Book 6 Flashcards
What myth I’d in the Ekphrasis at the start of book 6?
Daedalus
What comparison is made between Aeneas and Theseus?
Theseus triumphed over death to become a Hero, implying that Aeneas will do the same
Who takes Aeneas through the Underworld?
The Sibyl
‘Then I shall found a temple of solid marble to Phoebus’
Augustan Allusion - Temple of Apollo Palatinus
What does the Sibyl prophesise for Aeneas? (4)
The sons of Dardanus will reach Lavinium
There will be wars
There is a second Achilles
A foreign bride
‘Pity the father, O gracious one, and pity the son, ai beg of you’
Pietas
Pater duty
What must Aeneas do to gain access to the Underworld?
Find and pluck a golden bough from a tree and Bury his dead man
Who is the dead comrade that Aeneas must Bury?
Misenus
What guides Aeneas to the golden bough?
Two doves - his mother, Venus’, birds
What is personified at the entrance hall of Orcus? (12)
Grief
Revenge
Old age
Diseases
Fear
Hunger
Poverty
Death
Drudgery
Sleep
Pleasures
War
What is the name of the ferryman of the dead?
Charon
What does Charon highlight?
The importance of proper burial
‘No man may be ferried from fearful bank to fearful bank of this roaring current until his bones are laid to rest’
Pietas
Importance of proper burial
Who approaches Aeneas from the bank of the river Styx?
Palinurus
‘By your father, by your hopes of Iulus as he grows to manhood […] rescue me from this anguish.’
Supplication to Aeneas using Pater duty
What is the name for the place Dido’s shade lives?
Mourning Plains
Who resides in the Mourning plains?
Victims of unhappy love
“Dido with her wound still fresh.”
Physical or emotional- Physical stability wound vs emotional heartbreak
Who other than Dido does Aeneas see in the Mourning Fields?
Deiohobus
“Men caught and killed in adultery, men who took up arms against their own people and did not shrink from abusing their masters’ trust”
Augustal Allusion - Leges Julia and death of Caesar
“Those who have raised human life to new heights by the skills they have discovered and those whom men remember for what they have done for men.”
Augustan Allusion - Sumi Viri
Who does Aeneas meet and then shows him the future generations?
Anchises
“Augustus Caesar, son of a god, the man who will bring back the golden years”
Augustan Allusion
What are the two gates of sleep?
The gate of Horn and the Gate of Ivory
