Jupiter

Antipas, who initially was a worshiper of the Roman god Jupiter, began to be drawn to Christianity through written conversations with Luke. Antipas and Luke had engaged in friendly dialogue over historical, and spiritual culture. When the two got closer, Luke started to bring up Jesus Christ to Antipas. Luke eventually shared his testimony of what Christ was like, and that lead to Antipas developing an interest in learning more about Christ. To further expand upon his knowledge of Christ,…

The Statue of Bacchus and a Faun The National Gallery of Arts, at the center of the United States capital, is home to different paintings and sculptures from around the world; one of them is the statue of Bacchus and a faun. This 16th century sculpture was purchased by the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust and given to the national gallery of arts as a gift in 1937. The exact sculptor who made this statue is not known, however, it is believed to have been a Milanese artist. The…

The Florida metropolis that was evaluated and studied is located in the Florida Treasure Coast, Martin County which includes the smaller communities of Jensen Beach, Stuart, Palm City, Jupiter Island, Seawalls Point, Ocean Breeze, Indiantown, North River Shores, Rio, Port Salerno, Port Maraca, and Hobe Sound. Martin county is nestled between Palm Beach county and St. Lucie County and offers 753 square miles of land, 209 square miles of which is water provided by either the St. Lucie River and…

Mars and Earth: Same Same but Different "We know how much radiation is out there, waiting for us between Earth and Mars, but we’re not sure how the human body is going to react to it" says Frank Cucinotta, Space radiation health project of NASA (Burgess & Dubbs, 2007). A new adventure comes along when there is no other giant planet and limited space to block during a long voyage to Mars. Mars has always been the final destination that many scientists turn to in terms of colonization of other…

son and the god of war, and his assumed sons Romulus and Remus who, according to legend, are the founders of Rome. Jupiter was considered the supreme god, and after a time, Juno, Jupiter’s wife and sister, along with Minerva, their daughter, were adapted from the Etruscans. Roman and Greek mythology and religion were combined to contain gods of human nature. Pluto, the brother of Jupiter and a very gloomy god, was the ruler of the underworld, where as Apollo was Jupiter's son and the god of…

The Greek god Zeus was an extremely powerful and charming god, He was very fair and open minded. Zeus was also very unpredictable as well and carefree. Zeus was also known by his roman name, Jupiter, was the king god of the Olympians. He was the father of the two gods Perseus and Heracles. Zeus was the youngest son of both his parents, Cronus and Rhea of all their six children. When Zeus was born, his dad Cronus had intentions to swallow his last son Zeus, like he did to the other five children…

In Virgil’s Aeneid, Nisus asks the question, “Do the gods / Put this fire in our hearts, Euryalus, / Or do our passions become our gods?” (Aeneid 9.244-226). Nisus is asking whether passions motivate human actions, or whether the gods make humans do what they do. While examining the cause of Dido’s death, Nisus’ question arises: Did Dido kill herself because her own passion drove herself to death, or because the gods instilled that passion in her? Distinguishing between her own passion and the…

I chose the episodic narrative piece because I believe it was the hardest, yet most interesting writing I have written this semester. I struggled with this piece because I tend to have too many details in my stories. The episodic narrative allowed me to get out of my comfort zone and keep my writing precise, but also work on only using important details. The episodic narrative began as a slightly different list of vacations. Even within the vacations I had from the beginning I revised my ideas…

In the last segment of the film, “Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite,” Dave Bowman ends up cohabitating a Renaissance-style furnished hotel room with an older version of himself. This aged copy of himself symbolizes cell division. Here, one Bowman becomes two, just as cells divide to grow and…

Super Giant Star: When I was a young star, younger than all of you, just about after was born. I was a small star, didn't have any idea of what was going on. I had a very surprisingly strong gravitational pull, pulling all sorts of gases. Having stronger gravity pulled more and more gas and dust to me. The inner layers of gas and dust start to warm from the pressure of the gas and dust above. Now the star's heat and light blows away the surrounding gas and dust, and then I could finally be seen…