The hammer beat against the red-hot sword, their clang resounding through the empty forge, a war cry. Once, twice, thrice, the Blacksmith beat the steel, until it was as smooth as a blade of grass, but far deadlier. Satisfied, he plunged the weapon into a vat of oil and hung it on the wall, to … Continue reading War’s Gift
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Aeneas vs Odysseus
Virgil’s Aeneid is the story of an epic hero, Aeneas, who rose from the ashes of Troy, exchanging his humanity for the immortality of founding Rome. The story picks up at the end of Homer’s Iliad, and the first three books alone, parallel the Odyssey in a variety of ways. Virgil uses a number of … Continue reading Aeneas vs Odysseus
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