Western Literature week 4

Western Literature week 4

Greek Mythology on Apollo & the Plague

Apollo, the second most important god in the ancient Greek pantheon, ruled a complex and somewhat contradictory realm. A solar and masculine deity, he was a god of divine distance, both protector from evil and bringer of terror. Apollo oversaw oracles and religious law, but also art, music, poetry and dance. This dual character was expressed through Apollo's attributes: the bow, standing for awe and death and the lyre, for the joyful communion with the sacred.

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The lyre

The lyre was a stringed musical instrument played by the ancient Greeks and was probably the most important and well-known instrument in the Greek world. It was closely related to the other stringed instruments: the chelys which was made from a tortoise shell, the four-stringed phorminx, and the seven-stringed kithara.

Lyre

chelys 

four-stringed phorminx

Achilles

In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad. His mother was the immortal nymphThetis, and his father, the mortal Peleus, was the king of the Myrmidons.

Achilles’ most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan hero Hector outside the gates of Troy. Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow. Later legends (beginning with a poem by Statius in the 1st century AD) state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel. Alluding to these legends, the term "Achilles heel" has come to mean a point of weakness, especially in someone or something with a strong constitution.

Achilles’ heel

In Greek mythology, when Achilles was a baby, it was foretold that he would die young. To prevent his death, his mother Thetis took Achilles to the River Styx, which was supposed to offer powers of invulnerability, and dipped his body into the water; however, as Thetis held Achilles by the heel, his heel was not washed over by the water of the magical river. Achilles grew up to be a man of war who survived many great battles. One day, a poisonous arrow shot at him was lodged in his heel, killing him shortly afterwards.

How to Structure a Story: The Eight-Point Arc

1.     Stasis

2.     Trigger

3.     The quest

4.     Surprise

5.     Critical choice

6.     Climax

7.     Reversal

8.     Resolution

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NATO Phonetic Alphabet

 is the most widely used radiotelephonic spelling alphabet. Although often called "phonetic alphabets", spelling alphabets are not associated with phonetic transcription systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet. Instead, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) alphabet assigned codewords acrophonically to the letters of the English alphabet, so that critical combinations of letters and numbers can be pronounced and understood by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of language barriers or the quality of the communication channel.

The NATO Phonetic Alphabet, also sometimes referred to as Alpha Bravo Charlie.

Letter:	Code Word:	Pronunciation:
A	Alpha	Al fah
B	Bravo	Brah Voh
C	Charlie	Char Lee
D	Delta	Dell Tah
E	Echo	Eck Oh
F	Foxtrot	Foks Trot
G	Golf	Golf
H	Hotel	Hoh Tell (FAA, IMO, ITU) Ho Tell (ICAO)
I	India	In Dee Ah
J	Juliett	Jew Lee Ett
K	Kilo	Key Loh
L	Lima	Lee Mah
M	Mike	Mike
N	November	No Vem Ber
O	Oscar	Oss Car
P	Papa	Pah Pah
Q	Quebec	Keh Beck
R	Romeo	Row Me Oh
S	Sierra	See Air Ah (FAA) See Air Rah (ICAO, IMO, ITU)
T	Tango	Tang Go
U	Uniform	You Nee Form
V	Victor	Vik Tah
W	Whiskey	Wiss Key
X	X Ray	Ecks Ray
Y	Yankee	Yang Key
Z	Zulu	Zoo Loo

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The major Olympians

The Major Olympians were the twelve (and as many as fourteen) most important ruling gods and goddesses who lived high above the clouds on majestic Mount Olympus, interfering in the affairs of humans, partying hearty and plotting lurid intrigues.

Among these children of Cronus and Rhea, foremost was Zeus, King of the Olympians, who ruled the Heavens. His brother Hades presided over the Underworld, and the other brother, Poseidon, had dominion over the Seas. Hera, sister and wife to Zeus, along with Demeter and Hestia, were the rest of the original six siblings.