The amiable Mark Twain cleverly jokes‚ “Go to Heaven for the climate‚ Hell for the company”. Although this humorous quote can tickle the imagination and produce a genial chuckle‚ one might discover that there is an element of truth that can be observed in this statement. Everyone dies‚ that is a simple fact of life that must be acknowledged. The real question that lingers in the back corners of the mind is the next step after life. Is it Heaven or Hell? Shall the damned be cursed to wander throughout
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greek myth is about an exceptionally clever inventor named Daedalus who uses his talents to escape the island of Crete with his son Icarus. Before the conflict began King Minos asked Daedalus to build him a maze to imprison the Minotaur‚ years later Daedalus helps Theseus navigate through the labyrinth which infuriated King Minos. Desperately needing to escape the island‚ Daedalus invents wings made out of feathers and wax‚ though he warns his son not to fly too close to the sun nor too close to the
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the archetype of a hero was that he was favored by the gods- Poseidon. A time where this was clear was when Minos made Theseus go into the ocean after his ring. Dolphins had carried him to where Poseidon was staying with his wife‚ Amphitrite. Poseidon gave him a purple cloak to wear and gave him King Minos’ ring. Theseus appeared back on the surface of the water completely dry with Minos’ ring in
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ferrying the damned souls to hell. Also‚ Minos from Greek mythology who was son of Zeus and Europa and king of Crete became one of the three judges of the underworld. Minos is seen in the bottom left corner of the work with a serpent coiled around him and this would determine which circle of hell the damned souls would be sent. It is also said that a Cardinal had judged Michelangelo’s work so as a sort of revenge he painted the portrait of the Cardinal as Minos. This could have been his way of poetically
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and is representing those that are saved and are in heaven. The other arm’s gesture is adjacent to the surface below‚ and therefore representing the large part of the human kind below and pushing the humanity downward to hell towards Charon and Minos. Throughout the painting some are saved by the demands of Christ and ascended to heaven. Also in the bottom center of the painting are Angels blowing trumpets in which symbolize that Christ is being announced of his upon presence‚ judgment and supremacy
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According to Ovid’s Metamorphosis‚ the myth of the Theseus begins with the factual conflict between Athens and Crete. As portrayed in the myth‚ Crete is the dominating faction of the known world‚ and reigns over the subjugated Athens region. King Minos‚ ruler of Crete‚ is known as an arrogant‚ cruel governor. As the story goes‚ he attempted to trick the Greek god Poseidon by not up his prized bull‚ which was originally required by the god‚ but instead a lesser bull. After realizing Minos’s deception
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Among the things that were found was the pottery frescoes and inscribed tables. Perhaps the most tremendous was the excavation of a room on April 13; the throne of King Minos was filled with elaborate paintings and a raised seat with a high back. Upon discovering this entire civilization‚ Evans named it Minoans after King Minos himself. It was evident that the Minoans were of great wealth and had a good amount of prosperity. Since Evans ’ discovery‚ any study of the Minoans have been greatly influenced
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and observing the souls that are residing there‚ whose judgment has been passed down by “Minos‚ Zeus’ glorious son (465).” In Erebus‚ the souls of all the dead—old‚ young‚ suicides‚ war casualties—are residing together in the pit of souls. But‚ uniquely‚ Odysseus also describes the punishments that have been made for the heroes according to their works on earth‚ which is to be assumed as the major duty of Minos‚ since all other souls are destined together. Consequently‚ the reader can determine the
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is a half man half bull creature. “In the Egyptian religion‚ [Minotaur] was called Apis‚ a sacred bull that was regarded as the incarnation of their god Osiris or of Ptah” (Minotaur MythOrTruthCom). His parents were Queen Pasiphae and King Minos of Crete. Minos asked Poseidon‚ the god of the sea to send him a bull‚ which he promised to give up as an offering but when he saw the beautiful bull come out of the sea‚ he wanted it for himself. He gave up one of the best animals from his herd in order to
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Since ancient civilizations people have been trying to explain what goes on after death. Throughout history‚ many cultures have had different theories about what happens. Two distinguished ideas of where people go after death are the underworld and Hell. The idea of the underworld came from the Greeks and Romans. A few famous works by the Greeks and Romans that talk about the underworld are The Iliad‚ The Aeneid‚ and‚ The Odyssey. A famous work that discusses Hell is Dante’s Inferno. Hell is an accepted
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