
Introduction
... He had to adapt his hero such that he would be an exemplum of contemporary Roman ideals and morals; a man who had grown from the more primitive heroic code of the Homeric epics into a more modern Augustan hero. In addition to Homer, Virgil also made use of many of his other literary predecessors, Gr ...
... He had to adapt his hero such that he would be an exemplum of contemporary Roman ideals and morals; a man who had grown from the more primitive heroic code of the Homeric epics into a more modern Augustan hero. In addition to Homer, Virgil also made use of many of his other literary predecessors, Gr ...
Introduction
... He had to adapt his hero such that he would be an exemplum of contemporary Roman ideals and morals; a man who had grown from the more primitive heroic code of the Homeric epics into a more modern Augustan hero. In addition to Homer, Virgil also made use of many of his other literary predecessors, Gr ...
... He had to adapt his hero such that he would be an exemplum of contemporary Roman ideals and morals; a man who had grown from the more primitive heroic code of the Homeric epics into a more modern Augustan hero. In addition to Homer, Virgil also made use of many of his other literary predecessors, Gr ...
chasing the sun - University of Canterbury
... intermingle. As a powerful and visible divine being, the sun was sometimes associated with other deities, and thus Sol was often present in their myths and visual representations. Finally, the aim of this chapter is to set the scene for a discussion of solar iconography in the 3 rd century, and to e ...
... intermingle. As a powerful and visible divine being, the sun was sometimes associated with other deities, and thus Sol was often present in their myths and visual representations. Finally, the aim of this chapter is to set the scene for a discussion of solar iconography in the 3 rd century, and to e ...