Pollux

He juxtaposes his life on the farm, with the pit from Dante’s Inferno, overflowing with souls that are overcome with fury, gnawing at each other (Gonsalves, 2011). David’s abuse towards Pollux is unequivocally associated with his acuity that Lucy’s rape was motivated by vengeance, “by the rapists’ apparent need to avenge themselves on white South Africans for the crime of apartheid” (Marais, 2006:40). Lucy ruminates whether or not another

Roman religion was very important in the empire because it played a very big role in the culture of the Romans. The Roman religion was ultimately centered on the gods. Since, the Romans thought that Roman gods controlled their lives; temples were built to worship them and dedications in the temples were a dominant part of their daily lives. However, not everybody in the Roman Empire worshiped the gods and the emperor. At times the Romans considered the emperor as a god. In some areas such as Eastern

For this assignment, I would like to discuss and market a new product line of all organic dog food. My product will be called “Canine’s Healthy Diet”, it will have the slogan “ . Rich in natural vitamins, minerals, essential healthy fats and easy digestion with no harsh chemicals are appeals for the consumer to move towards an all-natural organic pet food for their furry, four legged loved ones. "Pets require a very specific balance of key nutrients in order to lead happy, healthy lives," said Dr

The movie begins with the birth of Paris, and Cassandra 's prophecy that he would be the cause of Troy 's destruction. Worried, his father King Priamleaves him on Mount Ida, where he is found and raised by the shepherd Agelaus. When he is an adult, he judges Aphrodite as the fairest of the three goddesses, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. After awarding her the golden apple she promises him the love of Helen of Sparta, the most beautiful woman in the world. Meanwhile in Sparta, Helen sees in a pool

animals such as a fish in order to escape Zeus. She turned into a goose and Zeus turned into a swan. He mated with her and laid an egg. The egg hatched into two sets of twins. One set was Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, and the other was Castor and Pollux. Some others says that she wasn’t the mother of the two sets of twins. They say that Leda, the daughter of Thestius, gave birth to them because she unwillingly mated Zeus. Others say that the egg Nemesis bore was given to Leda by a shepherd.

commonly a Greek or Roman god or hero, raping a female in a beautiful and “heroic love”manner. This type of image also viewed as a "heroic" rape, has always received considerable attention. Initially from Greek mythology, the story of Castor and Pollux is an anecdote of the great twin brethren interested in two beautiful daughters, Phoebe and Hilaeira, as their wives. Disregarding the fact that these girls were betrothed to their cousins Lynceus and Idas, they carried the girls off to Sparta. Abduction

Standing on the portico of the Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar facing towards the Temple you can see the large columns that are made in the Ionic order. Facing away from the entrance you will see the Rostra of Diocletian. The Rostra of Diocletian was a large platform that sat 12 meters by 30 meters in size. Speakers would stand on the Rostra and would deliver their speech to those present. Behind the Rostra of Diocletian, you see the city’s center known as the Forum Romanum or the Roman Forum

In the personal essay “Modern Friendships,” essayist, editor, and novelist Phillip Lopate reflects on the fluid nature of the definition of friendship. Lopate uses chronology several times within the text to accurately convey on the constantly changing perception of friendship throughout history and throughout the span of his life with comparisons consistent comparisons to romantic and familial relationships. Throughout the text, there is a heavy reliance on both ethos, appealing to the relatively

subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia, the territory controlled by Sparta. Their exact status was already disputed in antiquity: according to Critias, they were "slaves to the utmost", whereas according to Pollux, they occupied a status "between free men and slaves". Tied to the land, they primarily worked in agriculture as a majority and economically supported the Spartan citizens." (Wikipedia, 2018).

The Roman Forum The Forum Romanum, the Roman name for what we usually call the Roman Forum, was the center of the Roman Empire’s power. The Forum came into existence at a crossing of two important roads. One ran parallel to the Tiber River, the other perpendicular. From the beginning, the Forum was required to satisfy two fundamental needs: the need for people to meet, and the need of them to exchange goods. The many separate communities of the Italian