Horace 2.14

No one escapes old age/death.
Nothing follows you after death.
Live for today.

Fugit nemo aevum.
Nihil sequi te ex morte.
Vivit hodie ad.

Horace 1.11

Look life is escaping.
Every minute perishes,
Dont trust in tomorrow.

Vita ecce fugit.
Omnis minutus peret,
Nec crede cras in.

Epicurean Philosophy

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie relates to Epicurean Philosophy because the book makes life seem like a cycle that repeat itself. For example, the book starts off having the mouse get a cookie then milk. Then after the mouse did many other things, he got another cookie. Next, you the reader, can assume what the mouse is going to ask for next. A List by Arnold Lobel relates to Epicurean Philosophy because it shows people to live your life right now and don't worry about whats going to happen in the next moment or tomorrow. For example, Toad writes a list of things he wants to do but when he goes outside the paper blows away. So, what he does is sits down and does nothing until he can think of what was on that paper. This is a perfect example because you can plan your whole life out and one little thing can go wrong or change and you now are completely lost. It's Mine relates to Epicurean Philosophy because it shows how people can go through one traumatic event which will change their view in life. For example, the three frogs on the island claim that its theirs but when a flood destroys the island and the island returns more beautiful then before, they all say it is our island. They change their minds because they now know how everything can change in an instance.

Epicurean

Horace 1.9 is Epicurean in many ways. First of all the poem starts off with you, the reader, noticing all these different sights. All theses sights are saying to embrace everything around you, all the forms in life. He goes on to explain more in detail to accept what is going on right now and not to worry about whats going to happen tomorrow. On important sight is where you see the struggling trees unable to support their leaves. This symbolizes another Epicurean feature. This resembles one of the teachings that the Gods don't care about us and how we will change our ways after this change. The tree is us and the burden is the change that we will, some of us, not be able to coupe with. Next , the poem relates to the Epicurean saying, "...that pleasure is the beginning and end of living happily." To live happily, Horace says you have to do the positive and smart things in life and repeat them. The analogy he uses in the poem is to dissolve the chill by replacing wood in the fireplace. One temporary pleasure he speaks of is drinking from the two-handle Sabine Jar. Pleasures are a big part of Epicurean belief because the pleasure should heavily out weigh the pain for someone to live happily. Another pleasure he speaks of is to love as a young boy.

Effective Lie

There are main points throughout Sinon's story that make it believable to the Trojans. It all falls into place when Eurypylus comes back from Phoebus' oracle with the words, "Blood and a virgin slain you gave to appease the winds, for your first voyage Troyword, O Danaans. Blood again and Argive blood, one life, wins your return." This makes the story become believable because Sinon puts his own life at rest. His life is at risk because the Trojans and especially Calchas think that Sinon is the Argive who needs to be killed so the Danaans will leave Troy. Later on he really comes out to the Trojans and says that he hates the Greeks and has no ties to them. He says this to convince the Trojans to take the horse into their city. They believe it is a source of trickery which will although the Greeks to gain access to the city. He goes on to say that they have to accept the horse so the Gods will not be made at them since Tydeus and Ulysses stole the Pallas from the Danaans. This really makes the story believable because if all they have to do is take in this horse to please the Gods they will.

254-272

Jovi Venus it.

Temptant fati Aeneai.

Is narrat facta eam.

Venus goes to Jupiter.

She worries for Aeneas' fate.

He tells her facts.

Quaestio

The poet's characterization of the great man in verse 151 prompts us to compare him to Aeneas himself because the man describe has the characteristics of Aeneas. Line 151 is translated as "...a man of great authority and does good duties...". The phrase "pietate meritis" and the word "gravem" are the two aspects of this line that truly describe Aeneas. They describe Aeneas because he is a man of great authority and a man of great deeds. For example, Aeneas,"multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio-genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae." This shows he is a man of great deeds because he founded Latium and bring people to it. Next, Aeneas says in a speech to his people,"Have we not known hard hours before this? My men, who have endured still greater dangers, God will grant us an end....through so many challenges, we hold our course for Latium....Troy's kingdom there shall rise again. Be patient: save yourselves for more auspicious days." This speech shows that he has a true authority over his people which is like the man who has great authority. Through these two actions and many more Aeneas has done and accomplished, makes the reader see the poet has compared the man in line 151 to Aeneas.

Neptune

Insanum pontum,

Neptunus regut illum,

Instat Aeolus.

Aenied:1-101

Juno wants payback,

Has Aeolus cause havoc,

Aeneas weakens.

Contemporary Epic

One contemporary epic I found was the movie Saving Private Ryan. The first reason why this movie is epic is because it contains a very serious subject of matter. The subject is the United States involvement of War World II. The part of World War II the movie focuses on is the invasion of Normandy. The movie starts off with the United States invasion of Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. What makes the movie so epic is the historical accuracy of World War II. For example, the invasion of Omaha Beach is in great accuracy to the littlest actions. The setting of the scene with boats, barbed war, and other beach obstacles is all the true objects they used in the real war. Also, when a Germany soldier taps is hand on another Germany's helmet who is fire a machine gun is very accurate because this was the best way to communicate since the great noise of battle. Next the movie is an epic because of it contains a quest. The quest in the movie is for a group of soldiers to try to find Private Ryan who is a paratrooper. They are trying to find him because he is the last alive of his family that is serving. His three other brothers were killed in battle. Finally the movie is epic because it has periods of upheaval. The first is the invasion of Omaha Beach. Throughout the groups quest to save Private Ryan there are plenty of upheavals to get to him. Also, the last scene is probably the best one because they have Private Ryan but there is a huge infantry of Germans coming to them. This is huge because there are only about 10 American soldiers to fight against them until the air strike and their infantry arrives. This is a great period of upheaval because they use great strategy to become successful and win with minimal losses.