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Virgil

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Roman poet whose portrayal of Ulysses as cruel contrasts with Homer's heroic Greek version of Odysseus, illustrating changing cultural values

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"These posts are even more boring than the normal posts here! The mods told me to pass it on!"
Posts about Virgil are now banned · u/bitchyfuxkjngbltch34 · ↑255 · 2021-06-10
"You can even see this contrast occur between different classical texts themselves. Homer's heroic Odysseus becomes Virgil's "cruel Ulysses." The guile and occasional sadism that were celebrated by the Greeks become antithetical to the imperial Roman ideal of the loyal citizen."
An underrated reason to read classical texts · u/BobcatEfficient4492 · ↑246 · 2025-04-07
"The last one I was trying to draw that painting of Dante and Virgil witnessing the two men fighting but now he's looking like a werewolf man and Im trying to figure out where to go with it"
here's what I drew tonight and the other night redscare pod · u/alexinpoison · ↑30 · 2023-11-23
"The last one I was trying to draw that painting of Dante and Virgil witnessing the two men fighting but now he's looking like a werewolf man"
here's what I drew tonight and the other night redscare pod · u/alexinpoison · ↑30 · 2023-11-23
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