One of the more intensely poetic passages of the Aeneid is one in which Virgil (70-19 BC) tells us the death and the end of Priam , the aged king of Troy, in the Book II.
He speaks in a stentorian voice
Nouns often have the potentiality to generate adjectives that express a particular attribute of the character of the person designated by that name.
World Book and Copyright Day 2013. “Don Quixote” translated into Latin.
The Day April 23 marks the “World Book and Copyright Day” by UNESCO declaration.
The satraps are people who have much power
In some contexts the word “satrap” has a pejorative meaning, negative, derived from the great power than such position had in ancient Persia.
Overwhelming crimes
In Greco-Roman antiquity there are several myths that tell us some overwhelming crimes.
Europe versus Asia: an eternal rivalry
It is known that the Trojan War, which Homer sings in his poem “The Iliad”, was triggered because the Trojan prince Paris, visiting Greece, kidnapped the blonde Helen, wife of Menelaus, and took her to the court of his father, Priam, in Troy
The post or post service
The word “post”, with very few changes, refers to the post service in many countries in the world; its creation is very old.
The most beautiful poem in ancient literature
For many connoisseurs and lovers of Latin literature, Virgil is the first poet due to his epic poem the “Aeneid”. The second poet would be the lyrical Horace.
Habemus Papam
Jesus Christ was born in the time of Emperor Augustus and, with him, the Catholic Church. Christianity owes many things to the Greco-Roman world.
Troy was placed where the poem said
Troy is a topic that has produced a lot of literature, but for thousands of years its location was forgotten. However the poet told us very clearly where it was buried; we only had to trust on his words.