Parallels to Ancient Rome (Political, Historical, Social (gender))

Question 1

WHAT 4️⃣ things makes the Aeneid an Epic?

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Answer 1

1) Populated by Heroes

2) Significant Events
- Have the concern of the Gods
- Has great ramifications for Human History

3) Use of Similies to make use contemplate moments
- For longer than usual

4) Troy
- It’s grand and it’s epic
- In Ancient POV = Greatest story EVER told

Question 2

How does Morgan say Virgil and his contemporaries might’ve viewed the story of Troy? 🥱

Answer 2

Scholar Morgan says Virgil and his contemporaries would’ve seen the story of Troy as overdone

e.g. In tragedies, other (fragmented) epic poetry

Question 3

HOW does Virgil combat the repetitiveness of stories on the fall of Troy?

Answer 3

Morgan says he uses the structural technique of In Media Res and throws us into Carthage for the backstory

Question 4

What technique does Morgan say Virgil does that renews the appeal in the Epic? 🥱😯

Answer 4

He injects the fall of Troy was a significance that makes it newly interesting for his Roman readers

Question 5

Which figure did Virgil intended the death of Priam
to represent?

Answer 5

The death of