Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral · Character
Sol
The Roman sun god, personified in hymns.
minor
First appearance: an hymn to the morning
Sol's tie to Britannia is one of the pressures that moves Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The sun god who sheds benign rays upon the voyage.
Sol first appears in 0018 an hymn to the morning.
With Britannia (social): Britannia and Sol (the sun) are personified entities that interact in allegorical or patriotic verse.
In Ode to Neptune: The sun god who sheds benign rays upon the voyage.
Later, in II: The sun god, who sheds his benign ray and doubles the radiance of the day in response to the song.
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Character Web
3 connectionsA slice of how Sol sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.
Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Mythological and Classical Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Britannia
social · positive
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Relationship notes
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See Sol in an hymn to the morningIn the story
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Chapter companion notes
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See Sol in an hymn to the morning