Saturday, January 9, 2010

Delphi

Delphi was considered the place where man was closest to his gods. The center of Delphi is the Sanctuary of Apollo, but Delphi was also a place of worship of other deities, such as Poseidon  , the greek god of the Seas and the Mother Earth, also known as Gaea.  

Athens

Athens was the largest and most prosperous city in Ancient Greece. It was named after the goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom. The most famous monument Parthenon, which was built in 432 B.C. on the acropolis hill. The Acropolis  is also known as the "sacred rock" of Athens. Athens is the city where democracy was born, and citizens were able to speak there mind freely. However women were not treated equally among men, and slavery was permitted. Athens is the birthplace of Socrates, Plato, Sophocles and Euripides.    

Hercules as a child

Ever since Hercules was a child he made it obvious that he was no common mortal because he had super human strength and divine gifts. Hercules was born in Thebes, Greece. Hercules is the son of Zeus and a mortal woman. Zeus's wife Hera set out to destroy Hercules by all means. When Hercules was 8 months old Hera put two snakes in the cradle of Hercules, but because of his strength he overpowered the snakes.     

Hades

Hades was the Greek god of the dead. Hades was the supreme ruler of the under world, almost never did he leave his gloomy kingdom. It is there that he resided, surrounded in darkness and silence. Hades helper was Charos, angel of dead. His job was that of the fairy man. Hades also had a dog named Cerberus, a fierce three headed dog. Hades had gloomy features, he had a beard and dark hair that went over his brow. He had a sacred helmet that would make him invisible.

Pandora

Pandora was the first female person ever created. Zeus ordered  Hephaestus, a blacksmith to make a female version from water and the earth, and make her a beautiful as the gods. All of the gods helped contribute to her appearance, and attitude. Aphrodite blessed her with beauty and grace. But Apollo seeded lies into Pandora's soul. Athena gifted her with jewelry. Hermes made Pandora shame less. Hera gifted her with extreme curiosity. Because of her many gifts she was called Pandora which means "all endowed".   

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Exam quiz

Part I Paradigms

1. Present laudo

2. Imperfect laudo

3. Future laudo

4. Present of moneo

5. Imperfect of moneo

6. Future of moneo

7. Present of esse

8. Imperfect of esse

9. Future of esse

10. Present of posse

11. Imperfect of posse

12. Future of posse

Part II Vocab

1. me

2. nihil

3. amo

4. erro

5. voco

6. fama

7. fortuna

8. patria

9. rosa

10. ager

11. femina

12. numerus

13. populus

14. donum

15. magister

16. officium

17. malus

18. stultus

19. esse

20. adulescentia

21. culpo

22. verbum

23. supero

24. liber

25. tyrannus

26. possum

27. sub

28. virgo

29. neco

30. rex

Part III Translation from SA

1.Non bella est fama filii tui

2. Semper gloria et fama tua manebunt

3. Magistri pravis pueris crustula et dona saepe dant

4. Invididam populi Romani cras non sustinebis

5. Debetis, amici, de populo Romano cogitare

6. Periculumne igitur heri remanebat

7. Culpa est mea, O amici

8. Dionysius tum erat tyrannus Syracusanorum

9. Nihil sub sole novum

10. Laudas fortunam et mores antiquae plebis

Part IV Parsing

1. stultorum

2. cogitas

3. iubes

4. remanebat

5. videbatis

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

http://www.paleothea.com/

This site seems to be a very good site with all the important checks to a good, and credible site. There are 5 major places you can look called Goddesses, Nymphs, Mortals, Amazons, and Monstresses. Then you have the alphabet to look for the names. Then at the bottom of the page there are alternate places you can look for what you are trying to find. Over all i would say that this is a high quality site that I would gladly use.
4/5 stars  

Psyche Entering the Garden, by John William Waterhouse