shows the reader through her immense amount of research‚ introspection‚ and will to fight against Canada that not only is Indigenous knowledge important to compare with Western philosophy‚ but so is the fact that everyone has the right to achieving mino-pimadiziwin‚ or‚ the good life. I enjoyed reading this book as it educated me about the changing lifestyle Aboriginals have faced in the last century‚ but also showed me they live a very special way of life that is important to be kept a tradition
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When a Cardinal criticized the Last Judgement‚ Michelangelo scraped off the face of his original Minos‚ one of the three judges of the underworld‚ and replaced it with the face of the Cardinal‚ giving him ass-ears and wrapped in a snake’s coil. The coils indicated to what circle of Hell the damned are destined. The serpent’s bite on the genitals of Minos illustrated Michelangelo’s disdain for the Cardinal. (It is said that when the Cardinal approached the Pope with his complaint
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played huge roles in the development of Greece‚ though they were seen as night/day. The Minoans were said to be one of Greeks earliest civilization that lasted from 1700-1450 BCE(video). It is said that their name derived from “ a mythical ruler named Minos‚” (126). They lived on the the island of Crete‚ where they build the palace of Knossos. The Minoans were known for their peaceful society. According to the video‚ they were not war-like people(video). Many people believed that the lack of war representation
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trench if he wishes to speak with them‚ or refuse to let them drink if he does not wish to speak with them (168-70). But other than these few small formalities‚ there is almost a complete lack of organization in the Underworld. We are told that King Minos is “judging all the dead” (652)‚ but we are not told the basis or results of any of his judgments. In fact‚ with the exceptions of the unlucky few who directly angered the gods during their life (660-89)‚ we see no distinction between the just and
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such as its own poetry and music. Crete was the centre of Europe’s first advanced civilisation‚ the Minoan . This civilization wrote in the undeciphered script known as Linear A. Early Cretan history is replete with legends such as those of King Minos‚ Theseus and the Minotaur‚ passed on orally via poets such as Homer. Their commercial contact with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia undeniably influenced their own culture‚ and the Minoan
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a Cretan merchant called Minos Kalokairinos in 1878. After Kalokairinos‚ Heinrich Schliemann had shown an interest but it wasn’t until March 16‚ 1900 that archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased the site and started the excavations. Arthur Evans is famous for restoring the ruins and bringing it to light‚ though whilst doing so‚ creating controversy. The archaeological site of Knossos has added to our knowledge about the Minoans‚ as Evans named them‚ after King Minos of Crete. By examining the
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Three years after this Evans purchased the site in which had already promising archaeological potential. After a year of excavating he had unearthed the site in which he believed was the palace of the mythical king Minos. A king who had kept a Minotaur (half man and half bull) in the labyrinth below the palace. It was Evans love of myths and legends that drew him to this site. “An archaeologist less single-minded may not have made this discovery‚ because it was his
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This world did not always belong to us humans‚ we are an evolution of bacterial cells that meshed together to become a different type of living species. The Earth has been around for millions of years‚ so we do not know what has happened since the beginning. Over time our ancestors have practiced religions and passed on myths‚ many of which are still believed to be true‚ or changed overtime. When the word myth is mentioned‚ instantly the majority thinks of gods/goddesses and or heroes. Hercules
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TITLE: THE CONTRAPPASSO The Divine Comedy was written by Dante Alighieri ‚approximately between 1306 and 1309‚ when Dante was under the final sentence of exile. Historical thought is that the first seven songs‚ of hell‚ were started before Dante left Florence‚ and that only at a later time when the writings were sent to him he continued to write them. Hell is conceived by Dante as a giant chasm in a conical shape that opens from Jerusalem to the center of the earth. Hell is divided into nine
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