Aeneid - modern scholarship Flashcards
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Kenneth Quinn (Augustus)
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what Augustus wanted from the Aeneid was “an epic poem with himself as the hero”
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R.D William (intention)
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“there can be no doubt… a major intention of the Aeneid was to glorify Virgil’s own country”
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Fox (Aeneas)
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“always either insipid or odious”
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Harrison (Dido)
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“is highly sympathetic to modern readers”
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Rutherford (Turnus)
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“is hopeless due to the manipulation of the gods”
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Gransden (Juno)
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“Most of the plot of The Aeneid is driven by Juno”
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Williams (Aeneas’ fate)
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“Dido and Turnus are trampled on by the fate of Aeneas and Rome”
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