Pollux

I. Setting . I.A. Time of Action: About 3,200 years ago in recorded history's infancy, when humankind's imagination peopled the known world with great heroes and villains and nature reflected the mood of the gods and goddesses. I.B. Place of Action: Troy (Asia Minor), also Ilium (ancient Ilion), famous city of Greek legend, on the northwestern corner of Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey. Anatolia is west of Greece (across the Aegean Sea) and north of Egypt (across the Mediterranean Sea). II

meaning “despencer of dues”. Happiness and unhappiness were measured out by her. She made sure that no one had to much happiness at one time though. Some stories say she gave birth to two sets of twins, Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra and Castor and Pollux. Other sites say she only hatched Helen of Troy and Telchines.

The plot type that fits the two novels I read is overcoming the monster. Overcoming the monster is when a hero learns of great evil overshadowing the land – sometimes not his own land and with special equipment and/or weapons, the hero heads out and defeats evil to free the land (…). The five stages that this plot type include are the anticipation stage and call, dream stage, frustration stage, nightmare stage, and the trilling escape from death and death of monster (…). The hero of the novel will

Both short stories StarSong written by Fred Saberhagen and Bullard Reflects written by Malcolm Jameson reflect the ideas of both Science Fiction authorities Kathryn Cramer and David Hartwell. Cramer’s idea of Fate versus Free will and Hartwell’s idea on Intellect over Irrationality are ideas that are prevalent in both short stories. In the short story StarSong, written by Fred Saberhagen, a story is told about the history of mankind’s ages-long war with the “berserker” war-machines. Ercul, a cybernetic

complications. The most common versions on how the Trojan War started, are because of Helens beauty. While growing up Helen had astounding beauty, resulting in complications from suitors who kidnapped her. Helen also had two brothers, Castor and Pollux,

Gemini is the third astrological sign of the zodiac, and is present between May 21 and June 21. The Gemini symbol is similar to the Roman numeral two with parentheses at the top and bottom. Castor and Pollux, also known as The Twins, are Gemini’s constellation. The element of a Gemini is air, which symbolizes thought. Airy people are smart thinkers and handle abstract reasoning well. The ruling planet of the Gemini is Mercury, which represents the mind and the intellectual being of a Gemini. I represent

My favourite constellation is Orion the Hunter. Back when I was first becoming interested in astronomy, I found it hard to navigate the night sky. A lot of the astronomers I knew used constellations to do so, as they could be used to point towards other stars, or in some cases (as with Orion) contained an object of interest -- the Orion Nebula. One winter night, looking at reference material, as the sky was clear for a change, I decided to compare my reference source with the night sky. It was in

SUBJECT T.H. White's The Sword in the Stone is a tale about a young boy named Wart in Anglo Saxon England. "The Wart was called the Wart because it more or less rhymed with Art, which was short for his real name." (The Sword in the Stone, White 1) He is accompanied in some of his travels by his foster brother Kay, whose family adopted him. One time as Wart was wandering through the forest he comes upon a wizard by the name of Merlyn. He guides the Wart through many adventures due to him later becoming

advice about physical beauty. Nonetheless, Scapha still tries to give her advice even though she clearly states how she "will never convince" Philematium. She goes on to say, “And, loved as you are now, was dutiful to just one man. He loved me, yes, by Pollux, till with time my hair turned grey, then left me in the lurch. I know the same will come to you.” Philematium brushes off every word. She does not absorb any meaning from the words of Scapha, even though these words do carry a level of importance

Generally, when people hear “Ancient Rome”, the first names that pop into their heads are Julius Caesar, Octavian Augustus, and Marc Antony. The other Romans figures, both the good and the bad, are often forgotten, and abandoned, and treated less importantly than the three mentioned above. The rich history of the Roman Republic/Empire is often limited to several names, and other names are merely mentioned in passing. Roman emperor Caligula may not be one emperor whose life is studied in depth, and