Literature

4 09, 2017

Polybius and the rise of Rome – Roman history

By |2018-04-25T08:57:46-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Polybius and the rise of Rome – Roman history

Snow in Athens (thanks BBC!) Polybius (po-LIB-ee-us) was a rich Greek man, who was born in the Greek city of Athens, about 200 BC. When the Romans conquered his city-state, they demanded some hostages from that [...]

4 09, 2017

Plautus – Roman plays – ancient Rome

By |2017-09-04T00:45:19-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Plautus – Roman plays – ancient Rome

Actors in ancient Rome During the Roman Republic, when the Romans first began to go to plays, there weren't any plays written in Latin, only plays in Greek. Plautus (PLAW-tuss or PLOW-tuss) was [...]

4 09, 2017

Ovid and the Metamorphoses – Roman literature

By |2020-04-17T05:26:01-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Ovid and the Metamorphoses – Roman literature

Part of a page from a copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses (South Italy, 1000s AD, just as the Normans were conquering it) When did Ovid live? With the end of the Roman [...]

3 09, 2017

Echo and Narcissus – Ovid’s Metamorphoses – ancient Rome

By |2019-05-23T18:41:04-07:00September 3rd, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Echo and Narcissus – Ovid’s Metamorphoses – ancient Rome

Narcissus and his pond (Third Style Roman painting from Pompeii, about 79 AD) - Echo and Narcissus Where is Echo's story from? Echo and Narcissus is a story we know [...]

3 09, 2017

Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome

By |2019-11-03T18:03:15-08:00September 3rd, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome

Latin literature: A Roman papyrus scroll from a library of Epicurean philosophy (Herculaneum, Italy) Where did Latin come from? The Roman Empire lasted for more than a thousand years, so there was [...]

3 09, 2017

Pliny the Elder – Roman literature and Pompeii

By |2019-03-22T08:33:04-07:00September 3rd, 2017|History, Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Pliny the Elder – Roman literature and Pompeii

Mt. Vesuvius Who was Pliny the Elder? Pliny the Elder was a very rich man from one of the most important families in the Roman Empire. He lived during the [...]

3 09, 2017

Philemon and Baucis – Ovid’s Metamorphoses

By |2018-04-25T10:20:25-07:00September 3rd, 2017|Literature, Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Philemon and Baucis – Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Just a loaf of bread This is a story we only know because Ovid wrote it down in his poem, the Metamorphoses. It might be a traditional Greek story, but we don't know [...]

14 08, 2017

Br’er Rabbit and the Tar Baby – American literature

By |2019-02-23T13:29:41-08:00August 14th, 2017|Literature, North America|Comments Off on Br’er Rabbit and the Tar Baby – American literature

Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby A famous Br'er Rabbit story This is a story about Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox. Br'er Fox was sick and tired of Bre'r Rabbit tricking him. [...]

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