Ovid suggests that Ulysses genuinely deserves the arms. Achilles' arms are not merely a soldier's tools. They are a work of art. Paradoxically, the man who ...

21 июн. 2022 г. · Similar to the way grief led Procne and Philomela to seek brutal revenge against Tereus, Hecuba is sent into a frenzy when she finds out her son ...

Hecuba learns the truth when Polydorus's corpse washes ashore. She tricks Polymestor into a meeting. She gouges out his eyes in revenge and is transformed into ...

Ulysses retrieves Hercules' arrows from the island of Lesbos, and these help the Greeks win the war. After, the Greeks burn Troy and take all the Trojan women ...

21 июн. 2022 г. · The Greek chiefs take their seats and a crowd gathers to listen to Ajax and Ulysses defend their cases. Ajax gives his speech, ...

While Memnon's pyre is blazing, the smoke turns into a flock of black birds. These birds fly around, then, divide into two camps, and fight each other. They ...

13 сент. 2024 г. · Ovid gives a detailed and lively description of Ajax and Ulysses fight over Achilles' armor. While Ovid does a fair job of paying homage to both ...

A tree is ugly without its leaves: a horse is ugly unless a golden mane covers its neck: feathers hide the birds: their wool becomes the sheep: a beard and ... Bk XIII:123-381 The debate... · Bk XIII:481-575 Hecuba's...

When the captains were seated, and the rank and file were standing, in a circle, around them, Ajax, master of the seven-layered shield, leapt up, and, ... Bk XIII:623-639 Aeneas begins... · Bk XIII:640-674 The...

2 нояб. 2001 г. · The commentary itself is admirably lucid and judicious, and will constitute a helpful introduction not only to Met. 13 but also to many areas of ...