Pallas Athene Versus Minerva
.... Their version of Athena was mainly of a logical
and sensible person, who would avoid a fight if possible. The Romans, who were
a society of warlike men, focused on Minerva's war capabilities and short temper.
Both cultures focused on the parts of the Gods which were most like themselves
and best suited their needs.
For the Greeks, the Gray-Eyed Goddess was not associated with specific
people except for Her rivals. The Romans, however, formed a group of Immortals
into the Capitoline triad, consisting of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. These three
assumed a supreme place in the Roman religion, acting like a Jury of Watchers
over t .....
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Progression Towards Light
.... of Agamemnon. This is illustrated when
Clytaemestra says, “Thus he [Agamemnon] went down, and the life struggled out
of him; and as he died he spattered me with the dark red and violent driven
rain of bitter savored blood” (lines 1388-1390). Clytaemestra has evilly and
maliciously murdered her own husband; thus the image of the dark blood. The
darkness is representative of the evil which has permeated the house of Atreus,
and which has persisted with this latest gruesome act of murder. Because
darkness results from the death of Agamemnon, Aeschylus clearly illustrates that
this murder was nothing but pure evil. As long .....
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The King Must Die: Is Theseus To Perfect To Be A Human Being?
.... grandfather at the tender age of eight. Theseus was to
teach the inner workings of his job that was soon to be passed on to his
apprentice. Yet, this boy tested his patience every day and would push him
around and laugh at the year older Theseus. Theseus thought that if he was
truly born of a god that he could show this boy who he was. One day Theseus had
a small quarrel with this boy. The result of this quarrel was Theseus showing,
for the first time in the book that he was not of the ingredients that other
humans were. The small quarrel had erupted into a mighty battle. Theseus then
pounded his foot on the ground and cr .....
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The Riddle Of The Sphinx
.... scripture than one would anticipate.
The most relevant and necessary topic for the understanding of the
imagery and symbolism of myth is found in the framework of the celestial zodiac.
The pictures found today in the zodiac were not developed by the Greeks, but
were in place perhaps as early as 4000 B.C. predating even the civilizations of
Sumaria. The pictures were not arranged in haphazard order to aid in the
tracking of the star movements but with order and purpose of depicting an epic
narrative. This understanding of the zodiac reveals an intelligence and
scientific understanding that was corrupted through time . The .....
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Vampires
.... then became standard practice and is still used to this day in the
form of a tombstone. Tombstones were used to control ghosts and other spirits
instead of their original use in controlling vampires.
Due to the fact that vampires seemed to be so commonplace around the
globe, there was a large variety of vampires that differed in shape, behavior
and method of becoming a vampire. All of these factors varied from region to
region. In the country of Bulgaria a vampire had only one nostril. This
Bulgarian vampire would rise out of it's grave nine days after death in the form
of a shower of sparks and remained in this shape fo .....
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Theseus
.... had left for him in Troezen. He was then greeted by his father Aegeus
and his stepmother Medea who was a sorceress. But she was jealous of his
influence over Aegeus so Medea tried to kill him by sending him to kill a wild
bull. But Theseus succeeded and sacrificed the bull to Apollo. He then returned
to Athens and was almost poisoned by Medea, but as soon as Aegeus got wind of
her plot, he proclaimed Theseus his son and heir to the thrown and banished
Medea from Athens and she escaped to what is now Asia.
According to legend, the people of Athens had to send seven youths and
seven Maidens every year as a tribute to Minos, .....
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Theseus Athens Great Hero
.... but
what he did not know was that Aegeus was ,at the time, under the power of a
sorcerer by the name of Medea. She could see the power in him from afar and saw
that he would take her power so she told Aegeus to kill him. At this time either
Aegeus nor Theseus knew that they were related. Media told Aegeus to invite
Theseus to a party or ball coming in the near feature and to poison his drink.
Aegeus poisoned his drink and gave it to Theseus. Just before Theseus drank the
wine Aegeus dashed the glass to the ground for he had just recognized his sword.
Aegeus and Theseus became good friends and lived together for a time.
One d .....
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The Trojan War
.... set out on a journey, and killed Achilles.
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Greek Myths
.... Hermes'
musical invention. Intrigued by this astonishing invention he offered his
whole flock for the musical instrument. Hermes agreed, after which he invented
a shepherd's pipe, which also awed Apollo. He offered Hermes his golden staff
in exchange for the pipe but to no avail. In addition to the golden staff
Hermes wanted the knowledge of augury. He felt it was a useful art. Hermes
returned to Mt. Olympus to tell his father, Zeus, of all goings on. Zeus was
very amused. Hermes suggested to Zeus that he be made into a herald. Zeus
complied with this suggestion and showered Hermes with gifts.
Sounds like an interesti .....
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Plato Vs. Aristotle
.... to politics makes Aristotle more in tune with the modern world, yet he
is far from modern.
Plato's concept of what politics and government should be is a direct
result of his belief in the theory of forms. The theory of forms basically
states that there is a higher "form" for everything that exists in the world.
Each material thing is simply a representation of the real thing which is the
form. According to Plato, most people cannot see the forms, they only see their
representation or their shadows, as in the simile of the cave. Only those who
love knowledge and contemplate on the reality of things will achieve
understa .....
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A Brief Comment On The Query: "Is Socrates Guilty As Charged?"
.... meddling', the questioning of
people's wisdom, was commissioned to him by the gods through the Oracle of
Delphi. As Socrates said, "...but when god stationed me, as I supposed and
assumed, ordering me to live philosophizing and examining myself and
others...that my whole care is to commit no unjust or impious deed."2He even
seems to win a victory over one of his accusers, Meletus, in questioning this
point. As Socrates points out, it is impossible for him to be both atheistic and
to believe in demons, or false gods, for if he believes in the latter, then that
would contradict his not believing in gods at all (since even de .....
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Analysis Of Crito
.... an injury; doing the latter
is the same as wrong doing. The last foundation to be questioned is the
fulfillment of one's obligations. Both of the philosophers affirm that,
provided that the conditions one consents to are legitimate, one is compelled to
fulfill those covenants. These each are founded upon right reasoning and do
provide a justifiable foundation to discredit any design of dissent.
At line fifty, Socrates executes these foundations to destroy and make
untenable the petition that he may rightfully dissent:
Then consider the logical consequence. If we leave this place without
first persuading the state to l .....
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