The Iliad and the Odyssey were the earliest written pieces that reflect the ideals that violence was a main element of a man's being. ... Both the Iliad and the Odyssey were considered "War Poems." ... Klassen also provides a quote from the Odyssey stating, "The disgrace of it will echo down the generations should we fail to punish the murderer of our sons and kindred (Odyssey XXIV. 433-34)." ... The Old Testament is also read to discover what ideas are quoted within the work, that others have used to justify malice towards one's enemies. ... A similar message is also quote...

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This is most evident in Homer's The Odyssey. In Homer's The Odyssey, the protagonist of the story, Odysseus, was a valiant warrior, who along with his men fought in the famed Trojan War and came out as the victors. ... In book five of The Odyssey, Homer perceptively describes the contempt Poseidon feels towards Odysseus in the following passage: But now Poseidon, god of the earthquake, saw him- just returning home from his Ethiopian friends, from miles away on the Solymi mountain-range and it made his fury boil even more. ... In book ten of The Odyssey, while traveling th...

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The quote could not be more true, heroes and their valorous deeds are wrapped in the mists of time and myth. ... The Iliad, followed by Odyssey are the examples of epic poetry in the early Greek literature, they "emphasized the ideals of honor and bravery and had an enormous influence on Greek culture- (Myrsiades 1997). ...

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As ancient Greek history has played such a pivotal role in subsequent cultures throughout time, that to learn about women in this society enhances our understanding of western civilization. Ancient Greece was not a united nation, but a collection of individual sovereign communities with a common lan...

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Soon after the release of Pong, Magnavox, who already had a version of Pong on their home video game system the Odyssey, sued Atari. ... It was less expensive then the Odyssey and had superior graphics and color. ...

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This quote explains that change will constantly happen and it is up to the people to make something out of this change. ... They have a line of global models including the Civic, Accord, CR-V, and the Odyssey minivan, which caters to all demographics, gaining their competitive advantage (Hyundai 2013). ...

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You set foot aboard the spaceship. The gargantuan hull reverberates as the heel of your spacesuit collides with the cool metallic surface. In front of you is a large hallway, the darkness of it permeating every inch of the air around you. Even with the distress call, you couldn't have begun to imagi...

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History of Body Piercings Throughout history people have decorated and altered the appearance of their bodies in many different ways. Body piercing is one of the oldest and most interesting forms of body modification, yet the reasons for piercing the body are as diverse as the cultures they come from. Throughout history body piercing have been practiced by many cultures for many centuries; it is believed as long as five thousand years. Body piercing was often identified with royalty and portrayed courage and virility. Egyptian Pharaohs pierced their navels as a rite of passage. ...

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"The world is enigmatical, every thing said and every thing known and done, and must not be taken literally, but genially. We must be at the top of our condition to understand any thing rightly." - Ralph Waldo Emerson A Condensation of Its Context Toward the end of his notebook, "Naturalist," Ralph Waldo Emerson entered sentence (dated 1853) that marks a symbolic vision of nature familiar to his readers and, in more recent years, of concern to his ecologically minded critics: "He is the richest who has most use for nature as raw material of tropes and symbols with which to describe his life....

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