Riddles of Aeta

At the beginning of Book 2 of The Aeneid, Aeneas tells his story about the fall of Troy. The Greeks constructed a massive wooden horse to which the Trojans believed was an offering goddess Minerva. They then sent one of their youths, Sinon, to give the offering to the Trojans. The Trojans brought the wooden horse into to please the goddess but, the wooden horse was actually a structure to house some Greek soldiers to infiltrate Troy as well as execute a sneak attack when the city was asleep. Similar to guerrilla soldiers, the Greeks exit the wooden horse to begin their attack on the Trojan city. When Aeneas sees the city in flames, he gathers his men to attempt to save Troy. Aeneas attempts to kill as many Greeks as he can, but forced to retreat.

Aminata’s love for education comes from her father, and it acts as a light that

Before Augustus’ reign began, Civil war had ravished the basic principles of the Roman people. Piety, the warning to “fulfil our duties towards our country, our parents, or others connected with us by ties of blood” was undermined by faction. The duty towards country, parents and relatives was less of a bond because faction determined duty rather that Pietas. Thus Rome, a city founded in pietas, was that foundational principle. internal faction undermined the principles of pietas and corrupted its role in the city. Rome needed a moral reform towards pietas; Rome needed a refocus on the roots of the empire, its duty towards its ancestors, and unity based in pietas. Commissioned by Augustus, Virgil constructs the Aeneid to portray the cruciality of pietas by redefining Greek epic heroism to include pietas. Each comparison of aeneas to another greek hero emphasises the pietas within him, showing how he is better because of it and combining the heroism of all the Greek heroes into Aeneas. By doing this, virgil shows that to unify Rome through pietas is to harness Rome’s power. Thus, Virgil reveals to the Romans a virtue which allows the individual Roman citizen embody and partake in the glory of Rome.

The first people he sees are Leucaspis and Orontes, they were last seen sailing their ships away from Troy. “Overwhelmed by the storm that engulfed their ships As they sailed the windy seas out of Troy.” (p. 86)

Book 6 starts out with the Trojan fleet arriving on the shore of Italy. When Aeneas arrives on land he creates the temple of Apollo, and a preistess named Sibyl meets him. Aeneas then prays to Apollo to let him and his crew settle in Italy. Sibyl warns Aeneas that more trials still await in Italy. Aeneas then wonderes if Sibyl can gain him entrance to The Underworld, so that he can visit his father’s spirit. Aeneas must have a sign from the gods, first. He is told to go into the forest and find a golden bough. If the bough breaks off easy, then it is fate. If the bough does not come off easily, then it is not fate, and he should not travel to The Underworld. The gods lead Aeneas to a desired tree. This tree does have a golden branch,

There is a large difference in age between boys and girls in terms of their development into adults and their roles in subsistence. !Kung children have no schools, nor are they expected to contribute to subsistence, to care for younger children, or to help out much around the village, except for occasionally collecting water. Because little formal teaching is done, observation and practice are the basis of all learning. It is this way that many of the skills are learned that will make them productive adults.

In the Cherokee tribes, there’s a saying about an elderly Cherokee chief who was teaching his grandson about life, "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self-doubt, and ego. The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too." The young boy questions his grandfather asking which wolf wins. And his grandfather responded “The one you feed” (Cherokee proverb). This saying gets me through my daily life, I tell myself to never feed the evil wolf because that will lead to all the sadness I have fought so hard to get out of.

summary of the this maxim is that the most important thing is your mind and that nothing can come

The birth of the new Troy was planted in a bitter clash between the Trojans and the Greeks on Trojan soil. Fleeing the burning city with those who could follow his lead, Aeneas left his homeland only because he was promised that he was destined to establish Troy once again. However, the Aeneas who fled the ruins of Troy was not the Aeneas who conquered the Latins and claimed the Roman legacy. The loss of his Trojan identity and his trials are essential to his destiny and are mirrored by Vergil’s integration of snake imagery in the Aeneid because destiny of Aeneas to re-establish Troy as Rome meant that he must lose his Trojan identity and become the first Roman.

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

I'm also reminded of a proverb, that says give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a

Life lessons are learned in many ways throughout life. What makes them unique is that they are defining moments and are almost unforgettable once you have assimilated it into your life because they can improve it greatly. Anne Lamott introduces many significant life lessons in Bird by Bird that people should consider. These lessons such as being yourself, doing what makes you happy, or even controlling the urge of perfectionism can aide a person to a better life.

In life people learn lessons from friends, family, literature, and in life decisions. Most lessons can help a lot for future problems that might occur. All these lessons could possibly change how people think about life and help people learn to be more cautious about situations and problems that could happen later on in the future. Most of the lessons that help a lot are the ones people read from short stories like “Kath And Mouse“ ,“The Long Journey” ,and “ On The Sidewalk Bleeding “.

The epic poem The Aeneid, by Vergil adapts scenes, similes, and characters from the Odyssey written by Homer. The works of both authors include the simile of Artemis/Diana. Other characters do overlap in some of Vergil's scenes for instance, Aeneas and Odysseus encounter Cyclops. Both authors also reference the scene of the underworld. Although, Virgil adapts similarities from Homer's epic, each encounter has noticeable comparisons and/or differences. Vergil presents the epic of the Aeneid with a different purpose. At the beginning of the Aeneid, Aeneas leaves his home with other Romans after the Trojan War. Homer starts his epic with Odysseus wanting to return home form Troy.  The motives that guide each character differ from one another. Homers the Odyssey is more of the journey of a man longing to be home again, after the trojan war has ended. His actions are somewhat selfish at times. Virgil's main character Aeneas is driven by more of a scene of duty to the gods, because he is instructed to help build Rome for future generations.

The horrendous death of the trojan priest Laocoön and his sons is a classical event associated with the final days of Troy, inspiring works in literature as well as visual arts. Book 2 of The Aeneid, by the Latin poet Virgil, and the 1st Century CE marble sculpture ‘Laocoön and Sons’ are two famed works that are inspired by the Laocoön Episode. Though both the sculpture and the text are canonical works of their own genre, the latter is more superior in terms of delivering a comprehensive narrative on the Laocoön episode. The Aeneid amplifies movements of Laocoön and the serpents using literary devices and adopts a time frame spanning from the arrival of serpents to the death of Laocoön to deliver a complete narrative, whereas the sculpture, though using dynamic movements and utilizes a single moment within the time frame of the text, fails to contain a general, uninformed viewer within the episode’s context.