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Telling The Story Of A Fallen Queen Dante's Artistic License In Canto 5 Of The Inferno With Dido's Fate In Book 6 Of Vergil's Aeneid, Kara E. Anthony-Price
Telling The Story Of A Fallen Queen Dante's Artistic License In Canto 5 Of The Inferno With Dido's Fate In Book 6 Of Vergil's Aeneid, Kara E. Anthony-Price
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This paper seeks to answer the question of why Dante treats Dido so harshly for her "fault" (culpa, 4. 172), when Vergil treats her so leniently for the same culpae. To answer this question, the paper discusses the nature of Dido's roles in the Aeneid and in the Inferno, respectively, as well as the role of the gods in the Aeneid in her culpa, the role of Dido's furor, and the implications behind Dante's change in Dido's fate. One opinion among scholars is that Dante's Inferno was a "Christianized" redaction of the Aeneid, so that Dido's punishment would fit her …
A Most Fateful Encounter: How Scipio Africanus Defeated Hannibal Barca At The Battle Of Zama, Harry C. Rol
A Most Fateful Encounter: How Scipio Africanus Defeated Hannibal Barca At The Battle Of Zama, Harry C. Rol
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This thesis addresses the question of why Hannibal Barca suffered such a decisive defeat at the hands of Scipio Africanus in the Battle of Zama. I begin by conducting a thorough analysis of the two ancient sources that have provided us with the bulk of what is known about the battle and the events leading up to it. My analysis of them primarily concerns itself with determining how objective and trustworthy these accounts are, and as such how much faith can be placed in the details they provide. Using these sources, I then proceed to examine the events leading up …
Success, Failure, And Obedience In Georgics Book Iv, Julie Kinsella Gavin
Success, Failure, And Obedience In Georgics Book Iv, Julie Kinsella Gavin
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This paper explores the concepts of success, failure, and obedience as seen in the Orpheus-Aristaeus story in Vergil's Georgics IV. Through their contrast, along with the juxtaposition of bees, Vergil's Georgics IV demonstrates that obedience in pre- Augustan Rome truly enables success, instead of the widely held notion that hard work does so. It is through the examination of love, toil, obedience, and the separate paths Orpheus, the bees, and Aristaeus take to achieve their goals, that the reader is able to understand Vergil's message in this last book of his masterpiece.