Pallas

The mythology of Nike starts with her being the daughter of Pallas and the River Styx. Nike is sent to fight alongside Zeus against the Titans. An important detail about Nike presented in art is that when she is seen without wings she is in the presence of Athena, and when she is winged, she is a separate goddess…

The reason for choosing this piece of work was because out of all the books I had gone through pertaining to the Northern Renaissance period, this one jumped out at me the most. The incredible attention to detail and the intrigue of possible symbolic meaning behind it drew me towards wanting to learn more about it. Andrea Mantegna became well known for his attention to detail and linear sharpness of his art during the Northern Renaissance period, and he stands out for his devotion to classical…

of felidae, genus of the felis, and it’s species is domesticus. There a lot of history to the siamese cat which started from russia in the late 1700’s the first cat of record with Siamese markings appeared on an old engraving discovered by a Mr. Pallas on his journey into Southern Russia between 1793 and 1794. Next would be the late 1800’s which in spite of siamese patterns, there is no clear record of Siamese cats as a breed until the 1800s. It is clearly recorded that, in 1884 the departing…

The Role of Fate, Free Will, and War in Virgil’s Aeneid In Virgil’s Aeneid, both divine fate and human free will are used to promote the idea of Rome and Augustus’s divine authority and beneficial status as well as Virgil’s own views. The exhibition of imperial war as inevitable and a precursor to eventual peace and prosperity justifies Augustus’s military ventures and his reign; furthermore, Aeneas’s sacrifices and commitment to his fate-inspired duty provides Augustus and the Roman Empire…

Metamorphoses is a narrative poem written by the Roman poet Ovid in the early first century BCE. The book focuses on the creation of the world and is based upon Roman myths and legends. Throughout the poem, many different types of lust are described within the myths. These varieties of lust include the craving for revenge, the longing for possessions, and the sexual desire for a person. The yearning for revenge is one of the driving parts of the book and is found multiple times, including…

How does Single Parenting Affect Adolescent Development: Is there a Positive?? Children of single parents get a predetermined handicap in life. Society has not been helpful by setting this standard. Household income and parent involvement may be a larger contributor to child behaviors and development. Single parent homes usually have a low income due to one income factor. It can also be assumed that single parents have less time to be at home. A single parent can successfully raise a happy and…

In Euripides’ play, Heracles, and in Sophocles’ play, Electra, there is constant interference from gods into human lives. By having both an understanding and a basic background of the timer period and location in Greece are key in understanding why the gods interfered with mortal lives the way they did. The divine intervention in both stories can be compared and similarities can be drawn from both. The exploitation of the deus ex machina demonstrated by Apollo in Electra and Hera in Heracles,…

The Raven The raven is one of the first poems that was created for the purposeses of horror or gothic purposes. The poem is closely related to the author and his feeling of lose towards his wife Virginia that had only died the year before. The Raven starts off with the narrator in his room with a gloomy setting showing his loss and desperation to his beloved Lenore. The death of Lenore can represent Virginia in the real life of the author.A normal person would not hear about or read that there…

“Flavia, your father wants you,” Drusilla, her tutor and maid, says. “He says for you to come to his study immediately.” Flavia nods and the sound of her footsteps linger long after she walks to her father’s study. The paterfamilias is the most important member of the family, the father figure, and he has the last word. Her father, the pater, is Cato Equitus, a successful plebeian merchant of wine. She finally arrived at her father’s study, and she knocks three times on the door. “Come in,”…

In the E-Reader book called, Readings in Classical Mythology by Laura Steele and Lucinda Alwa (2014); has classical Greek myths that explains how Athena was born, what she was known for, and what she has done in certain stories. In the PowerPoint Lecture on Chapter 2: Theories of Myth, by Professor Laura Steele (2016); has modern theories explaining on how they correspond with the myths. Social charter theory, Structuralism, and Feminism/Gender Role was the three methods that was used to…