Personal Narrative: Ancient Greece

After consuming the seaweed Odysseus shared what Athena had told him. "Men, have we not been in this crisis before? We have completed task upon task without

Well, I don’t know which one you would pick, but I know which one Big Jake would pick. What do you mean by that; I said? Well, every time you go off and leave him, he’s been playing with that stallion I got out back. He’s a Buckskin tough as leather and mean as that dog of yours. Won’t let nobody near him cept me and Big Jake.

The Sumerians worshipped many gods that is called, “polytheism”. They worship them in ziggurats. Ziggurats was a giant brick building with lots of ramps and stairs. They Sumerians believe that the gods walked down from the giant stairs. At the top of each ziggurat was a shrine.

As I looked out the dirt covered wet window what did I see? The window was fogging over and it was getting darker by the minute. It was dark and the stars, the moon and the weird people driving around would be the only ones who would believe me. I was frightened, there was a creature. A creature that I had never seen before.

The rest of the winds she stopped right in their tracks, commanding them all to hush now, go to sleep” (Homer, Odyssey, V.421-424). The gods possess a multitude of abilities including the ability to change their appearance or the appearance of other people as seen by Athena changing into an eagle multiple times throughout the epic. Athena’s ability to change a person’s appearance had also been put into great use by Odysseus after his arrival in Ithaca. When Odysseus planned to infiltrate his own to gather information without being recognized, Athena used her powers to alter his appearance into a beggar to allow for no one to immediately recognize him. “First I will transform you—no one must know you.

After some time he started to wake up. ‘Oh look. The mighty ruler has woken up. Enjoy your nap darling?’ She said cruelly as she felt the blade of her stone sword with the tips of her nimble fingers.

Xenophon advised the Athenians who wanted to go forward with plans to improve the city to “send to Dodona and Delphi and ask the gods whether such a plan will benefit the state both now and in the future.” Delphi and Dodona are repeatedly mentioned in terms of their great political influence, but what else was there if not for politics? Delphi presented itself as the omphalos of the Greek world; according to many, Dodona was where the very first oracle of all had been established. Both shrines had taken the trouble to develop themselves into spectacular sites, with theatres, stadiums and other attractions. Rivaling the Olympics, the Pythian Games that were held every four years at Delphi.

They made the scroll in hopes of the reader having an intimate knowledge of the obscure references. For example in column two of the scroll, verses one to three says, "In the salt pit that is under the steps: forty-one talents of silver." Some believe that these were the treasures stashed away from the prying eyes of the Romans. When they estimated the possible worth of the treasure in 1960, it would top more than $1,000,000. Scholars have continued to debate whether the treasure actually exists.

This is more of a Doctor who matter watch out the tardis (A.K.A a time machine) could be here any minute now.” I said with excitement. She had left the room rolling her eyes. I went to the the only people who I could trust with time travel, Olivia, and Kaylyn. I ran and ran.

He was owned by Orion, who was also a well trained and talented hunter himself. The dog followed Orion wherever he went, helping him to hunt down enemies and to get food. One evening, whilst Orion was in the midst of hunting down a particularly vicious bear, he was killed. As Orion drifted into the heavens, the dog known as Canis Major continued to follow him , and sacrificed his own life to join his master in the sky. This is the reason why the constellation of Canis Major appears to be following Orion, as Canis Major refused to be separated from his

Apparently, Athenians wanted to throw the Persians out of their home land after an Athens leader took over the Delian league. In which they did, the Athens took over a great sum of the Peloponnesian land. As the tension continued, Athens began to build a wall surrounding its empire to prevent Sparta from attacking. At this point in time, the tension between all the city states in Greece were on high alert. An almost “every-man-for-himself” situation.

Reasons why these features of architecture were chosen: The meaning of the word ‘Pantheon’ is ‘contains all gods’ with ‘pan’ meaning all and ‘theon’ meaning gods. The interior of the Pantheon contains altars to individual gods hence the name. The dome in the interior of the Pantheon is round, inclusive and an all-encompassing continuum.

Here, he decided which god he would target first. He knew that Zeus was the king of the gods and that hurting him would make all the gods mad. Achilles decided he was going to hurt Zeus. The gods, who were very tall, were having a casual meeting.

Dirty clothes and month-old pizza boxes littered the floor. Walking across the floor without stepping on anything was nearly impossible. For the first time in months, I could finally rest. Being an FBI agent surely takes a toll on your body. Each day was something new.

Massachusetts, 1692... what an awful time to be alive. Especially for a young, timid girl by the name of Clarabeth. Not exactly the most special of girls, just a hard worker for her family, an all around fair person. Unfortunately, Clarabeth woke from an unpleasant sleep with a start on a gloomy August twilight, to the sound of people shouting and an accused “witch” tied to a stake, crying with the force of a tidal wave, pleading to be let down.