Lecture 20 Flashcards
1
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Greeks in the Aeneid
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-never portrayed in a good light
2
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The Sibyl
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- oracle of Apollo
- priestess of Apollo that gave prophecies in a manmade cave
3
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Where does Aeneis enter the underworld?
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Lake Ivernas
4
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Arrangement of Underworld
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- gives a clear description of the entrance and the different areas
- sees infants and the falsely executed at the front of the underworld
- just after are people who have committed suicide
- next are the people who have died for love and Aeneas sees Dido here
- Aeneas feels bad
- Dido is back with her husband
- next are heroes of the Trojan War
- runs into Deiphobus-brother Athena disguises herself as to trick Hector to fight Achilles
- At the end of the war he’s married to Helen
- this is not a good thing for him because she sneaks Menelaus into their shared room and they kill and mutilate his body
- Tartarus is next
- Next is the Blessed Groves
5
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Tartarus
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- all the really bad guys
- the hell part of the underworld
6
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Blessed Groves
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- heaven part of the underworld
- warriors, priests, poets
- Anchises (his father) and future Romans
7
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The SIbyl on Tartarus
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- very Roman view of underworld
- very Roman crimes
8
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Anchises on future Romans
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-core of what VIrgil is trying to say in sending Aeneas to the underworld
9
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Anchises on Roman philosophy
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- it’s your job to rule over all those (Greeks) who are better at all those other things
- you will accomplish this via military conquest
- you will win the world through war and bring it together-very roman mindset
10
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People in the underworld
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- Aeneas children
- early kings of Rome
- Ceasar
- Republican history
- Augustus with his acts against Cleopatra and Antony
- connects Augustus to all of Roman history
11
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Aeneas exits the underworld
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- the gate of ivory sends false dreams into the world
- is Virgil saying maybe all this is a false dream? Is he saying all the connections made to Augustus is a lie?
- Or is he saying be critical of your judgments or maybe a warning to pay attention and not be blinded by this leader. pay attention to what Augustus represents. Signal to readers that although he was forced to write a way about Augustus he didn’t necessarily believe it.
