JC Cheer

John Carroll is a school, where we all go to learn
Happiness you will find, cause we are super cool
we have ultimate frisbee
we can make fun of other schools


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Story of Narcissus Structural Analysis

My story also continued from "The Transformation of Echo"

Proairetic: Narcissus walks through a woods and the nymph Echo follows closely behind him, while Narcissus does not know this. Narcissus suspiciously asks who is there, and Echo replies back to him exactly what he says every time. Narcissus does not regard Echo, and Echo becomes heartbroken, living in caves and cavernous places for the rest of her life, echoing all sounds. Echo prays that Narcissus may love like she did in vain. Narcissus encounters a pool to drink from, and upon looking in the pool he falls in love with his reflection. He remains at the pool of water staring at his reflection for a very long time, neglecting to sleep or eat. By the time he realized that the reflection was his, he was mentally distressed and started to hit himself, and with this he lost his youthful beauty and his attractiveness. Echo found him in his misery and echoed his last words "Ah youth! Beloved in vain." When the nymphs returned to his body to bury it, there was only a flower that grew from the spot.

Catapaults!

Catapaults are large apparatuses that were (and still are) used commonly in warfare. These are able to hurl projectiles at adversaries at great distances without the use of gunpowder. The catapault was supposedly invented in 399 in the city of Syracuse during the reign of Dionysius I. The history of the crossbow and the catapault are closely itertwined; perhaps the crossbow was a forerunner for the later invented catapault.

everything you could possibly want to know about catapults

Wrestling

Wrestling is an ancient martial art that involves grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds to defeat the adversary. This form of martial arts has references as far back as the Illiad and has been mentioned in the period of the Trojan War, around 1200 BC. Nowadays there is a new type of wrestling, called WWE, which is a fusion of wrestling and acting all in one.

history of wrestling from library.thinkquest.org

Temple of Apollo

The Temple of Apollo Palatinus is an ancient temple built on Palatine Hill by Augustus dedicated to the god Apollo. This temple was promised by Octavian to his patron god Apollo (Augustus proved in his writings that he was a descendant of the gods) if he won the Battle of Naulochus in 36 BC against the Roman general Sextus Pompeius, and went into construction after he defeated Cleopatra an Marc Antony at the Battle of Actium. The temple was built on the sight of where a lightning bolt struck his property on Palatine. Now the temple lies in ruins, but has been excavated and many of its artifacts are preserved in museums.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Aedes_Apollinis_Palatini.html

The Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian artifact that dates back to the Ptolemaic era. The stone is a stele with 3 different translations of Ptolemy IV's Decree of Memphis in 218 BC, translated in hieroglyphic, demotic, and classical Greek. The stone was found in 1799 by the French in the Egyptian city of Rosetta, and drastically helped anthropologists to decipher Egyptian and Hieroglyphic writing, which was understood little before the 1800s.

Story of the Rosetta Stone from http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html

Shipwrecks found in the Black Sea

The Black Sea is a notable location for artifacts and shipwrecks submerged under the water, because there is a lack of oxygen at the bottom of the sea and when shipwrecks occur the ship's wood decomposes significantly slower, preserving everything on the ship to nearly the same condition it experienced at the time of the shipwreck. In addition to this, organic life that feeds on organtic materials does not survive at the depths of the Black Sea so the

article about the shipwrecks from bigbluetech.net

Artemis

Artemis was a highly worshiped Greek goddess. Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo and descended directly from Zeus and Leto. She was the Hellenistic God of forests and hills, virginity, child birth, fertility, the hunt, and often was depicted wielding a bow and arrows. There is a temple devoted to her called the Temple of Artemis, and many things in Astronomy are named after her.

Information regarding Artemis

Bellerophon

Bellerophon was a hero of Greek Mythology. His greatest deed was to kill the Chimera, a mythical monster that had the body of a lioness with a snake as its tail and a goat's head sprouting from its back. He was ordered by King Iobates to kill the Chimera, and he was given the winged steel Pegasus to do so. He killed the Chimera by riding on top of Pegasus and throwing a spear coated with lead into the Chimeras throat; when the Chimera breathed fire the lead melted and suffocated the Chimera.

Bellerophon on Pantheon.org

Perseus

Perseus was a significant hero in Greek mythology that is featured in the founding myths in the cult of the 12 Olympians. He was an ancestor of the Perseid Dynasty and the founder of Mycenae, a large city that was located 90 kilometers south of Athens, but is now in ruins after its decline around 1200 B.C. He is also the hero in Greek Mythology that has slain Medusa with the help of the gods Hermes, Athena, and Hades. He married Andromeda, who he rescued from her fate of being chained onto a rock and sacrificed to the sea monster Cetus.



Article on Perseus from Pantheon.com

The Death of Seneca

In 65 A.D., Seneca the Younger was accused a part in the Pisconian conspiracy, a plot that would assassinate Nero (who was Emperor at the time) and replace him with Gaius Piso. He was ratted out and ordered by Nero to commit suicide. He obeyed Nero and severed several of his veins in order to bleed to death. However, he did not die immediately so he was given poison, which also did not kill him but put him in immense pain. He was then placed by his friends in a warm bath to ease the flow of blood out of his body, but instead the fumes from the bath suffocated him according to Tacitus' account. His body was then incinerated without usual funeral rites. A painting by Luca Giordano in 1684 establishes the mood of the scene.

Tacitus: the Death of Seneca

The Gardens of Maecenas

The gardens of Maecenas were gardens built by Maecenas as a memorium. The gardens were located on the Esquiline Hill, joining a large graveyard by the Servian Wall and relative to the Lambian Gerdens. The also extended past the Servian Wall and included several facilities. Maecenas was said to have build the first swimming baths featuring hot water, and these were supposedly located within the buildings that were in the gardens.

http://epistol.glossa.dk/fronto.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/55*.html#7

Horace 1.9 Project

TRANSLATION:

Going through the Sacred Way, in that my will was strong, reflecting on the ignorance of idle things, when all this happens: a man I only know by name runs up to me: with taking a hand 'How are you dear fellow?' 'Sweetly, which it is' saying 'and I wish you all the power you desire .' With having attended 'What do you wish?' as he still followed me. But that 'you know us' says; 'We are men of learning.' Upon this you have more of my respect. Wretchedly wanting to get away, I would swiftly walk on, occasionally stopping, speaking in the ear of my ignorant boy, sweat flowing over the last ankle. 'Oh you, Bollane, your mind does not speak fruitfully affirming! He then began to chatter with what is a skim, the row of houses, the praised city. When I didn't respond, he said "You want terribly to get away: a long time ago I saw; but I did not deliver it: even holding up the pursuit as I now left the place and walked on the way.' 'There are no needs for you to drive on, I wish to visit a friend you don’t know; going far across the Tiber to near Caesar's Garden.'' I am lazy and do not have anything, I will follow you.' 'My ears dropped like an ass of an unfair advantage, climbing a burdensome hill with heavy cargo, beginning that: 'If I am understood well, you will not find a more colorful friend in Varius of Viscum, not different faces; for what I am to be able to quickly write more verses too? Who’s limbs can move as flexibly? Even Hermogenes is jealous of me when I sing.’ Here was where I interrupted into the topic ‘have you no mother, relations, that need you alive?’ ‘Not I, each of them are at rest.’ Lucky them, now I only remain. Finish me off; for sadly this destiny presses on, when I was a child it was sung by the old Sabine that disturbed the cinerary urn: “No horrible poison nor hostile blade shall kill him, nor shall pains seize him, nor heavy coughs: the one who shall devour him must be talkative, for he shall avoid the chattering people if he is wise, growing older.”
 
Coming to Vesta’s temple, now passing the fourth day, by chance he was due to answer a charge in court “If you love me” he says “be near me for a short while.” “Kill me if I remain strong, I lack knowing the law and I must go.” “I’m not sure,” he says, “whether to leave you or my trial.” “Please, me” “I will not” he says, and proceeds. I commence, for it’s hard to tune out when they are triumphant. “In what way do you know Maecenas?” he repeats. “That’s a sensible mind of few friends. No one is as skillfully prosperous. You’ll gain favorable support if you speak of me to this man and deliver me as I wish.” “We do not live that way. There is no house that is wealthier or smarter: I am not obliged to say, I say, that there is a place for everyone belongs where they belong.” “A great tale, hardly credible.” “It is the truth.” “You ascend my desire to get in proximity with him.” “You only have to want it: with your ideals you’ll see this: he is a person that can be seen to, yet he makes this task difficult. I will succeed, I’ll bribe him and if denounced I will continue, maybe at a better time, coming across him on the road and bringing him home. Without great labor life will surrender nothing to mortals.”

During his speech behold! Fuscus Aristius meets us, my dear friend that knows him well. We stand still. "From where are you coming from and going?" he asks and answers. I began to pluck his hands and press against his sluggish arms, twisting my eyes, so that he may snatch me away. Wickedly he laughed at me, concealing the hint. Anger burned my liver. "Surely you wish to speak of something in private." "I remember well, but I'll say at a better time: now is the thirtieth sabbath: would you insult the circumcised Jews?" "I won't" I said, "religion is.""but me: I am a little weaker, someone among many men. Pardon me; I'll speak at another time." The sun has risen so horribly upon me! He wickedly flees and leaves me under the knife." But by chance his enemy (from court) meets him and "Where to, you disgrace?" he yells with a loud voice, and "do you call as a witness?" and I verify my opposing ear. He is hurried into court; there is chaos from both sides, running from everywhere. Therefore Apollo has saved me.

25 VERBS PARSED:

Ibam: 1st person singular imperfect active indicative of eo "to go"
nescio: 1st person singular present active indicative of nescio "to be ignorant"
accurrit: 3rd person singular perfect active indicative of accuro "to run; to hasten to"
agis: 2nd person singularpresent active indicative of ago "to drive"
est: 3rd person singular present active indicative of sum "to be"
adsectaretur: 3rd person singular imperfect active subjunctive of adsector "to accompany"
occupo: 1st person singular present active indicative of occupo "to seize"
Inquam: 1st person singular present active indicative of inquiam "to say
Discedere: 2nd person singular present active imperfect of discedo "to march"
Consistere: 2nd person singular present active imperfect of consisto "to stop"
Nescio: 1st person singular present active indicative of nescio "to be ignorant"
Manaret: 3rd person singular imperfect active subjunctive of mano "to flow"
Garriet: 3rd person singular imperfect active subjunctive of garrio "to chatter"
Laudaret: 3rd person singular imperfect active subjunctive of laudo "to recommend"
Respondebam: 1st person singular imperfect active indicative of respondeo "to answer"
Video: 1st person singular present active indicative of video "to see"
Tenebo: 1st person singular future active indicative of teneo "to hold"
Persequar: 1st person singular present subjunctive of persequor "to follow up"
Volo: 1st person singular present active indicative of volo "to wish"
Cubat: 3rd person singular present active indicative of cubo "to lie, recline"
Habeo: 1st person singular present active indicative of habeo "to have"
Sequar: 1st person singular present active subjunctive of sequor "to follow"
Confice: 2nd person singular present active imperfect of conficio "to finish off"
Instat: 3rd person singular present active indicative of insto "to pursue"
Dolor: 1st person singular present passive indicative of dolo "to chop into shape"

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS SCAVENGER HUNT:

1. Plot: Horace walks along the Sacra Via. A man encounters Horace and asks him how he is doing. Horace responds back politely and continues on. The man follows him and continues to talk to him, upsetting Horace. Horace whispers to his servant while the man praises the city and the streets. The man says that he understands that Horace wants to get away from the city, and that he will follow him because he has nothing better to do. Horace continues to act negatively towards the man to ward him off but the man is stubborn and oblivious.
They walk by Vesta's temple after half a day, and the man asks Horace to join him in his trial, Horace refuses, and the man decides to persist on following Horace. The man talks about how Horace should help him get into the circle of Maecenas, while Horace explains that that is not how the circle works. Fuscus Aristus meets them and greets them, and Horace physically suggests Fuscus to help him out of the situation. Fuscus laughs at Horace and disregards his pleas, and leaves them. The mans adversary then arrives and takes the man away, and Horace volunteers himself to serve as a witness.
2. Roads resurface often in Satires 1.9, as the plot unfolds as Horace travels one. The roads that he travels on is very lengthy, such as also the talkativeness of the man who accompanies him. Horace seems to despise the road (like he despises the company of the man), and the man praises the roads and the city (suggesting that the roads endlessness is like the man's loquacity).
3. Semic: As the man continues to talk to Horace, the man seems more absorbed into his own talking and perceives Horace as in the conversation as much as he is, whereas Horace is just trying to avoid the man. During the entirety of the conversation Horace adds an annoyed note to everything he feels that the man says, to help the reader interpret how annoying this man really was.
4. The road is one symbol; it symbolizes the annoyance of the man and how extensive it is. Whenever one of status encounters the road, they would have a chance of being confronted by this man and talked to as in this situation, for the man states that he believes he can join Maecenas' circle by confronting him on the road and talking to him. Another symbol is the temple of Vesta, for it symbolized that Horace had some hope for that this man would leave him. When they passed the temple of Vesta the man explained that he was due to court and asked Horace to accompany him, which Horace refused and then begged the man to leave him. Later the man was arrested, and Horace was freed.
5. The man makes several blind references to the city, praising it's parallel houses and roads to appease Horace. This shows that wherever Horace was, the roads and buildings were probably neatly designed and parallel. Also we can guess that the street they were walking on was wide because they met someone that they were acquainted with.
6. Roman satire did not consist of practical humor or jokes being cast. Satire at the time was more or less like Shakespearian satire, such as in "The Taming of the Shrew." Satire usually consisted of an event in everyday life that the audience could relate to, with characters that the audience could relate to. An event deemed humorous in life was usually the feature of the satire, and in this case the annoying antagonist was dismissed back to court. This satire was also rich in irony, as whenever Horace subtly suggested the man to leave him the man would interpret it as something entirely different.

The Equestrian order in Ancient Rome

The Equestrian Order was the lower of the two aristocratic classes in Ancient Rome, the other being the Senatorial Order. The Equestrian Order was often associated with the top social classes in Roman society, and were often the wealthiest. Each citizen of the Roman militia comprised of their equipment measuring their wealth, so out of this most of the upper class provided cavalry because they could afford many horses. A member of the order was dubbed an eques, which in Latin meant anyone riding a horse. Possibly the use of knights in the class system of feudalism originated from this.

eques (knights)

Atlantis

Atlantis was a lost civilization mentioned by Plato in his works Timaeus and Critias. Plato describes the island of Atlantis as a naval power in front of the "Pillars of Hercules" that conquered much of Europe and Africa about at about 9600 B.C. After a failed attempt to invade the city of Athens, Atlantis sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Many historical analysts debate how much of the story was obtained through stories told of other cultures, but few still question if Atlantis truly existed in one way or another. Atlantis still inspires literature today and can still be seen referenced in culture occasionally.

History of Atlantis

The Personification of Justice

Our personification of justice comes from the Roman goddess Iustitia, the Roman goddess of Justice and an allegorical personification of the morality in the Judicial systems. This depiction is a woman with three distinct symbols: a sword symbolizing the power of the court, a scale weighing cases and opposing arguments, and a blindfold that indicates impartiality. These three personified objects make out the values that are essential to be consistent in a non-biased Justice system.

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises that require many different physical attributes such as strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance and grace. It is a rigorous exercise that is taken seriously as a sport. Gymnastics emerged in Ancient Greek culture as physical fitness was essential. Gymnasiums were widespread and common because of this, where gymnastics gets its name. Gymnastics consisted of exercises that were basic at the time such as mounting and dismounting a horse and circus skills, which could be useful outside the gymnasium. Now gymnastics takes on many different forms, such as aerobic and acrobatic gymnastics.

History of Gymnastics

300 Movie review

300 is a 2007 movie based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller, and is a fictional account of the Battle of Thermopylae. The movie incorporates fictional beasts and fictional historical accounts to spruce up the history of the battle. This movie seemed too detailed and over exaggerated for me, and the plot seemed to only face on the fighting (except for the beginning of the movie). This movie is as big a lie as all Disney movies are, but for most of us its still eye candy.

300 on imdb.com

Constantinople

Constantinople was the capital of the Roman Empire from 330-395 A.D. This city was built by Constantine at the time to shift the power of the Roman Republic from the west to the east. This city was strategically located at the point where Europe meets Asia, where influence from all over the Old World could conglomerate there. This city succeeded Ancient Greece and Rome, and became the center of attention ever since. This is a big reason why Rome was so vulnerable after the rule of Constantine, and why Rome was later ransacked by Germanic tribes and the Huns.

History of Constantinople

Diocletian: Emperor of Rome

Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus was the Roman Emperor from November 284 to May 305. He was originally born to a Dalmatian (not the dogs) family of lowly status, but quickly gained a vantage point of power at his involvement in Roman military, becoming a Calvary commander under the previous Emperor Carus. Upon Carus and his son dying on a campaign to Persia, Diocletian assumed his throne as Emperor by the army. His bringing into power ended the "Crisis of the Third Century," and his notable achievement under his reign is that he divided the Roman republic into a ruling of four rulers, a Tetrarchy.

Roman Emperors: Diocletian

Epicureanism

Epicureanism is a philosophy based on the teachings and ideas of Epicurus, who lived around 300 B.C. Epicurus was a materialist that often attacked the ideas behind mainstream faith such as superstition and divine intervention. Epicurus believed that in order to obtain the greatest pleasure and happiness, one must seek a state of tranquility through the act of modesty and avoiding fear. Epicureanism believes that pleasure is holy and is the main substance of our limited lives, and true pleasure only comes from acts that are deemed good and modest.

Epicureanism on VRoma

Literary Terms to Know

Alliteration: using the same consonant over and over again

Anacoluthon: a lack of grammatical sequence, a change in the grammatical construction within the sentence

Anadiplosis: the rhetorical repetition of one or several words "doubling back"

*Anaphora: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successful phrases, clauses, or lines.

Anastrophe: transposition of normal word order (yet never a breeze up blew)

Antistrophe: repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successful phrases.

Antithesis: opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.

Aporia: expression of doubt (often feigned) by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what they think, say, or do.

Mythical Bird: Ziz

In Jewish Mythology, the Ziz is a griffin like creature that has a wingspan big enough to block out the sun. It is seen as a guardian of other lesser races of birds, and without it the other birds would suffer and die. It would attack those who would trespass into its territory and kill the birds of the sky. It is believed to be just a simple metaphor for the sky, as the Leviathan is a metaphor for the ocean and the Behemoth for the land.

Pixton Project: Carmina 1.1