Due to Edith Hamilton’s book “Mythology” I know the Greeks valued strength above all and since I live in this era I know in today’s society we value care. Hercules was the greatest hero of Greece for simply his strength, “His qualities were those the Greeks in general honored and admired” (Hamilton 225). In today’s society if the hero does not care for the people he is hated. One example is Superman, he was hated at one point because according to the people he wasn’t helping the right cause.…
If we worked together once to improve the standing of Beta Zeta Chapter (to build a bigger and better house), we can surely band together again to recolonize our chapter and achieve greater heights! Below, Jim Henry, BZ 988, shares the story of the hard work our brothers put into building the new house in 1989: In 1989, a Centennial Building Committee for the Beta Zeta Chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity was formed. The purpose of this committee was to raise funds for the new house so we could…
Dad instructed Ronald and Willy to carry the boxes containing tins of Bisto into the living room next to the Bully Beef and pile of seventy eights. “Wot’s the matta son, you look flustered,” said dad. Tears welled up as I blurted, stuttered and hyperventilated my tales of horror at the hands of my sadistic teacher showing him the small cut on the back of my head. Dad said nothing as he swigged his beer. Not even a response as he turned and walked into the house. More tears welled up as I thought…
Why is Part A of this Activity called “Preparing a Dry Mount”? Why is Part B of this Activity called “Preparing a Wet Mount of Cells”? Explain the difference between wet and dry mount preparation. Part A is called Preparing a Dry Mount and part B is called Preparing a Wet Mount of Cells in this activity. Part A used a paper letter “e”, a paper is a solid dry object like dust particles or a feather. Part B, we used onions, blue methylene and water. It's called a “Wet Mount” since we used a…
Phonesian’s economy was based off of different items special to their homeland. They traded and used coins made of many types of metal. Phoenicians participated in three different types of trading. They exported materials, mostly cedar, from their homeland in Lebanon. They earned transport and middleman fees from the process of shipping items, like silver and controlled supply markets in the places they were in charge of. A popular item they traded was luxurious purple cloth. This was very…
The student organization I chose to write my reflection about is the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. This fraternity is a part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and is the Omega Epsilon Chapter at the University of Toledo. Their colors are royal purple and old gold and their national founding date is November 17, 1911. The fraternity also goes by other names like the (Ques or Da Bruhz). Some of the requirements are to have at least 30 credit hours and a GPA of 2.5 or higher. There were…
Septuagint Often referred to as seventy or “LXX”, being its Roman Numeral, the Septuagint was first translated from the Old Testament in approximately 300 B.C.. It was translated at this time as the Old Testament was written in hebrew and Ptolemy Philadelphus, the reigning emperor of Alexandria Egypt, wanted to include the Greek version in the Library of Alexandria. To do this Ptolemy Philadelphus ordered seventy two scholars, made up of six elders from twelve tribes of Israel, to translate…
The history of Greek Colonization is a long story that traces its roots back as early as 1050 BCE where the first Greeks began to colonize Asia Minor and in the span of 500 years the Greeks will have spread themselves from Levant to Iberia and Crimea to Naucratis respectively. This colonization process would play a hand in many of the Greek conflicts both domestically and abroad as well has having a profound effect on the cultural and civil trajectories of the mother cities of Hellas. The…
Another aspect of ancient Greek mythology that thrives in modern-day society is the lessons that the myths taught. The word “μύθος” (mythos) translates to “story” in the English language (Green 197). Due to this, the stories of ancient Greece are called myths, although the ancient Greeks themselves did not believe these tales of gods and goddesses were merely stories. The Although the myths are no longer heeded as warnings against the wraths of gods and goddesses, the myths held truths…
Morning Star Wings “I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” The explorer stopped in his tracks as he looked over towards where the voice had come from. Sitting just a little off the path, or more of the slightly beaten down foliage that he was walking on, was an elderly woman. She practically blended in with the surrounding area with her green dirt covered smock, or dress, he really couldn’t tell as she almost seemed to be a shapeless figure. She was scribbling in some sort of book, as if she had not…