In Book 11 of Virgil’s Aeneid‚ a political assembly convenes prior to the final approach of Aeneas’ troops on Latium. King Latinus gathers his principal men to hear the news brought back from the emissaries sent to implore Diomedes to return to battle on their behalf. Diomedes‚ a lead in Homeric poetry‚ is well known as a fierce warrior. His ambitions are well represented in his battlefield speech to Aeneas‚ Talk not of flight‚ for I shall not listen to you: I am of a race that knows neither flight
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independence August 6‚ 1962 (Purcell‚ 2013). The population of Jamaica is 2‚909‚714 (FindTheData‚ 2013). 16.5% of the population lives below the poverty line. Africans make up most of the Jamaican
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War‚ Violence‚ the Hebrew Bible & the Aeneid War and warfare can serve different purposes. Both the Roman Empire during the Golden Age‚ under the auspices of Rome’s first emperor‚ Caesar Augustus and the Israel’s who followed the Hebrew Bible engaged warfare. However‚ the wars had a different focuses and different goals. The wars of the Old Testament were wars of extermination‚ while the Romans had limited wars. Wars of extermination occurred during Israel’s theocracy‚ and are often cited
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Toll proposes that Virgil’s poem‚ with Aeneas as the protagonist‚ was written for the readers who were in need of help when it came to viewing themselves as Roman Italians. Virgil was able to see that Roman-ness and Italian-ness was not the same thing. He believed that amalgamating the two nations should have been mutually decided and formed not authoritatively. Toll argues that he accomplishes this idea by using Aeneas‚ a Trojan who was referred to as “Pater” (Means father in
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Roman culture. Thus‚ when Virgil wrote the first six books of the Aeneid‚ which follow the adventures of Aeneas as he strives to reach Italy‚ he modeled them after Homer’s Odyssey‚ but made changes that reflect the differing values between the Greeks and the Romans. Of these changes‚ one of the most striking is the difference in the descriptions of the Underworld that we see when Odysseus and Aeneas each visit the dead. As both of these descriptions occur at or near the center of their respective poems
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central character Aeneas fleas Troy during a darkened time for his native city‚ when it is being ravaged in a war between the Greeks and Achilles. The line He came to Italy by destiny tells me that The Aeneid’s focus is central to fate and destiny and how so many people during this time put a lot of their energy believing in‚ and raging wars in the name of both.
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Morgan Stanley & Co.‚ a blue-chip investment bank‚ The deal will likely lead to a new round of Wall Street combinations. The new firm will dominate Wall Street in some areas. It will become the largest mergers-and-acquisition investment banker‚ and the leading issuer of initial public offerings and other US equities. It will trail Merrill Lynch in research‚ but will be No. 5 in both mutual-fund networks and asset management. Analysts say the link-up makes sense - it combines Morgan Stanley’s
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Sampson AP Latin 30 April 2013 Essay Caesar and Vergil discuss the motivations behind the actions of their characters in battle. Caesar describes what encourages his characters to engage in battle while Virgil describes the reasoning behind Aeneas and the other survivors for retreating from the siege. In the passage from Caesar it is obvious that the soldiers are hesitant to engage in battle according to Caesar in line 1 “atque nostris militibus cunctantibus” (and our soldiers were hesitating)
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Purcell defined professionalism as competency and actions of integrity and respect (personal communication‚ Lisa Purcell‚ December 4‚ 2013). When Mr. Weed was asked to define professionalism‚ he responded that “it is a burden of the unspoken expectations placed on me by my peers and patients” (personal communication
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wWoojin Park The differences in Outlook on Education between Augustine and Boethius In St. Augustine’s Confessions‚ Augustine views education as a tool which could be used for good or for wickedness. In The Consolation of Philosophy‚ Boethius sees education as a tool to conceive of knowledge of God that comes from within. I argue that two writers differ in their beliefs regarding the connection between education and happiness. St. Augustine views the good and evil duality of education
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