Plot of the Aeneid Flashcards
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3 - unprescribed
Book 4
Book 5 - unprescribed
Book 6
Scholarship Book 6
The book is central in many ways to the whole significance of the Aeneid, and it contains some of Virgil’s very finest poetry” RD Williams
RD Williams: “In book 6, the ekphrasis shows the connection between Daedalus’ maze and the maze-like wanderings Aeneas has to undertake in the world below. The maze as a symbol of the afterlife was depicted on Etruscan tombs.
Book 7
Book 7 Scholarship
It was unexpected that this traditional piece of epic technique (going back to the catalogue of the Greek ships in Iliad 2) should be devoted to the enemy forces; but by this means Virgil is able to portray his own deep love for the peoples and places of his native land, and prepare the reader for the sympathetic treatment of the Italians in the books which follow. ” RD Williams
Book 8
Book 9
Book 10
Book 11
Book 11 scholarship
The book (Book 11) begins with a strong note of pathos, echoing the feeling of war’s futility and sorrow which was dominant in the description of Lausus’ death near the end of Book 10 – R D Williams.
Book 12
