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15 Greek Myth Mini-Books
24,000 words, approx. 80 pages
 A complete lesson plan by Scholastic Teaching Resources. For Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.
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 Greek mythology Information
11,512 words, approx. 38 pages
 Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars refer to the myths and study them... 
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 AP News FCC appeals indecency case to high court
11/2/2007: 359 words, approx. 1 pagesComparing its dilemma to a Greek myth, lawyers for the Federal Communications Commission have formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court's rejection of the agency's policy on broadcast profanity.Last June, the 2nd District Court of Appeals in New York nullified the... summary from source:
Reuters North American News Service FACTBOX-Venezuelan Chavez's insults of world leaders
11/28/2007: 386 words, approx. 1 pages (Reuters) - Venezuela's anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez, who faces a tight referendum vote Sunday to approve a constitutional overhaul, has often publicly insulted world leaders, including President Bush. Venezuela is currently caught up in diplomatic disputes with Colombia and Spain following verbal confrontations with...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Robert Emmet Meagher
16,415 words, approx. 55 pages
 In the following essay, Meagher examines the depiction of women as both goddesses and humans in Greek mythology, specifically in Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days. Meagher notes the ways in which Hesiod subverts earlier oral traditions, in which women were birth goddesses and creators rather than (as in Olympian myths) created by male gods to bring misery and death to human men.
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Critical Essay by Deborah Lyons
11,798 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following essay, Lyons argues that archaic texts, including the works of Homer and Hesiod, include a feminine form of the idea of the "hero." Lyons reviews the traditional criteria used to identify heroes in texts, applies the same criteria to heroines, and identifies several heroines that satisfy those qualifications.
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C. Kerényi
11,593 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following excerpt, from an essay originally published in 1949, Kerényi analyzes the nature of "maiden goddesses" and their role and function in Greek mythology. Kerényi describes the Kore, or maiden goddess, as a paradox, in that she represents both mother and maiden, both "begetter and begotten."
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 Essay Grade: 88%Greek Mythology: Light and Dark
2,659 words, approx. 9 pages
Explores the symbolism and meaning of darkness and light in the Greek Myth. References the works Medea, Oedipus the King, Antigone, Hecabe, Electra and Heracles. summary from source:
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Essay Grade: 86%Greek Mythology Versus Christianity
1,217 words, approx. 4 pages
Greek mythology and Christianity share many similarities in terms of beliefs, traditions, and myths. Both cultures address many of the mysteries of life and the ideas and values of the world with similar explanations, and both share the same ancient origins.
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