first of all Herodotus lived a life seas away from De Vaca where he explored a new world in the Americas. Herodotus explains the ways of the ancient Greeks and how their society was. Like Goat sacrificing wasn’t a real thing (pg. 480). The Gods were created, in his imagination to keep the people at their best and to assure them that there was a higher power to represent them (pg. 483). In Cabeza De Vaca’s writings he describes how they helped the Native Americans with their healing. Most Native American tribes were fairly good at healing medicines, but in certain cases they would bring travelers gifts to heal their very sick. In De Vasa’s time they traded a bow to have the men and priest heal a handful of men, they mostly prayed and gave them
In “The Relación of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, 1542, Cabeza notes, “And two days later, I removed the two stitches from the Indian and he was healed. And this cure gave us a very great reputation among them [Indian Tribes] throughout the whole land” (Document C). Word quickly spread about 37-year-old castaway’s triumphant performance in the operation. Cabeza de Vaca gained trust, and gradually, an amicable relationship among the Native American groups in the vicinity. The Indians now accepted him and treated him as among themselves, providing him the necessities for
When Lewis and Clark had to leave their camps and keep moving the blackfoot indians sent two native women with them to help with disease or anything like
Indigenous people tried to use their traditional medicines to fight the different diseases but this proved unsuccessful, as not only were the medicines not strong enough, but the European settlers had destroyed many of the resources normally found on the land that were used for illness relief. (History
He is present information exactly as it happened through his eyes, and this makes it seem more like he is telling a story they presenting the facts of a culture. “The story of Cabeza de Vaca makes for almost hallucinatory reading: a dreamlike journey that ranges from the marshes of North America to the pampas of South America” (Arana). Like the stories of many castaways, Cabeza De Vaca tells his own real life tale that is intriguing and factual. Herodotus is the opposite of this, where he is more fact oriented and does not use the format of telling a story to get his point across. He is still notable, but it seems to modern readers that maybe Cabeza De Vaca is more successful in his
This evidence further demonstrates that the Aztecs relied on religious and spiritual approaches however, it was insufficient in effectively combating the illness as there were no religious practices addressing the diseases and health issues directly. This perspective is supported by Austin Community College District and states “The Aztecs practiced surgeries, used herbs….to cure the sick (Ortiz, n.d). Ortiz’s secondary source can be considered reliable as it was created by an Australian education website and provides and unbiased account of the events. This demonstrates that the Aztecs had some understanding of disease treatment, but it was insufficient owing to the changing quality of plants used in medicines, which was impacted by factors such as season and geographical location. The Aztec’s may have used herbal remedies as it carried a symbolic and spiritual meaning to themselves.
“The Aztecs had their own system of medicine that relied heavily on the use of herbal remedies, acupuncture and surgery. They believed that diseases were often caused by supernatural forces and that the body needed to be brought back into balance through a combination of physical and spiritual treatments”. The Aztecs thought the diseases was what’s causing supernatural forces and could have been restored using physical and spiritual treatments. “However, there is a historical evidence that the Aztecs had their own system of medicine that relied on herbal remedies, acupuncture and surgery. It is possible that the impact of diseases on the Aztec healthcare system was significant”.
The Odyssey and the story of Don Quixote de La Mancha are completely different from each other, they say. However, if you pay attention to both stories, you will see a series of similarities as well as differences between them. According to the journeys Odysseus and Don Quixote take, the main focus in the stories, they have many things in common, even if one lived in Greece many years before the other start his journey. Analyzing both stories, we can perceive similarities about who they are fighting for and what they are fighting against, differences about the monsters they confront, and the resolution of the story.
Something called “Medicine Men and Women” are spiritual leaders who use herbs to heal sick people. It’s very important to have spiritual leaders because they are the one’s to provide for the sickness of people, they play a huge role in people's lives so that’s why they're so important to the Native Americans religion. Now in closing, I have learned a lot of new things that I have never seen or heard of
Though at first, the Spanish were reluctant, they soon realized that it was imperative to try to heal the sick as their own survival depended on it. Estebanico describes that “the cures we performed may not have healed everyone we attended, but I can vouch that they saved four lives: our own” (Lalami 232). The interactions between castaways and the Indians were substantial in challenging the common European perspective of the Indians as “inferior savages”. Though the conquistadors in the novel were initially wary of the Indians, they later realized that their ways were crucial to
Patients deserve to be treated with dignity and respect as they entrust medical providers to relief their pain and suffering. The legacy of medical care in Native American communities brings prejudices and personal biases. To explain, many Native Americans lack appropriate access to pain relief due to government
Primary Source Analysis: The History of Herodotus; Book I: Clio The Histories, by Herodotus, is a detailed account of the aggression and later violence between the Greeks and Persians, and was the first ever written record of a historical event. It was due to its name and example that history has even been continuously recorded, and how Herodotus earned his nickname “The Father of History”. Because of it was separated into nine books, each named after one of the nine Muses, the focus of this analysis will be of Book I, Clio, which tells the beginning of the transgressions between the Greeks and the Persians.
In Shakespeare 's “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, Brutus is presented as the tragic hero. He fits all of the criteria and requirements of a tragic hero. He is presented as the protagonist who has a tragic flaw that causes him to make decisions that lead to his death. Brutus is given several opportunities to turn back from mistakes but he never does. Brutus understands his inevitable fate of death when it is brought upon him.
Thucydides and Plato have a clear set boundary in their writings as to what type of assertion they are fabricating. Thucydides sets a very narrow view with his piece of The Peloponnesian War that holds more weight in solid evidence of what a “good life” is demonstrated as. Plato, on the other hand, has several writings that go into depth of weighing what someone’s soul ought to have within itself. The statement of Thucydides making empirical claims, with Plato making normative claims, is supported with evidence in their respected works.
These fragments have been harder to read since, the use of words, the logic and sequence of events were not as organized as in Poetics. Personally, the origin and the lineages of the Greek gods is not as interesting and significant as Aristotle’s literature. The Theogony centers on these Greek traditions of assigning gods to explain the unknown and nature phenomena. There’s nothing wrong with it since they didn’t have the resources as we do today in order to understand and explain most of the events of today’s world. There are many ways in which society can go back and analyze past events in order to improve the future, I just don’t see the point of going back and analyze how the origin of Greek gods can improve our society and well-being.
“If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it”- Julius Caesar, the man who is known as one of the most fascinating political figures of all time. The one who through his military genius, expanded the Roman Republic to include parts of what are now Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium. Although the hero had many followers and admirers, he was ultimately stabbed to death by his own fellow politicians. Caesar was born in July, 100 B.C.E to Gaius Caesar and Aurelia. The family claimed a noble history but hadn’t produced many influential people till then.