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    I. The Death of Persephone On a glorious, midsummer day, Persephone laid on a blanket of emerald green grass. Flowers burst from the earth underneath her. Hear her sing the sweet song of Seikilos softly to herself as she gaily plucks petals from a daisy. “While you live, shine have no grief at all life exists only for a short while and time demands an end.” Suddenly, the earth began to grumble and the edges of the flowery meadow spilled into a sinkhole from which Hades emerged in his chariot

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    American socialite Wallis Simpson, the woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne in 1936, is variously portrayed as a greedy snob, a sexual predator or part of the romance of the century. A complex figure emerges: a strong-willed woman, hungry for independence, but caught up in a situation she could not control. Mrs. Wallis Simpson has become an emotional figure in history. Along with this, many descriptions of her personality and motives for being with Edward have caused some extremely negative

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    secret. Then, Penelope decides to marry the man who could shoot an arrow through holes of 12 axes. Chapter 20- The suitors meet again to discuss how to kill Telemachus, but Amphinomus convinces them not to kill him. During dinner, Ctesippus flings a cow hoof at Odysseus, and Odysseus threatens to jab a sword through him. This threat makes the suitors laugh until they notice the blood all around them. Chapter 21- Penelope gets Odysseus’s bow, to check if any suitor was capable of stringing it and shooting

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    The. They slapped that wooden mixture in wooden mounds. Then later outside on the ground to dry. Bricks were the building box for everything in Egypt They used bricks to build peasants homes and they also used bricks to build pharaohs palaces Potter mixed cow dung, water, straw, and mud which produced clay. They put the clay in the potter's wheel. The exterior surface of pots was often covered with a reddish slip and/or decorated using a stylus or comb before the pots were fired in kilns. And

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    Odysseus. Homer writes, “But when he heard Odysseus’ voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, having no strength to move nearer to his master,” describes Homer (17:389-392). Furthermore, most of the people of the palace missed Odysseus, and helped Penelope cope with

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    Did you know there are bird headed and eight armed gods? Pantheons are religions or mythologies with multiple gods or goddesses. Only a few pantheons that are around the world that are all in this article. There are many gods in pantheons. Here are some more known gods and goddesses. The most famous gods are from Greek, Norse, and Egyptian mythologies. There are many king gods in mythologies like Odin, god of war and wisdom and Zeus, God of lightning and the sky. Strangely there are quite a few

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    Jared Diamond, a human sociologist, is on a quest of equality. He makes a hobby of bird watching, which started at the age of seven in the U.S. At age 26 he visited New Guinea, and has made regular bird watching trips since. While walking on the beach, he was bluntly asked by a man called yali: “ why you white men have so much cargo, and we New Guineans have so little?” This question was asked inbetween 1973-1975. Jared could not answer that question. The answer at first seemed simple, but after

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    Alchin, By Linda. "Uranus." (Ouranos)***. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2016. Uranus is the Roman god of the heavens and sky. He is the father of the titans , and his mother, Gaia, is his wife. Uranus is one of the original gods. He his also the first son Gaia had. Another way people said his name was Ouranos. Uranus has qualities such as light, heat, purity, and omnipresence, the ability to be everywhere at once. Uranus fathered six sons known as the titans. They were given this name do to their large

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    Unlike the stories of the other gods, where she lived has an interesting backstory to it. The myth is that Chang'e was originally a beautiful, young girl who worked in the Jade palace, where gods and goddesses alike resided. But, after breaking a priceless porcelain vase on accident, she was sent down to Earth. She would only be permitted back to the heavens if she'd made a valuable contribution. After being sent to Earth as a

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    seven or eight months after they actually occurred. After this tribe heard about the news, not only did they mourn for the lost Americans, the entire tribe “held a solemn meeting and decided they would send their most precious possession - sixteen cows - to the

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