Vulcan

Roman and Greek Mythology What is mythology? According to Merriam-Webster, mythology is: “The myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people” (Merriam Webster Dictionary). The Roman and Greek religions were a central part of the lives of the Roman and Greek peoples. These two vastly different cultures were unified through their similarities in the religions. Both cultures considered themselves as highly religious and thought being highly religious would…

the Rock Titan (“Hercules”). His assistance to Zeus mirrors his depiction in Greek mythology, as the forger of the weapons of the gods’ of Olympus. Also, during the 1940 movie Fantasia, the Pastoral symphony, Hephaestus plays his Roman Counterpart, Vulcan, sculpting Zeus’s bolts…

“At the height of the Roman Empire a quarter of the world’s population lived under Roman law”(“Frontiers” 1). The Roman Empire was a powerful yet strong government. It grew to five million square kilometers under the rule of a great warrior and emperor named Trajan. “Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman History…”(“Trajan”1). Trajan lived to be sixty-three years old nineteen which he ruled as emperor. He was a great man,…

What Can Happen When Someone Is Given Too Much Power? When you were a kid, you probably played games with your friends or siblings right? Simon Says, for example, is a game pretty that much anyone has played. One person is given the power to make others do whatever movement they want, but only if they say “Simon says” first. What if someone you really didn’t like was standing a bit too close to the left of someone? You could make the person to their right hit them just by saying “Simon says…

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see," once said Edgar Degas. Sandro Botticelli created the "Birth of Venus," around the 1480's to do exactly that; to make the world see the goddess Venus in his own portrayal. Specifically about the artist, Botticelli, is little known around the world until this piece of artwork was created. The journal states, "This preeminence may be due to chance only, but to some will rather appear a result of deliberate judgment; for people have begun to…

and the nineteenth-century. The Title of the painting intimidates the two mythological people who had a two-time affair. The Goddess of Love Venus who had unlawful relationship with the God of War Mars and she is still married to lame blacksmith Vulcan, who forged Cupid’s…

In Travelling Light, a series of short stories written by Peter Behrens, vehicles are not only props: they all have an have an underlying symbolic significance that greatly contributes to the cohesion an understanding of the works. First and foremost, the planes in Voodoo Starfighters can be seen constant as underlying fear to the families whose fathers work at the military camp. As these vehicles are bombers (p.36), we understand that the power they represent is intertwined with the fear that…

Marissa Carlson Ms.Hickey Latin I Roman Myths April 26th, 2017 Roman Mythology Roman Mythology is similar to Ggreek mythology, most of the Romans gods and goddess were named afteras planets as we think of it., in the modern viewpoint, however tThe planet names came from rome's god and goddess names not the other way around. The main focus of this paper is the roman myths of Echo and Faunus, Echo and Juno, and the story of Ceres and Proserpina and the reason for the seasons and who the different…

The only thing stronger than love is an AH - 64 Apache Helicopter, but, what is stronger than that? Perhaps the great AC-130 Gunship! There are many similarities between these two aircraft. There are also many differences. The purposes, the weaponry, and the specs are all very interesting things to know about these two aircraft. The Purpose of an AH - 64 Apache Helicopter. This is the most advanced multi-role combat helicopter for the U.S. Army and a growing number of international defense…

multirole fighter jet. This aircraft was used in the famous Operation Desert Storm in 1991. The latest F-16 versions feature modern technology and advanced avionics, discrete sensors and weapons packages. This aircraft is able to carry one 20mm M61 Vulcan gatling gun with 511 rounds, six AIM-9 Sidewinder or six Python-4 air-to-air missiles and huge arsenals of bombs, including B61 nuclear…