What’s in a Speaker?

This paper takes a look at three Epics (The Iliad, The Aeneid, and Dante’s Inferno, but more specially at their opening lines and how they inform the reader of the content of the work.

What’s in an Image?

Can a visual object, say a pottery, tell a whole story? Epics such as Iliad and Aeneid can be seen in art works of their time, but just how much of the story is there?