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    Portland Community College-Rock Creek Campus HE 250 – Personal Health‚ 3 credits‚ CRN 22442 Spring 2013 Syllabus Course Description: In this course we will explore current health issues in mental health‚ stress‚ fitness‚ nutrition‚ sexuality‚ disease‚ and drugs; all from a wellness perspective. Course Outcome: From a holistic perspective‚ the course outcomes are: identify current health status‚ analyze health risks‚ and plan effective health enhancing/wellness strategies. Course Meeting

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    Latin Translation

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    Accidit ut Seruilius It happened that Servilius spoke rather freely about the defendant’s wickedness. (Accidit ut) (it happened that Verres was present at Lily) At quam ob! But for what reasons immortal gods! Aude hoc primum Dare to deny this first‚ if you can: by all at it was seen Lily‚ heard by all of Sicily. Dico ciuem I say a Roman citizen when he had been beaten by your lictors‚ to have fallen before your eyes. Nam in foro Lily For in the forum of Lily‚ a Roman citizen

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    Analysis of Storytelling: Discovering Ones Identity and Purpose in Life Storytelling plays an important role in characterizing important figures in stories as giving personalities and traits specific to them. It also drives the plot‚ as in Homer’s The Odyssey and Virgil’s The Aeneid the epics are based on the telling of the protagonist’s journey. Another piece of literature‚ Grendel‚ written by John Gardner‚ utilizes storytelling in a different manner. The main character bases his self-understanding off

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    Aphorisms in the Odyssey

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    By Definition‚ an aphorism is a terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation. It is derived from the Greek word aphorismos‚ meaning to delimit or define‚ and was first made popular in Aphorisms by Hippocrates. Throughout The OdysseyHomer sprinkles in these axioms with the intent of encapsulating his themes. One example being‚ “It’s bad either way‚ spurring the stranger home who wants to linger‚ holding the one who longs to leave-you know‚ ‘Welcome the Coming‚ speed the parting

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    Hospitality in the Odyssey It is very important for the people of the ancient world to practice hospitality. In the Odyssey‚ Athena‚ disguising herself as a seafaring man‚ appears at Odysseus’ palace. She is ignored at the front door by the suitors of Penelope. Later‚ Odysseus’ son‚ Telemachus‚ apologizes to her for the suitors’ lack of hospitality. He invites her to have a meal. In return‚ Athena offers the young prince a piece of good advice that he should go abroad in order to seek his father’s

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    Revenge in the Odyssey

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    The Greeks‚ as portrayed by Homer‚ are a very vengeful people. Throughout The Odyssey‚ a theme of vengeance is dominant. These displays of retribution come from different entities for fairly different reasons. So why is revenge such a factor in The Odyssey? Fear and the overwhelming feeling of payback are two answers. Homer gives numerous examples of how certain characters demonstrate their power in a fury of rage. He writes of the payback Zeus gives to those who break the rules‚ of Poseidon’s

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    Iliad and Odyssey

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    cinema of a certain era. The epic poems‚ The Iliad and Odyssey‚ give scholars and historians an idea how the Ancient Greek lived their everyday lives. By reading the two "novels‚" the reader is able to experience the three thousand years old society of Homer. The various similarities between our society and the societies depicted in the Iliad and the Odyssey are surprising profuse. To name a few: the superfluous violence in Iliad and Odyssey‚ the characterization of Odysseus‚ the obscure use of

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    asks you who it was that inflicted upon your eye this shameful blinding‚ tell him that you were blinded by Odysseus‚ sacker of cities. Laertes is his father‚ and he makes his home on Ithaca” (Homer 500-505). Homer’s work of historical fiction‚ The Odyssey‚ is the sequel to his earlier story The Iliad. The Odyssey follows Odysseus after the events of the 10 year Trojan war and his long journey home. He clashes with many monsters and it always seems that his pride gets the better of him. The quote above

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    Character in the Odyssey

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    rude‚ arrogant‚ and disrespectful throughout the story. He did try to convince Odysseus that he was innocent but Odysseus was too smart to believe him. | |Activity 1 – Character Analysis Activity 10 – Biography of Homer Homer is the author of the Illiad and the Odyssey and is considered

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    disastrous Yorkist family feud. The throne should have passed smoothly to his son; Edward V. This however didn’t happen due to his brother‚ Richard duke of Gloucester wanting the power; Edward changed his will on his death bed so his wishes weren’t clear; his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville. On his death a bitter family feud was started. Edward IV youngest brother‚ Richard‚ duke of Gloucester was powerful by himself due to Edward giving him lands in the north; this gave him power‚ men and was far away from

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