ARGUMENTUM AD PINOCCHIO: Heroism can't exist in a fated world! FAT·TAL·ISM: (1) The doctrine that all events are predetermined by fate and are therefore unalterable. (2) Acceptance of the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable. Rol...

The Aeneid, by Virgil, is an epic that attempts to give the Roman Empire an illustrious founding. As the story progresses, Virgil presents two very real human emotions: pietas, and impious furor. Pietas is duty towards the Gods, country, and family. Impious furor, in contrast, is the feeling of...

The Aeneid is a poem of parallels and contrasts. This is because Virgil crafted his epic as a means of placing the Romans above the Greeks on the literal level. It was often understood that while Rome had a far superior military, the Greeks had a far more evolved sense of Art and the more sublime a...