In this excerpt of The Aeneid, Virgil is invoking the Muse so that she will help him tell Aeneid's story. This invocation to to the muse is Virgil's tip of the hat to Homer, who also started the Iliad and the Odyssey by invoking the muses.
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In antiquity, systems of measurement were defined locally: the different units might be defined independently according to the length of a king's thumb or the size of his foot, the length of stride, the length of arm, or maybe the weight of water in a keg of specific size, perhaps itself defined in hands and knuckles.
Systems of Measurement: there are two main systems of measurement in the world: the Metric (or decimal) system and the US standard system. ... The US Standard system uses units that have no predictable relationship to each other.
Explanation:
For example, there are 2 cups in a pint, but 4 quarts in a gallon.
This movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that originated in Europe that dealt with the expression of subjective inner experience and emotions rather than a strictly realistic depiction of phenomena is called expressionism. It is a reaction to the strongly realistic depictions of say the human form by such artists as Michelangelo in the Renaissance.
