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Virgil’s The Aeneid and Ovid’s the Heroides both portray love as a destructive force through the story of Queen Dido and Aeneas. In The Aeneid, Queen Dido’s consuming love for Aeneas leads to her destruction. Originally portrayed as a strong, powerful political leader who “moved / Amid her people, cheering on the toil / Of a kingdom in the making,” (Virgil, Aeneid 21:685-687) love reduced her into a “maddened lover” who “roamed through all the city, like a doe / hit by an arrow.” (Virgil, Aeneid…

when he cousin was encourage him to fill the sieve and you will get something. But he keep trying, his cousin knew he can not fill the sieve Classical “ There was a silly damn bird called a Phoenix back before Christ's,every hundred years he built a pyre and burned himself up . He must have been first cousin to Man.But every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes ,he got himself born all…

In the epic tales of Beowulf and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the archetype of the “sidekick” serves to convey the epic message by exemplifying the meaning of the message, aiding the hero, and highlighting the hero’s admirable qualities. The epic message of Beowulf is that courage can defeat evil, as Beowulf and his companions are able to conquer their foes by being brave. The sidekick helps convey this theme by serving as an example of the theme. During the last part of the story, Beowulf leads…

The Myth, the Legend, and the Truth of the Titanic April 15 , 1912, a night of dread and misgivings.The titanic is a story well known throughout history. A legend still remembered to this very day. The unsinkable ship full of majestic grandeur and affliction. The sinking of this infamous ship was viewed as a simple tragedy, remembered only for the glory of what it once was. In the poem “Titanic” by David R. Slavitt and “The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy gives a different perception…

on a final, battle, but this time, it was a dragon. Trusting in his strengths and courage he sought the dragon. With the help of another fierce warrior Waglaf, the dragon was defeated, but not without seriously wounding the older Beowulf. After a pyre was made for the king, twelve warriors, rode around the mound praising their hero for his courage and mighty deeds. Given these points, we now know why Beowulf was called a…

"What god drove them to fight with such fury?" The Iliad, written by Homer, a Greek poet, was a story that outlined the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Books 1, 6, 22, and 24 takes us through a journey first about Agamemnon, Achilles and their victims. Then about Hector, Paris ' brother going away to battle and his wife mourning his death prematurely, then Hector dying in book 22. And lastly book 24 illustrates Hectors father, Priam, king of Troy, begging Achilles to accept his ransom…

In Beowulf, the classic story of the hero and his journey is very closely followed. The hero is often faced with hardship which causes him to go on an epic journey to complete a task for the greater good, he encounters many obstacles along the way, and he succeeds or sometimes makes a crucial mistake and meets his demise. Beowulf embodies the characteristics of an epic hero because he is courageous, strong, loyal to his cause, and wise beyond his years. His epic flaw was that he was not humble…

A hydria was a pot used for carrying water, with a handle on each side and one handle on the back. This hydria is 19 inches tall with the flat shoulder typical of the 6th century BCE. The pot was sculpted from terracotta and then black figure painted. Black figure painting is a type of pottery painting that uses black as the primary color, and red and white to accent certain aspects of the scene. Gloss was applied to the desired areas before firing the pottery, and a lack of oxygen causes…

Despite these improvements, it was Mesopotamia who seemed to develop more written works, while Egypt tended to stick to making their mark on the world by designing incredible architecture. This art was also roused by Mesopotamians who constructed giant Pyre-like structures called Ziggurats, which later inspired Egyptian Pyramids, although Egyptians definitely held architecture more highly than Mesopotamians and saw it more as a demonstration of the Pharaoh’s power and wealth, rather than a…

The Roman games are consistently viewed in modern times as a glorified form of ancient entertainment complete with chariot races, gladiator fights and the Circus Maximus. A well-known spectacle that has been consistently reproduced in pop culture, the Roman Circus combined has a much darker background than a mere form of entertainment. Combined with the grain dole, the Roman Circus games, known as Panem et circenses, or bread and circuses were a form of appeasement and distraction used to…