The Kidnapping of the Lock is an example of Alexander Pope’s masterful use of heroic couplets and lucid satire. Each passage within this poem contains a great deal of information about Pope’s style and how it is characteristic of him. I have chosen the first twenty lines of the work, here to examine and show […]
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The epic poem is one of the earliest and most enduring forms of literature in our history. The first works of fiction in recorded history are almost entirely epic poems; Beowulf, Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, The Iliad, The Aeneid (and soon to be Theodore the Wonder Duck). The list goes on and on, all of them […]
In Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid, the epic heroes Achilles and Aeneas are gifted with a mighty sword. In the “Iliad” Achilles receives a sword made by the god Hephaestus, but in the “Aeneid” Aeneas is given a sword made by Vulcan. Both swords are symbolic in the epic poems, as the individual themes of […]
From its beginnings in the Minoan Civilization to the age of Hellenistic art, Ancient Greek art remains a great time in the development of arts and crafts. Each new century brought profound changes in the Egyptian art that preceded it. From the Bronze Age to the birth of the Romans, Greece dominated world art and […]
The following summaries of the Latin text of Virgil’s Aeneid are provided by The Latin Library. The address is in the report section. I also consulted a translation by Allan Mandelbaum to check my own translation of the text. In addition, I am indebted to a course taught by the late Professor Erwin Schroeder of […]
The Aeneid consists of twelve books. In the first book, Virgil tells us that Aeneas was leading a fleet of ships to Italy to found a new home for the Trojans after the fall of Troy. Juno hated the Trojans, so she persuaded Aeolus to release the winds entrusted to him. The Trojan ships were […]
Greek and Roman mythologies have fascinated people for centuries, inspiring books, films, research and conversation among those who want to learn more and who want to share the stories of the Gods and Goddesses. Their stories (fables or myths, depending on their origin), their triumphs and defeats, and their imminent immortality were the influence of […]
In the Aeneid, Virgil presents many different characters in the life of Aeneas. From gods and goddesses to mortal men and women, every character has some definite part in Aeneas’s impersonal fate. Most of these different people are women. In fact, after reading the Aeneid it becomes clear that women women play important roles. in […]