Definitions

Labyrinth-an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a political fable in the guise of a fairy tale.

Palladium-a rare metallic element of the platinum group, silver-white, ductile and malleable, harder and fusing more readily than platinum: used chiefly as a catalyst and in dental and other alloys. Palladium Equity Partners of New York has bought Houston’s Castro Cheese, the maker of La Vaquita cheeses and dairy products, the companies announced Monday.

Museum-a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed. No, this really is meant to be more like one of those literal dioramas of the traditional natural history museum, an imagining of a real habitat, with plant life and landscape reproduced in meticulous detail.

Narcissism-inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. The cause, he says, is acquired situational narcissism, a psychological dysfunction that Millman was the first to identify and that he treats in his celebrity patients.

Odyssey: a long series of wanderings or adventures, esp. when filled with notable experiences, hardships, etc. A Space Odyssey," a film in which infinite care, intelligence, patience, imagination and Cinerama have been devoted to what looks like the apotheosis of the fantasy of a precocious, early nineteen-fifties city boy

Meander-to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley. noise of camels as they meander among the dunes that border this lonely desert settlement.Protean-readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable. Picasso: Protean and Prodigious, the Greatest Single Force in 70 Years of Art

Protean-readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable. But it has a formal freedom unprecedented in Johnson's public works, as if he has found an esthetic sufficiently protean to express his promiscuous love of shapes.

Stoical-impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics. The key words are clear: "indignant," "stoical," "enigmatic," "complex," "useful."

Herculean-requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform. I don’t think anybody can say I haven’t made a Herculean effort,” Selig said.

Laconic-using few words; expressing much in few words; concise. But the tough, laconic Mr. Ford is wrenchingly effective throughout most of ''Random Hearts,'' and the story in which he figures is a strong one.

Zephyr-a gentle, mild breeze. can be found crammed inside the Seattle corporate headquarters of Zephyr Holdings.

Nemesis-something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc. A Nemesis Converts The Pope

Flora-the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole. I run through the park because I like looking at the birds and the flora

Ambrosia-something especially delicious to taste or smell. Turning Sap Into Ambrosia

Hermetic-made airtight by fusion or sealing. A hermetic seal is the main reason the Kim dynasty has survived so long.

Promethean-of or suggestive of Prometheus. “Promethean Fire” could well be the response to 9/11 that many see in this magisterial work

Nectar-the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower. A honeybee collects nectar from an almond tree in bloom.

Sibylline-of, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular. The tactic disturbed some less-sibylline types (me, included).

Tantalize-to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed. but these things no longer surprise or tantalize us as they once did.

Delphic-of or pertaining to Delphi. For Delphic Oracle, Fumes and Visions.

Helicon-a mountain in central Greece. In 1985, he set up the Helicon Foundation, named after the mountain where Mnemosyne, the Greek goddess of memory

Platonic-of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines. The movie also showcases Mr. Herzog’s eye for terrifyingly beautiful landscapes, and a rare understanding of the deep platonic love that blossoms between men in dire circumstances.

Draconia-of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Draco or his code of laws. don't appearance of Joseph Wiseman as the tyrant Draco, king of Draconia, the galaxy whose terrible plans for earth form what might loosely be called the story.

Calypso-a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often improvised, lyrics. This documentary from filmmaker Geoffrey Dunn explores the history of calypso music in Trinidad and Tobago.

Amazon-Class. Myth.one of a race of female warriors said to dwell near the Black Sea. Amazon.com is in talks with three Hollywood studios about starting a service that would allow consumers to download movies and TV shows for a fee and burn them.

Siren-a seductively beautiful or charming woman, esp. one who beguiles men. When a reconstituted 36-year-old band headlines Siren, that tells you something (good) about the band and (not-so-good) about the festival.

Mercurial-changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic. America's girl next door has morphed into the mercurial diva down the hall.

Procrustean-pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes. to a Procrustean bed, agonizingly tugged in several directions at once.

Aurora-Meteorol.a radiant emission from the upper atmosphere that occurs sporadically over the middle and high latitudes of both hemispheres in the form of luminous bands. An overview of Aurora Borealis, including cast and credit details, a review summary, and more.

Iridescent-displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow. Dr. Kenneth Vecchio holds abalone shells, which are thickly lined with the iridescent material nacre. ...

Panacea-a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all. An overview of Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison, including cast and credit details, a review summary, and more.

Lethargy-the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity. Calipari Shows Concern Over Bradley's Lethargy

Gorgons-Class. Myth.any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. The calculating monster who pulls the strings in Dariush Mehrjui's heartbreaking film is an imperious mother-in-law (Jamileh Sheikhi) whose selfishness and pride put her in the same elite league with some of Hollywood's most formidable Gorgons.

Harpies-a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; shrew. Charlie-baiting harpies and letting those harpies sometimes materialize as giant crows. ...

Hydra-(often cap.) Class. Myth.a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two. Up against the Many-Headed Hydra, Hercules forced the monstrous serpent from its den by shooting fiery arrows coated with pitch.

Lycanthrope- werewolf or alien spirit in the physical form of a bloodthirsty wolf. Phil becomes convinced that he's a lycanthrope after the disappearance.

Martial-inclined or disposed to war; warlike. Testimony in Court-Martial Describes a Sniper Squad Pressed to Raise Body Count.


Sophistry-a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning. Sophistry only insofar as we should forget, or not care.

Fauna-the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole. I was trying some different themes, and left that one up instead of Fauna.

Stentorian-very loud or powerful in sound. Hattie Jacques is the stentorian female who barges solemnly into crime.

Pyrrhic-consisting of two short or unaccented syllables. The Bunch opts for a final Pyrrhic victory.

Victory- a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war. An overview of Dark Victory, including cast and credit details, a review summary, and more.

Damocles-a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness. An overview of Sword of Damocles, including cast and credit details, a review summary, and more.


Achilles-the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War and hero of Homer's Iliad. An overview of The Fury of Achilles, including cast and credit details, a review summary, and more.

Oedipus-a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme. A performance of “Oedipus Rex” by inmates at a maximum-security prison provides an echo chamber of ironies.

Midas-Class. Myth.a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold. The Midas Touch

Hades-the underworld inhabited by departed souls. Hades Blood is not the only artistically inclined member of this group.

Spartan-of or pertaining to Sparta or its people. For most of its running time ''Spartan,'' a political thriller with the lonely, aching, slightly musty soul of a film noir, is a vigorous and engrossing ...

Titanic-of or containing titanium, esp. in the tetravalent state. ETHEL BEANE, WHO SURVIVED TITANIC SINKING, DEAD AT 90 ... MARY C. WELLMAN DIES AT 80; WAS A SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC

Marathon-any long-distance race. News about the New York City Marathon.

Labyrinth: an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.


Palladium: a rare metallic element of the platinum group, silver-white, ductile and malleable, harder and fusing more readily than platinum: used chiefly as a catalyst and in dental and other alloys.


Museum: a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed.


Narcissism: inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity.

Odyssey: an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. (often l.c.) a long series of wanderings or adventures, esp. when filled with notable experiences, hardships, etc.



Meander: to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley. to wander aimlessly; ramble: The talk meandered on.



Protean: . readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable. changeable in shape or form, as an amoeba. (of an actor or actress) versatile; able to play many kinds of roles. (cap.) of, pertaining to, or suggestive of Proteus.



Stoical: impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer. (cap.) of or pertaining to the Stoics.


Laconic: using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.


Herculean: requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task. Having enormous strength, courage, or size. (cap.) of or pertaining to Hercules or his labors.


Zephyr: gentle, mild breeze. (cap.) Literary.the west wind. any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn, etc.


Nemesis: something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: The performance test proved to be my nemesis. an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. (cap.) Class. Myth.the goddess of divine retribution. an agent or act of retribution or punishment.

Ambrosia: Class. Myth.the food of the gods. something especially delicious to taste or smell. a fruit dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut and sometimes pineapple.

Flora: the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.

Hermetic: made airtight by fusion or sealing. not affected by outward influence or power; isolated. (sometimes cap.) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of occult science, esp. alchemy. (cap.) of or pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus or the writings ascribed to him.

Promethean: of or suggestive of Prometheus

Nectar: Class. Myth.the life-giving drink of the gods. Cf. ambrosia. any delicious drink.

Sybylline: of, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular.

Tantalize: to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.

Delphic:of or pertaining to Apollo, or to his temples or oracles.

Halycon: Animals sacred to special deities.

Platonic: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.

Draconian: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Draco or his code of laws.

Calypso: Also,Kalypso. Class. Myth.a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years.

Amazon: Class. Myth.one of a race of female warriors said to dwell near the Black Sea

Siren: Myth.one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.

Mercurial: of or pertaining to the god Mercury.

Procrustean: pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.

Aurora: the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn. Cf. Eos.

Iridescent: displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.

Panacea: an ancient Greek goddess of healing.

Lethergy: ?

Gorgons: Myth.any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.

Harpies: Myth.a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.

Hydra: Myth.a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads.

Lycanthrope: a werewolf or alien spirit in the physical form of a bloodthirsty wolf.

Martial: inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.

Shopistry: a false argument

Fauna:

NYT revealing fallacies

With house prices falling in many markets around the nation, this particular quirk of the human psyche might end up costing the economy a great deal, Professor Mayer says.
Classical economics can’t explain this behavior. That’s because people who refuse to sell their houses for less than they paid for them are violating a cardinal rule of the market: stuff is worth what it’s worth. It doesn’t matter what you paid for it. But when Professor Mayer and his co-author, David Genesove, a professor of economics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, studied the Boston condominium market in the 1990s — scene of one of the biggest real estate busts in recent American memory — the actual patterns of human behavior did not seem to follow the standard rules at all.
I think that in this paragraph he might be using personal attack because he is telling us 2+2=4 and hes convincing us but not like in a strong tyradish way. And It is also circunmstancial because he says to us this came to be like this because of this and this depends on this to happen so it is a mix between the two.


From 1989 to 1992, prices in Boston fell sharply, with condominium prices dropping as much as 40 percent. For a great many of those who bought condominiums during that period, selling could be done only at a significant loss. And, basically, many people refused to sell.
Their study, “Loss Aversion and Seller Behavior: Evidence From the Housing Market,” appeared in The Quarterly Journal of Economics in November 2001. The professors gathered data on almost 6,000 Boston condominium listings from 1991 to 1997 and showed that for essentially identical condominiums, people who had bought at the peak and were facing a loss generally listed their properties for significantly more than those who had bought at a time when prices were lower.
Properties listed above the market price just sat there. In the Boston market over all, sellers listed their properties for an average of 35 percent above the expected sale price, and less than 30 percent of the properties sold in fewer than 180 days. In other words, much of the market went into a deep freeze as many people held out for market prices that no one would reasonably pay.

This would also be circmunstancial because it has many variables and one idea supports the other.

In classical economics, that’s not supposed to happen, but the episode did comport with the behavioral economics theory of loss aversion: people have a visceral — some might say “irrational” — hatred of losing money. They try to avoid doing so, even when it goes against their own best interests.

This would be a snob approach becuase everyone is doing but they're not supposed to do it and with some critic or personal attack.

Move ahead to September 2007. Many regions may be starting down a path like that of Boston’s market freeze of the 1990s. Wherever prices decline, look for lots of sellers holding out for unrealistic prices in a vain attempt to recoup their losses. It’s a hang-up that people have, and it can cause big problems. A number of houses with high prices just sit on the market while everyone waits.

This is between circumnstancial and snob approach beause everyones doing it but it depends on some factors and it's very interesting to see how it is developing.

One source of difficulty arises from a basic fact of real estate economics: about half of home purchases are by people moving within a metropolitan area. If sellers can’t sell their houses because they want too much for them, they also can’t become buyers of new homes.
“The buyers and the sellers are the same people in this market,” Professor Mayer said. “So if the sellers price so high that they, effectively, put themselves out of the market, it shows up on the buying side, too.”

This article is not changing at all and it is continuos and doenst have as many fallacies and doesnt continue how I wished it to and that;s why I still consider it a Snobbish approach.

He notes that economists at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere keep close tabs on this kind of behavior because the purchases of durable goods like furniture, appliances and televisions tend to run hand in hand with home purchases — and durables have a disproportionate influence on the business cycle. Further, because the freezing of the housing market makes it harder for people to move, it reduces the likelihood that they can quickly relocate for higher-paying jobs. Dysfunction in the housing market can spill over into the job market, too.
So by being hung up about whether your condominium will sell for what you paid for it, you aren’t just driving yourself crazy trying to get a buyer. You may be threatening the very performance of the economy and driving up the unemployment rate — provided that many others behave in a similar way.

This is definately a personal attack or protest becuase hes telling us how things should be done and how people are doing it wrong.

What is to be done? Well, if you are holding out for an above-market price to recoup your losses, perhaps you would do well to hear the advice that Professor Mayer gives his own family members.

“If you want to sell your house then you list it at the market price and you sell it,” he said. “If you don’t really want to sell then don’t put it on the market. But don’t say you want to sell and then set the price so high that you spend the year cleaning up every morning, having people walk through your living room and look in your medicine cabinets and reject you. That’s just painful — and expensive.”

This is a personal atatck because he's telling us how things should be done ut more than telling us he's reccomending us how things should be done.

Hero and Leander, The Grææ and Gorgons, The Sphinx

Hero and Leander

This myht talks about two lovers who die in a silly way but it really represents how a strong relationship a couple can have and how love bonds us close together. I think there is nothing more to add to this one.

The Grææ and Gorgons

This myth doesnt have characters but it has like methapores or symbols or something that is afraid of the sea and it is very uncommon but the symbols obviously are personified and there are three girls with gray hair and they represent the waves.The other girls have serpent hair and one of them is medusa which is commonly known and was destroyed because of the mirror. I think that these kind of myths are unkown and I frankly dont know why it was written but maybe to try to explain the unaxplainable but Im not really sure.

The Sphinx

This myth talks about a sphinx that knows alot but someone answers it's riddle and destroys it and bcomes king but is a very bad king. It rerpresents how wisdom is so powerful to make us prolific and how powerful it may be to destroy us as in the case of the sphinx

Juno and her rivals Io, Diana and Acteon, The Centaurs

Juno and her rival IO

Juno felt or had the feeling her husband with another woman, and really discovered he was with a nymph and se searched and found he was with a beautiful animal so he caught it thinking it was a nymph and set someone to put an eye on it. I think this is an overall subject about men because many times and troughout history they have cheated many times and women think that firmly and it has always negatives future events like revenge, remorse or death.

Diana and Actæon
This myht is about Acteon who sees Diana the virgin godess naked and she gets very mad and full of revenge so she decides to turn Acteon into an animal and set out hunters to kill him and she felt inmense satisfaction. Gods dont usually do this they are mostly forgiveful but nevertheless they have the power to do it and it isnt judged as bad.

The Centaurs

The centaur is a mythical beast eho is half horse hal men and the are very strong and wise like the physician who could bring back peoiple from the netherworld and this shows that cultures arent at all bad and diferent from each other and that is good.

Rhetoric 2 article

The article I researched was about Bush and he sendind more troops to Irak. Its kind of short and i think that the first paragraph is using logos which is persuasion by logic and it is very convincing and the problem is resolved with choice or with other words with future because the article tells us what happens next

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/index.html?inline=nyt-geo

Love

Love is probably the most poweful feeling in the world we have and so it is being expressed in the three myths I read which were nisus and scylia, Echo and Narcicus, and Clythie. They express of how sgtrong love can be but how something as powerful as words may flourish it or cease it inmediately. It talks of love so powerful that on the myth the myth echo and narcisus page 81 line 26 it talks about how the boy gets in love with a reflection in the water and asks it not to go, or on nisus and scylla in which loves overpowers her and almost brings an end to the war but killed her. This is how love is so powerful and how love has many positive as well negative feelings coming behind like ofr example revengefullness scorrow or admiration passion etc. and these feelings are bothe seen in these myths.

Greek and Roman Myths

This time the topic I read about in the myths talk about death and it is very similar to gilgamesh. Because death is grieving but at the same time it has a glorius aspect that doesnt always make it negative. There is always a poem of death in these kind of myths and they interelate very well. Death has that mysterious look that it has today. Throughout history death has always meant going to a better place and this is also mentioned in these myths Greek as well as Gilgamesh. And our knowledge on death has always been very primitive but were trying to put it together and every time it's more convincing than before.

I wish to talk more but this topic is so primitive to humans that it is one of the topics on which you can write the least

Fabolous beasts

The creature I will talk about which are obviously mythological are a important part of the Greek mythology because these creatures resemble the best part of our thinking skills or intellectuality which is imagination and they have influenced us one or two times in life. these crearures i'm talking about are: pegasus, centaurs, and grifinds. They have a sort of human type heroish characteristics that are the style of the characters of the Greek and the Romans. Now at days with, these we also have some mythoilogical characters such as Big foot or nessie that I strongly beleive dont exist and that might've come from this time. This characters influence our science-fiction works such as J.K Rowling with Harry Potter i think this is the part in which we put to test the gift of knowledge that God has given us and the imagination which is just being able to invent things in your head. This is what shows clearly that we are diferent from all tghe animals and this is my blog for today.

sphinx

This myth I think is one of my favorites because it's underlined subject of wisdom. How wisdm can overpower anything or anyone and also how can wisdom destroy someone like it destroyes the shpinx. I think think wisdom is the greatest gift and power God could've given to man but it is also our destructor if we learn to to use it properly.

And this is exactly what I think the sphinx represents. Wisdom not being used in the right way and how that wisom destroyed her and le the one who used it wisely prevail.

Mr. Tangen's text

First of all this was a very interesting text talking or better suggesting how the world began and how they bet with some of the events the world saw. I would compare it with the big bang because is technically a hypothesis of the begginign of the world with the exception of two main characters and their actions in this case betting. We could basically compare it to all creation myhts and some will have the 2 main characters. They mention Mesopotamia and how they bet and it eventually falls on history and the real game which wasnt a final but an eights game of Champions in which Arsenal passed by one cero (I would like to clarify). Their hypothesis of life is quite valid and it has a good understandable explanation. They also have some other statements like for example e grew into pi and it eventually happened. It was a complex text and had some hard parts to uderstand but it was interesting.