Apollo and Daphne

allusions from Greek mythology that hint at the intellectual sophistication of the speaker. For example, “the sisters of the sacred well” (15), refer to the nine ancient muses who inspired poetry, “the laurels”(1) are a reference to story of Apollo and Daphne, “the myrtles”(2) to Venus, et cetera. There’s so much detail and complexity melded in just two stanzas the elegy begins to border on mannerism. This leaves readers wondering if the poem is really intended to mourn the loss of a friend or to

When we look at creation myths throughout history and across religions we can see many similarities drawn but also many differences. Close ties can be seen between Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Genesis in the Bible as well differences between the latter and the Aztec story of creation. These myths can be contrasted on their themes and moral’s demonstrated, the divine intervention that takes place, and type of creation myth it is. When looking at the myths through those aspects we can see key resemblances

specifically his sculptures, he believed in showing passion, decadence, movement, drama and contrasting forms and shadows – different from the static and conventional styles of previous periods, like the Renaissance style. Bernini’s earlier works Apollo and Daphne and Rape of Persephone – commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese between 1621 and 1625 – are great examples of the Baroque style of sculpture. They showed dramatic emotion and movement along with differing forms and stories through the interplay

Ovid’s epic “The Essential Metamorphoses” and Ghandl’s poem “Goose food” present similar visions of women, and the writers show that men might not actually be superior, compared to women as they are often portrayed in myth. Moreover, in Ovid, there are numerous myths told, but in most of them, there is a recurrent theme of misogyny, and in the first myth of the epic – called “Origin of the World”–, on top of just describing the creation of the world, it is mentioned that man was first to be created

Nashville “Nashville” by Tiana Clark was published in 2017 and details the experience of a black women through first person during present time and how her life as a black woman relates back strongly to the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. The speaker is a woman who is married to a white man and that is chasing someone who said a racial slur to her on the streets. She talks about how the civil rights movement happened and how it changed but how history repeats itself in a way that racism is

One major difference Apuleius makes in his depiction of Psyche is that he places a premise in her original encounter with Cupid – she is not allowed to know his identity nor to see his face. The sequence of Psyche’s acquaintance with her lover, in fact, plays quite an important role in the story. People often say that, “To see is to believe.” However, it is not always the case. Under the circumstance of love, what one sees will be highly deceptive, as it is human nature that one will prefer individuals

Science played a great role in artworks in the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods in history. This essay will explain how the knowledge of science was used when creating works of art. The science of the anatomy wasn’t first used in the Renaissance; it was a continuation from the Greco-Roman, or Classical, period. The earlier classical artists used models in order to reveal the human shape in their best detail. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, anatomy deals “with the identification and

struggle is to be shared with many other women in the pages to come – beauty as a curse. The golden girl’s only wish is to be a virgin for eternity, a wish that is incongruent with her gorgeous demeanor. The moment the god of Oracles, Phoebus, sees Daphne, his heart kindles for her, and his eyes cannot leave her. “Phoebus is lovestruck… he sees her lips and never tires of them; her fingers, hands, and wrists are unsurpassed; her arms – more than half-bare – cannot be matched; whatever he can’t see

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE PORTRAYAL OF THE GODS IN VIRGIL'S AENEID AND OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. There is a significant difference in the treatment of the gods in the Aeneid and the Metamorphoses, even though both authors were writing in the epic tradition. Virgil wrote his Aeneid in the last ten years of his life, between 29BC and 19BC, after the Battle of Actium, in 31BC, which was significant, as it established Octavian as the sole emperor, Augustus, of Rome. The Aeneid is a celebration

Introduction Science played a great role in artworks in the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods in history. This essay will explain how the knowledge of science was used when creating works of art. The science of the anatomy wasn’t first used in the Renaissance; it was a continuation from the Greco-Roman, or Classical, period. The earlier classical artists used models in order to reveal the human shape in their best detail. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, anatomy deals “with the identification