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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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The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical!: My Pick of the Ovid's Litter
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The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical! Sunday, March 25, 2007. My Pick of the Ovid's Litter. I can always hear Dr. Sexson's deep narrator voice sound in my head when I say that.IN THE BEGINNING). Well here it comes.Thisbe finds her lover already dead, prays that there bodies be buried as one, and kills herself as well, and that my folks is how the Mulberry Bush berries turned red. ."O tree, who now shade with. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical!
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The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical!: The Scape Goat of the Family
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The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical! Monday, April 30, 2007. The Scape Goat of the Family. I thought it fitting to tell my scape goating story after today's double presentations on this topic. And I also learned from another presentation that by telling this story I am making myself immortal in all of your minds.however creepy that may seem.here we go! Cassi, you are already immortal in our minds because of having to memorize your birthday and birth place! Haha you lucky girl;).
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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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The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical!: The Love of Art
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The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical! Monday, March 26, 2007. The Love of Art. The art works of Titian:. Sorry I couldn't get it any bigger :(. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical! Diego Velázquez Art Work. The Love of Art. My Pick of the Ovids Litter. What is a Maenad? To Love a Cat! View my complete profile. My family.moms taking the pic :(.
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The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical!: Only Five Lines???
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The Foundations of Lit. are in Fact Classical! Monday, April 2, 2007. How is a person who has been asked to read the entire book of The Metamorphoses of Ovid supposed to pick and choose and narrow down 550 pages full of words into just five lines? Well, since we were asked.I chose my five lines from my favorite story, Pyramus and Thisbe. I let you be the first who would arrive. O all you lions with your liars beneath. This cliff, come now, and with your fierce jaws feast. Upon my wretched guts!
