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Book 2 Flashcards

1
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What is book 2? (2)

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A flashback
An embedded narrative

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‘No man could speak of such things and not weep’

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Allusions to the Odyssey

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‘Fates of Troy were already moving towards that end’

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Troy’s fall is fated, it is not the fault of the Trojans

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How does Virgil spin the Fall of Troy to have the Trojans come out not seen as losers?

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By portraying them as victims of fate and their piety while the Greeks were liars and deceitful.
The Trojans didn’t fall due to a lack of military might but the will of fate

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Were the Trojans all in agreement about how to handle the Horse?

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No - they were uncertain and their passions were divided

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What is the name of the Greek who lets himself be captured by the Trojans?

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Sinon

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What is the name of the Trojan who threw a spear at the Horse?

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Laocoon

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Who does Sinon claim the Greeks had consulted?

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The oracle of Phoebus Apollo - Pythia

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‘I have no hope now of seeing the land which was once my home, or my beloved children, or my father whom I have so often longed for’

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All important to Romans and would have resonated with a contemporary audience - Importance of Pater families

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‘The people should receive it with their traditional piety’

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Pietas

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What is the fate of Laocoon?

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He and his two sons are killed by two serpents

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What do the Trojans assume the reason for Laocoon’s death to be vs What is the actual reason?

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Trojans - The result of him violating the Horse (offering to Minerva), Divine punishment
Actual - Pallas (side of the Greeks) caused it to make it appear Sinon was telling the truth

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‘The last day of a doomed people and we spent it adorning the shrines of the gods all through the city with festal garlands’

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Fate moving forwards but even when doomed the Trojans remain dutifully pious

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What kind of Hero is Aeneas depicted as in the first half of this book?

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Homeric

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What kind of Hero is Aeneas depicted as in the second half of this book?

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Virgilian

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15
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Who comes to Aeneas in his sleep?

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The ghost of Hector

16
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What does the Ghost of Hector urge Aeneas to do?

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Flee Troy with the household gods as Troy will fall

17
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‘Let us die. Let us rush into the thick of the fighting.’

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Homeric hero

18
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‘Frenzy and anger drove me on and suddenly it seemed a noble thing to die in arms’

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Homeric hero

19
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‘Down fell the fifty bedchambers with all the hopes for generations yet to come’

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The end of Priams line - would have resonated within contemporary Romans as ancestry and descendance was of high importance

20
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Who kills Priam’s son Polites?

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Neoptolemus - Achilles’ son

21
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Why does Priam’s supplication to Neoptolemus fail?

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It is ineffective as Neoptolemus wasn’t close to his father so felt little obligation to do right by him, only to avenge him

22
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‘But this is not how Achilles treated his enemy Priam. He had respect for my rights as a suppliant and fir the trust I placed in him’

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A direct reference to book 24 of Iliad

23
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Who is Aeneas reminded of upon seeing Priam’s death?

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His father - Anchises

24
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On his way to his fathers house who does Aeneas see at the Temple of Vesta?

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Helen

25
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Who stops Aeneas reaching Helen?

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Venus

26
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What divine sign is given to convince Anchises to go with Aeneas and Creusa and flee Troy?

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Ascanius’ hair being alight

27
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‘A star fell from the sky, trailing a great torch of light in its course through the darkness’

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Allusion to Augustus - Caesar’s comet made comets appear as a sign of divine approval to a contemporary Roman audience

28
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‘This was the man who had been unmoved by all the missiles of the Greeks […] but now every breath of wind frightened me and I started at ever sound, so anxious was I, so afraid both for the man I carried and the child at my side’

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Virgilian Hero
Importance of bloodline - specifically pater

29
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Who doesn’t make it out of Troy?

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Creusa

30
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What does the ghost of Creusa tell Aeneas? (3)

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There’s a kingdom awaiting him and a royal bride
To not fail their son
That she will remain in Troy and never have to face a slaves fate

31
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‘Three times I tried to put my arms around her neck. Three times her phantom melted in my arms’

A

Rule of 3
Presenting Aeneas as a loving and dutiful husband
Creates empathy and sympathy for his desperation

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