Top answers

Who is considered to be the more effective King of the gods, Zeus (Iliad) or Jupiter (Aeneid)?

ZEUS: gentlecompassionatemore human figure JUPITER: impartialharshcolder characterisation BOTH powerful - epithets 'the cloud gatherer' (Zeus), 'the All-powerful Father, the highest power in all the universe...
HE
2522 Views

How did the Roman hunting games express Roman imperial identity?

The Roman hunting games, known as the venatio , are perhaps one of the most recognisable aspects of Roman history. Initially, the venatio seems to have been an off-shoot of the early triumphs against Rome's ...
JB
2102 Views

What is the difference between a historian and a biographer?

Suetonius represents an example of an ancient biographer. While Suetonius was a Roman, the biographical tradition came from the Greeks and another example can also be found in Plutarch. Ancient biographies a...
MS
5264 Views

Comment on the Helen episode in Book 2 of Virgil's Aeneid (ll.568-600)

In this passage Aeneas, having just witnessed the murder of Priam, in a frenzy contemplates the murder of Helen, only to be prevented by the intervention of his mother Venus. Helen hiding "at the altar&...
EG
7722 Views

‘IMPRESSIVE BUT NOT VERY PRACTICAL.’ DO YOU THINK THIS APPLIES MORE TO THE BUILDINGS AND LAYOUT OF THE SANCTARY OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA OR THE SANCTUARY OF APOLLO AT DELPHI? (25 MARKS)

Overall this statement applies more appropriately the sanctuary and buildings of Olympia as it is less practical with no clear sacred way but is indeed very impressive as seen most clearly in the chryselepha...
TW
3532 Views