The Aeneid

The Aeneid

Homer
1. The Odysessy
  1. Gaining a homeland
  2. 'virumque'
2. The Iliad
  1. Troy moving to Italy
  2. 'arma'
3. Muses
  1. 1.8 - hiatus
    1. Reader expectations
  2. Prompts
4. Inverted order/perspective
Themes
1. Love
  1. Turnus to Lavinia
  2. Cf Apollonius
  3. Fire imagery
    1. Destruction
    2. Passion
    3. Cf Paris' desire of Helen
    4. Torch = limited
2. Ring composition
  1. 'condere'
3. Hesitation
  1. Dido before suicide
  2. Golden Bough
  3. Vulcan
4. Primacy of Fate
  1. Characters all give in
  2. Above gods
  3. Desire/anxieties not as important
5. Sufferings of Wanderers
  1. Homeland = identity
  2. Disorientation
  3. Metaphor
  4. Unknown fate
6. Glory of Rome
7. Prophecy
  1. Audience know
  2. Limited insight
    1. 3 - Anchises
8. Revenge
  1. Pallas
  2. Dido
  3. Harpies
  4. Juno
Characters
1. Aeneas
  1. Passive to active
    1. Cf Achilles
      1. Fully?
    2. Accepts fate
      1. Can be distracted
        Dido
  2. Restraint?
    1. Doesn't know about Ach and Priam
  3. Positive prototype
    1. Rome's rise
  4. Divine protection
  5. Compassionate
    1. Pious
      1. Cf Juno/Turnus
  6. Paris = humiliating
2. DIdo
  1. Founded own city
  2. Victim of cupid
    1. Cf Medea
  3. Sacrifice A makes
    1. For Rome
3. Turnus
  1. Irrationality
    1. Cf Achilles
  2. Cf Hector
Simile
1. Homer
  1. N =Artemis
    1. Flattery
2. Apollonius
  1. M = Artemis
  2. Menacing
3. Virgil
  1. Contrasting
    1. Dido is not a girl
    2. Male officials
    3. Not harmless flirtation
  2. When D is a huntress = the end
Ecphrasis
1. Temple
  1. Different perspective!
    1. Patroclus = Achilles
  2. Accurate representation
2. Shield
  1. Cf angry Achilles
  2. A doesn't understand

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