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In the tradition of Homer, Helen of Sparta was the most beautiful woman in the world. Her story goes that her father held a tournament to determine which of her suitors would become her husband because so many young men had come to seek her hand.

I'm reading a book right now titled "The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust". I'll admit right off the bat that I'm a Disney fanatic. I still pull out old Disney videocassette tapes and watch favorites with my teenage brother. I've often wondered what it is about Disney films that can captivate audiences of all ages, and when I picked up this book I found my answer.

I read an interesting thing today while reading a novel - in fact it was this novel ("The Constant Princess" by Philippa Gregory) that sparked my thinking on mythology and Christianity. In the part of the novel where I am now, Queen Katherine of England consults a Arab doctor.

During the course of my mythology class last semester, my professor presented us with the story of Dionysus Zagreus (pronounced "Dye-oh-NYE-suhs ZAG-re-uhs"). As the defintion of this god/term the text book read "A son of Zeus and Persophone that was swallowed by Zeus and reborn as the son of Zeus and Semele." By itself this probably won't make much sense. Allow me to explain.

That was the question that my biology lecture professor asked us on the first day of his class. It stumped me - especially in a world where prices are going up and people want to get the biggest bang for their buck. So I sat there in the chair in the lecture hall waiting for Dr. Mollick to answer his own question.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/24/indonesia.boy/#cnnSTCText