Chapter 12 Flashcards
How does Turnus display Homeric hero ideals at the start of bk12?
- he says to Latinus: “let me trade my life for glory”
How is Turnus described when he’s on the chariot killing people?
“ he resembled blood- soaked Mars in action”
Give a quote that shows both Turnus and Aeneas were blood thirsty.
“ blood boiled in them both… they used all their strength for slaughter”
How do we know that Turnus has accepted his fate?
He says, “is death so dreadful?”
How does Juturna persuade the Latins to break the oath?
-“ you’d risk one life for all of us?”
What does Virgil say to Jupiter when war breaks out again?
-“Jupiter, did you want nations fated for eternal peace to clash so violently?”
What does Juturna say about immortal life if she loses her brother?
- “immortal life is worthless”
What does Amata say Turnus is for her?
“One relief in old age”
“I shall never live to be a captive and see Aeneas married to Lavinia”
How is Turnus’s death described?
“His life left him with a groan”
