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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: Individual Presentations
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Classical Foundations of Literature. Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Did his presentation on Socrates and his immortal presence. His goal was to gain greater knowledge and virtue, and he proved that there is more than one way to gain immortality. And, there is a bit of Socrates present in the psyche of every modern person. Ross's Recipe for Socrates:. A pinch of Aristophanes. And everything taken with a grain of salt. Synchronicity - Jung's term. Talked about the many rapes of Zeus. Just to name a few: Alcim...
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Barbara's Blog: The Class Presentations
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Wednesday, May 2, 2007. They were both very well spoken too. Our class, as we continue our presentations, can serve a mini culture that demonstrates how much the classical literature affects our daily lives. We will have yet another concrete example of the past in the present. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 04/29 - 05/06 (1). 04/15 - 04/22 (1). 04/08 - 04/15 (1). 04/01 - 04/08 (1). 03/25 - 04/01 (2). 03/18 - 03/25 (2). 01/21 - 01/28 (1). View my complete profile.
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Barbara's Blog: Test questions for Monday's Test
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Thursday, April 5, 2007. Test questions for Monday's Test. 1 Which birds represent Procne and Philomena? The swallow and the Nightingale. 2 Define ate (not ate, but aw-tay). Infatuation to the point of being ruined. 3 Who was the original artisan (or artificer)? 4 Who is the god of sleep, dreams and disguises. 5 What shall we avoid at all costs? 6 Aristophanes' theory of soul mate. humans once were like two sides of a coin, the gods split. 7 Tragedy emphasizes the individual,. 10What is Socratic irony?
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Classical Foundations of Literature: 5 Lines
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Classical Foundations of Literature. This blog was created and will be maintained at least over the next few months to supplement an English Literature class titled Classical Foundations of Literature. Basically I will just be discussing certain elements of the class I find interesting, comment on reading, post notes, etc. Feel free to respond to whatever. Monday, April 02, 2007. Her voice and bones are all that's left; and then. Her voice alone: her bones, they say, were turned. View my complete profile.
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Classical Foundations of Literature: Random Thoughts
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Classical Foundations of Literature. This blog was created and will be maintained at least over the next few months to supplement an English Literature class titled Classical Foundations of Literature. Basically I will just be discussing certain elements of the class I find interesting, comment on reading, post notes, etc. Feel free to respond to whatever. Monday, April 09, 2007. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Jesus and the Scapegoat. Dionysus of the Double Doors.
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Classical Foundations of Literature: Dionysus of the Double Doors
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Classical Foundations of Literature. This blog was created and will be maintained at least over the next few months to supplement an English Literature class titled Classical Foundations of Literature. Basically I will just be discussing certain elements of the class I find interesting, comment on reading, post notes, etc. Feel free to respond to whatever. Monday, April 30, 2007. Dionysus of the Double Doors. I just wanted to comment a little about Jann and Chase's presentations on Dionysus. Chase's pres...
