************ CPAL PD.2 Response #2 May 24th 2013 Medea and Dido “Love is like a friendship caught on fire.” (Bruce Lee para. 1). Love can burn. Whether the burn is pleasant or ruthless is for your own experience. However‚ two women in the ancient societies can demonstrate the uglier side of love quite easily. The women are Medea and Dido. They each fall in love with great heros with the help of gods‚ and each of them made great sacrifices for
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xxxxxxxxxxxx Period 5 The Odyssey Essay Cowling 29 April 2013 Loyalty In an epic poem such as the Odyssey‚ there are many themes. Out of all of the themes that were in the poem‚ the theme of loyalty can be considered the most important. As Odysseus begins to tell his story‚ he shows that his main priority is to go home to his family and bring home his men. In the story the Lotus Eaters‚ Odysseus shows the characteristic of loyalty for his men by saving them and not leaving them behind with
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Greek mythology By:Yamilett Nunez-Meraz Period 3 Aegis • Origin: Latin from Greek • Old Definition: A large collar or cape worn in acient times to display the protection provided by high religious authority • Current Usage : Video game • Current Definition: the protectin backing‚ or support a Epicurean • Origin: Greek • Old Definition:epicurus‚ the founder of a school of philosophy‚ believed the supreme goal in life should be plesure • Current ussage: type of food
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HISTORY Early Period: Aeneas is a Tojan prince who found a new homeland in Italy for his followers‚ which later became known as Rome. Alba was found by Ascanius. Ascanius is Aeneas’s young son by his first wife‚ Creusa and he is most important as a symbol of Aeneas’s destiny—his future founding of the Roman race. Though still a child‚ Ascanius has several opportunities over the course of the epic to display his bravery and leadership. Brutus was a Roman Senator during the late Republic. Though close
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Angus Og‚ Aonghus‚ and Aengus are just three of the spellings of the Celtic God of love. Aengus is the god of love and beauty. He is the patron god of youth‚ poetic inspiration‚ and also the patron god of young lovers. He is the son of Dagda the father god and Boann who was a water goddess. The Dagda had an affair with Boann while she was married to Nechtan. When Aengus was conceived‚ Dagda made the sun stand still for nine months‚ to keep his conception a secret. So Aengus was conceived‚ carried
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This selection of Didion’s writing evolves from her discussing the circumstances and events around John’s‚ her husband’s‚ death to her coping with Quintana’s seemingly never ending illness. This selection of the book also cover’s Didion’s battle with the “vortex.” The vortex consists of the memories that Didion finds herself trapped in. Even the most mundane tasks will remind her of her memories with John or Quintana. This results in her spending chunks of her time dwelling in the past as though
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Pietas: The Roman value for dutifulness‚ mainly the idea of patriotism. Roman values have been observed as some of the most impressive morals people have held. They reflect a sense of nationalism and determination uncommon in many other cultures. The greater good of Rome was always put before individual desires. This was not an idea forced onto the people of the time‚ it was something ingrained in Roman culture. At the fall of Troy Aeneas‚ the son of Venus‚ was instructed to go and found a new empire
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The Aeneid‚ The Iliad‚ and The Epic of Gilgamesh are poems from the greatest authors of literature. They look into the topic of destiny‚ warriors responsibility‚ and bravery. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an adventure of Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu. Gilgamesh is courted by the queen of heaven and rejects her.The gods then kill Enkidu as revenge. Gilgamesh is now set on the journey to seek the meaning of life. He later meets the only person to whom the gods have given everlasting life. “Utnapishtism
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happened to them once they died. They did not have a place where they their souls went to rest in peace. Instead‚ they went to where they were tortured for the rest of their immortal lives. This is shown in both epics‚ The Odyssey by Homer and The Aeneid by Virgil. In the Odyssey Odysseus into the underworld and you get his count on the awfulness of Hades‚ and too Aeneas goes to the underworld and you see the different parts and find out the meaning of each section. Both texts have similarities and
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At first glance‚ Virgil’s The Aeneid‚ is the epitome of Rome’s great history. The Aeneid even gives the protagonist‚ Aeneas‚ a prophecy of all the great leaders and founders that were to come build the Roman Empire into what it was during Augustus’ rule. Despite Aeneas’ contribution to not only Roman history but also Roman mythology‚ snippets of The Aeneid easily give the impression of History with an underlying sense of propaganda. Throughout Book 6 of The Aeneid there are many references to Emperor
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