looking through his homemade telescope when he came across Jupiter. He notice four objects circling Jupiter and described them as "four fixed stars, totally invisible by their smallness" it was there were he discovered four large moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, which underwent several name change but are now known as the Galilean moons. This was the first time celestial bodies were seen circling an object other then Earth. Jupiter spins faster than any other planet, taking 10 hours to complete
Ganymede and Helen “Ganymede and Helen,” a propagandistic text circa the 12th or 13th century puts two wonderfully beautiful specimens of the sexes in debate over love; love between a man and a woman, defended by Helen, and love between two men, fought for by Ganymede. Helen represents the orthodoxy while Ganymede provides the dissenting opinion; however, by the end, Helen is declared the winner and Ganymede asks for her hand in marriage. This turn is surprising, for moments before Ganymede
craters, the Sun has sunspots, Venus orbits the Sun (contrary to widespread belief in his time), and then he observed four “stars” around Jupiter (“Our Solar System”). Within days, he realized that these objects were not stars, they were moons. Io, Ganymede, Castillo, and Europa are known as the Galilean Moons or Satellites, collectively. During the 19th century, the first measurable physical studies of these moons became achievable when Simon de Laplace derived the satellite masses from their shared
also one of brightest objects in the sky, it is known that at night this is the brightest “star” second to Venus. The four moons are also visible from earth with binoculars. Jupiter has 63 known satellites(Feb 2004) the largest are named Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. It has a magnetic field that traps electrons, protons, and other electrically charged particles in radiation belts around the planet. Also its magnetosphere extends more than 650 million kilometers. The surprising thing that caught
word ‘boisterous’, which can be applied to Shakespeare’s use of the word. The first is ‘rough or coarse in quality’ and the second is ‘rough to the feelings; painfully rough’ as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary. Rosalind, pretending to be Ganymede, declares that the letter written to her by Phoebe is in a “boisterous and a cruel style” (4.3.30). One definition of boisterous from The Oxford English Dictionary is “rough or coarse in quality”. This description is relevant to Shakespeare’s use
interesting for my kids to explore a whole new world. The one sculpture that caught my eye was the Ganymede and the Eagle. I wanted to know the whole story behind this sculpture because just by looking at it; you couldn’t really tell what was going on between the two objects in the sculpture. The individual who designed this sculpture was a Danish artist; his name is Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen. The Ganymede and the Eagle were created from 1817 – 1829 in Europe, Denmark. Bertel Thorvaldsen, also spelled
Not only does Rosalind's change of identity into Ganymede show homoerotic context in the play, but the homoerotic relationship it triggers as well. While Orlando pours love for Rosalind on every of the forest's trees, Ganymede approaches Orlando and assures him he can cure his love for Rosalind by acting like Rosalind. Desperate to express his feelings for Rosalind, "by the faith of [his] love," Orlando agrees to pretend Ganymede is Rosalind (3.3.418). In Stephen Lynch's essay "Representing Gender
traditional and socially accepted heterosexual lifestyle. I will explore male to male eroticism through the all-male court in the forest and through Orlando's attraction to Ganymede. I will inspect female to female attraction through Celia's attachment to Rosalind and through Phebe's instant attraction to the effeminate boy, Ganymede. I In Duke Senior's forest retreat, Shakespeare creates a setting ripe with homoerotic potential. In the first lines Duke Senior speaks he rejoices in the 'sweetness'
(Epsilon Aqr), Ancha (Theta Aqr), Situla (Kappa Aqr). Sadalsuud is the brightest star in the constellation. The myth of Aquarius is about the most beautiful young man in Troy, named Ganymede. He was tending his father's sheep on Mount Ida when Zeus saw him. Apparently Zeus was bi-sexual so he decided that Ganymede was so irresistibly beautiful that he wanted him for himself. Zeus turned into the shape
The Rape of Ganymede capital in San Madeleine in Vézelay is a depiction of the story of the rape or abduction of Ganymede. On its front face the capital features an eagle holding the young shepherd boy, Ganymede, in its mouth. Ganymede is being held upside down helplessly with a look of terror on his face. On the left are two adults holding their heads and staring helplessly at the eagle taking the boy. On the right side is a demon looking out at the viewer sticking its tongue out in happiness, as
identity. The fluid individual identity is a way of saying that she changes her own identity. When Rosalind is talking with Celia or Touchstone, she takes on her female identity, but when Rosalind talks with Orlando she takes on the male identity of Ganymede. As You Like It starts out in the court, where Rosalind in a female dressed as a female, and Orlando is a male dressed as a male. Rosalind is being treated like a woman and she clearly acts like one. She attends the wrestling match, where
friends. Another example are the love poetry that Orlando dedicates to Rosalind in the Forest of Arden. Rosalind, as Ganymede, takes notice and confronts Orlando: There is a man haunts the forest that abuses our young plants with carving “Rosalind” on their barks, hangs odes
example Rosalind and Celia disguising themselves as Ganymede and Aliena. Rosalind’s disguise remains more debatable because she dresses herself as a country man, Ganymede, while Celia maintains her sexual identity. By inventing new appearances, however, Rosalind and Celia sort of inspire their lovers. Orlando reveals to Ganymede about his extreme love for Rosalind which he couldn’t have if he knew that he was talking to Rosalind and not Ganymede. Moreover, Celia and Rosalind are extremely close friends
African slaves. One of the slave’s named Ganymede, is a large black man that Hammond teaches to fight. It was not uncommon for black men prior to the Civil War to be purchased to fight and entertain white men. The more Ganymede fights the better he gets and the more money Hammond makes from the fights. Hammond is a tyrant of a plantation owner, though he keeps Ganymede as his prize, he kills other slaves by throwing them into boiling water. Hammond uses Ganymede to father children with other slave women
Analysis of As You Like It by Daniel Maclise During the time that France was divided into provinces (or dukedoms as they were called) there reigned in one of these provinces an usurper, who had deposed and banished his elder brother, the lawful duke. The duke, who was thus driven from his dominions, retired with a few faithful followers to the forest of Arden; and here the good duke lived with his loving friends, who had put themselves into a voluntary exile for his sake, while their land and
Shakespearean subtext has been of interest for centuries, to professional scholars and English students and Shakespeare fanatics alike. To most, the subtext is just as important as the writing itself, and this is understandable. Two plays in particular—As You Like It and Twelfth Night—rely significantly on subtext. The audience’s interpretation is based entirely on what is shown to them, including the subtext, and this is on both the playwright’s and the actors’ parts: how it is written, and how
beyond. At the heart of this courtship is a very complex ambiguity which it is difficult fully to appreciate without a production to refer to. But here we have a man (the actor) playing a woman (Rosalind), who has dressed herself up as a man (Ganymede), and who is pretending to be a woman (Rosalind) in the courtship game with Orlando. Even if, in modern times, Rosalind is not played by a young male actor, the theatrical irony is complex enough. The most obvious issue raised by the cross dressing
Rosalind and Celia are the main focus for disguise in As You Like It. To ensure safety on their travels in the forest of Ardenne, they disguise themselves – Rosalind as a boy named Ganymede and Celia as a peasant named Aliena. Their names are also important to disguise. Aliena is similar to the Latin ‘Alius’ meaning other. Ganymede was a Trojan mythological hero. Rosalind also uses her disguise to test Orlando’s (the man she loves) feelings for her. One central point is Rosalind’s disguise as a boy.
Attitudes Toward Love and Marriage in Shakespeare's As You Like It Nearly every character in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” has a marked opinion on love and marriage which ranges from the romantic Orlando to Ganymede who is quite skeptical of love and endeavors to “rid” Orlando of his petty infatuation for Rosalind. Touchstone, who has what I consider the most unique view on love and marriage put forth in the play, makes his views known in a speech concerning faith and his indifference thereof
her guise as a "saucy lackey", Ganymede. The way in which they meet and fall in love is traditional -- Rosalind is won over by Orlando's manly labors and good looks at his wrestling match with Charles, and performs her feminine office of mercy by trying to dissuade him from what appears to be such a disastrous venture. It is true love at first sight, another traditional feature of such a romance. However, a new dimension is added by Rosalind's disguise as Ganymede and her suggestion that Orlando