Book 4 Flashcards
What is the name of Dido’s sister?
Anna
What does Dido’s sister encourage her to do?
Be with Aeneas
What is a Culpa?
A matter for blame
What is Dido’s culpa?
Her love - ‘a fire of wild love’
What is Dido compared to in the simile at the start of Book 4?
A wounded doe with an arrow sticking from her side
What does the wounded doe simile foreshadow?
Dido’s death, the arrow could be symbolic of Aeneas and the removal of it/him would cause her to die
What does Juno and Venus decide to do?
When Aeneas and Dido are on a hunting trip, it will rain and Aeneas and Dido shall be in a cave together and a marriage between them will take place
What is the significance of the Gold and Purple imagery used?
Recognizable by the contemporary Roman colours as a sign of the Empire
Who is Aeneas compared to?
Apollo
Why does Dido have reservations about first being with Aeneas?
A vow show took following the death of her husband, Sychaeus
What is personified to spread throughout Carthage?
Rumour
Who from Iliad is Aeneas compared to?
Paris - ‘ this second Paris’
Who does Jupiter send to remind Aeneas of his fate and duty to his son?
Mercury
‘His sword was studded with yellow stars of Jasper, and glowing with Tyrian purple, there hung from his shoulders a rich cloak given to him by Dido’
Augustan allusion - Aeneas wearing Carthaginian dress would have served as a reminder of Mark Antony in Egyptian dress to the contemporary audience
‘Spare a thought for Ascanius as he grows to manhood, for the hopes of this Iulus […] you owe him the land of Rome and the kingdom of Italy’
Pater duty