The Education of Achilles, James Barry, 1772 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is a heartfelt, and at times gut wrenching, novel following the relationship between Patroclus of Opus and Achilles of Phthia in the moments leading up to the Trojan war. Millers novel emphasizes the adventures of youth,…
Book One of Metamorphoses Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a collection of Roman myths that describe the creation and development of the universe through frame narratives (stories within stories) and explains the role of the gods and humankind in developing legends and our way of life on earth. In Book One the…
Who is the Goddess Diana? Diana is the child of Jupiter and Latona, and sister to Apollo. Accompanying Apollo in his representation as the sun, she is the goddess of the moon. As a virgin goddess, she is known as a patron for chaste women and nymphs, often coming to…
