across the boughs. As in the winter's cold, among the woods the mistletoe-no seed of where U grows-is green with new leaves, girdl11g the tapering stems with yellow fruit: just so the gold leaves seemed against the dark-green Hex; so, in the gentle wind, the thin gold leaf was crackling. And at once Aeneas plucks it and, eager, breaks the hesitating bough and carries it into the Sibyl's house. Meanwhile along the shore the Teucrians were weeping for Misenus, offering their final tributes to his thankless ashes.…
My two subtopics are about Ithaca and the Underworld. First, Ithaca is the main place of the plot of the Odyssey. Ithaca is the home island of Odysseus, the husband of Penelope and the father of Telemachus. Odysseus struggled 10 years to return home after the decade-long Trojan War. After Odysseus returned, he took back Ithaca's throne. In addition, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus stave off suitors’ competition for Penelope's hand and Ithaca's throne for Odysseus to return. Furthermore, Eumaeus and Eurycleia were two important characters who lived in Ithaca. They helped Odysseus to reclaim his throne after he returned to Ithaca. The final battle in the story happened in this place when Odysseus reclaimed Ithaca’s throne and killed…
When Virgil was writing the Aeneid Augustus had commissioned this book, he had made sure it was up to his par, you can see the similarities of Aeneas life and Augustus. Virgil wanted to make sure that the people could relate Aeneas to Augustus, so when they looked for a hero, they would see Augustus as Aeneas. Augustus used this piece of literature as a key staple in gaining the trust of his people. Augustus understood that if the people read this book and they saw Aeneas as a fictional Augustus, they would think of himself as a hero, someone who only did right for his people. In the Aeneid, Aeneas has to save his people and deliver them to from the grasps of death. Not only did Virgil make this book during the rule of Augustus, but he also wanted it to be burned when Augustus died. He wanted this to be a working to show the strength of Augustus and show the struggle of man. The people of Rome understood Aeneas’ and that helped them understand Augustus just as…
Beginning in book seven, Aeneas and his crew sail up the coast of Italy till they reach the Tiber River. Latinus, the king, only has one daughter, Lavinia. She is liked by many, but Turnus appears most eligible for her hand. Latinus is worried about the prophecy so he talks to the oracle of Faunus. A voice tells the king that his daughter will marry a foreigner.…
Apollo has many attributes, but he wasn't originally the chariot-riding sun god Helios. He was god of prophecy, healing, music, archery, light, and truth, the twin brother of Artemis (Greek) or Diana (Rome) who became associated with the moon.…
On July 20, 1969, Astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Neil Armstrong of Apollo 11 landed on the moon. A few years later on December 14, 1972, the astronauts of Apollo 17 became the last manned mission to the moon. It seems inconceivable that 43 years later, these footprints left by Apollo 17 astronauts were the last of any man. Even more disturbing is the lack of a permanent commemoration or memorial to the accomplishment of those 12 astronauts that made the perilous journey.…
ak to the people they are watching over such as the instance in the Odyssey where Athena comes to Ithaca to visit Telemachus and reassure him that his father will be coming home and recommends a journey for the boy and to wait a year to allow him to make it home (pg.296). Though Telemachus may have not known it was Athena this is an example of a seen and heard Goddess which allows for her to reassure the boy. It is also seen with Achilles and Athena in the Iliad when Achilles is about to fight to the death with Agamemnon, on lines 205 and 206 it says “Athena came sent by the white-armed goddess Hera who loved and watched over the two men” (pg 194). In this scene it goes on to display a scene of the gods taking their power of visibility and…
The question of what it takes to become a man is 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. Telemachus, the son of the great Odysseus, has to learn, for the most part, to become a man in the absence of his father. The son of Aeneas, Iulus, also grows up in the midst of trouble and war.…
Apollo Was The More Supportive Creative one of the Gods among the numerous Greek Gods. The Birth Place of Apollo is on the sunny Greek Islands of Delos, Where he was born along side his sister Airtimes. Like all the other Gods Apollo Has strengths and weaknesses too, like a few of his strengths are he is creative, supportive of all earths creatures, and he is also handsome. Some of his weaknesses are like his father Zeus, Apollo is all too happy to partake in the charms of nymphs as well as his occasional youth and his conquest number in the dozens. Apollo never Had a spouse, but through out his life he has many encounters, Flings with Cassandra, to home he gave the gift of prophecy; Dauphine who fled from his embrace, The mountain town of Delphi, where a few columns from an early temple was Sacred to him. The most usual Attributes of Apollo were the lyre and the bow; the tripod especially was dedicated to him as the God of prophecy. Among plants the bag used in expiratory and sacrifices. A Physical Appearance of Apollo is, A Boy with his hair fastened up so that he may box with Girt-up Head; rays of wrath and light raise up from above his brow, and his cheeks emit a smile mingled with wrath (philostratus). Apollo, though one of the great gods of Olympus, is yet represented in some sort of dependence on zeus , who is regarded as the source of powers exercised by his son. The powers ascribed to Apollo are apparently of different kinds. But are all connected within each other. And may be said to be only ramifications of one and the same as seen from the following…
The author and narrator of “The Aeneid” is Publius Vergilius Maro (known simply as “Vergil”), though the tale briefly transitions into Aeneas’s narrative at one point. Responding to audiences who are unfamiliar with his tale and motivated by the need to share it, Vergil recounts Aeneas’s story, from his actions during the fall of the city of Troy to his visit to the Underworld and beyond. Scholars have long studied this piece and debated its significance, either as a simple historical tale of fiction or as a medium across which Vergil expressed his thoughts and musings. (Topic) The best way to interpret "The Aeneid" (Argument) is as a study into the character of Aeneas, who exhibits signs of the Roman virtues virtus and disciplina (or the lack…
In many societies, ancient and modern, religion has played an important role in shaping people to pursue their destiny. In books two and four of The Aeneid by Virgil, the Trojans and Aeneas do exactly the same. Through the epic of book II, Aeneas goes on to explain the war between the Trojans and the Greeks. Book IV focuses on Queen Dido’s deep affection for Aeneas and the influence of God's word to Aeneas. However, Aeneas accepting the Gods’ command becomes problematic for Dido. With this intention, Virgil proves how in the Roman culture the Romans put God prior of themselves and what they believe.…
Ancient Greeks had a poor and dark view on what 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 differences on the interpretations of the after lives of greeks. Throughout time Greeks have changed their understandings of…
Hospitality is extremely important in Homer's "Odyssey." The higher a society's level of hospitality, the more civilized that society is. Some specific examples of hospitality in "The Odyssey" are: Telemakhos's treatment upon his arrival in Nestor, Odysseus's treatment of Polyphemus, Penelope's treatment of her suitors, and the slaying of those suitors by Odysseus. The Greek belief concerning the origin of the concept of hospitality, often called Xenia, is reflected at the end of "The Odyssey."…
When Apollo was born, he killed the giant serpent Python who had been harassing his mother. In the town of Delphi, his shrine was the most visited as he provided a direct link between the mortals and the gods, and he also helped protect the mortals. He is the most handsome god that there is, and is extremely selfless, as well as being skilled at most tasks, and is very determined to succeed. Apollo is hardly portrayed in a negatively light, mostly poetic and beautiful.…
Book IV of The Aeneid is an epic poem that is considered one the best known works of Virgil in 20 B.C for the Roman civilization. On the contrary, 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.…
