The role of women in ancient Greek life was insignificant compared to that of Greek men. A woman’s job was to take care of the children and to cook and clean unless she had servants or slaves that would do it for her. Yet‚ in Greek mythology‚ women were often written as major characters. Well-known Greek plays contain many well-written‚ complex‚ female characters. Female individuals in Greek mythology were often seen as very powerful and fierce Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that
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Women’s Roles in World War One In June 1914 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb nationalist. After months of tension in Europe‚ this event finally lead to an outbreak of war. This war‚ which was thought to be "the war to end all wars‚" is commonly known as World War One. When people talk about WW1 they think of the soldiers‚ weapons‚ and violence involved. But another major factor was women’s war efforts. Before World War One‚ women’s role in society was basically
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Select Friends by Device Documentation › Select Friends by Device The Facebook SDK for iOS includes an FBFriendPickerViewController control object that makes it simple to add a friend selector to your app. The friend selector can filter the friends you display. You may want to restrict the friends that display to show only those with specific devices. As an example‚ you may want to target friends that use platforms you support for a subsequent invite to use your app. This article guides you
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escape death by wisdom or knowledge. How about a mirror? The mirror symbolizes physical appearance or beauty. Beauty is nothing when you’re dead. Both pretty and ugly people have to die someday. No one can avoid death. Theme What is the theme of this poem? Death is definite‚ quick‚ and cruel. No one can avoid it. Whether you’re beautiful‚ or ugly‚ or wise‚ or stupid‚ or rich‚ or poor‚ you all will die. Tone What is the tone of the poem? It seems like Charon’s
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Unity is a complex word‚ enough of it can help make you stronger and too much of it may turn the tables on you‚ and we can clearly see who becomes stronger and who weaker. The alliance system was a major component of World War I‚ and there were three main parts of this system the neutral countries‚ the triple alliance‚ and the triple entente. The alliance system rapidly escalated a strictly limited war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Why? Because what started with two countries turned out to
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outdated regime‚ the Habsburg emperor Franz Josef was an expansionist. In 1914‚ his latest addition to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian Serbs resented Austrian rule and sought the protection of independent Serbia. It was one of these Bosnian Serb groups‚ the Black Hand‚ that assassinated the Crown Prince‚ Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Austria‚ egged on by her German allies‚ quickly sent Serbia an ultimatum and declared war on the 28th July 1914. A few days later‚ on August
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and ‘show’ in lines 1 and 3 would have rhymed perfectly in 17th century speech. In each stanza the final couplet seems to sum up the idea presented in the first four. Words explained The title Contemplation - meditation; thinking about what one can learn from something l.1 gallant it- be charming and stylish (like chivalrous men impressing ladies 1.2 as little vain- as little conceited; in other words‚ as modest 1.3 abroad- out into the open 1.4 to your beds- go back to 1.5 your
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Divine Benevolence and Divine Brutality Divine benevolence (God as loving partner) and divine brutality (God as warrior) really are compatible. God is a warrior because he is a loving partner. Take a father and his son‚ for example. A father disciplines and corrects his child because he loves him and wants to protect him. God is the same way. Hebrews 12:6 says‚ “For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.” God punishes those that he loves. Divine benevolence and diving brutality are seen in
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Zeus is known as the most powerful god in Greek mythology. He is the central figure of the Greek gods as he is not only the god of the sky but also the king of the gods. He ruled over the Olympian gods in the tallest mountain in Greece‚ Mount Olympus where he lived. Being the most feared god of all gave him the liberty of doing and having anything that he desired. Zeus played a key role in many of the Greek mythologies. Zeus was the king of the gods‚ but like every Greek myth‚ nothing came easy
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century; she was exposed to some great tutors and even worked at the University of Bologna. She died on January 9‚ 1799 in the poorhouse she had been working at. Agnesi was a brilliant mathematician who wrote many different papers and essays on math. One of her most famous works was called Analytical Instructions. This essay was printed just like a math textbook. Agnesi even has a function in Trigonometry named after her. It is called the Witch of Agnesi. Many of the things Agnesi learned as child
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