...as we advance in life these things fall off one by one , and I suspect we are left with only Homer and Virgil, perhaps with only Homer alone.
Thomas JeffersonOf all public figures and benefactors of mankind, no one is loved by history more than the literary patron. Napoleon was just a general of forgotten battles compared with the queen who paid for Shakespeare's meals and beer in the tavern. The statesman who in his time freed the slaves, even he has a few enemies in posterity, whereas the literary patron has none. We thank Gaius Maecenas for the nobility of soul we attribute to Virgil; but he isn’t blamed for the selfishness and egocentricity that the poet possessed. The patron creates 'literature through altruism,' something not even the greatest genius can do with a pen.
Roman PayneMots clés money shakespeare selflessness tribute respect beer queen helping-others help battles virgil selfless-service altruism selfless-love napoleon queen-elizabeth patronage gaius-maecenas literary-patrons maecenas mecene napoleon-boneparte patron patron-of-the-arts sponsorship statesman tributes
..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the sea
and what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...
Mots clés myth greek mythology troy virgil aeneid trojans
the dank night is sweeping down from the sky
and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
Mots clés myth greek mythology troy virgil trojan aeneas the-aeneid
But the queen--too long she has suffered the pain of love,
hour by hour nursing the wound with her lifeblood,
consumed by the fire buried in her heart. [...]
His looks, his words, they pierce her heart and cling--
no peace, no rest for her body, love will give her none.
Mots clés myth greek mythology troy virgil trojan aeneas the-aeneid
The signs of the old flame, I know them well.
I pray that the earth gape deep enough to take me down
or the almighty Father blast me with one bolt to the shades,
the pale, glimmering shades in hell, the pit of night,
before I dishonor you, my conscience, break your laws.
Mots clés myth greek mythology troy virgil aeneid trojan aeneas dido
Arma Virumque Cano (I sing of arms and of man) -The Aeneid
Aeneas MiddletonMots clés virgil the-aeneid aeneas-middleton
Each of us bears his own Hell.
VirgilI am Aeneas, duty-bound, and known
Above high air of heaven by my fame. -AM #CymruAMbyth
Mots clés virgil aeneid aeneas middleton
Death's brother, sleep.
VirgilMots clés sleep death virgil unrest aeneid the-aeneid michelle-harrison
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