“Homer’s The Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid as Propagandistic Literature” Propaganda is a powerful social tool that influences audiences through manipulation and selective viewpoints and has been witnessed in history as far back as written records exist. It has been used to sanction the rise of new leaders‚ herald a society and its dominance‚ and push ideological agendas to audiences of all backgrounds throughout civilizations. The methods that propaganda has been used are numerous and include both
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not the Trojan War was fact or fiction. Throughout the years evidence has been found in favor of the war happening and evidence that it did not happen. Hittite documents mention names such as: Wilusa/Wilusiya is perhaps Ilion‚ and Taruisa may be Troy. There is also an Alaksandus-Alexandros‚ ruler of Wilusa‚ a vassal of the Hittite king Muwatallis in the early thirteenth century. Some may think that Alaksandus was perhaps an ancestor to Paris-Alexandros‚ Priam’s son‚ Helen’s seducer and the cause
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almost always go hand in hand‚ and mistakes are bound to happen when they are paired together. New innovations‚ findings‚ and advancements happen every day‚ and whether or not mistakes are key to that fact is in question. The unearthing of the city of Troy‚ for example‚ was discovered by archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann and was said to be one of the greatest historical discoveries in history. The truth was‚ though‚ that the city was disturbed more than it should have been due to Schliemann’s mistake
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each to emphasize the other an emphasis that is facilitated by Virgil’s common use of fire and flame imagery to describe both types of love. Upon analyzing the lustful episode between Dido and Aeneas and the image of Aeneas fleeing troy bearing his father‚ Anchises‚ on his back and holding his sons hand (beautifully sculpted by Bernini‚ see attached)‚ it becomes clear that the love in each situation is very different‚ despite the common use of the Latin words flamma (flame) and ignis
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Euripides was known throughout Troy for one of his tragic epic’s named Medea. Virgil and Euripides are from different civilizations and wrote the plays in different years‚ they might not have known each other but in both works they describe the dangers of excessive pride. Hubris is another word for pride by the Greeks. Book IV of The Aeneid takes place in lands such as the Mediterranean‚ Carthage and various islands. After the Greeks destroyed the city of Troy Aeneas and the Trojans traveled throughout
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Virgil opens the Aeneid with the words I sing of arms and of men. The main theme for the plot of Virgil’s poem is made apparent from the very first words for which reason a fair chunk of Virgil’s Aeneid is set on the battle field. Because of its violent and gory descriptions of death and its many battles which dominate most of the book it could not be argued that this poem is an anti-war poem. Virgil does not merely use the notion of war to further his plot but deals with many types and aspects
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A Roman Hero Aeneas can truly be considered a Roman hero in Virgil’s poem The Aeneid. Not only does Aeneas represent a true Roman hero‚ but he also represents what every Roman citizen is called to be. Each Roman citizen must posses two major virtues‚ he must remain pious‚ and he must remain loyal to the Roman race. In the poem‚ Aeneas encompasses both of these virtues‚ and must deal with both the rewards and costs of them. In the poem‚ Virgil says that all Romans ought to have two certain virtues:
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Brian Wang Period 4 Ms. Hollingsworth November 2‚ 2012 The Meaning of a True Hero
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Topic 2: The Warrior Hero Actor‚ Christopher Reeve‚ once said‚ “What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power‚ but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Everyone has his or her own idea of what makes someone a hero. Sometimes this idea has to do with one’s culture or status in society. Homer’s Iliad‚ and Virgil’s Aeneid‚ use epic literature to present
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Homer’s Iliad is commonly understood as an epic about the Trojan War‚ but its meaning goes deeper than that. The Iliad is not only a story of the evolution of Achilleus’ persona‚ but at times it is an anti-war epic as well. The final book proposes many questions to the reader. Why not end with the killing of Hektor? Most stories of war conclude with the triumphant victory of good over evil‚ but in the Iliad‚ the final thoughts are inclined to the mourning of the defeated Hektor‚ which accentuates
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