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This paper compares and contrasts Homer's Iliad with Ovid's Metamorphoses Book V. In Homer, characters are three-dimensional and capable of changing, such as when Achilles concedes Hector's body to Priam of Troy. In contrast, Ovid's tale is humorous and parodies rather than celebrates heroism. Ovid uses one-dimensional characters who are figures of fun, not moral exemplars.

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Once upon a time, not so long ago, schoolchildren all over the world learned that the planet farthest away from the sun in our solar system was Pluto. They learned mnemonic devices to remember the names of all nine…

Abstract: Global warming is a falsehood, a lie, a fabrication, and people like Al Gore should be held responsible for the fraud being perpetrated on the public. Indeed, the public is being misled about the dangers of…

The sights in the night sky are particularly refreshing as you can see the movement of many of the stellar bodies. The one that was of the greatest interest to me as I examined the sky was the view of three starry…

In 1347 a.D., the Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, spread through Europe with vengeful speed, causing massive death tolls, panic, and hysteria throughout most cities. Caused by oriental rat fleas carried…

Many scientists believed that the solar system was formed when in space a cloud of gas and dust was disturbed, by the explosion of a close by star known as a supernova. This explosion made waves in space which…

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, born February 27, 272, is commonly known as Constantine I or Constantine the Great. He was proclaimed Augustus by his troops on July 25, 306, and ruled an ever-growing portion of…

The Earth and other planets in the Solar System: a comparative analysis

Publius Vergilius Maro, born in 70 B.C. had a long and close history with the future emperor, Caesar Augustus, and according to legend, Augustus wanted a heroic poem to justify his rule over the Roman Empire, thus,…