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Classical Foundations of Literature: Cupid and Psyche
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Monday, April 16, 2007. Cupid and Psyche is a story about love, mystery, and consequence. This story has great influence in literature throughout the ages. Milton speaks of the story in one of his poems:. Celestial Cupid, her famed son, advanced,. Holds his dear Psyche sweet entranced,. After her wandering labours long,. Till free consent the gods among. Make her his eternal bride;. And from her fair unspotted side.
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Classical Foundations of Literature: March 2007
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Friday, March 30, 2007. For class we chose five lines to present from Ovid. I chose lines on p. 374. My lines say:. No one could catch him; keen to kill himself, he raced up to Parnassus' peak- and leaped down from a cliff. Apollo, pitying my brother, made of him a bird with wings that sprouted suddenly". These five lines seemed to condense the theme of the Metamorphoses. Thursday, March 29, 2007. 5 lines from Ovid. Shaw's words...
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Classical Foundations of Literature: Symposium
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Saturday, March 3, 2007. The term "symposium" is a term that originally had to do with a drinking party that often included rigorous discussion. The Greek verb sympotein. Means "to drink together." Today, the term usually refers to an academic discussion, the presence of alcohol is now optional. Here is a picture of an ancient symposium:. While a present-day symposium would look something like this:. 5 lines from Ovid.
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Classical Foundations of Literature: January 2007
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Thursday, January 25, 2007. This hymn describes how Hades stole Persephone and how Demeter. Grieved, punishing the earth, eventually making Zeus send Hermes to retrieve Persephone- but not before Hades tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds. Now Persephone must spend four months in the underworld every year. With this story, the pomegranate turns into a symbol of the cunning of man, the power of man, which woman could not sto...
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Classical Foundations of Literature: April 2007
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Tuesday, April 17, 2007. The final belief is to believe in a fiction you know to be a fiction.". This quote seems to have extensive implications. It says that the only truth that exists is the one that each individual sees. It says that perceptions are all that matter- there is nothing else. There is no one. Monday, April 16, 2007. Cupid and Psyche is a story about love, mystery, and consequence. This story has great influen...
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Classical Foundations of Literature: May 2007
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Wednesday, May 2, 2007. The presentations have been great so far. I think that it is interesting that even though we have all read the same material, everyone has found something different to discuss and explore. There are so many opportunities to find profound conclusions from the literature that we have read. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present.
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Classical Foundations of Literature: 5 lines from Ovid
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Thursday, March 29, 2007. 5 lines from Ovid. The professor pointed out five lines from the story of Jove and Europa. Europa is now terrified; she clasps one horn with her right hand; meanwhile the left rests on the bull's great coup. She turns to glance back at the shore, so distant now. Her robes are fluttering- they swell in the sea breeze.". These images of the sea and a woman bring to mind the poem by Wallace Stevens.
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Classical Foundations of Literature: February 2007
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Friday, February 9, 2007. So long as I am alive, no woman shall rule over me.". It is this overwhelming pride that destroys Creon. He isn't a terrible leader, father, husband, he simply has too much pride. He cannot admit mistakes and must continue on, even when he is wrong, lest his pride will be damaged. Wednesday, February 7, 2007. Is true, then it seems that it will be perpetuated eternally. There is something in the fab...
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Classical Foundations of Literature: 5 Lines
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Friday, March 30, 2007. For class we chose five lines to present from Ovid. I chose lines on p. 374. My lines say:. No one could catch him; keen to kill himself, he raced up to Parnassus' peak- and leaped down from a cliff. Apollo, pitying my brother, made of him a bird with wings that sprouted suddenly". These five lines seemed to condense the theme of the Metamorphoses. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 5 lines from Ovid.
