Despite the sharp decrease in the dropout rate in rural America between the years 1975 and 1993 which essentially closed the gap between the urban and rural dropout rates‚ over 10 percent of rural students still do not finish high school and have difficulty finding gainful employment (e.g.‚ Paasch & Swaim‚ 1995). Graduation is an extremely important milestone in the life of an individual as they prepare for adult life (Paasch & Swaim‚ 1995). For instance‚ high school graduates have a greater chance
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architectural science and agriculture. She was also protector of Symposiums. She was always depicted holding a theatrical – comedy mask. Opposite from Thalia‚ Muse Melpomene was the protector of Tragedy; she invented tragedy‚ rhetoric speech and Melos. She was depicted holding a tragedy mask and usually bearing a bat. Terpsichore was the protector of dance; she invented dances‚ the harp and education. She was called Terpsichore because she was enjoying and having fun with dancing ( “Terpo” in Greek
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Leda in the guise of a swan and Helen was hatched from and egg and brought up as a member of the royal family of Sparta. Menelaus and Helen were initially very happy‚ but Paris the heir of King Priam of Troy visited Sparta and with the help of Aphrodite the goddess of love‚ gained Helen’s affection. Stealing part of Menelaus’ treasury‚ the pair eloped. Agamemnon assembled a great army to aid his brother‚ and they held siege to the city of Troy for ten years. Helen’s beauty was unsurpassed and
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His Airness‚ MJ “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times‚ I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17‚ 1963)‚ also known by his initials‚ MJ‚ is an American former professional basketball player‚ entrepreneur‚ and majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats. MJ on Sports Illustrated Magazine. Rookie Year
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The Olympians (Greek Mythology Gods) The Twelve Olympians‚ in Greek mythology‚ were the principal gods of the Greek pantheon‚ residing atop Mount Olympus. The Olympians did not rule the world from the very beginning. They gained their power in the world of gods after Zeus led his siblings to victory in a war lasting nearly ten years with the Titans. Zeus overthrew his father Kronos‚ leader of the Titans. Then they moved to live atop Mount Olympus‚ ruling the world from there. Of the twelve
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create storms and earthquakes. He created the horse and taught mankind to use horses. ZEUS is the great King of the Gods‚ ruler of Olympus and the Heavens‚ and leader of the Twelve. He was the god of the sky‚ weather‚ kings‚ fate‚ law and order. APHRODITE is the great Olympian goddess of beauty‚ love‚ pleasure and and procreation. ATHENA is a goddess of wisdom and crafts‚ war and strategy‚ and inventions in science‚ industry‚ art‚ and agriculture. She is best known as the olive-giving patron of her
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Classical and Hellenistic Athenian scholars perceived it as pederastic‚[2] while others perceived it as a platonic warrior-bond.[3] [edit]Trojans The Trojan men Hector — son of King Priam and the foremost Trojan warrior. Aeneas — son of Anchises and Aphrodite. Deiphobus — brother of Hector and Paris. Paris — Helen’s lover-abductor. Priam — the aged King of Troy. Polydamas — a prudent commander whose advice is ignored; he is Hector’s foil. Agenor — a Trojan warrior who attempts to fight Achilles (Book
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The Greek and Roman gods were worshipped by the two nations and had similar roles and conditions. Their names however‚ were different. For example: the Greeks had Zeus and the Romans had Jupiter‚ the Greeks had Aphrodite and the Romans had Venus. The religion of the Romans differed in some respects from that of the Greeks‚ every Roman god had something to do‚ some useful office to perform. There was an elaborate “division of labor” among them. They also had many
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The movie Troy written by David Benioff and directed by Wolfgang Petersen was inspired by The Iliad‚ an ancient Greek poem about the time of warrior Achilles argument with King Agamemnon during the Trojan War. Some events the film where taken straight from the Iliad‚ and is at times the two stories are very similar to one another. However there are several major differences between them‚ as Troy the movie was made to appealing to twenty first century audiences‚ where as the Iliad was meant to appeal
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The Gods Role in The Iliad The gods in The Iliad are very greedy‚ self-centered‚ vain‚ malicious‚ and two-faced. Homer does a very good job of showing us this throughout the entire epic poem‚ and he does it in such a way so that anyone who reads this can understand. All of the gods that get involved in this war have their own self-serving motives behind all of their interference. Right in the very beginning of the epic poem‚ one of Apollo’s priests prays to him to send a plague onto the Achaeans
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