Juno

Publius Vergilius Maro, usually referred to as Virgil, is recognized as the greatest of the Roman poets. His best-known work, the epic poem Aeneid, describes the adventures of Aeneas alongside his fellow survivors of the Trojan War. With many characters filling important moral and symbolic roles, Dido allows the protagonist to exercise an important Roman value, pietas. Dido’s character is present in the first half, books one through six, of the Aeneid. With all of this mention, she must be…

bitterly deceived by Jove disguised as Diana. In the middle of the forest, she is raped by him. Because Callisto is left pregnant, she is looked down upon by her friends and Diana, making her leave the group. Then she is absent-mindedly transformed by Juno, Jove’s wife, into a bear after having the child. Arcas, her child, then hunts his own mother right before they are both turned into constellations by Jove. This part of the myth emphasizes…

Aeneas begins to find himself in a peculiar situation when he begins to fall in love with Dido. Aeneas feels genuine happiness through Dido, something he did not feel since long before the war. One day, while hunting with Dido and several others, Juno sends a storm to isolate Aeneas and Dido together. Rumors spread amongst the kingdom that the two are to be married. Abhorred by the events happening in Carthage, Jupiter sends Mercury to relay his message. Mercury says to Aeneas, “Are you now…

For this activity, I selected two gods and a hero: Zeus, Hera, and Achilles. Zeus and Hera are principal actors in the Olympian thread of the plot, and inseparable in their entanglements, both with each other and with mortals. I felt that I would understand the Iliad itself better if I understood these supreme gods better. Achilles is, of course, the hero of the Iliad and is the axis of the entire storyline. I will present, in order, the biographies of these three characters. Then I will explain…

begin with a heavy bombardment of German-held beach defensives on coast of Normandy, France, followed by a influx of landing crafts filled with thousands of soldiers. There were five beach sectors deemed for the invasion: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Sword, and Juno beach. Both the works from Carlo D’Este, “Decision…

In recent times courts and legislators are preferring public shaming rather than prisons. Courts are engaging substitute ratifications. On the contrary shame is not highly valued in the United States like it is in Asia and some other places where shame affects reputation. The United States is a cultural where consent, approval consensus is highly valued. The American Culture is highly involved in being evaluated by others. In the United States, individuality is highly praised. Such as…

GREK V/S ROMAN MYTHOLOGY The Greek as well as the Roman mythology is the world full of Gods, demigods, deities, heroes fighting monsters to bring about stability in the world . Both the polytheistic cultures have a very rich picture of their respective “myths” though they have many similarities that they have adopted from their neighbors such as the gods and the monsters though the names differ between the two . It is believed that the Greek mythology came earlier than the Roman mythology.…

Vergil distinctly evokes Homer’s social construct, xenia, in his epic The Aeneid, but he transforms it into hospitium. Xenia is the Greco-Roman concept of hospitality. Although Homer’s Iliad is replete with a variety of societal agents, by the end of his story xenia has overcome money, battle, and glory and cemented its place as the most vital of all authorities in Homer’s Greece. In Vergil’s The Aeneid, xenia is still present, although it now goes by the name hospitium. More than simply…

When looking through important epics and mythological tales, specifically The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and Sinbad the Sailor, readers can see that women play a far different role than men. In each of these texts, the protagonist is always a male character, who is brave, strong, and determined. The women never play these roles, but instead are an accessory to these protagonists, as well as flat and static characters; such as Eurycleia in The Odyssey, with her main goal being to tend to…

Major Works Data Sheet Title: Metamorphoses Author: Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid Date of Publication: 8 C.E. Genre: Epic Poem, Tragedy Biographical Information About The Author Ovid was born in the Province of Sulmo. He was raised in a noble family. His father made him train to be an attorney of law. Growing up, he was fascinated with writing poetry and was very good at it. At the age of twenty, he made the decision to no longer practice law, and became a full-time poet, with help of…