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martes, 29 de abril de 2014

Final Version Article: Athena

Athena

A goddess to be inspired by but with some secrets…

In Greek religion and mythology, Athena or Athene also referred to as Palas Athena/Athene is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts and skill. Minerva is the Roman goddess identified with Athena.

Athena is also a shrewd companion of heroes and is the goddess of heroic endeavor or effort. She is the virgin patroness of Athens. The Athenians founded the Parthenon (which is one of the largest Doric temples) on the Acropolis of her namesake city, Athens in her honour.

Athena's veneration as the patron of Athens seems to have existed from the earliest times and was so persistent that archaic myths about her were recast to adapt to cultural changes. In her role as a protector of the city (polis), many people throughout the Greek world worshiped Athena as Athena Polias ("Athena of the city"). The city of Athens and the goddess Athena essentially bear the same name (Athena the Goddess, Athenai the city) while it is not known which of the two words is derived from the other.

Athena daughter of Zeus, father of the gods (known in Roman mythology as Jupiter) and Metis, goddess of crafty thought and wisdom (known in Roman mythology as Metis). Athena was born fully armed from head to toe from her father’s forehead. With many versions, in the one most commonly cited, Zeus lay with Metis, but he immediately feared the consequences. It had been prophesied that Metis would bear children more powerful than the sire, even Zeus himself.

In order to forestall these dire consequences, after lying with Metis, Zeus "put her away inside his own belly;" he "swallowed her down all of a sudden." He was too late: Metis had already conceived.

Athena leaped from Zeus's head, fully grown and armed, with a shout— "and pealed to the broad sky her clarion cry of war. And Ouranos trembled to hear, and Mother Gaia..." (Pindar, Seventh Olympian Ode). Plato, in the Laws, attributes the cult of Athena to the culture of Crete, introduced, he thought, from Libya during the dawn of Greek culture.

I chose this character because I really like her sacred bird, which is the little owl. I also like her qualities of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts and skill since most of them help women or people to get their dreams or to stand up. Finally, Athena resembles or could be considered to be the goddess of the intelligence since most of this qualities are math and strategies and I prefer being intelligent than beautiful.

Bibliography

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/athena.html

http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html

http://www.goddess-athena.org/Encyclopedia/Athena/

http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Athena.html

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Second Draft Article: Athena

Athena

A goddess to be inspired by but with some secrets…

Athena's veneration as the patron of Athens seems to have existed from the earliest times, and was so persistent that archaic myths about her were recast to adapt to cultural changes. In her role as a protector of the city (polis), many people throughout the Greek world worshiped Athena as Athena Polias ("Athena of the city"). The city of Athens and the goddess Athena essentially bear the same name (Athena the Goddess, Athenai the city) while it is not known which of the two words is derived from the other.

In order to forestall these dire consequences, after lying with Metis, Zeus "put her away inside his own belly;" he "swallowed her down all of a sudden." He was too late: Metis had already conceived.

I chose this character because I really like her sacred bird, which is the little owl. I also like her qualities of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts and skill since most of them help women or people to get their dreams or to stand up. Finally, Athena resembles or could be consider to be the goddess of the intelligence since most of this qualities are math and strategies and I prefer being intelligent than beautiful...

Bibliography:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/athena.html

http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html

http://www.goddess-athena.org/Encyclopedia/Athena/

http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Athena.html

Pictures:

Red: Mistakes

First Draft Article: Athena

Athena

A goddess to be inspired by but with some secrets…

Athena daughter of Zeus, father of the gods (known in Roman mythology as Jupiter) and Metis, goddess of crafty thought and wisdom (known in Roman mythology as Metis). Athena was born fully armed from head to toe from her father’s forehead. With many versions, in the one most commonly cited, Zeus lay with Metis, the goddess of crafty thought and wisdom, but he immediately feared the consequences. It had been prophesied that Metis would bear children more powerful than the sire, even Zeus himself.

In order to forestall these dire consequences, after lying with Metis, Zeus "put her away inside his own belly;" he "swallowed her down all of a sudden." He was too late: Metis had already conceived.

Eventually Zeus experienced an enormous headache; Prometheus, Hephaestus, Hermes, Ares, or Palaemon (depending on the sources examined) cleaved Zeus's head with the double-headed Minoan axe, the labrys. Athena leaped from Zeus's head, fully grown and armed, with a shout— "and pealed to the broad sky her clarion cry of war. And Ouranos trembled to hear, and Mother Gaia..." (Pindar, Seventh Olympian Ode). Plato, in the Laws, attributes the cult of Athena to the culture of Crete, introduced, he thought, from Libya during the dawn of Greek culture.

I chose this character because I really like her sacred bird, which is the little owl. I also like her qualities of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts and skill since most of them help women or people to get their dreams or to stand up. Finally, Athena resembles or could be consider to be the goddess of the intelligence since most of this qualities are math and strategies and I prefer being intelligent than beautiful.

Bibliography:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/athena.html

http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html

http://www.goddess-athena.org/Encyclopedia/Athena/

http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Athena.html

Pictures:

Red: Mistakes

Final Version:The Secret Of The Swans

The Secret Of The Swans

In the far away land of Greece; there once lived a maiden called Swania: She was a really good swimmer and she was really white like the snow. She was the best swimmer in Greece but everybody was jealous of her so they bothered her all the time. She was always lonely and she thought that things were meant to be this way so she never talked to anyone, not even her family. One day she went to the pond to swim but she got a surprise, there was a girl swimming! She thought she was from another land since everybody knew that the pond was where Swania practiced so nobody dared to go there.

Swania was really nervous since she had never spoken to anyone; she got courage and shouted to the girl "What are you doing here? This is my pond!" The girl in fear started shaking and she cried "I'm sorry... I'm sorry! I didn't know this was your pond, I'm really sorry!" Swania talked to her again and told her "Don't worry it’s okay, I'm Swania and you are?" the girl answered "I'm Rosalina, I come from Sparta: Thats why I didn’t know this was your pond!" they started laughing and talked and swam for hours until it was sunset. They both said goodbye and agreed to come to the pond every day.

As time passed their friendship grew stronger and stronger, Swania didn't feel alone anymore and she talked with many people. She had never felt better until one day; Rosalina arrived at the pond and waited for hours. She knew something was wrong and so she went to search for Swania.

The town’s people told her that they had seen her following a strange woman into the forest, Rosalina went into the forest to search for Swania, after many hours she found the strange woman in a dark little house. She came inside the house and asked her "Where is my friend?” the strange woman answered "I have sent he rout of her misery!” Rosalina worried asked her again "What have you done?" the woman answered "I’ve turned her into the most beautiful thing!" Rosalina asked her a favor "Can you send me out of my misery too?" the woman nodded her head and turned her into the most beautiful thing.

Soon both found their selves in their pond and swam together for eternity; they were beautiful white birds and they sticked together forever. These birds are the most elegant I know and they will always be together, and these birds are the loyal swans.

lunes, 28 de abril de 2014

First Draft: The Secret Of The Swans

The Secret Of The Swans

In the far away land of Greece; there once lived a maiden called Swania: She was a really good swimmer and she was really white, like the snow. She was the best swimmer in Greece but everybody was jealous of her so they bothered her all the time. She was always lonely and she thought that things were meant to be this way so she never talked to anyone, not even her family. One day she went to the pond to swim but she got a surprise, there was a girl swimming! She thought she was from another land since everybody knew that the pond was where Swania practiced so nobody dared to go there.

Swania was really nervous since she had never spoken to anyone; she got courage and shouted to the girl "What are you doing here? This is my pond!" The girl in fear started shaking and she cried "I'm sorry... I'm sorry! I didn't know this was your pond, I'm really sorry!" Swania talk to her again and told her "Don't worry it’s okay, I'm Swania and you are?" the girl answered "I'm rosalina, I come from Sparta: That's why I did'nt know this was your pond!" they started laughing and talked and swam for hours until it was sunset. They both said goodbye and agreed to come to the pond every day.

As time passed their friendship grew stronger and stronger, Swania didn't feel alone anymore and she talked with many people. She had never felt better until one day, Rosalina arrived at the pond and waited for hours. She knew something was wrong and so she went to search for Swania.

Soon both found their selves in their pond and swam together for iternity, they were beautiful white birds and they sticked together forever. These birds are the most elegant I know and they will always be together, and this birds are the loyal swans.

Yellow: Mistakes

The Secret Of The Swans

The Secret Of The Swans Myth

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lunes, 21 de abril de 2014

Rochester Photos

The Rochester School

Rochester School

On our trip to the Rochester we saw many things like the solar panels which could be our option of producing light or energy and this in a few years would help us reduce about 66% of energy. The composters are a good option to take the left outs of the cafeteria and turn it into compost which could help us to create a new project to find out if it really works.

The water treatment plant is a great option to help by not throwing the contaminating water into some rivers; this treatment plant cleans about 90% the water which is way more than other companies do. Obviously this alternatives are not cheap they would cost more than 400,000,000 million pesos which is a lot but we should start becoming a green school not only to get recognized but to help our planet.

We could consider having a swimming pool since we could do as the Rochester school does, they have solar panels which heat the water and they have a process in which the swimming water is cleaned which would mean were not wasting water. This would also mean the support of sports in the school.