Essays on The Aeneid

It is interesting how mythical stories always have an interesting beginning to end, particularly this story that we are talking about is an about Aeneid and it would have never existed if it wasn’t for Virgil, the poet, he was famous for 3 poems especially...

The belief in the existence of an afterlife can be dated back to the beginnings of recorded history. It has been extremely common for cultures around the world to believe in some kind of life or existence after death. It was also common for the...

The Aeneid is placed into a genre of epic literature which is disreputably male dominated, most traditional “heroes” are male, while female characters are assigned to the background, serving, for example, as either anti-heroes for the hero to defeat or love interests for him to...

The topic about death, fate, and destiny troubles the human heart and mind, and every human tend to ignore this discussion. While many people believe in life after death, most people choose to keep away from the talking about it because of fear of the...

Virgil does an outstanding job at making the Aeneid filled with contradictory dynamics. He creates a drama that stresses countermotion to the series of events that are set to transpire, in a way that will not allow them travel in a straightforward line. These events...

Self-control is not the first thought that comes to people’s minds when they think of virtue. This is because in the modern age, self-control is not valued as much as other virtues. It seems as though everyone has problems with self-control in the present day,...

In Virgil’s The Aeneid, Ovid’s Venus and Adonis (and Atalanta), and Euripides’ Hippolytus, there are strong female characters that exercise various types of power. This essay will argue that women have power derived primarily through their intellect and wit—while men relied on violence—, and this...

Dante’s descent to Dis: a path all people pursue. Although Dante borrows heavily from Virgil in The Divine Comedy, he does not borrow Virgil’s hero. In the Aeneid, Aeneas is lost and confused, seeking to understand the reason for his suffering and the purpose behind...

While everyone clearly has desires, it doesn’t seem immediately obvious that everyone has a form of duty. Military members and public servants, perhaps, but the average person? However, everyone arguably has a form of duty, some obligations or debts to be fulfilled, even if just...