Fate - Scholarship - Aeneid Flashcards
Who are the scholars whos quotes reference fate
- Edith Hamilton
- J.W. Mackail
- R.D. Williams
- Jasper Griffin
- Guy de la Bédoyère
Who wrote
“Aeneas is important because he carries Rome’s destiny”
Edith Hamilton
Who wrote
“He is loaded with responsibilities not his own…. He hates bloodshed and has no joy in battle, yet he has to wage a sanguinary war”
J.W. Mackail
Who wrote
“ He [Aeneas] has to carry… the destinies of a race and a nation”
J.W. Mackail
Who wrote
“Aeneas belongs to the heroic age yet he also has to be a proto-Augustan. Virgil’s problem is to depict a new kind of hero, a hero for an age no longer ‘heroic’.”
R.D. Williams
Who wrote
“[the image of the triumphant Augustus on the shield of Aeneas] endorses the fullest claims of Roman imperialism”
Jasper Griffin
Who wrote
“ The parade of Roman heroes at the end of book 6 is… a virtuoso intertwining of positive optimism with pathos and dispair”
Jasper Griffin
What were Edith Hamilton’s contributions to fate in the Aeneid
“Aeneas is important because he carries Rome’s destiny”
What were J.W. Mackail’s contributions to fate in the Aeneid
- “He [Aeneas] is loaded with responsibilities not own… he hates bloodshed and has no joy in battle, yet he has to wage a sanguinary war”
- “He [Aeneas] has to carry the destinies of a race and a nation”
What were R.D. Williams’ contributions to fate in the Aeneid
“Aeneas belongs to the heroic age, yet he also has to be a proto-Augustan. Virgil’s problem is to depict a new kind of hero, a hero for an age that is no longer ‘heroic’.”
What were Jasper Griffin’s contributions to fate in the Aeneid
- “[The image of triumphant Augustus on the sheild of Aeneas] endorses the fullest claims of Roman imperialism”
- “The parade of of Roman heroes at the end of book 6 is… a virtuoso intertwining of positive optimism with pathos and dispair”
imperialism = empire builing
What were Guy de la Bédoyère on fate in the Aeneid
“Destiny can now take its course, but only with a long shadow cast by the price paid by so many protagonists”
Who wrote
“Destiny can now take its course, but only with a long shadow cast by the price paid by so many protagonists”
Guy de la Bédoyère
