Monday, June 28, 2010

My favorite Greek Thinker


Pythagoras was the most important Greek thinker. Pythagoras discovered a few things about math and music. He used math and numbers to explain musical notes! He discovered a formula that calculates the length of the sides of a triangle. Pythagoras named the formula after himself. He also made a religious society. It is located in southern Italy. He taught them how to live a good and pure life. He believed this religious society would help them live forever. This is why Pythagoras is the most important Greek thinker.

Hector


In my opinoin I thik Hector did the right thing to fight Achilles. The reasoon why is because he wanted to protect his country and family. In that time, dying in a duel is the hero's best way to die. This symbolizes that Hector is a true hero. I think the reason why Hector accepted Achilles challenge is because everyone in Troy would think of him as a great hero. I would have not done the same thing. The reason why is because I have no experience with fighting with weapons. Also, I would be thinking of my family. I imagine how sad and depressed they would be if they found out I was dead because I agreed to be in a challenge.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Myth of Osiris

Nun was the only one in earth. All of a sudden a ball of fire fell out of the sky. It stared boiling in the water , then it stopped. Then, something started to rise out of the water. It was a island named Ben-Ben. It was quiet on earth so Ben-Ben had a tree and turned into a human, named Atum. Atum was the first god on earth. Atum was so sad he stared Crying, so two drops fell on the ground, which magically made one god and one goddess. Both of them were Atum's children. The first child was god of air and the second child was goddess of ice. Then they had two children. The oldest child was the god of the sun. The second one was goddess of the moon. The god of the sun and goddess of the moon had three children. The oldest one was named Osiris, king of earth. The middle child was Isis, queen of earth. The youngest one was named Seth, the god of chaos. Chaos means without being in order or organized. Osiris and Isis ruled earth for centuries and one day fell in love with each other. Until Seth became Furious and jealous of Osiris because he had more power than him and he had Isis. So when Osiris went to sleep, Seth made a spear and stabbed his own brother in the back with the spear! which made Seth king of earth, while Osiris became king of the underworld. Seth fell in love with Isis, but she refused to love him because she was still in love with Osiris and Osiris was still in love with Isis. Isis put Osiris body in a special coffin that said ,"Here lies Osirs King of earth where he cared about everything and everyone." So after Osiris found out Seth was iin love with Isis , he sent her a message. The message said to come visit him to the underworld, but someone alive can not come down so she has to find the tallest tree in the island, poor water around the tree, and a special key will appear. Then a door will appear and open and Osiris will be standing there waiting for her to arrive. So Isis carried a jar with water in it, looking for the tallest tree. She found the tallest tree at last, where she was excited to see him, since they were in love. She poured water around the tree and a key appeared and a door and Osiris was there. Then they had a son named Horus. Osiris and Isis wanted Seth to be killed. So Osiris gave Horus a sword he made and Isis and Horus went back. So when Seth went to sleep, Horus got his sword and stabbed him in the back like Seth did to Osiris. This made Horus the king of earth. Osiris was happy to see his son rule earth with his mother.








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