Aeneid Scholar Quotes Flashcards
Otis on Book 6 and Aeneas’ Journey
The primary importance of the journey is that it represents a spiritual illumination that fit him for his mighty task
Jenkyns on Dido and the Gods
Dido doesn’t have a moral flaw she’s made to supernaturally fall in love with Aeneas
Jenkyns on Dido’s death
It’s not right to blame anyone in particular because that’s the way it’s written
Boyle on Aeneas in the underworld
Aeneas’ journey in the underworld did not have much of an impact on him at all
Otis on Aeneid
Celebration of the Augustine hero and hope that Augustus brought to Rome
Jenkyns on Book 8
It’s the holiday book
Jenkyns on the first and second halves
In the first he is despairing, in the second he is moving irresistibly forwards to victory
Harrison on Stoicism
Romans saw stoicism as an interest of the state
Williams on Aeneas Suffering
He is a homeric hero because he suffers for others - “social man”
Reilly on Women
Women who step out of traditional roles are doomed to fail
Quinn on the characters of the Aeneid
Virgil creates complex characters worthy of sympathy
Williams on the purpose of the Aeneid
Aeneid is to glorify Rome and Augustus
Hardie on Aeneas’ personality
Aeneas has a boring personality because that is what is driven upon him by the fates
Camps on Aeneas being a puppet
Aeneas is a puppet controlled by external forces
Camps on Aeneas’ free will
Hiss free will is what distinguishes him from other characters
Camps on Turnus in Book 10
The reader is meant to sympathise with him though he is misguided and bloodthirsty
Edwards on the Aeneid and Augustus
The Aeneid endorses Augustus
Hardie on modern audience of the Aeneid
Modern readers think it’s anti augustun
Edwards on fate of Rome
Rome is fated to be settled there
Edith Hall on why Aeneas kills Turnus
Aeneas killing Turnus is to avenge Pallas who is like an adopted son
Edith Hall on Aeneid being Utopia
Utopian Poem
Cowan on Furor
Furor is the most destructive and pervasive force in the Aeneid
Can also take form as sexual furor when Dido commits suicide
Cowan on leaders calming furor
Leaders need to be able to calm their own furor, even in Aeneas in Book 12, otherwise they can’t calm others - Neptune comapred to calming a rioting mob
Mackie on book 6
Book 6 Main theme is its direct personal relevance of Aeneas and his role in the story
Hardie on Book 6
Book 6 demonstrates the virgilian pathos of the premature death of young men
Shows a very male dominated view of roman society
Becker on Camilla
Virgil takes the opportunity to decry the heroic code of behaviour which prides itself on glory and booty
Becker on warfare
Whether the perpetrator is male or female, enemy or ally, the work of the battlefield is unilaterally inglorious
Jenkyns on Camilla
One of Virgils’ strangest and most original creations, both delicate and savage
Feely on Killing of Turnus
Turnus’ death is a relief, satisfies expectation
Rutherford on Aeneas and Turnus as Kings
neither can be regarded as model figures of ideal kings
Hardie on Dido
Noble heroine who makes a fateful mistake
Sage on Aeneas being passive
Aeneas is an instrument of the Gods, passive and passionless
Sage on Aeneas being unheroic
Falls short of the heroic in every respect
Jenkyns on Aeneas’ flaws
Aeneas’ faults are not feeling too little but feeling too much
Williams on Juno’s role in plot - Positive
Major part of the story, formidable
Williams on Turnus’ fate
Must happen because it contrasts to destiny
Williams on Dido’s character
A tragic queen, admirable
Williams on Death of Turnus
Turnus was barbaric, the antithesis to the civilisation Aeneas wanted to found
Mackie on Aeneas and Fate
Aeneas’ general concern is to facilitate fate
Gransden on Book 4
Book 4 is structured like a greek tragedy
Williams on Aeneas’ positive character
Good leader because he doesn’t hunt for personal satisfaction
Gransden on War
War doesn’t last very long, not a key part of the story
Sewery on Anchises and Aeneas
The relationship between father and son is the closest bond in the poem
Jenkyns on Creusa
Noble in her death of comforting those close to her
Harrison on Juno
Juno is a soap opera bitch
Gransden on Fate
Heavy supporter of fate in driving the story
Kennedy on Jupiter
Jupiter role is to be a narrator in causing things to happen
Ross on Gods and Fate
Gods and Fate are everywhere throughout the poem, seeming to be always in control
Cowan on Nisus and Euryalus
Their death show the needless and tragic destruction of a thing of beauty, by a mindless impersonal force
Jenkyns on Creusa being a good wife
Creusa wants to comfort her husband in her death, upholding her role as a wife
Sewery on Dido being a victim
Dido is a victim of Roman destiny
Jenkyns on Different sides of Aeneas
We see someone experiencing ordinary human difficulties
Primitive red-blooded warrior with strong emotions
Williams on Gods being negative
Striking and Relentless
Jupiter gives rule without end
Williams on Aeneas as a mortal
“He is an ordinary mortal, no superhero”
