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Myths Of Ancient Times
Myths Of Ancient Times Greek myths are entertaining and meaningful, fictional and truthful. They tell stories of Gods, Goddess’s, children and animals. But most of all they teach a lesson. What was the point of Greek myths? What were some of the stories? Were they taken seriously? Why were they important? This paper will explain what Greek myths are all about. It will say why Greek myths were created, and what they mean. It will also give an example of a popular myth.
“A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.” (James Feibleman) Although Greek myths are interesting and entertaining stories, they played a more important roll in the every day life of ancient civilization. “Greek Gods were simply the products of colorful imaginations.” (www.angelfire.com/mt/ahsb/intro.html) They were the imaginations of a civilization that told these stories as a way of explaining the unexplainable events that happened in their lives. These “unexplainable” things consisted of uncontrollable events, natural phenomenons and mind-boggling occurrences. The realization of these stories lead one to believe that they were “perfect humans”, but can benefit from being immortal as well. The Greeks gave them all the abilities, qualities and values that they themselves wanted. Once they did this, the Greeks idolized the existence of the Gods and they way they behaved.
The Greeks felt that these Gods and Goddesses had complete control and influence over their lives. “The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient. They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels.” (Mikhail Strabo) The Greeks were the first people to write myths. These myths were like parables; there was usually a “moral to the story”. There were heroes and Gods in these stories and as they were passed down from one generation to the next, they became accepted as logical explanations to situations and uncertainties that they didn’t understand. Greeks also relied heavily on these myths to inspire them, as well. They were inspired during their every day lives, but especially during battle. When dealing with human relationships and conflicts, a Greek would derive very evident morals on which to base their life and confront issues. These were taken very seriously. These myths were not only taught to other generations of Greeks, but to other cultures and civilizations as well.
The Greeks had many Gods and Goddesses, including twelve principal ones who lived on Mount Olympus. Zeus was the king and leader of the twelve. His symbol was thunder and when you see him as a statue, he appears to be holding one. Poseidon was the God of the sea and earthquakes. It was said that when he became angry, he used his trident to create massive waves and floods. Ares was the God of war. It was said that he was fiery tempered, bloodthirsty, brutal and violent. Hera was not a principal Goddess; her job was a subservient one. She was Zeus’ cupbearer. Athena was the Goddess of wisdom and the patron of Athens. Unlike Ares, she derived no pleasure from fighting, but preferred settling disputes peacefully using her wisdom. However, if need be, she went valiantly into battle. Hephaestus was worshiped for his matchless skills as a craftsman. When Zeus decided to punish men he asked Hephaestus to make a woman. So Hephaestus made Pandora from clay and water and, as everyone knows, she had a box from which sprang all the evils afflicting humankind. Apollo was the God of the sun and Artemis was the Goddess of the moon. They were the twins of Leto and Zeus. Apollo was also worshiped as the God of music and song which the ancient Greeks believed were only heard where there was light and security. Artemis was worshipped as the Goddess of childbirth and protector of children, yet strangely enough, she asked Zeus if he would grant her eternal virginity. Hermes was the God of the animals. His job was to protect the animal kingdom. Demeter was the Goddess of vegetation. Demeter was worshipped as the Goddess of earth and fertility. Aphrodite was the Goddess of love, who rose naked out of the sea. She had a magic girdle, which made everyone fall in love with its wearer. The girdle meant both Gods and Goddesses constantly pursued her because they wanted to borrow the girdle. Zeus became so fed up with her promiscuity that he married her off to Hephaestus, the u!
gliest of the Gods. Dionysos was the son of Hera and Zeus. He was so ugly at birth that he was horned and crowned with serpents. His parents boiled him in a cauldron, but he was rescued by Rhea and banished to Mount Nysa in Libya where he invented wine. He eventually returned to Greece where he organized drunken revelries and married Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos.
One very popular myth to the Greeks is “The Creation of Man by Prometheus.” Prometheus and Epimetheus were given the task of creating man, because they had not fought alongside their fellow Titans during the war with the Olympians. Prometheus used mud to shape man, and then Athena breathed life into the figure. Prometheus gave Epimetheus the task of creating the qualities of man, such as swiftness, cunning, strength, fur, and wings. But by the time Epimetheus got to man, he had already given out all of the good qualities he was able to. Therefore he decided to make them stand straight up, as the gods did, and he gave them fire.
Prometheus loved man much more than the Olympians had, who banished his family, or most of it anyway, to Tartarus. Zeus decided that man had to present a portion of all the animals they sacrificed to the gods. Prometheus didn’t like this idea, and so he tricked Zeus. He created two piles, one had bones wrapped in fat, and the other with the good meat hidden in the hide. He then told Zeus to choose. He picked the pile of bones, and since Zeus gave his word, he was forced to accept this future sacrifices. Because of the anger he had for being tricked, he stole fire away from man. But the Prometheus lit a torch from the sun, and brought it back to man. This enraged Zeus, so he inflicted a terrible punishment on both man and Prometheus.
To punish man, Zeus told Hephaestus make a mortal of stunning beauty. The gods gave this mortal many gifts of wealth. Then Hermes gave it a deceptive heart and a lying tongue. This creation was then named Pandora, the first woman. The last gift was a jar that Pandora was told never to open. After completed, Zeus sent Pandora to Epimetheus who was staying amongst the men. Prometheus warned Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, yet Pandora’s beauty was too great and he allowed her to stay. Eventually, Pandora’s curiosity about the jar became too much. She opened the jar and all manors of evils, sorrows, plagues and misfortunes flew out. However, in the bottom of the jar there was one good thing- hope.
Zeus was angry with Prometheus for three reasons; being tricked on sacrifices, stealing fire for man and refusing to tell Zeus which of his children would dethrone him. Zeus forced his servants to seize Prometheus. They took him to the Caucasus Mountains and chained him to a rock with unbreakable chains. He was tormented day and night by a giant eagle tearing at his liver. He was given two ways out of this torment. He could either tell Zeus the name of the mother of the child that would dethrone him or meet two conditions: an immortal must volunteer to die for Prometheus and a mortal must kill the eagle and unchain him. Eventually, Chiron the Centaur, agreed to die for him and Heracles killed the eagle and unbound him.
My feelings about Greek Myth’s are that they are stories for amusement purposes only. They are not true, and they no longer serve as much a purpose as today. Most Greeks do not still believe in many of the stories, but some continue to live by them. Yet they are still read in countries around the world for enjoyment purposes.
Bibliography:
HSA.brown.edu/~maicar/briefhistory.html
www.angelfire.com/mt/ahsb/intro.html
www.math.utk.edu/~vasili/gr_link/greek.myth/creationman.html
www.vacation.net.gr/p/mithos.html
Myths and realities of Strategic planning for Co.s sustained growth by John Spence
‘Myths and realities of ‘Strategic planning’ for Co.’s sustained growth’ by John Spence
Introduction
These articles review all the myths and misconceptions that a company faces when making sound decisions for their strategic plans. Planning is one of the critical areas of management. Planning involves forecasting about the future market trends and opportunities. Strategic planning leads to successful outcomes of the desired goals and objectives. Lack of sound planning leads to a company’s failure.
The author argues out the problem that most managers face when coming up with sound decisions for the better progress of the organization; He uses the following myths; analysis is not a strategy, coming up with real strategy involves making risky decisions on resource allocations e.g. committing a significant amount of money into construction of new facilities and lastly, implementation of new goals. The author argues that; most business organizations lack the ability of differentiating between analysis of the company’s goal and coming up with new strategies that can bolster positive growth of a company’s profit. This problem is associated with the implementing agency. The author debates that; implementation of new strategies and goals of the organization is a key determinant of value addition to a company’s future trend in the market. A team that is tasked with implementation of these goals ought to devolve specific and unique channels that work to realize positive trends of profits in the business.
Establishing of an independent implementing team is significant to the company’s decision making team. An exterior team needs to be outsourced to guide in the implementation process of a company’s key strategies. This only boosts the company’s trust on the planning process and its longevity. Planning is a key success tool for an organization that is futuristic.
References;
Spence, J. (2009). Myths and Realities of ‘Strategic Planning’ for Co.’s Sustained Growth. The Economic Times, 17(4): 12-14.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE BURNING ISSUE OF THE AUSTRALIA BUSHFIRES (2)
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE BURNING ISSUE OF THE AUSTRALIA BUSHFIRES
The authorities in charge have previously easily brought this matter under control. Except that the recent bushfire has caused extensive destruction and has cost many people and animals their lives. This is why the main objective of the Australian case study by Bushfire is to understand its causes and effects. A thorough look at and measures to combat existing bushfire in Australia and explains the future consequences of the fires that took over the Australian bushfires have been incomparable in the 2019-2020 season.
About 3,000 homes, thousands of enterprises, and other buildings have been destroyed, including outbuildings. These losses may not be covered by insurance, but reconstruction by the community especially farmers is important. The extensive destruction of the habitat and inconceivable loss of animals is the result of wildlife rehabilitation and animal recovery effort over several years. Given the huge number of voluntary firemen, including government funding, sponsored and help to stabilize the social setting.
Bushfires are a natural occurrence, historically triggered by lightning ignition and high friction between leaves and bushes due to the massive winds. Although winds trigger the ignition process only the other major requirement is that the process is made simpler by sufficient fuel conditions. In Australia, more bush-fires than lightning or other natural sources are initiated by deliberate lighting. There are also several less apparent
in such situations where intentionally, fires do not harm property and cause injury. In many cases where a fire crew is needed to respond, the costs affect the organization or agencies involved, and often people volunteer for members.
During periods of risk in the bushfire that lead to these incidents, services can decrease their capacity to react to other fires. There is also a growing risk that firefighting crews can sustain injuries or accidents, whether on the roads or at the fire. Any fire can affect the environment by impacting floral or faunal populations, producing smoke, or reducing recreation facilities. Unforeseen fires will interfere with land management programADDIN CSL_CITATION {“citationItems”:[{“id”:”ITEM-1″,”itemData”:{“DOI”:”10.4018/978-1-5225-8362-2.ch019″,”author”:[{“dropping-particle”:””,”family”:”Harrison”,”given”:”Sara E.”,”non-dropping-particle”:””,”parse-names”:false,”suffix”:””},{“dropping-particle”:””,”family”:”Johnson”,”given”:”Peter A.”,”non-dropping-particle”:””,”parse-names”:false,”suffix”:””}],”container-title”:”Crowdsourcing”,”id”:”ITEM-1″,”issued”:{“date-parts”:[[“2019″,”4″,”3″]]},”page”:”349-373″,”publisher”:”IGI Global”,”title”:”Crowdsourcing the Disaster Management Cycle”,”type”:”chapter”},”uris”:[“http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=67436dd9-bc26-3738-8cd0-e3b7b1ea2a3c”]}],”mendeley”:{“formattedCitation”:”(Harrison and Johnson)”,”plainTextFormattedCitation”:”(Harrison and Johnson)”,”previouslyFormattedCitation”:”(Harrison and Johnson)”},”properties”:{“noteIndex”:0},”schema”:”https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json”}s (Harrison and Johnson). According to 2000-2015, 85% of the area burnt globally is in tropical savannas each year, representing 19% of the total land area. Although forestry accounts for just 10% of the total area burnt, its higher carbon storage capacity results in one-quarter of all carbon dioxide emissions associated with fire. Forest fires in all bio-months account for almost a quarter of all fire emissions. Tropical forests are less fire resilient and their contribution to the storage of carbon makes prevention a priorityADDIN CSL_CITATION {“citationItems”:[{“id”:”ITEM-1″,”itemData”:{“author”:[{“dropping-particle”:””,”family”:”Webster”,”given”:”Regine”,”non-dropping-particle”:””,”parse-names”:false,”suffix”:””}],”container-title”:”Center for Disaster Philanthropy”,”id”:”ITEM-1″,”issued”:{“date-parts”:[[“2019″]]},”title”:”2019-2020 Australian Bushfires – Center for Disaster Philanthropy”,”type”:”article”},”uris”:[“http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=99e56cbf-ddc2-3beb-b16c-61089e7ae301″]}],”mendeley”:{“formattedCitation”:”(Webster)”,”plainTextFormattedCitation”:”(Webster)”,”previouslyFormattedCitation”:”(Webster)”},”properties”:{“noteIndex”:0},”schema”:”https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json”}(Webster).
An increasing proportion of wildfires is due, intentionally or otherwise to human activities. It is estimated that 75% of all wildfires in recent years are responsible. Climate change also increases the unpredictability of fire seasons. With a host of underlying causes, changes are often not realized until they reach a critical point depending on specific human actions. Real estate boom and urbanization have brought people to settle in areas that regularly experience fires in North America and Australia. Thus even small fires, which caused a fuel accumulation over many years, have been completely suppressed, leading to extremely large, severe, and destructive conflagrations. The data collected points out, abnormally long fire seasons, have become more and more frequent, which complexities forest management and further increases the likelihood of uncontrolled wildfiresADDIN CSL_CITATION {“citationItems”:[{“id”:”ITEM-1″,”itemData”:{“DOI”:”10.1177/1326365×13517191″,”ISSN”:”1326-365X”,”abstract”:”Bushfires are a major part of the Australian natural disaster landscape; causing severe property damage and loss of life. Since 2009 there have been four major bushfire events in Australia warranting government inquiry. The recommendations from such inquiries are intended to drive future policy and decision making, reflecting a commitment on behalf of authorities to learn from past events. For authorities, ensuring the successful communication of bushfire safety is the key to securing legitimacy, yet communication within the public sector is characterized by politics, legal constraints, media attention and public scrutiny. The perception of risk and the desire to promote an image of competence can inhibit innovation, particularly in relation to public sector internet communications. We should not assume that governments want greater community participation when there is both economic and political risk involved in doing so. Nevertheless, greater community participation in bushfire communications appears to be a key recommendation of the recent bushfire inquiries and which the public sector generally and fire and emergency services organizations specifically, are under some pressure to accommodate. Internet-based communications have a key role to play in filling the gap, but must balance community desire Asia Pacific Media Educator 23(2) 351-365″,”author”:[{“dropping-particle”:””,”family”:”Brady”,”given”:”Danielle”,”non-dropping-particle”:””,”parse-names”:false,”suffix”:””},{“dropping-particle”:””,”family”:”Webb”,”given”:”Naomi”,”non-dropping-particle”:””,”parse-names”:false,”suffix”:””}],”container-title”:”Asia Pacific Media Educator”,”id”:”ITEM-1″,”issue”:”2″,”issued”:{“date-parts”:[[“2013″,”12″,”24″]]},”page”:”351-365″,”publisher”:”SAGE Publications”,”title”:”Communicating Bushfire Safety in Australia: The Challenge for Government of Increasing Community Participation”,”type”:”article-journal”,”volume”:”23″},”uris”:[“http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=4307a998-4405-3b24-8c74-304076a5586d”]}],”mendeley”:{“formattedCitation”:”(Brady and Webb)”,”plainTextFormattedCitation”:”(Brady and Webb)”,”previouslyFormattedCitation”:”(Brady and Webb)”},”properties”:{“noteIndex”:0},”schema”:”https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json”}(Brady and Webb).
Bushfires are a critical aspect of Australia’s natural disaster landscape; causing serious damage to property and life loss. Many species are also at risk of complete extinction. It is believed that over one-third of the koala population has been killed, while habitat loss will significantly influence the recovery of the species. An Australian government study revealed that fire affected 471 of the plants and 191 invertebrates, with at least 30 percent of their habitat loss among the most severely affected species. Moreover, ranchers have lost a great deal of livestock. These investigations aim to encourage future policy and decision-making, reflecting the authorities’ commitment to learning from past events.
The successful communication of bushfire safety for the authorities is the key for the securing of legitimacy, while communication is characterized by policy, legal restrictions, attention to the media, and public scrutiny. Risk perception and the desire to promote the image of competence can inhibit innovation, especially in relation to the Internet communications sector of the public. It is not assumed that governments want more participation in the community when economic and political risks are involved in it. Nevertheless, greater participation of the community in communication with bushfire seems to be a key recommendation of the recent bushfire surveys, and that is subject to some pressure from the public sector, fire and emergency services. Internet Communications help in bridging the gap, but community willingness to take active participation in government needs and reduce the risk can be effective
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ADDIN Mendeley Bibliography CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Brady, Danielle, and Naomi Webb. “Communicating Bushfire Safety in Australia: The Challenge for Government of Increasing Community Participation.” Asia Pacific Media Educator, vol. 23, no. 2, SAGE Publications, Dec. 2013, pp. 351–65, doi:10.1177/1326365×13517191.
Harrison, Sara E., and Peter A. Johnson. “Crowdsourcing the Disaster Management Cycle.” Crowdsourcing, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 349–73, doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-8362-2.ch019.
Webster, Regine. “2019-2020 Australian Bushfires – Center for Disaster Philanthropy.” Center for Disaster Philanthropy, 2019, https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disaster/2019-australian-wildfires/.