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Articles
Charlie Chaplin

Lizzie Borden

Athena

Articles
Charlie Chaplin

Lizzie Borden

Athena

Process
It was so hard to narrow down the topics I wanted to do. It’s like when you’re asked a question on the spot and your mind just goes blank. But then I started to think “what do I love most?” and I came up with History. So I chose topics that had exactly that, at first I just did random searches, that got me nowhere though. So I searched my mind for things that truly spoke to me. Finally, I browsed different Encyclopedia's and found the Encyclopedia Britannica to be the most reliable source for the 4 topics I chose.

Charlie Chaplin
My first and most iconic topic is Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin or better known as Charlie Chaplin. The article goes into great detail of his life as a poor young boy with a mentally ill mother and an alcoholic father who they rarely saw. Then it goes into how he got started on stage and his journey from rags to riches. To the troubles later in his life and rise back into fame in 1972. Then finally his film-making and legacy. The article was well researched and supplied thorough references and links to dependable sources. The information in Britannica was great, it provided some information on his early life though mainly focusing on his career.

Lizzie Bordon
My second choice was Lizzie Borden. Wikipedia provided more detail than Britannica, which only provided a brief summary of her life and story. Wikipedia covered many aspects on her background, the murder, the investigation, the inquest, trail, some theories, and her life afterwards. The article supplied references and links to dependable and interesting sources.

Athena
My last choice was Athena. Britannica gives her background information, how she was born, detail on her association with the acropolises, Homer’s Iliad view of Athena, and modern day Athena. None of that was in great detail though. But, there are also quite a few amazing links to other pages. Though there is quite a bit more information in Wikipedia. Additionally it has ancient and modern sources, as well as a few thinks to other pages.

After Research
The research of my topics was mainly on the page that had the best, and most detailed information. I was fascinated by how Wikipedia held information just in the introduction of the topic that Britannica did not have. Britannica's information provided a great starting point to further researching the topics from the links provided on the page, though the information itself would do little to help with research on its own. Doing the research for this assignment really showed me just how much I enjoy reading the articles, I learned so much , especially from the article on Athena.

Wikipedia Summary
The Wikipedia article begins with a summary of Athena saying that she is a worshiped goddess and protecter, esentially having a city named after her ( Athens ). The next section explains the reasoning behind Athens being plurel and her relationship with the name. Some authors believe that Athena in her early days was an owl herself or a bird goddess. She dropped her owl-mask before she lost her wings and slowly fully shed her animal form. Athena also became an aspect of the cult in Greece during the late fifth century BC. She is the patroness of weaving and was honored at festivals like Chalceia. The metalwork of weapons and philosophy also fell under her care. She also led many battles. Athena is the goddess of knowledge, purity, arts, crafts, learning, justice and wisdom. She represents intelligence, humility, consciousness, cosmic knowledge, creativity, education, enlightenment, the arts, eloquence and power. She stands for Truth, Justice, and Moral values. She plays a tough, and clever. She is also quite independent, she never has a lover and never got married, earning the name Athena Parthenos (Athena the Virgin), though she is thought to have been an adoptive mother of Erechtheus/Erichthonius. Athena appears in Greek mythology as the patron and helper of many heroes. Though Athena is a goddess of war strategy, she disliked fighting without purpose, instead using wisdom to settle disagreements.

The most common story of Athens birth is Zeus lay with Metis but he was afraid that the goddess would birth someone more powerful than him so he swallowed her,thought Metis had already conceived. Athena then leaped out of his forhead, once one of the gods struck his head with an Axe, fully grown and armed. There are several other stories told including: Pallas Athena, Athena Parthenos: Virgin Athena, Erichthonius, Medusa and Tiresias, Lady of Athens, Counselor, Judgment of Paris, Roman fable of Arachne.

In art Athena features include a full strong round face, chin with a high nose,eyes deeply set, narrow full lips, neck is somewhat long. She is usually seen wearing a full-length chiton or armor, with her helmet raised high on her forehead. In the centre of her sheild is the Aegis with the head of the Gorgon in the center and snakes around the edge. She is also often seen with an owl sitting on one of her shoulders. Then there is a brief summary of Athena's evolution of myriad motifs after her dominance in Greece. It also mentions her influence on different universities.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Summary
Athena is spelt Athene in Greek religion. She is also known as the city protectress, goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason, identified by the Romans with Minerva. She was essentially civil and the goddess of the outdoors. The Greek economy was mainly military, so that Athena became a goddess of war, though she did keep her earlier domestic functions. She was also the daughter of Zeus, though it isn't known if she had a mother or not.

Athena’s tie to the acropolises of different Greek cities probably started from the location of the kings’ palaces there. It was said that she had never had children or even a lover. She was never described as a virgin, but virginity was given to her very early on. As a war goddess and as a palace goddess she could not be violated. Athena inspired and fought alongside the Greek heroes; she aided with military prowess. Zeus specifically assigned the sphere of war to Ares and Athena. Athena’s moral and military superiority to Ares derived in part from the fact that she represented the less violent side of war and the virtues of justice and skill, where Ares represented blood lust. she was excellent in close combat, victory, and glory. Which led to the victories found on the breastplate, that Athena wore when she went to war: fear, strife, defense, and assault. Athena appears in Homer’s Odyssey as the tutelary deity of Odysseus, and myths from later sources portray her similarly as helper of Perseus and Hercules. As the guardian of the welfare of kings, Athena became the goddess of good counsel, prudent restraint and practical insight, and war.

She was widely worshipped, but in modern times she is mostly put with Athens (named after her). Her emergence there as city goddess, Athena Polias (“Athena, Guardian of the City”), accompanied the ancient city-state’s transition from monarchy to democracy. She was the owl and with the snake. Her birth and her contest with Poseidon was depicted on the pediments of the Parthenon, and the great festival of the Panathenaea was a celebration of her birthday in July. She was also worshipped in many other cities. Athena she is seen wearing body armour and a helmet and carrying a shield and a lance. Two Athenians, the sculptor Phidias and the playwright Aeschylus, contributed significantly to the cultural dissemination of Athena’s image.

Comparison and Contrast
When someone does an overview of both articles, both encyclopedias provide good documentation on the topic of Vincent van Gogh. There is also a difference in the division and subdivision of the headings.

Assessment
Both the Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica articles provide similar information on the topic of Athena, with Wikipedia providing a more details on her origin and several stories. Although the Encyclopaedia Britannica article offers a more shorter version it did still provides a good overview of the topic.

Resources
Athena. n.p.: ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2010. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

Athena. n.p.: 2014. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

Lies, Betty Bonham. Earth's Daughters : Stories Of Women In Classical Mythology. Golden, Colo: Fulcrum Resources, 1999. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

Athena." Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (2014): 1p. 1. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

"Athena." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6Th Edition (2013): 1. Canadian Reference Centre. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

"Athena." Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia Of Literature (1995): Academic OneFile. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

Sicoli, Flo. "Gallery Of Goddesses I: Athena." Canadian Woman Studies 4 (1991): Academic OneFile. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

Fara, Patricia. "Minerva/Athene." Endeavour 34.1 (2010): 4-5. Academic Search Complete. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

Neils, Jennifer. "In The Name Of Athena." Archaeology 5 (1992): 10. Academic OneFile. Web. 4 Nov. 2014. Rosenstock, Bruce. "Athena's Cloak: Plato's Critique Of The Democratic City In The 'Republic.'." Political Theory 3 (1994): 363. Academic OneFile. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.