The Greek and Roman Mythologies have fascinated human beings for centuries, inspiring books, movies, research, and conversation among those who want to learn more and who want to share the fables of the Gods and Goddesses. Their stories (myths or mythos, depending on the origin), their triumphs and failures, and their imminent Immortality has been ...
In the Aeneid, Virgil presents many different people that play roles in the life of Aeneas. From gods and goddesses to mortal men and women, every character has some specific part to play in Aeneas’ impersonal fate. Of these different characters, several are women. In fact, after reading the Aeneid it becomes clear that women ...
The Rape of the Lock is an example of Alexander Pope’s mastery of the usage of the heroic couplet and of his brilliant satire. Any passage within this poem holds vast information on the style of Pope and how it is typical of him. I chose the first twenty lines of the work to examine ...
The epic poem is one of the earliest and most enduring forms of literature in our history. The first works of fiction in recorded history are almost entirely epic poems; Beowulf, Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, The Iliad, The Aeneid (and soon to be Theodore the Wonder Duck). The list goes on and on, all of them ...
From its beginnings in the Minoan Civilization to the age of Hellenistic art, Ancient Greek art remains an important time period in the advancement of artistic techniques and approaches. Each new century brought profound changes to the Egyptian art that preceded it. From the Bronze Age to the birth of the Roman Empire, Greece dominated ...
In Homer’s “The Iliad” and Virgil’s “The Aeneid,” the epic heroes Achilles and Aeneas are each gifted with a mighty sword. In “The Iliad,” Achilles receives a sword that is made by the god Hephaestus, while Aeneas in “The Aeneid” is bestowed with a sword that is crafted by Vulcan. Both of the swords are ...
The following summary is based on the Latin text of Virgil’s Aeneid presented online by The Latin Library. The URL is in the reference section. I also consulted a translation by Allan Mandelbaum to check my own translation of the text. In addition, I am indebted to a course taught by the late Professor Erwin ...
The Aeneid consists of twelve books. In the first book, Virgil tells us that Aeneas was leading a fleet of ships to Italy to found a new home for the Trojans after the fall of Troy. Juno hated the Trojans, so she persuaded Aeolus to release the winds entrusted to him. The Trojan ships were ...