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I`m well versed in classical literature, from Greek mythology up to the Pre-Renaissance, including Homer, Dante, Bocaccio, Virgil. I`m currently a writer who incorporates many classical references in my work, so I constantly keep myself involved, and I`d be happy to help anyone in need of some help, a reference, etc.

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2009-11-20 Homer:

Hi DJ, No, in the Odyssey, Caesar is not mentioned. Homer wrote thousands of years before Caesar was born, so he id not know anything about him of course, and did not write about him. However, the Greek

2009-11-04 The Aeneid by Virgil:

You can work in the concept of Jesus as the son of God, and how Jesus himself had to follow the will of God. Jesus knew his entire life that he was destined to die on the cross, because his father pre-ordained

2009-11-04 The Aeneid by Virgil:

Ok, here is what I would suggest, but unfortunately I don't have a copy of the book with me to give you the specific line numbers, and chapter numbers etc. One choice would be the passage when Aeneas

2009-07-06 Why is the sky blue...:

Hello, Michael. I have checked through almost everything I can think of, including some really old encyclopedias I have here, and I can't seem to find a specific line from mythology about why the sky

2009-05-12 iliad:

Hi Pete, The story of Helen and Paris is very ancient and goes back to ancient times long BEFORE Homer wrote about this in the Iliad. It was a story handed down from verbal traditions, without a clear-cut

 

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