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    These two moons are heavily cratered and misshapen. Phobos and Deimos are known in Greek mythology as the offspring of Ares and Aphrodite. They were discovered in 1877 by American Asaph Hall. Phobos is larger‚ 28km long and 20km wide. It has a 10km crater called Stickney. This was Hall’s wife’s last name - his wife encouraged Asaph to continue with his studies‚ leading to this particular

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    Hephaestus: Olympian God of Fire Hephaestus was very distinct from all of the other Olympian gods. He is usually numbered as being the twelfth Olympian god out of the twelve. Hephaestus was the Olympian who was weaker and more fragile than all the others. As a result‚ he was an embarrassment to his parent and was shunned by them. Although Hephaestus was different from the other Olympians‚ he became a very unique character and ended achieving many accomplishments. Hephaestus was an Olympian god

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    Godly colossal Greek epic‚ “The Iliad” constituted by the poet named‚ Homer‚ articulate the chronicle of the Brobdingnagian Trojan War. It is swarming with the interventions of the gods enchanting their coveted mortals (humans) and altering the heterogeneous scenes of the Trojan War. In this poem‚ gods have an assortment of relationships with humans which include love‚ fornication‚ and mother or father relationships. Gods interact with mortals in human shapes and stimulate them. Also‚ gods cognize

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    Women could not own property‚ and had no legal identity. They were governed under a male dominant figure‚ who they referred to as their lord. Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles‚ was the first nude statue of a Greek goddess. When first revealed to society it created a commotion. As time progressed other artists began to creating similar works such as Aphrodite‚ Eros‚ and Pan; depicting a sensual female figure. Yet women were not suppose to display acts of eroticism in public‚ how could so many artists

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    Question #1: Views of Creation “This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being”. - Sir Isaac Newton The story of the creation of the universe has many different versions. In some cultures it is believed that the universe was created by the procreation of the Deathless Creatures. Other cultures believe that the creation of the universe resulted from a big bang in which all of the elements in the world gathered together

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    Antony Flew: The Existence and Belief of God How can I start this paper? Hmmmm…..??? Let’s begin with the parable. Antony Flew starts off his speech by telling the audience this story of two explorers that accidentally came upon a garden in a jungle. In this garden‚ there were many beautiful flowers and weeds. One explorer says‚ "some gardener must tend this plot". While the other disagrees‚ "there is no gardener". So‚ these two explorers tried to figure out who was right and who was wrong

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    MIDTERM EXAMINATION Program in Cultures‚ Civilizations‚ and Ideas Humanities 111: Antiquity Fall 2010 Due 25.11.2010 at 17:30 via email. Academic Dishonesty Do not cheat. Do not help others cheat. Do not submit the work of others as your own. Students who turn in substantially identical written work in terms of content‚ structure‚ vocabulary‚ or phrasing will be severely penalized. Academic dishonesty or plagiarism will result in an F for the course and further disciplinary action‚ including

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    Compare and contrast Greek mythology to the mythology of the times before. Greek mythology in itself was of a whole new type of mythology. Other mythologies from other parts of the world before it were drastically different. Aside from the fact that the Gods mirrored humans in semblance‚ their actions were quite humanlike as well. In addition to that‚ people who did not like to make up many things originally wrote Greek mythology. The mythology also commonly came to explain things in nature

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    Zeus is the king of gods.His power is to control the weather.The thunderbolt is the symbol of Zeus.The myth was his father Cronus swallowed him as he had all of zeus’s siblings.Zeus had many affairs with other gods and goddess. Poseiden was the god of the sea‚earthquakes‚and tidal waves.The trident was the symbol for Poseiden.The myth was he was swallowed by his father and saved by his brother Zeus and other siblings.He was mad at Zeus because‚ Zeus had more power. Hades was the god of the underworld

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    Athena had a big role in the huge battle known as the Trojan war‚ seeing as she was one of the three goddesses who caused it all from a pageant. In the Trojan war she fought Paris alongside Hera for giving Aphrodite the golden apple. Athena was very independent and fearless and it is said that Athena and her uncle (Poseidon) did not get along. They both wanted to be the guardian of a new city so they presented gifts to the people to help them choose. Athena’s

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