In Catullus’ poem 10‚ he describes an event where he met his friend Varus’ new girlfriend. Since she was "not ungraceful nor unattractive"‚ Catullus tried to impress her‚ and his bad lying caused her to find out the truth. He tells the girl that he had bought eight slaves when he was in Bithynia. However‚ he tells us that he didn’t even have a good bed; therefore he did not actually get the eight men for it. His poem ends with him insulting the woman‚ saying she is one "through whom it is not
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Sappho and Murasaki were women before their time in the ways of their writings. Sappho was from an isle called Lesbos in Ancient Greece. Murasaki was from a city in Japan called Heian-kyo (Arita‚ 2008. para 3) during the Heian Period‚ currently called Kyoto. Each of these ladies came from prominent families and had a more robust life than other women in their time. There was more advantages for women who came from well to do families. Even though Sappho and Murasaki were women from different time
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quiet. Sappho and her work is a good example in our readings to represent today’s day and time. Her poems seem contemporary‚ very modern. The Descent of Inanna ‚on the other hand‚ is a prime example of works we’ve read that represent the past much more. I strongly believe that each generation is a product of the previous generation‚ and during the Ancient World‚ women were not expected to write. They were submissive and their religious superior had the final say. Sappho broke these
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common theme within Catullus’ poems in the subject of Lesbia. While most of these are love poems‚ the first mention of Lesbia in Catullus’ poems is not of Lesbia herself. Instead‚ the poem focuses upon her sparrow. The reason that Catullus chooses the theme of his first few poems to be about Lesbia’s sparrow is because he does not want to focus on Lesbia herself. Instead‚ he wishes to focus upon the narrator’s relationship with Lesbia. The first mention of Lesbia is within Catullus’ second poem. The
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Dead Poets Society and A Separate Peace are similar stories in many ways‚ both stories are also very different in multiple ways. Both stories exists a secret club. The club in A Separate Peace is the Super Suicide Society the equivalent to that in Dead Poets Society is the Dead Poets Society‚ both of these clubs were the basis of rule breaking in the stories. For example the Super Suicide Society went to the tree that was off-limits at Devon in A Separate Peace‚ the only member of this group
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Through the Looking Glass: The Different Perceptions of Love and Companionship Companionship and love‚ although both present in Sappho and the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ had differing views encased in opposite ends of the spectrum demonstrations of love. The materialism and emotions revealed within the texts‚ illuminates the view of rationality and irrationality of love. If we consider how the gods attributed to this view‚ the problems of accuracy in the portrayal of love can be resolved. The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Janice Raymond’s publication “Sappho by Surgery” misrepresents‚ misunderstands‚ and misinterprets what it means to be a transsexual person. The conclusions that Janice Raymond reaches are not based on concrete science‚ psychology‚ or sociology. It also is not based off of any real interactions with transgender people. Instead‚ it is based off of stories‚ second hand reports‚ media misrepresentations‚ and weakly strung together pieces of historical fact that have been manipulated to support the
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literature found in Greece are tied to the way people think today. Sappho was one of the most notable poets of the sixth century‚ people today still look at her poems and draw inspiration. Now a days we think of Sappho as one of greatest lyricist and poets of the ancient world‚ but why was she so known back then? Sappho’s had many ways to put her name out there that not everyone had‚ but she also was extremely talented in what she did. Sappho was very wealthy‚ she married a merchant and had one daughter
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Poems of Sappho of Lesbos(6th Century B.C.)` Sappho Translated by Stanley Lombardo Alley Miller- HIS 100 – Mid-Term Exam Essay `Sappho of Lesbos lived in a time in Greece where we have very little record of female accomplishments. Her poetry influenced stylistic poetry of the time and can be compared in composition and style to Elizabeth Barrett Browning or Richard Brautigan of a more modern era. Perhaps‚ what may be most notable about Sappho is that not only did her work influence poets much
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