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- 151: Euripedes Medea
- ... ancient Greece was a main reflection of what the society thought and what values and rules it held dear, such as bravery, loyalty, ownership of property, and love for family as is shown in the Odyssey. Obviously, the Peloponesian War brought a much stress and chaos on the Greek society of this period, so during this time Euripedes was different in his subject matter and how he portrayed his characters, especially ...
- 152: Kubrick Lives
- ... progressed. He was a master at using music to evoke feelings and create tension and confusion. The two most prominent examples of the power of music occur in A Clockwork Orange, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The first of these two films, 2001, was created like a symphony. It had an overture at the beginning, a musical intermission, and an epilogue at the end. The classical work of Richard Strauss, Also ...
- 153: Constantinopolis
- ... of them excavated by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in the last quarter of the 19th century. Mycenae and Tiryns are believed to represent the Achaean culture, the subject of Homer's epic Iliad and Odyssey. See Aegean Civilization. Greek Architecture The Greek temple emerged as the archetypal shrine of all time. Unlike the Egyptians, the Greeks put their walls inside to protect the cella and their columns on the outside ...
- 154: Odysseus
- In Homer's Odyssey, he uses the stories of Calypso and Circe to give a reader a glimpse at Greek values. Odysseus is a "perfectly" moral man by Greek standards. In the Calypso episode, Odysseus demonstrates the value of ...
- 155: Stephen Kings' It
- ... to keep reading till your eyes are too tired to stay open.It took Stephen King 4 year's to complete this masterpiece.Really it is worth reading.Here are Some Rave reviews:"A mesmerizing odyssey of terror...great...Stephen King is the master of modern horror...He writes like one possessed,never cheats the reader,always gives full measure...He is brilliant...dark and sinister." -The Washington Post Book World ...
- 156: Helen of Troy: The Face that Launched One Thousand Ships
- ... in the same book, when Aphrodite wants her to go to Paris she both recognises the goddess despite her disguise and tries to resist her commands, as few other mortals dare to do. In the Odyssey, 4 Telemachos goes to see Menelaos and Helen in search of news of his father. Here too Helen is depicted as having strange abilities and powers: she was able to imitate the voices of all ...
- 157: The Works of Clive Staples Lewis
- ... the same young man Lucy and Edmund helped in Prince Caspian, but much older. They are trying to reach the end of the world and experience many different adventures. The journey is almost like the Odyssey of Narnia, with its different sea creatures and mythical islands. Also on the ship is the courageous Reepicheep, Caspian's commander of the Narnian Army. Reepicheep is a 5-foot talking mouse that helps ...
- 158: Levi
- ... he was deported to the camp ofMoniwitz-Auschwitz. From the transport of 650 people, fifteen men and nine woman survived. Liberated by the Soviets in January 1945 Levi returned in Turin, after an eight-month odyssey. Levi took up his work as a chemist, living in a stately old building that his family had occupied for three generations. In 1961 Levi became the general manager of a factory producing paints. He ...
- 159: Persuasion in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention
- ... choices; liberty or death and choice to be made was obvious. Quoting "We are apt to . . . listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts" from the popular epic poem The Odyssey serves the purpose of providing a commonality, something the audience can relate to as well as a metaphor comparing the British to the evil sirens and those who would listen to their promises as fools ...
- 160: Computers Not The Greatest Invention Of The 20 Th Century
- ... generation of computers is somewhat difficult because the field is in its infancy. The most famous example of a fifth generation computer is the fictional HAL9000 from Arthur C. Clarke s novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey. HAL performed all of the functions currently envisioned for real-life fifth generation computers. With artificial intelligence, HAL could reason well enough to hold conversations with its human operators, use visual input, and learn from ...
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