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    Books 1-4: The Telemachia Characters: Gods: Zeus (King of Olympus), Athena (Goddess of Wisdom, aid of Odysseus) Mortals: Telemachus (Odysseus’s son), Antinous (An arrogant suitor), Penelope (Odysseus’s wife),Phemius (The bard/entertainer), Eurycleia (The nurse), Mentes (Athena’s disguise, Telemachus’s mentor), Menelaus ( King of Sparta, helps Telemachus), Nestor (King of Pylos), Helen (Menelaus’s wife), Laertes (Odysseus’s father) Plot: Book 1 The story starts out in medias res, or in the middle

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    Name Tutor Course Date Close Reading Essay In Book X of the Odyssey, Odysseus gives a tale of his adventure in Circe’s Island. He also tells of his encounter with Circe, (X. 380 - 419). Circe’s equivocation, “Why, Odysseus, dost thou sit thus like one that is dumb, eating thy heart, and dost not touch food or drink? / Dost thou haply forbode some other guile?” (X. 380 - 381), portrays Odysseus sadness and worry for his men. Earlier in this book, he had narrated of how Circe had put a portion in

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    considered to be the creator of all universe. Vishnu is considered to be the preserver or protector of the universe. Shiva is considered to be the destroyer of the universe. Varanasi is the oldest city of India and also considered the most holy place. Cows are the symbol of earth. It always gives and feeds, representing life and the support of life. “Kumbhamela” is a Hindu festival, known as the largest gathering in the world. The holiest number in Hinduism is 108 beads. 108 is the ratio of the sun’s

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    that never came true. In chapter five we are given a short backstory of her dream when she’s having a conversation with Lennie. As Curley’s wife goes on to tell Lennie, “Nother time I met a guy, an’ he was in pitchers. Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace with him. He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural.” She continues on with “Coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes—all them nice clothes like they wear. An’ I coulda sat in them big hotels, an’ had pitchers took of

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    King Zeus Research Paper

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    He possessed a trident which was so powerful that it could shake the earth. Poseidon was able to cause tempests and earthquakes, drown lands, shatter rocks and had the ability to finally bring back peacefulness. Poseidon possessed two palaces, the one was up in Mount Olympus and the other was located in the depths of the seas and was bejeweled with gold and precious gems. Usually Poseidon preferred to stay with his wife Amphitrite beneath the ocean. He was a strong and imposing god. His

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    In The Odyssey, Odysseus goes through many challenging trials. He faces trials against monsters, is away from his family, and one his biggest trials are women. Odysseus is faced with four key women characters throughout his journey and two of them had slowed Odysseus down from coming home. At times, the women would help Odysseus through his journey and this will cause Odysseus to succeed in his journey. The Odyssey portrays the women as possibly evil, manipulative at times, and caring and helpful

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    to the Cicones’ land he “destroyed the city there, killed the men, seized their wives, and captured lots of treasure…”(9.40) Instead of leaving right away, they “drank too much wine and on the shoreline slaughtered many sheep, as well as shambling cows with twisted horns.”(9.62) While they were relaxing, the Cicones collected all of their neighbors and tribesmen to help fight. In the morning, the Cicones around them were “thick as leaves or flowers growing in season.

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    On a glorious, midsummer day, Persephone laid on a blanket of emerald green grass. Flowers burst from the earth underneath her. Hear her sing such a sweet song softly to herself as she gaily plucks petals from a daisy. Suddenly, the earth begins to grumble as the ground begins to spill into a sinkhole from which Hades emerged in his chariot of bones. The grass where the chariot burst forth crumbles and dies along with the flowers at Hades’ feet, surrounding him in a circle of darkness and decay.

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    There's something about the first week of professional football being back on TV, coinciding with the start of the fall season, that puts a smile on thousands of people's faces. It marks a point where friends, relatives, husbands, and wives can take part in the activity of watching football. One of the best activities associated with watching football during the fall months is to organize a party at your place. This allows for a group of your friends and family to gather around the TV to root on

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    and cause lots of destruction. People living in this area depended on irrigation to transfer water to crops. They also created canals, dams, and plows. The canals also helped to transport water to dry parts of the area, and the plows were pulled by cows which made life easier for the people. The Nile river was a very different river, and the Egyptians acted according to these differences. The floods in the Nile area were very precise and flooded every year around June and September, and lowered every

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