Roman Religious Practices and Beliefs: Family, Death, and Priesthood
Theme V: Roman Religious Practices and Beliefs
Family Deities
- Person Founder of Gens: Traced back to a deity or personality of the heroic past.
- Lares: Benefactors. Joint family divinities represented by statuettes were kept in a lararium located at the entrance of the house.
- Penates: Divinities protecting the pantry (penus), home, as well as health and family welfare.
- Manes: Corresponded to the dead souls of the family, represented by statuettes. They were honored with offerings of flowers and food.
The
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Antonio Machado’s Poem: A Reflection on Lost Dreams
The main theme of the text is located in its last lines, particularly in the dialogue that the poet maintains with the source within him. The source of the poet tries to remember a dream that is too far away in time. This dialogue between the source and the poet takes place in a space and time perfectly located in the poem:
- Time: Late summer
- Area: A park
With a number of important elements: the ivy on the wall, the rusty iron gate, the old lock that
Miguel de Cervantes: Life, Works, and Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes: Life and Works
Miguel de Cervantes (1547 – 1616) was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. He participated in the Battle of Lepanto, where he lost the use of his left hand. He was captured by Turks and held for five years until he was ransomed. In Seville, he served as a commissioner of provisions for the Spanish Armada and was jailed on occasion. He spent his last years in Valladolid and Madrid.
Poetry
Cervantes considered himself a poor poet, as he acknowledged in his work Journey
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Catalan Literature: Aftermath of Decline
- Spanish version of the aristocracy of the old territories of the Crown of Aragon.
- Loss of power of the Catalan bourgeoisie.
- Frequent utilization of castles in the literature.
- Input of Spanish in serious literature in the 17th century.
- Loss of unity among different Catalan-speaking territories.
Renaissance
The revaluation brought the classical Greek and Latin culture. It is an intermediate stage between the Roman period and Renaixença.
16th Century (previously in
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Catalan Literature: Humanism to the Renaissance
Humanism
Humanism was the current philosophical school of thought during the Renaissance, marked by significant scientific and technical discoveries.
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a movement that focused on the human experience. Scholars were very interested in creating a comprehensive grammar of the Latin language.
The Plight of Catalan
There was a lack of modern Catalan literature (then called the Limousine language) and a separation between the written
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Catalan Language: Verbal Syntax
SV (Syntagma Verb): Set of words in contemporary Catalan where the verb is the nucleus. SV = V + CV
Types of Verbs:
- Based on the subject:
- Personal: The subject agrees in gender and number.
- Impersonal: No subject, always in the 3rd person.
- Based on syntactic function:
- Copulative: To be, to become, to seem.
- Predicative:
- Intransitive: To call, to telephone, and meals.
- Transitive: Needs a direct object.
- Prepositional (CRV): Needs a preposition for the verb to be meaningful, always