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    Test Questions on Virgil

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    Virgil: possible test questions 1. Bk I: 1-11 Invocation to the Muse   I sing of arms and the man‚ he who‚ exiled by fate‚ first came from the coast of Troy to Italy‚ and to Lavinian shores – hurled about endlessly by land and sea‚ by the will of the gods‚ by cruel Juno’s remorseless anger‚ long suffering also in war‚ until he founded a city and brought his gods to Latium: from that the Latin people came‚ the lords of Alba Longa‚ the walls of noble Rome. Muse‚ tell me the cause: how was

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    Imperialism In The Aeneid

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    Task Two: The Aeneid was based off Homer’s books because the Roman had no base culture and so Virgil created a book that recorded both moral beliefs and ideals. Everyone already knew Homer’s works so it was a story that Romans already were familiar with‚ but Homers Iliad had a very different focus. Homers published works were about Greek heroism and glory‚ whilst Virgil’s was solely focused on Roman values and how a Roman should be like. The justification of Roman imperialism like in book six‚ it

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    Aeneid analysis

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    “I sing of warfare and a man at war…cruel losses were his lot in war” (Virgil 1.1-9). It would seem as though the man described in these lines would be anything but a hero‚ let alone one destined to found one of the greatest civilizations in history‚ commanding admiration and respect wherever he found himself. Furthermore‚ one would think that such a history of war would keep people from wanting to become close to him. On both accounts the opposite is in fact true and in the following essay I will

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    Violence In The Aeneid

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    Violence and death are a persistent and dominant theme in the Aeneid and Oresteia. In both plays‚ violence and death are justified as an act of vengeance and response to injustice. Though Virgil and Aeschylus justify violence‚ they both differ in two aspects. One takes away the power of the protagonists to choose and the other allows the protagonists to make their own decisions. The house curse influences Clytaemnestra to kill Agamemnon and Apollo commands Orestes to kill Clytaemnestra‚ his mother

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    Telemachus The Aeneid

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    one that has existed for millennia. Naturally the answer to that question changes‚ often significantly‚ depending on where one asks. Even in mythology‚ this is a popular subject‚ and shown very clearly in Homer’s epic The Odyssey and Virgil’s The Aeneid. While both tales focus on fathers‚ the stories of their sons also hold great importance‚ and each of the sons has a coming of age story within their father’s. But for the Greeks and soon-to-be Romans‚ becoming a man can mean slightly different things

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    The Aeneid and the Glory of Rome Between 43 and 32 BC Rome was split up through the second triumvirate upon the death of Caesar. The triumvirate was a way to split the military and political power because the senate feared that they would once again fall under a dictatorship‚ which is the ultimate reason Julius Caesar was murdered. Civil war broke out in Rome between the Octavian and Mark Antony‚ but Antony was defeated in 31 BC in the battle at Actium (Joe). Octavian‚ later renaming himself

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    Dante and his Mentor‚ Virgil Dante’s Inferno is the story of a middle-aged man’s journey through the varying circles of Hell where he encounters numerous people including previous popes‚ famous philosophers‚ and former acquaintances receiving the appropriate punishment for their respective crimes. In literature‚ it is common for a hero to undergo a journey‚ whether it is emotional‚ physical‚ or spiritual‚ where his or her battlement of substantial obstacles results in a significant change in persona

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    Dido In The Aeneid

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    The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the first century BC. It can be divided into two halves based on the contrasting subject matter of Books 1-6 which refer to Aeneas’ journey to Italy and Books 7-12 which refer to the war in Italy. This epic tells the story of Aeneas‚ a legendary Trojan who traveled to Italy and was destined to discover Rome. As Aeneas and his group near their destination‚ a storm throws them off course and lands them in a city known as Carthage. Here‚ Aeneas is welcomed

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    Virgil In Canto 24

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    As Virgil and Dante descend into the seventh pocket of the Eighth Circle of Hell‚ they arrive at a collapsed bridge that forces Virgil and Dante to navigate through a steep slope littered with crags and rocks. On the way up the rigorous terrain‚ Dante loses his breath‚ becomes fatigued‚ and flops to the ground. Virgil scolds Dante’s indolence‚ and urges him onward‚ stating that a long and steep climb still awaits him. Once they arrive in the Seventh Pocket‚ Dante and Virgil come across an arch which

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    Is Virgil merely copying Homer? Discuss Homer and Virgil are both astounding writers of epic poetry. Homer with his Iliad and Virgil with his Aeneid. However when you look below the surface the Aeneid and the Iliad are startlingly similar‚ in particular that of Aeneid Book 5 and Iliad book 23 which both focus on the funeral games. However though there are structurally similar‚ ultimately the narratives of both books are very different‚ so in effect Virgil is not simply copying Homer. This is evident

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