Sunday, 31 July 2011

Xeroma

Hallo All!~ New composition YAY. Alright. This one took me only a few hours. WAY TO SHORT A TIME. Xeroma: It sometimes occurs when you lack vitamin A, and you then cannot produce tears. Story: A young woman enters the portal to Hades, and wishes to plead with the God of Death in the hope that she can bring her son back to the living (She had heard of the famous tale of how Hades had once almost allowed a soul to leave the underworld). She walks down the steps, and sees all of the souls weeping. As she reaches the river Styx, she can no longer stand the sight of the sorrows and dives into the river. She feels herself being dragged to the depths, but manages to kick herself free with only her wit and will. Throughout her journey to Hades, she cries and cries, until she cannot cry anymore. Hades meets with her, and says "You may not take your son back. But I can relieve you of the sorrow in your heart. You may never have the need to cry again." With that, she leaves, disappointed, but surprisingly happy. She never has to cry again over her son or loved ones, and her eyes (over her life) fail her, because she cannot supply tears to them. THE END :DDDDD. We were doing greek mythology in English. ANYBODY KNOW THAT STORY? WHO WAS IN ITTTTTTT??? (NOT MY STORY. THE ONE WITH THE GUY WHO GOES DOWN TO GET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE BACK, BUT TURNS AROUND WHEN HADES TOLD HIM NOT TO LOOK AT HER, AND SHE WAS RETURNED TO THE UNDERWORLD?) I CAN'T REMEMBERRRRR. ANYWAYS. Fav if you like, comment ...

Saturday, 30 July 2011

Garnet is January's Birthstone

If you're still young enough to remember your birthday, you probably also remember the special birthstone assigned to it. But at your age, we bet you don't really know the SIGNIFICANCE of your birthstone and what power the ancients felt would be bestowed about you by wearing it.

January's birthstone: Garnet

Garnet Powers: Facilitates night vision, ensures success

Alternative Birthstone: Emerald

Garnet is the birthstone for the month of January and the traditional anniversary gemstone for the second year of marriage. Archaeologists have found primitive garnet jewelry among the graves of lake dwellers which dates the use of this popular gemstone to the Bronze age. Today they are mined in Brazil, India, Madagascar, India, Siberia, Africa, Sri Lanka, and the United States.

Not all garnets are of gem quality. "Raw" garnets make a very effective abrasive and used commercially for grinding and polishing. Believe it or not, garnet-coated sandpaper is popular for industrial use.

Color Me Beautiful

Garnets are extremely diverse and offer enough variety in appearance (and color) to suit every taste. Although you may think of garnet as a red gem, the truth is that the garnet family of gemstones comes in a broad spectrum of colors, except blue.

Garnets of muted yellows, vibrant oranges, rosy pinks, lime greens, and violets are all part this gemstone's rainbow of hues. The diversity is due to unique combinations of elements within each particular gem, such as iron, calcium, and manganese.

What's In A Name?

Look at the seeds of a pomegranate and you'll immediately understand how the word "garnet" was derived from the Latin word "granatus," meaning "grain" or "seed." Garnet earned its name because of its close resemblance to the succulent red pomegranate seed. But don't bite into a garnet! Like a diamond, a garnet is strong. It has a Moh's scale hardness 6.5 to 7.5...definitely not tooth-friendly.

A Greek myth tells the story of Peresphone, the young goddess of sunshine, who was abducted by Hades, god of the underworld. The devil eventually released her, but not before he offered her some pomegranate seeds, which guaranteed her return to him. Thus garnets have come to represent fidelity and commitment.

Rich Traditions

Legends, myths, and traditions abound when it comes to garnets. It is believed to be one of the 12 gemstones in Aaron's breastplate in the Hebrew tradition while Christians consider it is symbolic of Christ's sacrifice and the blood of their savior. Many faiths claim that Noah hung a large red garnet in the ark for illumination. In the Koran, garnets are believed to illuminate the Fourth Heaven of the Moslems. On a more earthly plane, Egyptians believed that garnets protected them from snakebite and was an antidote to food poisoning.

A gift of garnet is thought to be symbolic of love and the desire for a loved one's safe travel and speedy homecoming. It is January's birthstone, but far from being only a winter gem, the garnet, with its brilliance and multitude of colors, is truly one for any season.




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Friday, 29 July 2011

Antigone and the Greek Tragic Mythos - An Overview

Sophocles' Antigone, part three of the so-called Theban trilogy is perhaps the best example of all these fine Sophoclean tragedies to illustrate the Greek preoccupation with fate and how it rules the lives of men. In the play the daughter of Oedipus, Antigone is cast in a hopeless role to either obey the rigid, overbearing Creon who rules over the shaken city of Thebes, or obey her familial duty and bury her recently battle slain brother Polyneices.

Of course Antigone opts to bury her brother. And how could she not? The underlying message in her actions goes far beyond the interment of a beloved sibling; by burying Polyneices, Antigone is attempting to bury forever the sordid, disgraceful past of her entire family. Oedipus was born of Laius, a king who, childless, was told that he'd bear a son who would kill him. When Oedipus was born, the infant was abandoned in the wild to die, where a shepherd took pity on him. As an adult, Oedipus did indeed kill Laius. He went on to marry his own mother, Jocasta, setting the stage for the family disgrace and subsequent chaos.

Another impulse behind Antigone's actions is, then, to appease the gods, who are angry not at the entire Lapdacus clan, but because the unburied Polyneices belongs to them. Hades, the god of the underworld is being deprived of a soul that is now his provenance. Antigone uses this argument to win her case with Creon. But the unbending Creon, worried about changing his mind to kill Antigone for disobeying his strict instructions, embodies another taboo among the Greeks. Such fanaticism is against the Greek ideal of moderation. Meanwhile, Ismene, Antigone's sister has refused to help bury Polyneices, stating that she will not go outside herself to fight against men, nor to disregard the social code as it pertains to passive, obedient women in Greek society.

Then blind Tiresias, the most trusted advisor in Greek society, calls on Creon telling him of ominous signs the old man has sensed, a foreboding that, if his advice is ignored, will cause Creon to be plunged into despair, and Thebes in further chaos. Tiresias tells the ruler to, in effect, let Antigone go.

As rigid as ever, Creon accuses the blind old man of acting irrationally, and of looking for money instead of forecasting objectively. The chorus then gets involved, warning Creon that Tiresias has never yet been wrong, and that he'd better pay attention. This is the apex of the play: The antagonism between Antigone and Creon has reached its zenith; the players have committed to their prospective paths; everyone awaits the resolution, which all know won't be long in coming. Sophocles has written the play to take place in the span of one day.

The background to the coming clash of interests, and resulting denouement is that Creon feels he is right, particularly since his actions intend to protect the city, while punishing one who sought to destroy it. Thebes has just endured a civil war; the city is still in shock; Creon has been installed as ruler, and he sees his duty in that light. Antigone knows she cannot allow her dead brother's body to lie afield, to be picked at by birds and wild beasts. Ismene sees her role as protecting the Greek sensibility surrounding women, moderation and deference to duly appointed authority. The end comes when Creon listens to the chorus, and Tiresias, cancels his order to have Antigone starved to death in her cave, and rushes to secure her safety only to find his beloved son Haemon already at Antigone's cave, which is now the site of her suicide by hanging. In the ensuing conflict Haemon once again accuses Creon of turning a deaf ear to the city's cry for mercy, and subsequently kills himself to be with his beloved Antigone. Then Creon's anguish is further intensified as his wife Eurydice learns of her son Haemon's death, and kills herself as well.

The play concludes with the death of five of Thebes' sons and daughters, 'a brace of kinsmen', as Shakespeare would write a thousand years later. Creon is bereft, not knowing if his dictate was right or wrong, not realizing that fate has driven him regardless. The underlying satisfaction, as it were, of this most Greek of tragedies is that the audience would have applauded, and likely did, the takeover of the play by the fates. At the point of total conflict, when the match was lit so to speak, neither of the characters had control of the outcome. This was a comforting concept to the ancients: that once we reach a certain point, fate takes over, and the outcome is no longer in doubt.




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Thursday, 28 July 2011

Persephone and Hades: a middle school musical

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Tuesday, 26 July 2011

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Monday, 25 July 2011

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Sunday, 24 July 2011

Important Greek Goddesses

Half a dozen goddesses reigned over Mt. Olympus in accordance to the stories of Greek mythology. Hera was the spouse as well as the sister to Zeus and as a result is considered as the queen of the Gods. Ancient Greek mythology portrays the goddesses as guards as well as stewards of the womanly attribute. These goddesses control love and fertility and like their male brethren, they have amazing intelligence to make judgments upon mankind.

Hestia is the eldest daughter of Cronus as well as Rhea. She was considered a virgin just like Athena and Hera. Poseidon and Apollo wanted to marry her but she stayed loyal to the oath she made to Zeus to remain a virgin. Hestia was warmly looked on by all those who worshipped her for her peaceful nature. Hestia always been on Mt. Olympus, and has never practiced wars or any type of conflicts with the other gods. Hestia is the only goddess to be worshipped in all Greek mythology temples no matter what their connection is to another god.

Stories of the foundation of Athena differ, however it's usually agreed upon that she is a child of the God Zeus as well a daughter of Metiis. Throughout the story Zeus had feared a prophecy that said that the child of Metis will be stronger than Zeus himself. So what did Zeus do? He swallowed the titan goddess whole. That didn't stop Metis from giving birth and raising her child. Inside the belly of Zeus she did just that, and Athena the goddess of wisdom was born. Athena educated women the correct way on how to sew as well as weave along with teaching men the best way to work their lands and metals. Athena had the city of Athens and the Parthenon built in her honor.

Demeter is the second daughter of Rhea and Cronus, Demeter is the goddess of the lands who nurtured soil. Ancient Greek mythology place Demeter as "the bringer of the seasons" Her main misconception implicated that her daughter Persephone had been kidnapped by the underworld ruler Hades and was forced to become his queen. Demeter ended up being anguished and her lifestyle was full of grief causing the seasons to cease. Having people starving to death due to lack of seasons caused Zeus and other gods to help bring Persephone from the depths of the underworld. Even though Persephone returned to Demeter, Hades had fooled her, and through the law of fate Persephone ended up being compelled to return for 4 months each and every year just to eat the seeds that Hades gave her.




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Saturday, 23 July 2011

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Thursday, 21 July 2011

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Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Greek Mythology

Mythology has captivated people for thousands of years. Often the stories end in tragedy, or the gods that are featured seem cold and cruel. There seems to be a blurring between what is a god and what is mortal, yet the gods demand piety from their mortal underlings. Why were mythological stories told and what was their meaning?

It was once believed that mythological stories had no factual basis and were completely fictional. It is now known that many of the stories do have a factual origin. The facts change over the course of time and the people of the past are made to be better and stronger than the people of 'now'. Mythological stories were told in an oral tradition, that is they were not written down for many centuries. Over hundreds of years storylines would be altered so suit the audience of the time. Herodotus, a Greek historian of the 5th century BC noticed that the stories of the great mythological characters might vary depending on which region or even country he was in. Homer shows the shade of Herakles in the underworld and admits that his immortal godly self is at the same time feasting in the heavens. Homer was combining different versions of the death of Herakles into his own story telling. In early versions of the myth, Herakles would die and go into the underworld and a witless shade, the same as other mortal people did. In later versions of the myth, Herakles became immortal as he died. His shade did not need to enter the underworld, yet it still does in Homer's version of the story, probably because his audience expected that familiar part of the story to be included alongside the new immortal Herakles, even if it makes no sense.

The gods are an integral part of mythology. They are really immortal powerful people with all the failings of mortals. Many stories have a bad outcome for the mortals within in because they have not shown the deference towards the gods, that they demanded of ordinary people. Baucis and Philemon were the only people in their village who were not drown by Zeus and Hermes. Their neighbours had turned the gods (who were disguised as beggars) from their houses. This was an offence to the gods because hospitality (xenios) was an area ruled over by Zeus (king of the gods) and his son Hermes. No mercy is shown to the village and everyone is killed. Baucis and Philemon escaped the fate of their neighbours because they allowed the gods into their home, even though they were poor themselves and gave them hospitality.

Mythology is also made up of aetiological stories. These stories explain why things are the way they are. The Narcissus flower exists because a mortal named Narcissus was the love of the goddess Aphrodite. She warned her lover to be careful when out hunting, however he did not heed her warnings and was killed soon after. Aphrodite turned the remains of her lover into a flower so that it would act as a permanent memorial to him.




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Jane Sproston was a teacher of Classical Civilisation and Classical Greek in a number of secondary schools. She is also an examiner of Classical Civilisation for a major examination board. Her website is http://www.mythologyhellenic.com.

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

The King of the Underworld - Hades

Oh my gosh! I made a video that is not related to Hetalia! I ran into this short manga named Olimpos and I liked it and I wanted to make a short video about Hades who is in it. (I also wanted to test some effects) I've always liked Greek Mythology especially Hades who is the King of the Underworld. Hades is usually linked with evils and stuff but to me Hades has never been evil he is just the king of the underworld which makes him just dark and different :) And I really enjoyed how Hades was portrayed in Olimpos :D Manga:Olimpos by Aki Song: Hope by Apocalyptica (correct me if I'm wrong) I TAKE NO CREDIT!! THE PICTURES BELONG TO THE AMAZING ARTIST WHO MADE THEM!! THIS VIDEO IS PURELY FAN-MADE AND IS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUSICAL ARTIST! Enjoy! :D Check out my new account www.youtube.com

Monday, 18 July 2011

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Saturday, 16 July 2011

T.Rex - Visions Of Domino

"Visions Of Domino" by T.Rex, off of the 1977 album Dandy In The Underworld.

Friday, 15 July 2011

The Greek God Hades

Hades was the king of the underworld. He was the brother of Zeus the king of the gods. Hades was the oldest son of the titan gods Kronos and Rhea. Kronos was the king of the gods and the god of time. He heard a prophecy that foretold one of his children growing up to overthrow him as the king of the gods. Kronos made sure this would not happen and each time Rhea gave birth to one of his children he would eat the child. This was a metaphor for time consuming everything.

Hades along with his brothers and sisters were each swallowed up by Kronos. Hades, Hera, Poseidon, Hestia and Demeter were all consumed by their father. Zeus was the youngest of the children and when he was born Rhea hid him from his father and instead offered Kronos a stone wrapped up in swaddling. Kronos was deceived by this and ate the stone. Zeus grew up and finally challenged his father. With the help of the goddess Metis (wisdom) he made Kronos disgorge all of the children he had eaten. When Hades and his siblings were freed, they along with Zeus fought their father until finally they defeated Kronos and threw him out of the heavens. At this point Hades was not the king of the underworld. The poet Homer says that Zeus, Poseidon and Hades decided to draw lots to find out who should have authority over the sky, sea and underworld. Hades drew the lot that gave him kingship of the underworld.

The underworld was a place with different rivers and areas. There were five rivers, Kokyos (lamentation), Phlegethon (fire), Acheron (woe), Lethe (oblivion) and Styx (hate). The main regions of the underworld were the fields of Asphodel, the isles of the blessed, Tartaros and the pools of Lethe and Mnemosyne (memory). In later Greek religion the initiates of mystery cults such as the Elysium mysteries and Orphic cults taught that they could drink from the pool of memory in the underworld and thus retain their sense of self in the afterlife. During the times of Homer (c.800-700BC) such beliefs were not prominent, with a pessimistic view of witless shades the outcome for most mortals. Hermes would usher the psyche of the dead person into the underworld where it would lose all memory of the person it once was. Odysseus met the shades of the dead in Homer's Odyssey (book 11). He visits the fields of Asphodel and performs a ritual sacrifice of a black goat. The blood from this sacrifice is mixed with barley and poured into a circular ditch. The shades approach and when they drink the blood retrieve their memories and are able to converse with Odysseus. Tartaros was the deepest section of the underworld and a place of punishment for impious mortals, titans and giants. The isles of the blessed (Elysium fields) is a later optimistic view of the underworld where the sun shone and the heroes lived in a sort of semi immortality. The pool of memory is where the judges of the underworld resided. They were Rhadamanthos, Minos and Aeakos.

The most famous story involving Hades was his theft of Persephone. Persephone was the daughter of the goddess Demeter. She was out in a meadow with her friends when Hades appeared from the ground and snatched her away. Demeter searched for her daughter for many months and threatened to stop the spring months from coming to earth. Zeus intervened and told Hades to release Persephone. Hades knew that he could keep her if he tricked her into eating something so he gave her a pomegranate seed to eat. Finally a compromise was reached with Demeter and Hades. Persephone would live with Demeter during the spring, summer and first months of autumn. She would then live with Hades in the underworld during the latter months of autumn and winter. This story was a way of explaining why there were fruitful times of the year and times when little would grow.

Another famous story involving Hades was when Pirithous and Theseus. Theseus decided to abduct Helen of Sparta and keep her until she was old enough to marry. Pirithous decided to abduct Persephone from the underworld. The two heroes descended in the kingdom of Hades and attempted to take Persephone. Hades knew of their plan before they arrived and soon imprisoned the heroes. He tricked them by pretending to host a great feast. The heroes were enjoying the entertainment when the food started to turn to snakes which coiled around them and acted like chains. Herakles would later rescue Theseus, however Pirithous would remain a prisoner in the underworld.

Hades is rarely depicted in art, however it is safe to assume that his appearance would be similar to Zeus. He did not have temples dedicated to him like the other gods, however he was remembered in prayer. Although Hades is a very important god he has not ranked as one of the 12 Olympian gods. Special honours known as the secular games were held every hundred years in honour of Hades.

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Jane Sproston was a teacher of Classical Civilisation and Classical Greek in a number of secondary schools. She is also an examiner of Classical Civilisation for a major examination board. Her website is http://www.mythologyhellenic.com

Thursday, 14 July 2011

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Difficulty - Normal Act - 2 This act is mainly all about getting through the underworld to the greek god of the underworld Hades. This is the second god you kill in the game after Poseidon * See level 1*

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

The Fall of Hades - Original Composition

READ THE DESCRIPTION PLEAAAAAAAAAAASE :) Ok, I uploaded this before months ago whilst improvising the lead, and lets face it, it kinda sucked big time. Now I have written proper lead to the piece and it sounds much better now. Now in terms of my original plan for recording, I was going to record an album of remixes. Now upon furthur research it appears this is not the best idea. The bands I thought that were signed, are not actually signed. Now instead I am going to record an album of my own compositions and take things much more seriously, so here is track 1, the fall of hades. Reason for name? I was playing an epic retro game called Gauntlet Legends on the PS1 when I was writing this, inbetween the breaks I would play guitar for a bit which is when I came up with the riffs. With the mindframe of such an epic quest game, my music ended up having a storylined structure. Then I tryed to think what I saw when I heard it, and I saw it being like a hero on a journey to go kill some evil bad guy, nearly get his ass kicked and he pulls a miracle out his ass and wins. And then I tryed to think of a cool bad guy, of course which is Hades, the greek god of the underworld. Anyways enjoy! Original composer is, well, me lol

Sunday, 10 July 2011

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Friday, 8 July 2011

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Thursday, 7 July 2011

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The Polyimagical Realm I must note that as primarily a painter at the time of composing this work (1986) I was also painting "angels." They were in figure what I have called personatypes and simulated, imitated realities, yet arch¿ and beyond typification (typos) in content. This ambiguity is in fact the subject of this book. The simultaneity of image and immanence is not a problem, except we have no credible concept for simultaneity, or complementarity, and by which ambivalence prevails as the earmark of reality. Now, in the year 2004 it is the least I can say for showing the differences that only analytically repose in mutually exclusive camps, that of C.G. Jung's rigorous and extensive amplification of Freud's Psychoanalytic and the new Post Modern wave of James Hillman's Archetypal Psychology and its polytheistic trimmings. In that case the many gods earn a capital "G" and in contention with the One God. But speaking as both a painter and a poet I can only fall back on an experiential standpoint, something reminded by Plato 2500 years ago in his Ion dialogue: "and therefore God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know that they speak not of themselves who utter these priceless words in a state of unconsciousness, but that God is the speaker, and that through them he is conversing with us." Bernard X. Bovasso Spring, 2005

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

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Sunday, 3 July 2011

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Saturday, 2 July 2011

God of war 3 - Act 2 - Part 1 Of 10

Difficulty - Normal Act - 2 This act is mainly all about getting through the underworld to the greek god of the underworld Hades. This is the second god you kill in the game after Poseidon * See level 1*