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    Dionysus In The Bacchae

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    here that he is the Son of God sent down to Earth Both Dionysus and Jesus have people who do not believe in their divinity however, they both also have followers who vehemently believe. Dionysus has his followers of Bacchae women and Jesus has his twelve apostles as well as the numerous others who believe. In the 7th Homeric Hymn a group of Tyrsenian pirates notice Dionysus and kidnap him for the reason that he has the appearance of a prince. While on the ship one of the crew warns the others…

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    Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera and the god of war and military. He is usually depicted as being violent and aggressive in times of distress and war. On the Roman side, Mars was symbolized as a more calm and understanding person and was said to be the father of the Romans. His bird is the vulture, which represent both sides of him- aggressive when hungry and calm when fulfilled. When Ares is alluded to in a text, the character is can usually be categorized as being aggressive, violent, and…

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    According to wikipedia.org Leaders of the Hellenic claimed in 2005 that there are as many as 2,000 adherents to the Hellenic tradition in Greece, with an additional 100,000 who have "some sort of interest" No official estimates exist for devotees worldwide. This means that only 2000 people in the whole world commit their religion to the Greek gods. The movie and book The Lightning Thief written by Rick Riordan, Directed by Chris Columbus, brings back that faith of Greek gods and gives people a…

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    Ancient Greek Mythology

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    The word “mythology” could be defined as a collection of sacred tales, human origin stories, or religious cultural beliefs. Greek Mythology is the teachings and religious tales that belong specifically to the ancient Greeks. Their myths are about gods and heroes and their religious beliefs of the nature of the world. There are many different Greek mythologies that explain the natural phenomena in which humankind lived. Each story is different; some stories gave advice on how to live happy lives,…

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    Hephaestus: A Short Story

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    It was around eleven-fifteen in the morning. Hephaestus, the god of work and blacksmithing, was fixing a large brass trombone in the band and chorus room. He sat in the far corner at a large wooden desk. He was hard at work that evidently he didn't notice when Peter, the head of a popular group of centaurs, swaggered into the room. After a few moments Peter slammed his left hand on Hephaestus’s table, Hephaestus slowly looked up from his mallet and trombone rolled his eyes and looked back down…

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    were; the slaying of Lernaean Hydra, the slaying of the Nemean Lion, capturing the Erymanthian Boar, the slaying of the Stymphalian Birds. The difference in the movie is that the boar was actually killed and the birds captured. In the myth all twelve of them were presented. The labors in the movie, if presented accurately, may be too much for a movie and they needed to summarize the…

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    Aegean Sea Analysis

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    The Inseption of Tides As Athens stretches her arms around the growing empire, two gods overextend their love for something small but charming. In the Aegean Sea, Poseidon and Aphrodite just welcomed two beautiful twin babies, however they were conjoined. The right side of the baby is name Iris. She is beautiful just like her mother, with her hair blonde like the blazing sun awakening in the early morning, burning with intesity. She also has striking eyes that are greener than grass, and…

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    dropped the shield that Luke had gave him, a hidden compartment in the shield revealed the Lightning Bolt. Hades then retrieves the bolt, thinking of killing Percy and his friends and then waging war on Olympus. But before he can do that, his wife steps in and kills him with the lightning bolt and frees Percy and his friends. And just like that Percy and his friends now have the lightning bolt and so they use the pearls to get out of the underworld and to Mt Olympus. But not before encountering…

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    Speech Notes on Jason and the Argonauts (Film as Directed by Don,C,1963).s This movie originates from the Greek mythology of Jason and the Argonauts where there are only a few changes in the occurrences in the myth and the movie. The movie has retained most of the characters and the sequences of the events. In the movie Jason and the Argonauts , we see Jason escaping death by a whisker due to the influence of the god Hermes disguising himself as a soothsayer who uses Aristo's soldiers to take…

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    Hades was one of the original six Olympian gods Hades was the eldest son of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea Born on the island of Crete Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Chiron were his siblings He was known as the god of death and the King of the Underworld He was also known as the god of the secret wealth of the earth because of all the wealth that came with cultivating the fertile soil and mining gold, silver and other valuable metals. The word “hades” means invisible in Greek language and…

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