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Pathetic Fallacy |
Attributing Emotions or human qualities to an inanimate object. For example |
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Aition (aitia) |
A tale meant to explain the origins of a religious ceremony. An example of this is the |
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Ara Maxima |
The greatest altar, the altar to Herakles in Italy. |
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Sidus Iulium |
was perhaps the most famous comet of antiquity. The seven-day visitation was interpreted by Romans as a sign of the deification of recently assassinated dictator, Julius Caesar |
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Two Voices of Virgil |
For Augustus and against Agustus "Harvard School" (Aeneidinterpretation) anti Augustan. |
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Primary/Secondary Epic |
Primary epic like the Iliad focuses on an indivudual and their deeply personal experiences. Secondary epic like the Aeneid encompases a wider histroical context. |
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Impious furor |
godless rage, sensless killing. |
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Laocoon |
Laocoön was a priest of Poseidon (or Neptune for the Romans), who was killed with both his sons after attempting to expose the ruse of the Trojan Horse by striking it with a spear.[4] |
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Nisus and Euryalus |
Two lovers who attempt to sneak through the Latin lines but are caught when Euryalus attempts to take spoils. They both die in combat. |
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Mesentius |
Mezentius, an impious king in Italy who was so bad that his people chased him out. He hates the gods and he used to eat people. |
