Aeneid

Christopher Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage is based primarily on Book Four Virgil’s The Aeneid and is an exploration of the dangers of female rule and gender identities. Marlowe’s interpretation of Dido’s character is focused on Dido’s struggle to maintain both her ‘masculine’ nature as a ruler and her ‘feminine’ nature as an individual. Marlowe views female rule bearing too many weaknesses, such as a female ruler requiring a marriage to produce a legitimate heir could place the nation under…

would be standing yet" (Book II.75-79); "But oh, it is not right for anyone / to trust reluctant gods!" (Book II.540-541). This shows that even though he believe the gods hates them. Aeneas remains as one of the most loyal and pious people in the aeneid. “But you, Roman, remember, rule with all your power the people of earth — these will be your arts: to put your stamp on the works and ways of peace, to spare the defeated, break the proud in war.” (Book VI. 981-984). Here aeneas meets his father…

Greek and Roman architecture has made a number of the foremost painting images in history. Whereas the Romans transferred and tailored the Greek technicality, each cluster showed the way to use their structural creations to outline their own ideals. As noted on the Palomar instructional vogue Guide, the Greeks most popular a post and header construction methodology, whereas the Romans favored a true arch construction. The distinction is especially within the columns, that's the…

Member of the White Guelfs B. Married Gemma Donati in 1283, they had been betrothed since 1277 C. Fought as a calvaryman against the Ghibellines D. Held high public office- rose from city councilman to ambassador of Florence E. Exiled from Florence in 1301 1.one of the first active among the exiled Guelfs in an attempt to make a military return 2. once exiled Dante traveled to many cities and finally made a home in Ravenna. F. Was a…

Scott Pilgrim vs. Aeneas Heroes come from many different places. On one hand, they may come from a place like ancient Rome. On the other hand, they may come from a place that is more familiar, such as present-day Toronto. Though the Aeneid and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World are two completely different stories, comparisons can be made between the two main characters, Aeneas and Scott Pilgrim. The first point of comparison is the nature of the two heroes’ quests. When Troy is getting attacked by…

Rome, a civilization of great importance for the development of the modern world, which has adapted upon many of the aspects of it which derive from the people surrounded by the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas, from ancient western Italy (Etruscans) and ancient southern Italy (Greeks). Rome was the centerpiece of Earth’s eastern hemisphere and stretched from modern day Spain to the beginning of the Caspian Sea. Rome may have immortalized its own ideologies and structures such as roads or the Julian…

Feudal and Futile: How the Angels vs. Devils Battle is a Parody of Epic Warfare In John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, the Biblical account of the fall of man into sin is taken to a new height by Milton’s use of metaphorical storytelling. Using the story of Genesis 3 as a basis, Milton further expounds on the fall of mankind out of God’s graces and into Sin by providing much imagined elaboration and backstory into which he infuses his own moral and spiritual lessons. The battle between God’s…

While reading the Life of Saint Benedict, I found this account of Saint Benedicts life to be told in a biased and elevated way. The content is very questionable especially with a dragon reference. There were over 30 different occasions where Gregory claimed Saint Benedict preformed a miracle or prophesied. One correlation I observed with the miracle and prophesy accounts is that it is very similar to miracles performed by Jesus, there were also times I thought he was thought to have more…

The Downfall of Hector and his family described in Homer’s Iliad, Vergil’s Aeneid, and Euripides “The Trojan Women” not only describes ancient history in a great mythological rhetorical sense, but actually is used and directs the fate of future historical events. By using the following methods of interpretations and analysis; Social charter theory, Structuralism, and Feminism and Gender, this essay will expound upon the ideas that these theories in fact do explain the impact it had on historical…

was deeply influenced by its later translations, especially the Geneva Bible and the Bishops’ Bible. All of Shakespeare’s plays contain important allusions to the Bible, just as they allude to classical works like Ovid’s Metamorphoses or Virgil’s Aeneid. The story is the old one of shipwreck on a desert island, like the later Robinson Crusoe or even Gilligan’s Island. Shakespeare’s interest in this plot has to do partly with exploring humanity in isolation from civilization. What happens when…