Aeneid

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…

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…

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…

Roman and Greeks have much in common. Greeks have amazing architecture and art and religious beliefs and drama. Romans took what they learned from the Greeks, and adapted and improved many things. “Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a…

While raiding Troy, Achilles is finally met with Paris, one of the last people of royalty in Troy. Achilles, being overly cocky, ignores Paris and his bow, fighting others who are attacking him. Finally, Paris draws his bow and with the guide of Apollo shoots Achilles with a poison arrow at his heel. Achilles falls with an inch of his life, Paris then draws his bow again and shoots Achilles in the chest, fulfilling the prophecy of Achilles. The Great Achilles was slain by Paris. Promptly,…

of the Pyncheon Elm, “[The bough] was like the golden branch that gained Aeneas and the Sibyl admittance into Hades.” This particular allusion foreshadows the following scene where the death of Judge Pyncheon is revealed. Because the setting of The Aeneid is dark, and the branch is light, Hawthorne can use Virgil’s imagery to create a new scene in the reader’s…

With an intellect ample in wisdom and a hard-heart rotund with insight, Virgil embodies reason as it bleeds out from those who have wronged. He paints the epitome of heroism as achieved via actions that damn the so-called hero, their glorified sins no match for his unblemished integrity; while his demonstrations of morality attract the adoration of many, namely Dante, infatuated with his logic. Dante selects Virgil as his guide through hell due to his adulation for Virgil, displayed through his…