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Tolkien and the classical world

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Angband, with the Silmarils; and by getting Mandos to restore both of them to life. Stevens comments that in the original myth, Eurydice meets "a second death", soon followed by the griefstruck Orpheus, whereas Tolkien has LĂșthien and Beren enjoy "a second life". Stevens notes that Tolkien evidently agreed that this version, ending with a resurrection, embodied a "religious difference" from the Greek myth, as he had described this in one of his letters as "a kind of Orpheus-legend in reverse, but one of Pity not of Inexorability".
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have had a powerful influence on the portrayal of the classical era in film. One effect, he argues, has been a focus on heroes of Greek mythology, with a move away from Rome, seen as a historical setting, towards Greece, seen as more mythical. Another effect is the addition of monsters; a third, the
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carried the Greeks into Troy, where they set fire to it, paralleled by the fire-serpents which carried "Balrogs in hundreds" into Gondolin. Tolkien's serpents are matched by the great serpents with "burning eyes, fiery and suffused with blood, their tongues a-flicker out of hissing maws" which kill
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reflects on what fiction is, and how he and Frodo are in a tale or will be put into one, to Virgil's account of Aeneas looking at his own tale: "There in order he sees the battles fought at Troy... 'Yes', he said, 'this tale will bring you some yet mysterious salvation'...heaving many a sigh... He
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us this corruption through the thoughts and actions of his characters". Plato argues that immoral life is no good as it corrupts one's soul. So, Katz states, according to Plato a moral person has peace and happiness, and would not use a Ring of Power. In Katz's view, Tolkien's story "demonstrate
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Pippin gazed in growing wonder at the great stone city, vaster and more splendid than anything that he had dreamed of; greater and stronger than Isengard, and far more beautiful. Yet it was in truth falling year by year into decay; and already it lacked half the men that could have dwelt at ease
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Ben Eldon Stevens maps out similar parallels, but adds that Tolkien's retelling contrasts sharply with the myth. Where Orpheus nearly manages to retrieve Eurydice from Hades, LĂșthien rescues Beren three times – from Sauron's fortress-prison of Tol-in-Gaurhoth, involving singing; from Morgoth's
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The commentator Charles Delattre states that Tolkien's tale of NĂșmenor is a retelling of the myth of Atlantis, the only drowned island in ancient literature. Multiple details align: it began as a perfect world, geometrically laid out to reflect its balance and harmony; it abounds in valuable
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the Valar are, in fact, full-fledged epic gods: they speak, they suffer, they desire, they fight, and, above all, they deliberate on the fates of elves and humans (in councils in Homer and Virgil) and interact with them in order to bring about their providential plans (individual or
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Alexander Bruce writes that Tolkien's tale parallels Virgil's account, but varies the story. Thus, Morgoth attacks while Gondolin's guard is lowered during a great feast, whereas the Trojans were celebrating the Greeks' apparent retreat, with the additional note of treachery. The
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that Gondor is distinctive in Middle-earth in having cities built of stone: "the only culture within historical memory that had made places like Minas Tirith was the Roman Empire." She comments that Tolkien's account of Gondor can be seen as the decline and
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and his sons. Aeneas and his wife Creusa become separated during their escape; her ghost pleads with him to leave when he searches for her, and he travels to Italy; in contrast, Tuor and Idril escape to Sirion together, eventually sailing from there to
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Keen comments that four films set at least partly in Roman Britain all make use of something much like Jackson-style "aerial footage, taken from helicopters, showing parties of characters striding across the landscape". These are the 2004
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and northern European worlds", and that he repeatedly displays interest in "things associated with the Mediterranean but not distinctly 'classical'". A clear example is the Mediterranean vegetation of the southern province of
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to the humdrum life of Athens, is "unambiguously and intimately" linked to Tolkien's NĂșmenor, since Tolkien made the comparison himself and actually wrote of "NĂșmenor-Atlantis" in his letters. He had considered using this in
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by training", is unable to treat classical Greece or Rome as "the fountainhead of Western civilization", since they are part of a Eurasian culture. Further, Tolkien's Catholicism leads him to focus on
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who is gradually corrupted, but is saved by his earlier mercy to Gollum, and Gollum's desperation for the Ring. Katz concludes that Tolkien's answer to Plato's "Why be moral?" is "to be yourself".
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various responses to the question posed by Plato: would a just person be corrupted by the possibility of almost unlimited power?" The question is answered in different ways: the monster
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Michael Kleu writes that Tolkien made "playful use of Greek myths related to Atlas", possibly including pre-Platonic tradition. Kleu comments that the playfulness extends, in
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note parallels between Plato's and Tolkien's rings. De Armas suggests that both Bilbo and Gyges, going into deep dark places to find hidden treasure, may have "undergone a
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is thrown down from Troy's walls. Tolkien changes the outcome: EĂ€rendil resists, and Tuor appears just in time to rescue him by throwing Maeglin from the walls instead.
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Ithilien, the garden of Gondor now desolate kept still a dishevelled dryad loveliness. Many great trees grew there, ... and groves and thickets there were of
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Just as with the interactions of the classical gods with mortals, the Valar's interactions with Middle-earth can take multiple forms: direct appearances or
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s key ingredient was the political connection "between the recovery of the main character's beloved and the return to royal responsibility."
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Less Consciously at First but More Consciously in the Revision: Plato's Ring as a Putative Source of Inspiration for Tolkien's Ring of Power
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figure ... overreacher whose excess is punished, yet whose accomplishments succeed in bringing ... a spark which can elevate humankind".
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who in a moment of need faithfully uses the ring, but is not seduced by its vision of "Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age"; and finally
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imitation of Jackson's battle scenes; and a fourth, the use of Jackson's stars in films of the classical world. Keen sees the 2004 film
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from its First Age "filled with Joy and Light" down to its "Twilight" Third Age as echoing the classical theme of decline from the
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Ford, Judy Ann (2005). "The White City: The Lord of the Rings as an Early Medieval Myth of the Restoration of the Roman Empire".
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have been linked by scholars, and by Tolkien himself. The suggested influences include the pervasive classical themes of
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Matz, Alicia; Paprocki, Maciej, eds. (2022). "There and Back Again: Tolkien and the Greco-Roman World (whole issue)".
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there. In every street they passed some great house or court over whose door and arched gates were carved many fair
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The use of monsters, too, has become available to film directors; Keen mentions the "Immortals" in the 2006 film
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of huge girth stood dark and solemn in wide glades ... and there were acres populous with the leaves of woodland
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aspects of Tolkien's works, concludes that Tolkien appears consistently to stress "underlying oneness of the
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at the bridge. Oughton finds multiple matches between the two accounts. Several of these are not present in
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The classical scholar Giuseppe Pezzini writes that "narratives of decline" are common in the literature of
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An arctic continent at the north pole, shielded by a ring of mountains, in this 1623 map, like the Greek
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This article is about uses of classical themes in Tolkien's fiction. For the book on this theme, see
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Rogers, Jennifer (2022). "The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2019: General Criticism: Other Works".
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may be defeated, but that will entail the fading and departure of the Elves, leaving the world to
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Thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date
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Antony Keen, an author on the reception of the classics in film and science fiction, writes that
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de Armas, Frederick A. (1994). "Gyges' Ring: Invisibility in Plato, Tolkien and Lope de Vega".
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Horror and Fury: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Children of HĂșrin and the Aristotelian Theory of Tragedy
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Newman, J. K. (2005). "J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings': A Classical Perspective".
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According to Philip Burton, Tolkien's Ithilien has Mediterranean and Classical connections.
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Minas Tirith's towering stone hall of Ecthelion has been compared to Ravenna's 6th century
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descending to the underworld. Other possible connections have been suggested by scholars.
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in Middle-earth; and both Gondor and Rome experienced lengthy "decadence and decline".
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Giant, Solitary, and Anarchist. The Trolls in The Hobbit and Polyphemus in the Odyssey
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is betrayed and the Ring is lost, leading to the War of the Ring and Frodo's quest;
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Plato's Atlantis and the Post-Platonic Tradition in Tolkien's Downfall of NĂșmenor
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that is greatest among Men, saw such terror as fell that day upon Amon Gwareth".
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or emotional appeal are all present, confirming that the tale is indeed tragic.
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of Plato's Atlantis; and its downfall recalls the destruction of Atlantis.
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To protect humble mortals, so as to fulfil the design of "the Valar, under
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Michael Kleu's analysis of parallels between Plato's Atlantis and NĂșmenor
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Giuseppe Pezzini's analysis of covert divine intervention in Middle-earth
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Arduini, Roberto; Canzonieri, Giampaolo; Testi, Claudio A., eds. (2019).
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to their poems in one of his letters. He notes that Tolkien likened his
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from Hades, only for her to die a second death. In Tolkien's version,
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Tolkien built a process of decline and fall in Middle-earth into both
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of many kinds putting forth blue flowers, or red, or pale green; and
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Tolkien appears to have based one scene on another classical source,
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he equated the classical gods to the Valar. Pezzini writes that in
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by a fateful arrow in the dark, soon followed by his death.
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Huttar 2040:Pyrrhus of Epirus 1982:"Orfeo was a king 1957: 1956: 1751:Beren and LĂșthien 1722:LĂșthien and Beren 1654:Steward of Gondor 1633: 1632: 1616:does not see him, 1447: 1446: 1318:Romulus and Remus 1093: 1092: 980: 979: 815:and Middle-earth. 731: 730: 636: 635: 413:such as those of 135:with the myth of 133:LĂșthien and Beren 8452: 8246:Fate of Gundabad 8204:Rise of Isengard 8175: 8147:Shadow of Mordor 8126:War in the North 8074:Game Boy Advance 7769: 7715: 7473:derivative works 7464: 7404:Unfinished Tales 7397:The Silmarillion 7179: 6830: 6607:Northern courage 6552:Environmentalism 6532:Decline and fall 6467:Song of EĂ€rendil 6377: 6365: 6210:J. R. R. Tolkien 6189: 6182: 6175: 6166: 6083:Splintered Light 5698: 5522:Northern courage 5447:Environmentalism 5427:Decline and fall 5350:Tolkien's poetry 5269: 4987:FinwĂ« and MĂ­riel 4809: 4763:John D. Rateliff 4640: 4567:Unfinished Tales 4550:The Silmarillion 4446: 4411:J. R. R. Tolkien 4393: 4386: 4379: 4370: 4365: 4337: 4316: 4310: 4302: 4273: 4260:Houghton Mifflin 4241: 4228:Houghton Mifflin 4223:The Silmarillion 4209: 4198:Houghton Mifflin 4177: 4166:Houghton Mifflin 4145: 4115: 4094: 4066: 4038: 4008: 4002: 3994: 3959: 3958: 3938: 3919: 3913: 3904: 3903: 3896:Jenkyns, Richard 3892: 3883: 3878: 3873:Burton, Philip. 3870: 3853: 3852: 3822: 3816: 3815: 3777: 3771: 3766: 3765:. pp. 3–12. 3761:Larini, Gloria. 3758: 3752: 3746: 3737: 3732: 3724: 3715: 3714:, pp. 95–96 3709: 3703: 3702: 3664: 3658: 3657: 3637: 3628: 3627: 3610: 3601: 3596: 3588: 3582: 3577: 3569: 3560: 3559: 3539: 3530: 3529: 3499: 3482: 3477: 3469: 3463: 3462: 3453:(3/4): 120–138. 3440: 3427: 3426: 3396: 3379: 3378: 3362: 3356: 3346: 3340: 3339: 3321: 3306: 3305: 3287: 3270: 3260: 3254: 3249: 3241: 3230: 3229: 3216: 3192: 3186: 3181: 3173: 3148: 3147: 3129: 3123: 3122: 3093: 3087: 3081: 3072: 3066: 3060: 3054: 3048: 3043: 3035: 3029: 3028: 3008: 2993: 2992: 2968: 2953: 2947: 2941: 2935: 2926: 2920: 2914: 2908: 2902: 2901: 2866: 2848: 2842: 2836: 2830: 2824: 2818: 2812: 2802: 2796: 2786: 2780: 2774: 2768: 2758: 2752: 2746: 2737: 2731: 2725: 2719: 2713: 2703: 2515:Indo-Europeanist 2478: 2458: 2435: 2288: 2264: 2240: 2226: 2188:earthly paradise 2026:Other influences 2001: 1986: 1969: 1800:Bond with nature 1781: 1763: 1747:The Silmarillion 1744: 1681: 1547: 1471: 1455: 1344: 1271: 1224: 1199: 1175:The Trojan Women 1132:the high priest 1063:fall of Gondolin 1029: 995:fall of Gondolin 856: 824: 804: 739:NĂșmenor-Atlantis 659: 529:The Silmarillion 512: 472: 455:The Silmarillion 403:The Silmarillion 379: 358:. 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Tolkien 66:Federico Barocci 8460: 8459: 8455: 8454: 8453: 8451: 8450: 8449: 8420: 8419: 8418: 8409: 8384: 8352: 8347:War of the Ring 8322:War of the Ring 8303: 8268: 8258: 8211:Riders of Rohan 8173: 8168:Return to Moria 8119:Aragorn's Quest 8061:War of the Ring 8019:Riders of Rohan 7956: 7929: 7892:Sagan om ringen 7875: 7870:Tolkien on Film 7833: 7799: 7763: 7756: 7704: 7645: 7609:Symphony No. 1 7587: 7560: 7510: 7475: 7458: 7343: 7333: 7290: 7281:Pelennor Fields 7264: 7164: 7138: 7073: 6880: 6873: 6815: 6736: 6697:First World War 6692:Classical world 6661: 6493: 6366: 6357: 6223: 6222: 6200: 6193: 6163: 6158: 6069:Perilous Realms 5989: 5978: 5925: 5858: 5801:Symphony No. 1 5779: 5740:Donato Giancola 5693: 5683: 5653: 5600:Classical world 5566: 5457:First World War 5376: 5256: 5203: 5155:Lonely Mountain 5093: 4945: 4816: 4803: 4792: 4751: 4696:The Etymologies 4646: 4635: 4625: 4536: 4450: 4437: 4402: 4397: 4347: 4344: 4342:Further reading 4334: 4319: 4303: 4291: 4276: 4270: 4255:Sauron Defeated 4244: 4238: 4212: 4180: 4148: 4142: 4120: 4097: 4091: 4069: 4063: 4053:Wm. B. Eerdmans 4043:Flieger, Verlyn 4041: 4035: 4016:, ed. (2023) . 4012: 3995: 3983: 3970: 3967: 3962: 3940: 3939: 3922: 3914: 3907: 3894: 3893: 3886: 3872: 3871: 3856: 3828:Tolkien Studies 3824: 3823: 3819: 3783:Tolkien Studies 3779: 3778: 3774: 3760: 3759: 3755: 3747: 3740: 3726: 3725: 3718: 3710: 3706: 3696: 3666: 3665: 3661: 3639: 3638: 3631: 3612: 3611: 3604: 3590: 3589: 3585: 3571: 3570: 3563: 3541: 3540: 3533: 3518: 3501: 3500: 3485: 3471: 3470: 3466: 3442: 3441: 3430: 3402:Tolkien Studies 3398: 3397: 3382: 3377:(4). Article 1. 3364: 3363: 3359: 3347: 3343: 3338:(2). Article 1. 3323: 3322: 3309: 3289: 3288: 3273: 3261: 3257: 3244:Kleu, Michael. 3243: 3242: 3233: 3194: 3193: 3189: 3175: 3174: 3151: 3131: 3130: 3126: 3095: 3094: 3090: 3082: 3075: 3067: 3063: 3055: 3051: 3037: 3036: 3032: 3010: 3009: 2996: 2970: 2969: 2956: 2948: 2944: 2936: 2929: 2921: 2917: 2909: 2905: 2898: 2868: 2867: 2860: 2856: 2851: 2843: 2839: 2831: 2827: 2819: 2815: 2803: 2799: 2787: 2783: 2775: 2771: 2759: 2755: 2747: 2740: 2732: 2728: 2720: 2716: 2704: 2700: 2696: 2691: 2669: 2624:; and the 2011 2615:The Last Legion 2539: 2492:Richard Jenkyns 2482: 2479: 2470: 2466: 2459: 2450: 2436: 2323: 2317: 2310: 2297:Horatius Cocles 2289: 2280: 2265: 2256: 2241: 2224: 2094:Wandering Rocks 2055:Horatius Cocles 2028: 2021: 2008:nearly rescues 2002: 1993: 1987: 1983: 1979: 1970: 1873: 1868:"Go down" into 1864: 1840: 1819:Lay of Leithian 1761: 1742: 1724: 1718: 1711: 1702:, setting up a 1682: 1617: 1611: 1606: 1605:kills the King, 1604: 1530:of the wearer. 1506: 1500: 1493: 1491: 1472: 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Index

Tolkien and the Classical World (book)

Roman legend
Aeneas
Troy
Tolkien's legendarium
Elendil
NĂșmenor
Federico Barocci
J. R. R. Tolkien
Middle-earth
many sources
medieval ones
divine intervention
decline and fall in Middle-earth
Atlantis
NĂșmenor
Troy
fall of Gondolin
Rome
Gondor
magical rings
One Ring
LĂșthien and Beren
Orpheus
a mythology evocative of England
Ithilien
Peter Jackson
film version of The Lord of the Rings
Troy

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