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Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...sang of the Achaeans’ return home, a bitter ordeal, sent them by Pallas Athena after they left Troy. In her upstairs room the daughter of Icarius, circumspect Penelope, heard and understood his divinely inspired song, and came down the tall staircase from her part of the house, [330] not on her own, but attended by two women servants. When she, glorious among women,...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...sang their low-frequency songs across the oceans of the world...Aquatic mammals: 5 Human impact - In the introduction to this course, you considered the success of the mammals as a whole. You would probably also agree that the aquatic mammals are a successful group too. However, there is another mammal that has been successful in a different way and has challenged the...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: datblygu sefydliadol
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: datblygu sefydliadol

...le gyda 2 radd o gynhesu, tua’r cyfnod 2050 i 2070 y bydd yn rhaid i allyriadau byd-eang fod wedi cyrraedd eu brig a lleihau yn sylweddol. Ac ar y pwynt hwnnw, byddant yn mynd trwy sero a byddant yn mynd yn negyddol wrth i ni sugno mwy o’r nwyon yma allan o’r atmosffer nag y byddwn yn eu rhoi ynddo. Cynhesu byd-eang Cynhesu byd-eang yw’r cynnydd tymor hir yn...
Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru
Money & Business

Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru

...le defnyddiol yn y farchnad - ac ar ôl blwyddyn, roedd ei werthiannau'n well na'r disgwyl. Ond eto i gyd nid oedd yn gwneud arian, a hynny'n bennaf am fod y costau gweithredu yn uwch na'r gyllideb. Roedd rhaid cyflwyno system rheoli stoc effeithlon ac felly aeth Fiona ati i ddod o hyd i becyn meddalwedd addas. Roedd nifer o broblemau cychwynnol - roedd y pecyn yn torri i...
Cynorthwywyr addysgu: Cymorth ar waith
Education & Development

Cynorthwywyr addysgu: Cymorth ar waith

...le? Beth sy'n bod? THOMAS Roedd Dominic yn fy nilyn i. JEAN IONTA Rwy'n credu ei fod e' am chwarae gyda ti a bod yn ffrind i ti. SUSAN O'DONNELL Mae Jean yn un o'n cynorthwywyr cymorth disgyblion. Mae ar yr iard bob bore am chwarter i naw. Dau fore'r wythnos, mae'n dechrau am wyth o'r gloch ac mae'n casglu'r holl lungopïau cyn mynd allan i'r iard. JEAN Dominic, dere draw...
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...Le Mage. However the question of sources is decided, it is clear that Venetian artistic orientalism depended on a relatively limited repertoire of images, some representing quite distant ‘translations’ of some actual, originary, observation. Gentile Bellini’s Saint Mark Preaching in Alexandria (Figure 27) is one such example. In it Bellini uses similar motifs to...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...les chats’, means that Pierre likes cats. (iii) In saying what he did, John meant that he would be late. (iv) Failure to bring an accurate map with him meant that John would be late. Discussion (i) Natural. If John has no sinus infection, his sneezing could not possibly mean that he had a sinus infection. If it means anything, it would have to mean something else, e.g....
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...les: beginners' Spanish, an Open University language course that concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in...