The themes and elements of: epic poetry, fate and spirits as a motivational force contributed to my reading of Inferno in a way that allowed me to realize their significance by recalling their similar occurrences in Aeneid. ... This type of narration is referred to as epic poetry. ... Having made this connection of epic poetry from Aeneid, It was easy for me to realize the same connection in Inferno. ... By realizing the significance of epic poetry in Aeneid, I was able to better understand the purpose of Dante's journey in Inferno. ...

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Apollo sponsors similar artistic fields such as epic poetry and statuaries. ... As a result he is also connected with vitality and cycles and sponsors music and lyric poetry. ... Through the blend of poetry and dramatic scenes with the chorus, the audience, and music, the tragedy composes the image-making and mastering of form of Apollo, who tries to make meaning out of experience, with the instinctual, savage, and sensual nature of Dionysus, who tends to collapse systems through intoxication. ... The presence of Apollo and Dionysus can be seen in both music and poetry in a number of ways. Not...

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However, she wasn't intrigued by poetry until she moved from aristocracy in England to the wilderness of New England. ... " (Wendy, Martin Poems & Poets- Anne Bradstreet on The Tenth Muse poetry foundation.org) This shows she was a fair weather Puritan. ... " (Wendy, Martin Poems & Poets- Anne Bradstreet on The Tenth Muse poetry foundation.org). ...

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He composed the Odyssey and the Iliad in long lines of six beats each called Dactylic Hexameter, which the ancients thought suited the formality of epic poetry. In every other sense as well, including the nature of the language and the subject, the verse of Homer is poetry. ...

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"Hear me, he cried, O god of the silver bow, that protects Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe. If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my t...

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"Hear me, he cried, O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe. If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my...

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In Greek literature there are many gods mentioned. They all have and server a purpose. The Greek God that inspired me to write about is Apollo. Apollo is known for the god of the arts, archery, and divination. In Greek mythology, Apollo has twin sister named, Artemis. There parents were Zeus a...

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William Butler Yeats" "Leda and the Swan" is a sonnet, based on the Shakespearian rhyming scheme - iambic pentameter. The fourteen lines are schemed ABABCDCDEFGEFG. Yeats" sonnet is mostly a well-constructed allusion to several events in Greek mythology, like Zeus" coming to the Greek land, the atta...

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The Iliad by Homer is one of many great works of epic poetry. Homer takes on a way of realism and virtue when presenting masterwork of Greek Mythology. He begins his journey by making use of formulaic structures such as epic convention/in medias res/invocation of the muse/epic question/, epic simile...

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Ovid Banished for Good? Today, in America, we are graced with the freedom of speech. But back in the times of Ovid, such privileges were not permitted. Since writing existed, it has been used as a method for people to express ideas that would not be tolerated in other forms of speech....

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During the rule of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, a man by the name of Publius Vergilius Maro (known as Virgil in English) wrote one of the most widely read epic poems. The poem is named the Aeneid. Virgil begins and ends the Aeneid with parallels to the Iliad of Homer. This encourages the re...

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According to Ovids' Metamorphosis (a collection of poetry that is one of the foremost sources of tales of Roman mythology,) when Medusa was a virgin, she was raped by the god of the sea, Poseidon, in Athena's temple. ...

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Introduction In the study of Greek mythology, Zeus is one of the central personalities in the line of the gods. Zeus is a god of many titles in the Greek mythological history. According to the different texts, Zeus was able to make changes and convert different perspectives of life in accordance wit...

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There is a definite relationship between art and its everlasting power to change the world around us. It is a subtle power that evokes emotions and ignites questions. It has the ability to inspire and the potential to change. Art provides a glimpse into windows of truths that we as humans are sometimes too afraid to look at and too coward to address. It greets age old themes such as love, grief, passion and death. ...

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