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Greek Mythology.
world in search of her; as a result, fertility left the earth. Zeus commanded Hades to release Persephone, but Hades had cunningly given her a pomegranate seed toeat. Having consumed food from the underworld, Persephone was obliged to return below the earth for part of each year. Her return from the underworld each yearmeant the revival of nature and the beginning of spring. This myth was told especially in connection with the Eleusinian Mysteries, sacred rituals observed in the Greektown of Ele...
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Greek Mythology
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Temple of Apollo at Didyma
The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Turkey (about 300 bc).
A1 The Creation of the Gods According to Greek myths about creation, the god Chaos (Greek for “Gaping Void”) was the foundation of all things. From Chaos came Gaea (“Earth”); the bottomlessdepth of the underworld, known as Tartarus; and Eros (“Love”). Eros, the god of love, was needed to draw divinities together so they might produce offspring. Chaosproduced Night, while Gaea first bore Uranus, the god of the heavens, and after him produced the mountains, sea, and gods known as Titans. The Tita...
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Les origines du théâtre
siecle. Mais, contrairement aux spectacles de la Grece antique, ceux des pays orientaux etaient reserves a une elite de gens riches. D'autre part, les themes traites se ressem- blaient assez. Les acteurs, quelle que soft leur origine, portaient le masque. Les partici-Ci-dessous: Une representation moderne d'un drame Noh par des etudiants d'une ecole speciale de theatre au Japon.A gauche: Les personnages d'un mystere allemand. Le theatre me- dieval europeen visait un double but: enseigner les val...
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Egyptian Mythology
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INTRODUCTION
Egyptian Mythology, specifically, the religion of ancient Egypt.
PtahThe Egyptian god Ptah was, among other things, patron of the arts and of artisans. He was worshipped at Memphis, theancient capital of Egypt. This statue of the deity dates from the 18th dynasty and is in the Egyptian Museum of Turin,Italy.Gianni Dagli Orti/Corbis In addition to those already named, the important divinities included the gods Amon, Thoth, Ptah, Khnemu, and Hapi, and the goddesses Hathor, Mut, Neit, andSekhmet. Their importance increased with the political ascendancy of the lo...
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Ancient Egypt.
around 4500 BC. The style and decoration of the pottery found at these sites differ from those of pottery found in Upper Egypt. The northern type eventually fell out of use. Other differences between the peoples in Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt include the nature of their architecture and the arrangements for burial of the dead, thelatter perhaps signifying differing religious beliefs. B Unification and Early Dynastic Period By 3500 BC, the settlement of Hierakonpolis, located on the west bank...
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Ancient Egypt - USA History.
around 4500 BC. The style and decoration of the pottery found at these sites differ from those of pottery found in Upper Egypt. The northern type eventually fell out of use. Other differences between the peoples in Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt include the nature of their architecture and the arrangements for burial of the dead, thelatter perhaps signifying differing religious beliefs. B Unification and Early Dynastic Period By 3500 BC, the settlement of Hierakonpolis, located on the west bank...
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LES DIVINITES DES EAUX
~ LES SOURCES ET LES COURS D'EAU AUSSI ONT LEURS DIEUX Les deux principaux fleuves mésopotamiens sont cités en bonne place dans les légendes cosmographiques. de sorte qu'il n'est pas étonnant qu'ils soient tous deux divini sés . Le Tigre et l' Euphrate, qui naissent dans les montagnes d'Assyrie pour l'un, dans celles d'Arménie pour l' autre, ont permis, grâce à leurs eaux abondantes, l'émergence d'un « croissant fertile » sur leurs rives, s...
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- LES DIVINITES LEONINES
- LES DIVINITES MALFAISANTES