Lecture 21 Flashcards
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The Shield of Aeneas
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- takes a long time to talk about the shield
- Hephaestus is the creator of this shield
- We don’t need to know these stories but these were stories that all Romans had common knowledge of
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Point of Shield
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- Etiology of Rome
- history of Rome boiled down to specific components
- specific to Augustus and his accomplishments
- Secures Augustus’ power and presents it as not only right but natural. Every step in Roman history culminating into Augustus coming into this city in triumph
- Every step taken by the people of Rome was leading to Augustus’ rule
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What’s on it?
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- Descendants of Ascanius
- Romulus and Remus
- Sabine women
- Earliest history; kings; war
- Gallic invasion
- Recent Republican history
- Center of the shield shows whole story of Caesars’ defeat of Antony and Cleopatra
- battle of Actium and Triumph of Augustus
- Triumph (victory parade) of Augustus
4
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The Parade of Future Romans
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- Kings of Alba Longa
- The Iulii (Julian clan)
- Julius Caesar
- Augustus
- Kings of Rome
- Heroes of Republican Rome
- Caesar vs. Pompey (Civil war pre-Augustus)
- Other Republican heroes
- Marcellus (Augustus; nephew and first intended heir)
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Achilles shield vs. Aeneas shield
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- Aeneas: unified in theme, specific instances, specifically about Augustus and his life
- Achilles: about life in general, very vague not specific instances
6
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Aeneas’ reaction to shield
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-amazed and lifts it up and carries the future Romans into battle
7
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Latinus
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- king of the Latins
- makes peace with Aeneas and promises his daughter in marriage but peace was broken by influence of Juno
8
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Lavinia
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- daughter of King Latinus
- promised to Turnus before arrival of Trojans
9
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Turnus
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- latin prince
- chief enemy of Aeneas
- man Lavinia was initially promised to before Aeneis
10
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Evander
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- King of Arcadia
- allies with Aeneas and Trojans
11
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Pallas
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- Evander’s son killed by Turnus which pisses Aeneas off
- Young son who goes to war under Aeneas
12
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Juno’s Concession
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- she has to give up her anger in order for Aeneas to start a new civilization
- can’t have one of the major gods mad at you when trying to accomplish something like this
- wants the two cultures to become mingled into one cohesive culture
- Zeus says he’ll make them speak one language-Latin
- Zeus says he’ll make them all worship her.
- all this resolved then things she was initially mad at the Trojans about
13
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End of Aeneid
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- Turnus surrenders and is on the ground and asks Aeneas to think of his father’s grief if he were to be killed and asks Aeneas to take pity on him. Or he asks for Aeneas to send back his body.
- very abrupt doesn’t seem to answer questions
- no wrap up, no end of the war
- don’t know what he does with the body
- see no wedding or foundation of a city
14
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Anchises’ saying
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- Spare the humble conquer the proud
- is Turnus humble or proud?
- not humble till he’s facing death
- Virgil describes him as humble in the text but Aeneas kills him anyway
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Virgil’s deathbed
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- asks friends to burn Aeneid
- regretted his actions?
- didn’t want to portray Augustus in a good light
- also don’t know if the Aeneid was complete so maybe he didn’t want an imperfect work to be published
