Aeneid Scholarship Views Flashcards
Galinsky in Turnus
Turnus is dominated by fury and madness which takes on the aspects of wickedness
Goldberg on Turnus and Aeneas
Turnus is an expression of the Old Homeric codes of honour which Aeneas must overcome in order to establish Roman values
Cairns on Aeneas
Aeneas is not a woodenly perfect hero but has humanising faults throughout
Reilly on women
Women who step out of line are doomed to fail
Quinn on Augustus
Augustus wanted an epic with himself as the hero
Jenkyns on Dido
The gods caused her (Dido) to love but she chose to act upon it
Edwards on Dido
Dido is certainly a paralleled to Cleopatra
Grandsen on Aeneas
Aeneas is no more than a puppet
Grandsen on fate
Fate dominates the Aeneid
Morgan on the Gods
The gods are entertaining
Grebe on the purpose of Aeneid
The Aeneid was certainly used as propaganda
Ross on fate
Fate seems to always be in control
Markus on destiny
Destiny is dependent on human will and effort
Toll on the purpose of the Aeneid
The Aeneid is a poem of national identity
Toll on Virgils beliefs
Virgil’s ideas about the Romans… were much more important to his poem than his ideas about Augustus