Student Essay: Achilles Atropos
Typical analyses see the turning point of Achilles’ character in his re-entry to the war. But does his character really change?
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Homer: An Author Profile
The principal literary quality of this, perhaps the most shadowy of all the figures on the CLT Author Bank, is a little ironic.
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The Nibelungenlied: A Romance of Disaster and Death
The Nibelungenlied: A Romance of Disaster and Death By Gabriel Blanchard Romance; treachery; vengeance; many unpronounceable names: here we have the ingredients of high epic. The Nibelungenlied, or
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Student Essay: Beowulf and Ecclesiastes
Student Essay: Beowulf and Ecclesiastes By Caleb Dummermuth The Old English epic and the biblical book share the same lament and the same hope. Ecclesiastes is a sobering
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Virgil: An Author Profile
VirgilAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown As Jove rescued Æneas from the fires of Troy’s destruction, so the divine Augustus saved the Æneid from its author’s will. ❧
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