Ovid

Throughout Dante’s Inferno, Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell, all inhabited by people who committed different sins. Dante begins his journey on ground level and Virgil gradually leads him below the surface of the Earth, descending further and further into Hell. The first circle of Hell scratches the surface of the Inferno and is the beginning of his journey. Canto 4 represents Dante’s trek through the first circle, Limbo. In this canto, Dante describes a dark and dreary…

severed by his displeasure with another talented individual. Eventually, Stephen leaves Ireland and invokes Daedalus, asking him to make his trip an artistic and creatively prosperous one. Myth is an important source that many authors draw from. Ovid makes this usage that much easier with his vagueness concerning…

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…

who pushed the limit which resulted in their deaths. By comparing the two stories, we can see how the plot, character, and message change from story to story and create new meanings over time. Both stories have similar plots set in different eras. Ovid tells the story of Icarus and his father who are imprisoned on an island. The story is set in the Roman age on a remote island. The father creates wings for them…

is not only the narcissistic character, but there are also in Charlie, Pyke, and Eleanor. According to etymonline.com narcissism —or sometimes mistakenly said as narcism— is derived from Greek Narkissos, a handsome young man in the mythology (from Ovid, "Metamorphoses," iii.370) who fell in love with his own reflection in a spring and then was turned to the flower narcissus. Furthermore, still derived from etymonline.com, narcissus is, “possibly a type of iris or lily, perhaps from a pre-Greek…

similar to Rome(Bingham 6).After they set their land the introduce the Roman way of life(Bingham 6). The main Roman God was Jupiter(Bingham 37).Jupiter was in charge of thunder and lightning(Bingham 37).During the first century in A.D. the Roman poet Ovid wrote a collection of poems on the legends of Gods(Bingham 37).Until the time of the late Roman Empire,most people worshiped a range of different gods(Bingham 36).Other gods were friendly household spirits who the Romans believed that they…

A Study of Bone Mineral Density and Its Determinants in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) has been conflictingly connected with low bone mineral density (BMD) and expanded crack danger. 86 back to back T1DM cases and 140 disconnected age and sex coordinated solid nondiabetic controls were incorporated into the study. After history and examination, BMD and body structure were evaluated by double vitality X-beam absorptiometry (DXA). Serum tests were investigated for…

Every society has a culture that comes from the legacies of a community belonging to a distant past. As Chuck Palahniuk said, “it is important to create something that will [live forever]”, something such as culture, which is a result of the lives of people who are no longer in existence. An example of such communities can be seen in the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Even though they lived thousands of years ago, they heavily influenced the modern world. During the golden ages of each of these…

Poussin described his initial work on his new painting Hannibal Crossing the Alps as ‘thinking’. He told Cassiano del Pozzo he continued to give his commission ‘daily thought’: For the drawings for the honourable gentleman/your honourable self I am thinking [about them] every day, and I should quickly finish them/some.’ The words ‘I am thinking’ (j’y pense) is Poussin’s way of highlighting what he saw as his own exceptional intellectual efforts. And he assures Cassiano that tangible proof…

same name, created as a part of a six-piece series commissioned by King Phillip II of Spain. Titian called the paintings in this series ‘poesie’, or poems, because each illustrates a mythological story inspired by ‘Metamorphoses’ by the Roman poet Ovid. Titian’s other works in this series include Danaë, Perseus and Andromeda, The Rape of Europa, Diana Callisto, and Diana and Actaeon. Through Titian’s artistic method, use of symbolism, and his own personal history; he was able to create a…