Aeneid

Propaganda is when someone uses certain things to promote either their perspective or a certain idea. Romans used propaganda to help show many values. Such as, political views, architectural views, and personal views of architecture, sculptural, and paintings and poetry/writing. During the time, Rome started using propaganda was when they started to make coins. The artwork on the coins was used so it could make them look good. Which leads to political and ideological view points of the…

It is difficult to choose only three moments that have had an impact in my life. When I am telling the story of my life it might seems to be a little bit dramatic or like I am narrating myth. As well as, Hercules had to travel from town to town fulfilling with the twelve labors, overcoming the obstacles, adversity and difficulties in order to be able to advance, as well, I have had to move out of different countries in order to progress going through situations that for me were my own version of…

1. Callimachus, Hymn 5, on Teiresias: ACM p. 79, lines 97-122. Described here is a long account made by Athena towards one of her nymphs, Chariclo, after the blinding of the nympth’s son, Teiresias, after he inadvertently witnesses the goddess bathing. Chariclo laments and beseeches Athena to reverse her son’s new disability but Athena describes that is not she that had done the deed but in fact the result of one of Cronos’ laws, and as a gift for a friend, she bestows Teiresias the ability of…

Almost every discipline depicted in Inferno is planned to speak to a contrapasso, an impression of the wrongdoing being rebuffed. Dante first acquaints the peruser with the thought in the Vestibule, where the uncommitted are rebuffed. Since they were uncommitted in life, they are compelled to perpetually pursue, yet never find, a flag while being tormented by stinging creepy crawlies. What's more, since they never did extraordinary deeds for good or sick, their characters are difficult to…

This Place Where Love and Death Embrace By Daniel Hodges The newly-founded city of Carthage is a bustling place, brimming with innovation, and creation. It was a place of beauty, culture, and a home to a goddess. That is until a particular Trojan man washed up onto their shores. How swift then was the fall, both for the kingdom and for its Queen. Dido had once been a woman of stature, deserving of the respect given to her by the citizens of Carthage. Then, with one fell shot of his bow, Cupid…

To be entirely honest, I really enjoyed reading “Evolution and Literacy Criticism” by Professor David P. Barash and Nanelle Barash (student). At first, I thought it was going to be very long and painful to read due to its length and terminology. After reading the opening paragraph, I knew I was going to be into it. Science is one of my strong areas, whereas literature, let alone criticizing it, is a far stretch from a strong area. But somehow, the article related the literature and science in a…

parts of the war, from the abduction of Helen to the Trojan Horse and the sack of Troy, come from the so-called “Epic Cycle” of narratives assembled in the sixth century B.C. from older oral traditions. In 100 B.C, the Poet Virgil, a Roman, wrote the “Aeneid,” the greatest epic inspired by the Trojan War. The story is about Aeneas who left Troy to become the founder of Rome. Virgil’s wanted to give Roman’s an impressive history as impressive as that of the…

Virgil, an ancient Roman writer, also considered Rome’s greatest poet, was called on by Caesar Augustus to compose an epic poem about the founding of Rome that would rival those of the Greek’s, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. In response, Virgil wrote the Aeneid, which tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan prince and early ancestor of Rome. Livy, was another ancient Roman writer, who wrote hundreds of books about the history of Rome. He followed the example of the Greek historian,…

night. This giving him the virtue, Dante invokes the Muses help. Being afraid and doubtful of his ability he enlists the help of Virgil in a long way why he was the one chosen for the journey. He begins to compare himself to Aeneas, from Virgil’s Aeneid and also St. Peter both traveled in the Underworld and Heaven. Dante begins to claim that he is not as worthy as these figures and begins to ask the question any average person would ask “Why Me”. Virgil understands that his “soul has been…

Augustine is faced with four deaths at varying ages and religious mentalities. The extent of Augustine’s religiousness at the time of each death greatly shaped the way he perceived every loss he faced. From when he reads about Dido’s death in Virgil’s Aeneid to witnessing the death of his mother, Monica, Augustine’s reaction to death matures. Additionally, as Augustine reflects on his response the deaths, there is a clear contrast between his perception of each loss as the protagonist versus as…