Greek Thethology Of Elephants : The Myth Of King Midas

Not surprisingly, elephants are known for being more emotional and empathetic animals than the rest. According the three articles, “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”, “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task”, and “Elephants Console Each Other” elephants understand when they need each other’s assistance. All two authors describe the studies of elephant behavior differently, but with a similar purpose.

DNA has shown many genetic similarities between Columbian mammoths and African elephants. Based on their skeletal structure both animals are expected to be around twelve feet tall and fifteen feet long. They similarly grew tusks extending from their jaw to around fourteen feet in length, which weighed up to 150 pounds. These massive tusks were used in defense and for daily chores such as digging, lifting, and gathering food. Both animals are herbivores and mainly graze upon grasses, although they eat leaves on occasion.

Folklore and tales have been present throughout many centuries. Depending on the culture and location some tales get changed in order to fit in and relate to the current generation. However, often the tales remembered are used for inspiration for new stories, novels, and movies. With new stories being made mythology has eventually just become a loose reference in which the main points of classic mythology get lost. Disney’s Hercules is a great example of Greek mythology tales being used as a lesson to create an impactful story in which mythology was simply a reference. Although the Disney version of Hercules makes suitable points in describing Greek Mythology and ensuring that it’s viewers are somewhat erudite of the myths; Such as introducing heaven, the underworld, Zeus, Hera, additional gods, and incorporating various characters and creatures, it still contains discrepancy in which events actually happened in mythology.

In “Shooting an Elephant,” Orwell retold an occasion where he was struggling to come to a final decision of whether to shoot the elephant or not. With his final decision, the elephant finally lay dying in front of thousands of people. He said that he was forced to shoot it because the Burmese people were expecting him to do that. In addition, he also explained that he had to do it “to avoid looking like a fool” in front of the crowd (14). At first glance, one would think that it makes sense for him to kill the elephant to save his face, but that was not the case. He effectively uses this incident to demonstrate the “real nature of imperialism” (3), whereas the elephant represents the British Empire.

Hearing, seeing and visualizing the future and our present is frustrating. Believing in what is called “reality” and “society” based off decisions that weren’t made by us, but by the past to protect the outcome of what should happen later. People search for clues to help stabilize and move forward in life in myths and many other sources. Myths are traditional stories that deal with a historical explanation of some natural or social event, usually associating with supernatural appearances. The ancient Greeks told their cosmos through teachings and tales concerning their gods and heroes, and the importance of the culture and ritual practices to show their natural state. The myth of the Amazons and the great story of Hercules explain the

1. What key roles do animals play in legends and mythology? Choose one to describe in detail. Some key roles that animals play in mythology was, when they were acting either as the tricksters, helpers,protectors, and even guardians to us humans. When an animal acts as a guardian, it either will take a shape of a big strong creature and protects what it feels needs to be guarded.

For about twenty eight years now the Asian elephant has been struggling for existence. They have been classified as endangered species by The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Twenty eight years is quite a large amount of time for an animal to be classified as endangered so The Zoological Society of London decided to look into this issue. Asian elephants have been transferred to captivity for quite some time in the North American region. The Elephas maximus have been captured from these countries in southern Asia and brought over to North America and have experienced many complications that can hinder the genetic diversity of the evolution of the species. Captive populations of the Elephas maximus species may be essential for genetic preservation and aid in decreasing the deterioration of the authentic population (Brenneman et al. 2011).

Based on my reading of The Cyclops, I think that the ancient Greek culture is based on vengance. For most charachter, the interior motive is revenge. When Odysseus escapes the Cyclops' cave, he gloats about his victory as his vengance. After, Polythemus's retaliation to that is throwing rocks at the ship that Odysswus and his men are escaping on. Not only does Polythemus not find almost depwning their ship enough, since he is son of Poseidon, he acts his father for vengance on Odysseus or to his men. Later on, the vengance grows thicker between Poseidon and

Let’s talk about elephants and donkeys, and no, this is not at the zoo. These are the two political parties that run the government in America. Today, America primarily has a two-party system, the Democrats and Republicans. They are always seen on the news bickering and fighting with one another, and it is never a surprise if a bill is going to pass, depending on which party is in control of Congress at the moment. When you get into an argument with a sibling, significant other, parents, etc., it can make it hard to focus on anything else going on in life. The parties are always at each other’s throats, which makes one wonder if they are focused on the well-being of this nation. Helen Keller once said in regard to politics, “Our democracy is but a name. We vote. What does that mean? . . . We choose between two . . . bodies of autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee” (qtd. in “Challengers of Duopoly”). Something needs to change so that America gets back the representative democracy it once was; we are a nation of 320,000,000 people and counting, yet we are supposed to be split into two measly groups when it comes to politics? A third-party candidate, and the acceptance of independents, would allow America to become a more democratic nation and help with the current polarization of the parties.

The family room would be for Pelops whom Zeus reestablished to life. However, since his shoulder was missing, having been eaten by Demeter, Demeter gave him an ivory shoulder to supplant it. Pelops turned into a most loved with Poseidon, albeit a couple of human groups needed him. In his wanderings, Pelops came to Arcadia, which was governed by King Oenomaus, who had a delightful little girl, Hippodamia. At the point when suitors came to charm her, Oenomaus would provoke them to a chariot race in which the washout would bite the dust. Furthermore, in light of the fact that Oenomaus had the quickest steeds in Greece Hippodamia's suitors had short lives. Be that as it may, she experienced passionate feelings for Pelops and paid off her dad's

Hannibal's war elephants were capable of completely disorganizing the front lines of Scipio's army, making their defeat his first priority.

Competition is a condition of existence that every athlete has heard hundreds of times. As an active participator in many sporting events with numerous coaches and teammates, I have experienced competition first hand. I remember myself, along with coaches and teammates always being driven to win. Whether a sporting event or in academics, humans strive to be better than the person beside them. Although competition is such an innate trait that goes beyond humans and into animals as well, competition has been around since the beginning of time. While animals may be competitive as they fight for survival, humans have more of a satisfaction competitiveness. When people accomplish a task, myself included, they feel good about themselves while

The Nemean Lion was a monster created by Ancient Greek Mythology. It was told several times that he had fallen from the moon as the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. He was a very huge ,vicious,and terrifying looking lion with sharp huge claws who had the strength of ten ordinary lions. Anyone wanting to worship Zeus would have to get through it first .

In conclusion, the animal imagery employed in Othello and Maus highlights how racial stereotypes create imbalances. Iago’s abuse of the power of these racial labels conveys his desire to influence Othello and to seek revenge, while ironically hinting at the black stereotypes that reside within Iago himself as a white man. Spiegelman’s unique approach to the Holocaust uses animal depictions in Maus, which sheds light on the inhumanity of many Nazis and the way in which they set out to achieve total power. In both texts, the reduction of man to an animal conveys how racism can cast barriers that allows on force to dominate other and this is the reason why Othello and Maus are destined to transcend their stage and time respectively.

The Minoans lived on the Greek island of Crete. Their civilization was advanced for its time, they had running water and flushing toilets. They had a strong navy and they were ruled by a king. They created beautiful artwork and statues. Their capital was Knossos. The Minoans had a written language, we have learned much about them from their written records.