Aeneid Quotes by Theme Flashcards
war as bitter
‘then wars will be laid aside and the years of bitterness will be over’
aeneas seeing depictions of troy
‘he suddenly saw, laid out in order, depictions of the battle fought at Troy… Aeneas stopped, and wept’
Jupiter about the Rutillians
‘trojan and ruttilian i shall treat alike’
Effects of duty - Aeneas
‘duty allowed no rest to the limbs of aeneas’
Book 1 greek gifts
‘i am afraid of Greeks, even when they bear gifts’
Book 1 - Aeneas’ thoughts
‘all his thoughts were on his dear son Ascanius’
Book 2 - Aeneas’ reaction to Anchises’ request
could not ‘run away and leave my father here’
Book 2 - Significance of Anchises’ request being described as ‘sacriledge’
demonstrates how Aeneas views the word of his father on the same level as the gods
Book 2 - Aeneas’ fears
Aeneas ‘unmoved by the missiles of the Greeks… but now every breath of wind frightened me… so afraid for the man I carried and the child at my side’
Book 2 - Aeneas’ description of Cruesa’s death
the ‘cruellest thing’ he saw in the sack of the city
Book 4 - Aeneas’ reason to leave Dido
‘I see my son Ascanius and think of the wrong I’m doing him, cheating him of his kingdom in Hesperia’
Book 4 - What does the Ascanius excuse to Dido parallel?
Mercury + Jupiter’s order… ‘spare a thought for Ascanius’
Book 4 - Aeneas dutiful despite Dido
’ a heart shaken by great love, he nevertheless carried out the commands of the gods’
Book 6 - Aeneas prays to hear his fate
‘dutiful, praying for his people’s future’
Book 6 - Sibyl + the branch and its significance
‘Aeneas seized the brand instantly, it resisted, but he broke it off impatiently and carried it’
- sibyl says if he was fated to go to the underworld the branch would come off easily - but it came off easily therefore symbolic of his power to attain the branch despite fate not being in his favour
Book 6 - Dido sees Sychaeus again
Sychaeus ‘meets her with love’
Book 6 - Aeneas makes more excuses for leaving Dido
‘it was against my will oh queen that i left your shore. it was the stern authority of the commands of the gods’
Book 6 - devotion to seeing Anchises
‘i knew your devotion would prevail over all the rigor of the journey and bring you to your father’
Book 6 - Why Rome is supposedly better than the Greeks
‘spare the defeated, break the proud in war’
Book 4 - Mercury reminding Aeneas to get his priorities straight
‘Have you entirely forgotten your own kingdom and your own destiny?’
Book 1 - Dido’s authority
‘the woman led the whole undertaking’
Book 1 - Virgil questions Juno’s intentions
‘Why did she drive a man famous for his piety to such endless hardship and such suffering?’
Book 1 - Venus cares about Aeneas (2 quotes)
‘What great harm has my son Aeneas been able to do to you?’
‘Venus came to him, her eyes shining bright with tears’
Book 2 - Venus stops Aeneas killing Helen
‘it is not that hated beauty of the Spartan women… it is the gods, the cruelty of the gods’
