GBK 331--Classical Culture: From Plato To Rome The Internet Classic Archives 63K, html; The Oxford English DictionaryOnline html; The Perseus Project html. Virgil (7019 BC) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4360/gbk331.html
Extractions: eadings in Plato, Aristotle, and Virgil. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) Björn's Guide to Philosophy A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names Glass Bead Game Infed: the informal education homepage ... Rhetoric Resources at Tech Plato (c. 428-348 or 347 B.C.) Björn's Guide to Philosophy [html] A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names ILT Study Space for Philosophy and Education [html] Infed: the informal education webpage MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive [html] New Advent Catholic Website The Perseus Project [html] Rhetoric Resources at Tech http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4753/plato.html Plutarch (c. 46-120 A.D.) The Perseus Project Lives (c. 100 A.D.) The Eris Project [gopher, text] The Oxford English Dictionary Online [html] Project Gutenberg [ftp, text, 4.3 MB]
Let's Go - Italy - Latin Lovers own time. Virgil (7019 BC) wrote the Aeneid about the origins of Romeand the heroic toils of founding father Aeneas. Horace s (65 http://www.letsgo.com/ITA/01-LifeTimes-57
Extractions: @import "/styles/main.css"; Home Destinations Bookstore Resources ... Alternatives to Tourism Only in Let's Go: Italy: This content is from Let's Go: Italy. Italy Life and Times Literature Latin Lovers As they gained dominance over the Hellenized Mediterranean, the Romans discovered the joys of literature. Plautus (c. 259-184 BC) wrote raucous comedies including Pseudolus. The lyric poetry of Catullus (84-54 BC) set a high standard for passion. Cicero (106-43 BC), the greatest speaker of his day, set an all-time standard for political rhetoric. Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) gave a first-hand account of the expansion of empire in his Gallic Wars. Despite a government prone to banishing the impolitic, Augustan Rome produced an array of literary talent. Livy (c. 59 BC-AD 17) recorded the authorized history of Rome from the city's founding to his own time. Virgil (70-19 BC) wrote the Aeneid about the origins of Rome and the heroic toils of founding father Aeneas Horace's (65-8 BC) verse explores love, wine, service to the state, literature, hostile critics and the happiness that comes from a small farm in the country.
Recommended Reading List 16. Cicero (10643 BC). Works. 17. Lucretius (c.95-55 BC). On the Nature of Things.18. Virgil (70-19 BC). Works. 19. Horace (65-8 BC). Works. 20. Livy (59 BCAD 17). http://www.sheboyganfalls.k12.wi.us/staff/dehogue/AP/recommended_reading_list.ht
Extractions: Odyssey 2. The Old Testament 3. Aeschylus (c.525-456 B.C.) Tragedies 4. Sophocles (c.495-406 B.C.) Tragedies ( Oedipus Rex 5. Herodotus (c.484-425 B.C.) History 6. Euripides (c.485-406 B.C.) Tragedies 7. Thucydides (c.460-400 B.C.) History of the Peloponnesian War 8. Hippocrates (c.460-377? B.C.) Medical Writings 9. Aristophanes (c.448-380 B.C.) Comedies 10. Plato (c.427-347 B.C.) Dialogues 11. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) Works 12. Epicurus (c.341-270 B.C.) ``Letter to Herodotus'' ``Letter to Menoecus'' 13. Euclid (fl.c. 300 B.C.) Elements 14. Archimedes (c.287-212 B.C.) Works 15. Apollonius of Perga (fl.c.240 B.C.) Conic Sections 16. Cicero (106-43 B.C.) Works 17. Lucretius (c.95-55 B.C.) On the Nature of Things 18. Virgil (70-19 B.C.) Works 19. Horace (65-8 B.C.) Works 20. Livy (59 B.C.A.D. 17) History of Rome 21. Ovid (43 B.C.A.D. 17) Works 22. Plutarch (c.45-120) Parallel Lives
Extractions: Virgil (Publius Vergilius Marco) 70-19 B.C. V irgil , the foremost of all Roman epic poets likewise wrote on agriculture. Although he cultivated his own estate until 30 years of age, he was generally unfamiliar with agricultural problems. He spent the remainder of his life at the court of Emperor Augustus. He had read Xenophon Hesiod Cato, and Varro . His Georgics is considered a "poetical compendium of agriculture taken from Greek and Roman writers then extant but particularly from Varro" (Loudon). He depicted the beauty and peace of country life. Additional information about Virgil may be found on the Internet.
Romance Of Eneas Study Questions Between 2919 BC, the Roman poet Virgil (lived 70-19 BC) wrote the Aeneid, an epicaccount of the Trojan prince Aeneas s flight from the smoldering ruins of http://cla.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl203/eneas.html
Extractions: English Department California Polytechnic State University Anglo-Norman Influences I: Virgil's Aeneid and the Romance of Eneas Background: Review assigned prologues and epilogues Dante's De Vulgari Eloquentia ("Of Literature in the Vernacular"), to recall Medieval Attitudes Toward Vernacular Literature . Know dates for each of these authors and works (as provided in background information assigned on syllabus or on translatio Review online readings translatio and " courtly love ." By the midterm exam, you should be able to identify and explain the significance of the following events, historical or literary figures, and works: The Norman Conquest; William the Conquerer; Geoffrey of Monmouth ( Historia Regum Brittanniae or History of the Kings of Britain ); William IX (Duke of Aquitaine); Eleanor of Aquitaine; Louis VII (King of France); Henry II (King of England); Wace ( Roman de Brut or Romance of Brutus ); Homer ( Iliad and Odessey ); Ovid ( The Metamorphoses , the Art of Love and Remedy for Love ); Virgil (
Maecenas World Thesaurus, Third Edition). Virgil (7019 BC)(Publius VergiliusMaro) (The Hutchinson Dictionary of the Arts). Horace s SATIRE 2.6 http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831095.html
Extractions: Maecenas [mis E u s, m E Pronunciation Key Maecenas (Caius Maecenas), d. B.C. , Roman statesman and patron of letters. He was born (between 74 B.C. and 64 B.C. ) into a wealthy family and was a trusted adviser of Octavian ( Augustus ), who employed Maecenas as his personal representative for various political missions. Later he retired and devoted all his time to his famous literary circle, which included Horace, Vergil, and Propertius. Although his friendship with Octavian became strained in later years, he bequeathed all his property to the emperor. To the great poets of his day he proved a friend and a munificent patron. His name is the symbol of the wealthy, generous patron of the arts. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia,
Poet: Virgil - All Poems Of Virgil Virgil (7019 BCE), Click to take a http//www.house.gov/goode/ site infoThe Aeneid of Virgil The Aeneid of Virgil. 19 BC THE AENEID by Virgil. http://www.poemhunter.com/virgil/resources/poet-3106/page-1/
Virgil And The Aeneid Enter Publius Vergilius Maro (7019 BC) Virgil, the most famous of themall. Virgil s world was one of political turmoil and bloodshed. http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~idmon/zmyth5a.htm
Extractions: Main Index Dr. Peter Jones discusses Virgil and The Aeneid Dr Peter Jones is senior lecturer on classics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and this review is taken from The Classics in Translation, Daily Telegraph 3d January 1998. Why does a culture suddenly start sprouting seriously high-class poets? Lucretius and Catullus should have been quite enough for 1st-century BC Rome, but they keep on coming. Enter Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 BC): Virgil, the most famous of them all. Virgil's world was one of political turmoil and bloodshed. Republican Rome was being ripped apart by power-hungry dynasts like Pompey and Caesar. In 48 BC Caesar claimed the "crown", (Pompey was left a headless corpse on an Egyptian beach), only to be assassinated in 44 BC. More civil war, more blood. In 31 BC Octavian, Caesar's adopted son and heir, the future emperor Augustus, emerged victorious. What now? The great masterpiece Virgil bequeathed to us in response to all this is the 'Aeneid', whose subject is the founding of the Roman race. It is the story of how Aeneas, a Trojan, fled the burning city of Troy and set out over the seas for Italy. Harried all the way by the pro-Greek goddess Juno, he finally made it, to settle in Alba Longa (Romulus would found Rome later on). Hence the famous beginning of the 'Aeneid': Arms, and the Man I sing, who forc'd by Fate
CLIFTON FADIMAN'S LIFETIME READING PLAN Lucretius (c10050 BC), Of the Nature of Things. Virgil (70-19 BC), The Aeneid.Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Meditations. Saint Augustine (354-430), The Confessions. http://home.comcast.net/~netaylor1/fadimansreading.html
Extractions: Clifton Fadiman Clifton Fadiman, who died in 1999 at the age of 95, was an editor, essayist, anthologist and broadcast personality. He was an editor and judge for the Book-of-the-Month Club for over 50 years. He wrote for the Encyclopedia Britannica as well as numerous magazines and compiled over two dozen anthologies on subjects ranging from mathematics to poetry to the pun. He became very well known appearing on the radio quiz show Information, Please! The Lifetime Reading Plan was first published in 1960; the second and third editions, with revisions and amplifications, appeared in 1978 and 1986. Finally, with the assistance of John S. Major, Clifton Fadiman prepared The New Lifetime Reading Plan (4th edition, 1998). The book is divided into 133 sections with each section devoted to an author and one or more of that author's books. The books are presented in chronological order and discussed in two or three pages each. This 4th edition addresses works of greater diversity than any of the earlier editions. The authors' write in the preface - "Because our country is more profoundly multicultural than ever, and also because it is to everyone's personal advantage to cast as wide a net as possible in harvesting the world's cultural riches, the works suggested...(here)... now include Lady Murasaki along with Jane Austen, Tanizaki cheek-by-jowl with Faulkner, Ssu-ma Ch'ien as well as Thucydides. We think these additions to the Plan will enhance both your pleasure and your sense of achievement as a reader."
ADLER AND VAN DOREN'S READING LIST Lucretius (c.9555 BC), On the Nature of Things. Virgil (70-19 BC),Works. Horace (65-8 BC), Works (Odes and Epodes, The Art of Poetry). http://home.comcast.net/~dwtaylor1/adler.html
Extractions: READING LIST In their How to Read a Book (1940, 1972), Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren append "A Recommended Reading List." They write: "On the following pages appears a list of books that it would be worth your while to read. We mean the phrase 'worth your while' quite seriously. Although not all of the books listed are 'great' in any of the commonly accepted meanings of the term, all of them will reward you for the effort you make to read them. All of these books are over most people's heads - sufficiently so, at any rate, to force most readers to stretch their minds to understand and appreciate them. And that, of course, is the kind of book you should seek out if you want to improve your reading skills, and at the same time discover the best that has been thought and said in our literary tradition." In some instances where a general title for an author is cited, e.g. Works, Tragedies, the particular titles recommended by the authors are shown in parentheses.
Virgil Virgil. Publius Vergilius Maro (7019 BC) is considered the finestof all Roman poets. Virgil was a master of the finest forms of http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/gallery/people/virgil.htm
Virgil into English 150 pts) Background Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 BC), or Virgil,as he is more commonly called, was born in a mountain village north of Rome. http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/workpack/virgilac.htm
Extractions: Background: Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 B.C.), or Virgil, as he is more commonly called, was born in a mountain village north of Rome. Even though he became Rome's epic poet during the height of Augustus's reign, Virgil never lost his love for the countryside and for simple pleasures. His three major poems, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid, contain frequent references to pleasant groves of trees, hard-working farmers, harvest time, and informal peasant festivities. This bucolic or rural verse, taken form Book IV of the Georgics, is both a praise poem for bees and their mannerisms as well as advice for establishing and managing a hive: Mel: Caeli Donum Mel, donum e caelis-
Ancient Sources (Chronological), Greek Mythology Link. . History of the Fall of Troy. Complete account from the incident between theArgonauts and the Trojans to the fall of Troy. Virgil, 70-19 BC. 4. The Aeneid. http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/BibliographyChronological.html
Extractions: By Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology (available at Amazon Ancient Sources in Chronological Order Relevant links Search Now: counter Ancient sources arranged chronologically The quantitative relevance of an author is measured mainly through the occurrence of mythological names, and is expressed below by the percentage (%) of mythological data found in each author. Historical Periods Authors
Survivors 75/75, Greek Mythology Link. . 75/75. 1637 Virgil. Roman bust from c. 20 BC. Glyptotek, Copenhagen.Virgil, 7019 BC. . Greek Mythology Link, Home Page. Since 1997. http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Survivors/source/75.html
Extractions: By Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology Survivors of the Ancient World, Album 1637: Virgil. Roman bust from c. 20 BC. Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Virgil, 70-19 BC Greek Mythology Link, Home Page Since 1997 Topics Biographies GROUPS Dictionary ... Search the GML GML CD ROM This page belongs to the Greek Mythology Link , created and maintained by Carlos Parada. Except stated otherwise, all material in this site is Contact via Email
Virgil (70-19 B.C.) Virgil, the greatest of the Roman poets, was born at Andes, a village near Mantua,in the first consulate of Pompeius and Crassus, 70 BC He was about thirty http://www.usefultrivia.com/biographies/virgil_001.html
Extractions: VIRGIL V IRGIL , the greatest of the Roman poets, was born at Andes, a village near Mantua, in the first consulate of Pompeius and Crassus, 70 B.C. He was about thirty years younger than Julius Caesar and Lucretius; a little older than Augustus, Maecenas, and Horace. It is thought that his name was written VERGILIUS No life recorded offers a more complete dedication to one great purpose, or a more serene and unbroken concentration of powers on the poetic office. The poet was tall, dark, and somewhat rustic in air; modest, shy, retiring in disposition, and somewhat proud; a confirmed invalid, and never married. His life and his verse were pure and refined, full of a deep religious melancholy; he lived apart from all the storms and distractions around him, both public and private. Candor, fides, pietasi.e.
Aeneid" Of Virgil, The " - Find Your Book At A Cheap Price With Kelkoo The Aeneid of Virgil (7019 BC) describes the legendary origin of the Roman nation.It tells of the Trojan prince Aeneas who escaped, with some followers, http://books.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/cpc_5101_ps_3573621_gs_16270374.html
Extractions: Most popular books by the same author Title: Virgil: Aeneid IV Author(s): Virgil Latin text, with Latin-English vocabulary and notes in English. more Title: Virgil: the Aeneid Author(s): Virgil Virgil was the greatest of the Roman poets and "The Aeneid" served as the model for all the Latin epics of the medieval period and then for the new classical... more Title: Aeneid, The Author(s): Virgil "The Aeneid" of Virgil (70-19 BC) describes the legendary origin of the Roman nation. It tells of the Trojan prince Aeneas who escaped, with some followers,... more Title: Georgics, The
Adler And Van Doren. How To Read A Book Orations, On Friendship, On Old Age); Lucretius (c.9555 BC) On the Natureof Things; Virgil (70-19 BC) Works; Horace (65-8 BC) Works (esp. http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtadler.html
Arcadia For instance, the Roman poet Virgil (7019 BC), who wrote works for the emperorAugustus, created a series of pastoral poems known as the Eclogues (or http://www.d.umn.edu/~aroos/arcadia.html
Extractions: The idea of a Golden Age, in which men lived in perfect harmony with nature, is a common one across cultures (as Joseph Campbell has shown us.) In the west, in Greek and Roman literature, arcadia represented a golden age of simple country pleasures in which men lived in comfort, plenty, and freedom. For instance, the Roman poet Virgil (70-19 B.C.), who wrote works for the emperor Augustus, created a series of pastoral poems known as the Eclogues (or sometimes the Bucolics ) which deal with the joys (and sorrows) of the country and the shepherds and herdsmen who live there. Vergil himself was the son of a farmer, his deep love of the land emerges also in his next work, the four books of the Georgics (29 B.C.). In a great passage in the second book of the Georgics, Virgil hails the "ancient earth, great mother of crops and men." He does not disguise the hardships of the famer's life, but still feels that only life in the country brings true peace and contentment. The spirit of the Georgics was meant to match Augustus' plans for an agricultural revival in the Roman empire, a propagandistic platform which included the return of peace, the importance of the land and agriculature, the putting aside of ostentation and luxury in favor of a simple life, and above all the belief in Rome's destiny as a World Ruler. Clicking this link we see a Roman Fresco, entitled "View of a Garden" from the villa of Livia and Augustus at Prima Porta, 20 B.C. The peaceful scene, with its abundancy of fruit and flowers, reflects the interest in country life and Arcadia expressed in Vergil's
Famous Gays, Lesbians, And Bisexuals In History Some Ancient homosexual Roman poets included Horace (658 BC), Ovid (43BC-17 AD), and Virgil (70-19 BC). Virgil admitted his infatuation http://www.angelfire.com/mi/wojtkiewicz/wojtkiewicz2.html
Extractions: Homosexuality has existed since the beginning of man. The earliest evidence is from an Ancient Egyptian tomb, from about 2450 BC. This tomb is of two royal officials, Niankhknum and Khnumhotep, positioned in such a way as if they were married. Modern Egyptologists are still trying to figure out if they were twin brothers, close friends, lovers, or all three. There is also evidence of homosexuality in Ancient Egyptian mythology. Probably the most known being that of Horus (god of the sun) and Seth, who are said to be an intimate couple of that time. The Ancient Greeks were totally cool and open with homosexuality. Ancient Greeks believed that the relationship between a man and a boy was the most pure form of love that existed. In addition, the word, lesbian comes from the island of Eastern Greece, Lesbos. This is also the birthplace of Sappho (lived during 600 BC). She was priestess of a feminine love cult and celebrated the love of women for women in poems and other writings. To the Spartans, homosexuality was like a part of their military training. Every soldier knew it was ideal to have an older lover to train him in the arts of war. The young boy was referred to as the beloved while the older man was the lover. Both the beloved and the lover would fight side-by-side. Since the lover did not want to shame his beloved, he fought harder.
