Selene

Abstract: Cleopatra was a very smart and an intelligent commander. Despite her abilities and effort, she failed which made her life hopeless rather than glamourous. Cleopatra’s father Ptolemy XII died and in his will he left the kingdom to Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII. At the time, Cleopatra was 18 years old, while her brother was 10 years old. Ptolemy forces her to leave Alexandri and go to Syria. This is where Cleopatra goes and raises a Roman Military. She then goes to the…

There are the many unique and peculiar gods and goddesses in Greek mythology. And there’s the gods that everyone knows about; the Olympians. This group of gods consists to (but not limited to) Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, and Zeus. These gods have many diverse aspects, which will be discussed about each entity. Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty, and desire. She is the wife of Hephaestus but also had intimate…

amazement at such opulence.” As such, we see the relationship between the two develop. Soon after, in 40 BCE, Cleopatra had twins by Antony. Antony publicly acknowledged and gave them highest honors with the names of Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene meaning the “sun” and the “moon” which denoted much significance for the Greeks and Romans. Around 36 BCE, Antony moved to Egypt for good, destroying his marriage with Octavia. During this time, Antony and Cleopatra produced one more child,…

There are many ways to describe personality and what personality is. Addition to what I read was that everyone has different thinking for example like Lesley might think oh that boy probably likes me. When in reality her friend Samantha was thinking oh no that doesn’t mean that boy likes you because if he did he would be with you. It has to do with your action to how you act to certain things. For example John buys a root beer soda but his friend Tyler has never had root beer soda. Tyler tries a…

and a symbol “Se”. Selenium was discovered in 1817 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius and Johan Gottlieb Gahn after analysing an impurity contaminating the sulphuric acid being produced by a factory in Sweden. The term selenium originated from the Greek word Selene, which means moon. Selenium and tellurium tends to occur together in the Earth and have somewhat similar properties. Selenium is a naturally occurring mineral element distributed…

Throughout time each civilization has spread its folklore about their gods. Many of the stories still hold an impact on the world today. Maybe not in the sense of worship but people are intrigued to figure out the state of mind of the ancient people that once worshipped these gods. Civilzations worshipped these gods in hope that they would help them in their daily lives. Most civilzations had gods for everything. They had gods that controled the weather, the harvest, or if a woman would have…

It has been at least 46 years since mankind first stepped onto the moon. This event is considered one of the most important accomplishments that humanity has ever done. However, at this point some people still believe that such an event did not happen, and it was all just massive propaganda used by the United States in order to bankrupt the Soviet Union at the time. This idea about the Apollo mission being fake seems illogical. My perspective about this is that the U.S actually did land on the…

(Aphrodite) and distantly associated with Isis (Samson 1985:127). In 40 B.C. Antony concluded a dynastic marriage with Octavia, the sister of Octavian (Watterson 1991:143). In the same year, Cleopatra bore him twins, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, and five years later she bore him another son, Ptolemy Philadelphus (Watterson 1991:143). Antony and Cleopatra had great ambitions for their children, with the goal of setting up an empire for them (Watterson 1991:144). This led to them landing…

In the beginning, there were gods who controlled every aspect of life. Everything from the ocean and the sun was the domain of a god or goddess. Two of these gods met and fell in love, the god of the sky, Zeus, and the Titan goddess of the moon, Selene. They met and had two children who were twins . These twins grew to become the goddesses Corinna and Cortana, Cortana being the eldest of the two. She was pale with dark hair and dark eyes, but she grew up ignored by her parents because they…

Kaylee Argo Ms. DeGreef English IV 10 March 2017 The Tales of Greek Gods and Goddesses “Slay the monster Medusa and bring me her head,” said the king to a poor, yet valiant young Perseus (D’aulaire 114). It was his plot to get rid of the boy, so he could marry his mother. No man had set out to kill Medusa and come back alive, until Perseus. The tales of the Greek gods and goddesses are intertwined in history. They have been recited by many different cultures and told many different ways. That…