Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Golden Ratio
The Golden ratio is a special number found by dividing a line into two parts so that the longer part divided by the smaller part is also equal to the whole length divided by the longer part. It is often symbolized using phi, after the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. In an equation form, it looks like this:
Monday, March 27, 2017
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Europa - Greek Mythology
The myth of Europa's abduction by Zeus
In Greek mythology Europa was
the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage, and for whom the continent Europe was named. The story of her abduction by Zeus in
the form of a white bull was a Cretan story; as classicist Károly
Kerényi points out, "most of the love-stories concerning Zeus originated
from more ancient tales describing his marriages with goddesses. This can
especially be said of the story of Europa".
Europa's earliest literary reference is in the Iliad,
which is commonly dated to the 8th century BC. Another early reference to
her is in a fragment of the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women, discovered at
Oxyrhynchus. The earliest vase-painting securely identifiable as Europa
dates from mid-7th century BC.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Lord's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer (also called the Our Father or Pater Noster among other names) is a venerated Christian prayer that, according to the New Testament, Jesus taught as the way to pray.
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom
come.
Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
A
nd forgive us our sins, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And do not bring
us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
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