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    Hestia, the eldest sibling out of the greek gods. She is often forgotten due to her quiet personality. She stays out of trouble, which is also good. She is one of the three goddesses that are virgins her, Athena and Artemis. She represents a burning fire…

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    is significantly larger compared to US. That may be due to concerns of PE related death, reimbursement and legal issues (Kovacs et al., 2010). In an effort to identify low risk patients with acute PE for outpatient treatment, Erkens et al. (2011) conducted a research on the accuracy of PESI and sPESI by implementing a retrospective cohort study from January 1st, 2007 to December 31st, 2008 at Otawa Hospital in Canada. The authors previously assessed the safety of outpatient care for patients…

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    mother of the gods, goddess of female fertility, motherhood, and generation. She was the daughter of Uranus, the sky god, and Gaea, goddess of the earth. Rhea then got married to her brother Cronos and had six children. The children they had were named Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Zeus. These six children grew up to be known as some of the most famous greek mythology gods ever. Rhea´s most famous story is about her six children. Cronus ate all of them except Zeus. He ate all of…

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    In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrates the story of a young woman growing up in the Puritan era. The novel exposes the hardships, struggles, and expectations placed on women of this era, and the starring character of this story, Hester Prynne, experiences all three. Hawthorne’s choice to make Hester experience these challenges is to empower women. From being condemned, to providing for her daughter without a father figure, and finally to feeling anguished over the…

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    soil and grain. She is associated with life, death and rebirth. Demeter is the “gift of grain” as it is said in Euripides Tragedy the Bacchae. She is also well known for being the mother of Persephone, who is raped and then married to Hades (184). Hestia unlike her sisters is a virgin. She is unmarried and protects the hearth and sacred fire. No myths are known of her and she never leaves her place…

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    There are many different Greek Goddesses. The original six names are Hera, Aphrodite, Artemis, Athena, Hestia, and Demeter. Some of the non original are Dione, Eris, Gaia, and Hebe. The muses names were Clio, Urania, Melpomene, Thalia, Terpsichore, Calliope, Erato, Polyhymnia, and Euterpe. The muses had all different jobs. Can’t forget about Nyx. Nyx was the greek goddess of the night. There was also a greek goddess and/or Queen of the underworld Persephone. She ruled the underworld with her…

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    At a time when the Giants and the Furies are fighting, Titan Cronus, father of Zeus, finds out one of his children will defeat and dethrone him so he started eating every child of his that was born. His wife Rhea feels bad and saves one child-Zeus. Soon Zeus grows up and makes Cronus vomit his siblings. Together, Zeus and his siblings defeat the Titans and took over the Universe. Zeus becomes the King of the Heavens, Sky, and Wind giving his brothers Poseidon and Hades their respective roles. He…

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    Achilles Son of King Peleus and Thetis Fated to die in Troy Champion of the Greeks He refused to fight in the Trojan War at first He had incredibly strong armor He fought for Helen as well as for half of Troy’s treasurers His friend, Patroclus, went to war and died fighting Hector He went to war to avenge his beloved friend that he had lost Killed Hector and tortured him even after death until he was satisfied with vengeance Killed Memnon in combat, it was his last battle He was supposed to be…

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    She was intimately associated with the seasons. Her main symbol was wheat. Hestia was Goddess of the hearth, but was later forgotten due to being replaced by Dionysus. She was the first to receive an offering at every meal. Hera was the Goddess of marriage, and later married her brother Zeus. She is very jealous and has a vengeful…

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    of zeus and queen of the ancient greek gods, represented the ideal woman and was goddess of marriage and the family. the daughter of the titans cronus and rhea, hera was swallowed after birth by cronus. her siblings Demeter, hades, Poseidon, and Hestia suffered the same fate. however, rhea managed to save zeus, the youngest brother. later zeus rescued his brothers and sisters by giving cronus a potion that caused him to vomit them up. some stories say that hera was raised by the titans…

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