Nymphs

greek myth, Artemis and Orion, Artemis is like her brother, Apollo. Once she was born she wished to be nothing more than a huntress and be able to live on the mountains and forests of Arcadia. Her father, Zeus, granted her wish and gave her seven nymphs to help protect her, the Cylops had given her a bow and arrow which was made of pure silver. Her skills then became hers and she was fiercely competitive just like Apollo. Everyday she would hunt day and night. One day has Artemis was bathing in…

American roaches eat leaves, tiny wood particles, fungi and algae. The length of the American cockroach’s life is dependent upon environment, diet and other conditions.In good conditions the population will grow. They have three stages of life, egg, nymph, and adult. They are common in apartments and homes in cracks and crevices. They are the largest household infesting bugs. The bugs are attracted to food laying around and bad sanitary or cleanliness. Most people used pesticides to keep these…

A pathogen is simply a microorganism that causes disease. Lyme Disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is carried by ticks, and “as a result of a complicated sequence of events, people have become frequent accidental hosts for ticks and the disease agents they carry”. This connection is present because of the interaction between plant and animal species, or furthermore, the ecology of ecosystems, where both ticks and humans are present [Source: Ostfeld]. Symptoms of being…

at the city of Troy. On his way home, Odyssey faces many challenges that push his leadership and emotional restraint. Odysseus and his men have to face the wrath of gods, such as the almighty Zeus, and mythical creatures, such as the sirens and the nymphs. Throughout his journey, Odysseus and his men show many admirable qualities. These qualities include caution in the face of danger, bravery, and dedication. Odysseus shows caution when he anchors his ship outside the cove of the Laestrygonian…

Apollo was the god of light, prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery (but not for war or hunting), poetry, dance, intellectual inquiry and the carer of herds and flocks. He was also a god of light, know as “Phoebus” (radiant or beaming, and he was sometimes identified with Helios the sun god). He was also the god of plague and was worshiped as Smintheus (from sminthos, rat) and as Parnopius. Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo`s first achievement was…

twelve olympian gods. Neptune is often shown with long black hair, wearing sea green clothes sitting in a shell chariot pulled by whales, horses, or sea horses. He is always shown holding his trident and accompanied by other sea gods, goddesses or sea- nymphs. He is often known as the creator of horses and one of his temples is located by a race track in Rome. Neptune is often symbolized by the horse, the trident, the dolphin…

This painting depicts the sorceress, Armida with her vibrant red cape billowing in the wind putting a limp army dressed Rinaldo under a spell while a naked nymph comes out of rushing waters and while cupid fly’s above in the gloomy clouds. Rinaldo and Armida was painted by Sir Anthony Van Dyck in 1629. The painting is based off of the poem, Jersalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. The scene takes place during the First Crusade. Jerusalem is being overthrown by the Romans. Armida is a sorceress who…

lost it then you can never get it back. Time is the one occurrence in life that we can never quite modify to suit our pleasures. Time is incredibly critical and the importance of it is showed in Shakespeare 's sonnet 1 and Sir Walter Raleigh 's "The nymph 's reply to the shepherd." Even though we all choose how to utilize our time, in Shakespeare 's sonnet 1 the speaker urges the young man to beget children as a demonstration of insubordination against time. He contends that the young man might…

of the sun named Helios who wanted to fly his father's chariot across the sky. Arachne is a weaver who got turned into a spider for challenging Athena to a weaving contest. Echo is a nymph cursed by Hera/Juno to only speak the last few words she hears. Phaethon is the son of Titan Helios and the Oceanid nymph Clymene, who had grown up being told by his mother that his father was Helios. He often boasted to his friends, but none of them believed him and therefore challenged him and…

both have matrilineally divine and patrilineally noble lineage. In fact, in some stories the two of heroes are related. Both Odysseus mother, Anticlea, and Jason’s mother, Polymede, are daughters of Autolycus, a son of the Olympian god Hermes and the nymph Chione. Although their fathers are both completely human, both are kings. Odysseus’s father, Laertes, is the king of Ithaka; Jason’s father, Aeson,…