphos Vs Ajax

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    Pottery from Ancient Greece has not only served as holding substances, it has told many stories throughout history. Through the processes of black figure and red figure painting, stories of all kinds are told. In a seemingly simple process of carving and heating, stories have been told and passed down for centuries straight from the decorative amphoras and kraters. Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game and Skyphos with the Return of Hephaestus to Olympus both tell stories that the ancient Greeks…

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