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mortal women in the aeneid Flashcards

1
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Who is Dido?

A

The Queen of Carthage

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Who is Dido compared to? Who is this person? And what may Virgil be doing here?

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Dido is compared to Diana (goddess of the hunt)
Diana is ironically uninterested in love
Virgil may be mocking Dido

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2
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How is Dido characterised?

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Strong, determined and independent

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What does Venus do to Dido?

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Venus sends Cupid to poison Dido so she becomes infatuated w Aeneas

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4
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What happens to Carthage when Dido’s downfall begins?

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Dido rejects Carthage + becomes distracted

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What might Virgil be suggesting by making Dido reject Carthage?

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Virgil may be suggesting that women can’t be viable leaders
They can’t control their emotions or make rational decisions

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How does Dido die?

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She commits suicide on a funeral pyre with Aeneas’ sword

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7
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Dido’s death is not…

A

Fated by the Gods

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8
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What happens when Aeneas rejects Dido?

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Dido spirals into all consuming madness

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9
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What may Virgil be doing when Dido spirals after being rejected by Aeneas?

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Virgil may be showing a stereotypical depiction of women; reinforcing traditional gender roles

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Who is Camilla?

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A Roman warrior, allied with Turnus

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What does Camilla not do?

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She doesn’t weave, she is a warrior maiden

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What does Camilla challenge?

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Power and authority of men

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13
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Who is Camilla comparable to?

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Amazonian women (Penthisileia)

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14
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What does Camilla have in battle?

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She has a long and successful aristeia

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15
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Who kills Camilla?

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Arruns

16
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What does Arruns do after killing Camilla? What is Virgil possibly doing here?

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Arruns runs away after striking her with the arrow; Virgil may be diminishing her glory by showing how a strong female warrior couldn’t even fend of a weaker soldier

17
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What may Virgil be saying about strong women?

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Women are doomed, no matter how strong they are

18
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What stereotypical comment does Virgil make about Camilla in her fight?

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She was “burning with all a woman’s passion for spoil + plunder”

19
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What may Virgil be warning women about?

A

He may be warning women that when they challenge/subvert norms, they’ll be punished

20
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What happens to women that fight + succeed?

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They’re basically put back in a box/back in their place

21
Q

Women can be admired to an extent but…

A

… Won’y succeed to full potential

22
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What quote suggests that Camilla had an effect on people?

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“Now that Camilla had fallen, the battle raged as never before”

23
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Who is Amata

A

Wife of King Latinus, mother of Lavinia

24
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What is Amata described as doing When Alecto finds her?

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Amata is “seething with womanly anger + disappointment at the arrival of the Trojans + loss of wedding with Turnus”

25
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Who does Amata want Lavinia to marry?

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Turnus

26
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What does Amata do when Alecto’s poison soaks in her skin?

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“Driven out of her mind by her monstrous affliction, raged in a wilde frenzy through the length + breadth of the city”

27
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What simile is used to describe Amata’s behaviour?

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She is compared to a spinning top

28
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What is Amata compared to?

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A bacchant

29
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Where does Amata take Lavinia?

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Into the forest, to hide her to delay her marriage with Aeneas

30
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Who was Cleopatra?

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Mark Antony’s wife + Queen of Egypt

31
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How is Cleopatra referred to by Virgil?

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“The greatest outrage of all, his (Antony’s) Egyptian wife!”

32
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Who is Lavinia?

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Lavinia is the daughter of King Latinus + Queen Amata

33
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What does Lavinia not do?

A

Speak lol

34
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How does Morgan (scholar) define Lavinia?

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“The ideal woman”

35
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What does Hall (scholar) say about women?

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“Women always appear as the primary victims of Gods”

36
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How did Griffin (scholar) term Camilla?

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“A glorious figure”

37
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What does Reilly say about women”

A

“Virgil portrays women who step out of their traditional gender roles as doomed to fall”

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