Gryphon's War: A Narrative Fiction

SUBJECT: "Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War", The Landmark Thucydides ed. By Robert Strassler, NY, Touchstone, 1998.

The book The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss is an in depth look at one of Roman history’s most legendary events, the gladiator revolt led by Spartacus. Spartacus has become a legend, creating a storyline that has inspired many movies and television shows, such as Stanley Kubrick’s epic Spartacus in 1960, starring the legendary Kirk Douglas. Spartacus has inspired a perfect mix of men over time with various backgrounds and beliefs, from Stalin and Marx, to Voltaire, and even to Ronald Reagan. How though, did Spartacus create a massive revolt of slaves that would create a massive problem for the mighty Rome? Strauss attempts to create a chronology of the Spartacus War using his vast knowledge of the Italian landscape, ancient documents, and

Business and ethics have long been a difficult subject because of the various viewpoints people have. The many different industries also make it difficult to define in black and white what is ethical and unethical across the board. Some may assume that to be an ethical business all they must do is abide by the laws and regulations put in place by the government or regulating authorities. Others assume that an ethical business does the aforementioned but also has fair and honest operations, as well as providing a positive environment for their employees. The question of “When is it acceptable to profit from harming others in business” is one that does not have a black and white answer, it is dependent on the individual answering it. However, you will find a common ground with others on where you stand with this issue.

Soon high jungle closed in... The air here was dark too, and the creepers dropped their ropes like the rigging of foundered ships. His feet left prints in the soft soil and the creepers shivered throughout their lengths when he bumped them. He came at last to a place where more sunshine fell. Since they had not so far to go for light the creepers had woven a great mat that hung at the side of an open space in the jungle; for here a patch of rock came close to the surface and would not allow more than little plants and ferns to grow...Then he bent down and wormed his way into the center of

The Battle of Matthew’s Mill Chase Stoddard Period 4 10/7/14 “FIRE!” the captain screamed. The battle was at a draw with both the British and Americans firing volley after volley of lead at each other. The air was filled with smoke, the screams of dying men, and rumble of artillery near by. Then, all of a sudden the British pulled back and headed to their camp. The Americans were also heading back to their camp. The battle had started 2 days ago and both sides couldn’t break each other’s hold on the other. Both generals didn’t know what to do, but both vowed to never surrender.

Chapter Two-Cobyn Moving swiftly through the trees, Cobyn followed a mental map he had of the surrounding area.  He and his family had traveled from the Marshlands before. It had been the place he had been born. The Unknown had driven them out though, leaving their city to burn. Cobyn's infant sister, Aleen. Aleen, had been lost that day, as had so many other Keddish people.  The moon shone down from above, like a silver sun lighting his path. Creatures moved, fast and flitting through the trees as Cobyn walked, keeping a quick pace. He could hear the crunching of the leaves under his bare feet, and occasionally the moonlight would catch the hilt of the sword making it shine. Cobyn hurried. The armies would not clash for many days, having

"Push forward, PUSH FORWARD!" He bellowed his voice hoarse from all the smoke. His men tired and sore from being pushed to near breaking scrambled to fill the gap left by their imposing leader. The men sunk gratefully to the ground, with the retreat sounded, their leader had ordered them back to the main encampment for some well earned rest. The leader shrunk to the ground a little way off from his men,

The short story Gryphon by Charles Baxter is about a substitute teacher that challenges the way the children in the classroom usually think and encourages them to think with their imagination. Growing up, I also had a teacher that challenged me to think creatively as

In the story Gryphon by Charles Baxter there is a county called Five Oaks. Everybody in the county know each other by heart, but one day a new sub came in for Mr. Hibbler not one of ordinary unemployed community college graduates but a lady nobody had ever seen before. The woman was called Mrs. Ferenczi. Mrs. Ferenczi was not normal, she told all kinds of stories nobody believed except for one boy called Tommy. Tommy defends Mrs. Ferenczi, because he likes the stories that she tells that he wants to believe are true and likes that she was strange..

the war was out of shape, hurt, dying, and remembered how this battle started and how

Popovich then hugged Sager. “Still kicking, still fighting,” Sager said. “I haven’t won the battle. It’s not over yet. But I haven’t lost it, either. There have been some victories and some setbacks, but I still have to fight it. A lot of work to do.”

Surprise battle of queenston heights: Tragedy has struck but battles were won, a great loss and a great defeat. The

Chapter 2: The first link PART 1- This is the world we made. 25 years ago: The crunch of foliage under his boots was the only sound for miles, as the knight Siegfried marched through the woodlands on a lone patrol. His sword was sheathed and on his hip as he pushed aside bushes and low hanging branches. "Blasted nettles" he cursed as he pushed through a bush, relying on his steel armor to protect him. "Why do they even send us on patrol anyway?" He rambled to himself "Every evil thing that crawls, walks, slithers, swims or flies on this planet has been quiet."

The Evidence of the Scythians Much of what is known of the history of the Scythians comes from the account of them by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who visited their territory. Herodotus was a great Greek researcher of the fifth century B.C.E, who wrote about the customs and way of

Gryphus vitreus, like all brachiopods, is a sessile animal which lacks a distinct head. This species appears to be simple from a morphological viewpoint but does still possess some complex features, for example; it has no organs of locomotion but does possess a simple heart and a nephridia, which is its excretory organ. Despite this, this brachiopod has a small mass of nerve cells which comprise the ‘brain’ as it were, that controls metabolic activities and sensory actions. The shell of G. Vitreus is strongly convex with strong radical edges externally and this species is only 4cm in size (Coudre, Unknown). All brachiopod shells are composed of two separate parts known as valves. However, contrastingly to other bivalve organisms, G. Vitreus’ bilateral symmetry runs through the two valves and not between them; the hinge line of this species is on the anterior of the organism. As with all brachiopods, Gryphus vitreus has an epithelial lining of the shell known as the mantle which encloses the internal organs, creating an internal mantle cavity. The cavity is split into the inhalant and exhalant chambers, where the