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    The stories during ancient times, including the stories about the all-powerful gods and gallant warriors, have never failed to amaze us. The mighty Zeus is perhaps the most popular fictional god that we ever heard about. Several films have been made which are based on the story about the Greek gods and their relationship with humankind. And Zeus will never be out of the show. Though Zeus might be the more popular God, Jupiter, a Roman god, is still comparable to that of Zeus. Jupiter might not…

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    mammals and the sky is for the aerial beings like birds. An example of how the gods create life is Ceres, she is the Goddesses of plants and agriculture. Surprisingly, horses and fish, mammals and marine life is controlled by the God of the sea, Neptune or otherwise known as Poseidon. New living beings come into being through reproduction. It can be between animal and animal, human and human, two divine gods/goddesses or gods/goddesses mating with human. An example of god/goddess mating with…

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    Neptune was surrounded by a costume ball with 20 black men and women, also known as “slaves.” The winner of the Golden Mermaid trophy and $100 was chosen by an equal combination of the crowd’s applause and the points given to her by a panel of artists who…

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    Some may say that this is an act of disrespect, but that is simply false. The Parthenon does show Jove in a sculpture of the birth of Athena on the east pediment of the building, which is actually the front of the building. The fact is that the Parthenon was built to honor Athens’ patron goddess: Athena. The west pediment of the building is an aetion for how Athens got its name: Athena named it after herself after winning the contest. The sculpture, which was created long after this original…

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    Moon Observation

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    constellations were Scorpius and Antares. I could see them very faint but I knew they were there. The crescent moon was position between Venus at the right side. Saturn-Antares was pair on the left. The Moon was out it then half full. Aquarius was out. Neptune was close to the moon. The bright star sparked red and green in the low northern east sky. During this time Saturn and Antares form a contact right triangle with bright Venus. The triangle will be narrow everyday as Venus moves towards the…

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    All About Poseidon Splash!!! boom!!! crash!!! I think Poseidon is angry with the mortals. Who is Poseidon? Poseidon is the son of Cronus and Rhea, and he is the god of the Sea. He had two brothers. Zeus and Hades who he divided powers of the world with. Poseidon’s parents were Cronus and Rhea. Cronus was a Titan god. He was also the god of time & ages. Rhea was the god of generation. One day, Cronus voraciously devoured Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Hestia.Rhea took Zeus(as a baby) to a…

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    The Trevi Fountain Essay

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    The Trevi fountain project was financed by the revenues from the re-intruduction of the Lotto game in Rome. The numbers of the first extraction on February 14th 1972 were 56, 11, 54, 18, 6. Some believe that the central figure Oceanus is Neptune. But Neptune has often a triton in his hands and a dolphin following him. Also its designer Nicola Salvi wrote, the statue is an image of Ocean, the personification of a immense river that flows around the earth and from which all strams of water…

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    I would like to begin by saying that Astronomy is one of the most interesting science that I have studied so far. I find fascinating to understand the universe around us and can observe it. Until now, I think that my knowledge on the subjetc wew scarce, but I believe that it have increased considerably due to this subject. Astronomy is the only field of magic study that has an equivalent in the Muggle world. It not only helps the understanding of the constellations and planets, is the source…

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    Saturn Research Paper

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    Apparently the name Jupiter as well as Saturn was named after a Greek and Roman gods. Saturn was the “father” of Jupiter in the gods. The arrangement of the planets from the Sun, in fact, go Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the dwarf planets including Pluto. Saturn is the the 6th planet away from the sun. Because it is the second biggest planet, Saturn absorbs a lot of sunlight. In fact, the average temperature of Saturn is 288 degrees fahrenheit [ minus…

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    Her furor is then in the form of the storm, as said by Virgil in the line. The storm embodies Juno 's wrath and only because of Neptune is it stopped before all of Aeneas 's ships are taken. One would assume that a goddess as great and as powerful as she would not succumb to temptations this trivial, but Juno acts upon her human-like rage and desires. A lost beauty contest sends her…

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