RIZAL’S GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE WITH VIOLA (1887) •May 11‚ 1887 - Rizal and Viola left Berlin by train •Dresden- one of the best cities in Germany •Prometheus Bound -painting wherein Rizal was deeply impressed •Teschen (now Decin‚ Czechoslovakia) - next stopover after leaving Dresedn LEITMERITZ: •At 1:30pm of May 13‚ 1887 - the train‚ with Rizal and Viola on board‚ arrived at the railroad station of Leitmeritz‚ Bohemia-for the first time‚ the two great scholars—Rizal and Blumentritt—met
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Question 2 1 out of 1 points During the Age of _____‚ children lived with their parents for 100 years before turning into arrogant adults. Selected Answer: Silver Answers: Silver Bronze Heroes Iron Question 3 1 out of 1 points Prometheus knew that the sea nymph _____ was going to give birth to a son who was mightier than his father. Selected Answer: Thetis Answers: Thetis Amphitrite Galatea Mayella Question 4 1 out of 1 points Hera’s guard _____ was killed by _____
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GREEK POETS HOMER Homer was the most important and earliest of the Greek and Roman writers. Greeks and Romans didn’t count themselves educated unless they knew his poems. His influence was felt not only on literature‚ but on ethics and morality via lessons from his masterpieces. He is the first source to look for information on Greek myth and religion. Yet‚ despite his prominence‚ we have no firm evidence that he ever lived. The Greek poet Homer was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries
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She is the daughter of Inachus. She is a character that is used to make Zeus look like a greedy tyrant of a god and Prometheus look like a philanthropist. Zeus lays his eyes on her and immediately wants to sleep with her. Of course as it always goes‚ any woman that sleeps with Zeus‚ does not have good fortune afterwards and dies. She seeks help from Prometheus so that she can escape from Zeus. She has horns like an ox on her head. Agave – Agave‚ the mother of Pentheus‚ is a woman of Thebes
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“The Modern Prometheus” Analysis of Prometheus Allusions in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Such is the subtitle that accompanies Mary Shelley’s classic‚ Frankenstein. We’ve all heard of the famous monster created by Dr. Victor Frankenstein. But‚ not many know why the story is subtitled‚ “Or‚ The Modern Prometheus”. In fact‚ many may not even make the connection to the story of the ancient Greek god who brought fire to humans‚ his own creation‚ and was eternally punished for it. However‚ rhetorical
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equal to the gods‚ a sin called huberis. A man was taught he has a place beneath gods as perhaps a way to keep people in line. Myths that were taught about the gods with the topic include when the god Prometheus had defied the kind of gods‚ Zeus by giving a man fire‚ he was kicked out of heaven and bound to a rock where he would lay as vultures ate him alive‚ but being immortal‚ he would heal each day and go through the same punishment continuously and relive the pain and horror. Another main myth that
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The movie Prometheus recently brought that idea alive when a group of archeologists in the year 2100 found some cave paints around the world from ancient civilizations and they all had paintings showing a group of stars. The interesting fact about it was that not just one but many ancient civilizations had the similar map of the exact same constellation. How was it possible if they were separated by miles and miles distant and yet‚ they had the same exact drawing? Prometheus is just a movie
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According to Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound and Homer’s Iliad‚ Greek gods do not only have power‚ but also have interactions with humans. Most of Greek deities make themselves or their intent known to humans through direct communication and indirect punishment. Zeus punishes Prometheus‚ the creator and protector of the mortals‚ for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to the human beings. Zeus‚ the king of the Gods‚ rules the world by his own laws. Although Prometheus is one of the most intelligent
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suffering‚ fate‚ destiny‚ and good and evil. Three out of the various readings that cover death and suffering would be the “Book of Matthew”‚ the Greek tragedy “Antigone” and the “Book of Job”. A reading of this quarter that reveals suffering are “Prometheus Bound” and the “Book of Matthew”. An additional text that discloses one of the themes is the Mayan book “Popol Vuh”. People often wonder why others have to suffer and make sacrifices throughout their life‚ particularly kind and honorable people
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poem much more complex and meaningful. An allusion is made to Prometheus and the Greek god Hephaestus‚ who is equivalent to the Roman god Vulcan. Blake successfully incorporates these allusions to present all aspects of the tiger. He acknowledges the tiger’s faults‚ but also includes its strengths. This makes a very fair and bold argument. The speaker asks "What the hand‚ dare seize the fire?" (8). This is an allusion to when Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. The gift of fire
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