Aeneid

Within the pages of the Inferno, Dante Alighieri makes countless references to the Classical world. He appropriates everything from lauded ancient heroes like Ulysses to the very rivers of the Greek underworld and places them in his version of Hell. The way he utilizes these Classical attributes demonstrates the poet’s views on the world of the Greeks as he both celebrates and condemns them. The first appearance of a Classical element in Dante’s magnum opus is at the beginning of the poem in…

The Great Caution Doris S D Peleus et Thetis I must warn you, what you are about to hear is very unsettling. Apollo and Cassandra, as you know, can tell the future. They have informed me that there will come a day where you are faced with your biggest nightmare. Hecuba and Priam’s son, Paris, was going to be killed after his birth to save their people. Paris’ parents could not bear to kill their beloved son, and handed him over to Agelaus to do the deed. Agelaus could not bear to murder such a…

Here Begins The Chronicles of Euronea or the Eurondainwe as a part of all the accounts of Euronea in its libraries Prologue As far as sight may see from the north-eastern coast to the south there stretched a great wall. A majestic and breathtaking sight it was, and the wall was lined and dotted by red torch-light, shining from the wall noticible from miles away and yonder, on both land and sea, gaudily outlined in the night where shining silver-white rays rain upon and towards the…

in The Aeneid by Virgil, can represent Bascoms definition of a myth. Although Scholars state that The Aeneid, does not qualify as a myth since the poems did not diffuse orally, the life and death of Camilla still qualifies as a myth, because it resembles a creation myth, traces the historical, political, religious and social life of Ancient Rome, and exposes the victories and defeats of a cultural hero. The life and death of the female warrior Camilla in the book VII and XI of The Aeneid…

Desire is very prevalent in both Augustine’s Confessions and Virgil’s Aeneid. It often has dangerous consequences--whether it be falling away from God and spirituality, like Augustine, or shirking away from pietas like Aeneas. The Confessions illustrates how desires and choices can morph into habits which tear a person away from God whereas the Aeneid demonstrates that desire and furor are nearly interchangeable, and when gone wrong, can have deadly outcomes. The gravest consequence of desire…

incapable of the positions the had been created for. They were absent from their people, inconsistent in ideals, and powerless on their own. The other problem with the theory is that God never left the city to begin with. In the second book of the Aeneid by Virgil, the death of Priam, king of Troy, is recorded. According to Virgil, as Troy is being overrun, the men are all fighting and women are crying out to the gods. Priam's wife, Hecuba, is among those huddled under the alter of Zeus,…

Trusting others can be your own ruination. The Aeneid by Virgil is a story in ancient Europe that tells of the story of the Trojans and their recovery after the war. In book II, the Greeks are about to sack Troy, but unlike The Odyssey, this is the point of view of the Trojans. Having trust in others can be as fragile as glass. The beginning of The Aeneid Book II, describes the Greeks fabricating a plan to sack Troy. In their plan they needed a way to get their soldiers in the city without being…

Compassion is an emotion all humans feel. It allows people to help others, without expecting anything in return for their good deeds. Humans have felt these emotions through history. One time in particular is in The Aeneid “Book II: How They Took the City,” where the Trojans use their compassion to help a Greek named Sinon, who says the Greeks kicked him out of his home. Virgil’s characters help Sinon feel at home in their city after he gives a speech. Virgil uses the Trojan’s compassion towards…

importance to both the men and women. In Euripides’ Medea, Euripides exemplifies how love can lead to hate. He is not emphasizing on the physical aspect of love at all. Instead, he focuses on the unstable and emotional aspects of love. In Virgil’s Aeneid, Virgil focuses on the natural,…

rival the greatness of the kind found in ancient Rome. Despite being written by arguably the best poet of ancient Rome, The Aeneid contains propaganda older than the word itself. Themes found within the piece show a clear preference towards and vindicate all the accomplishments and actions of Augustus Caesar and Rome itself. Any successful ruler…