Role of women - Scholarship - Aeneid Flashcards
Which scholars reference the role of Women in the Aeneid
- Edith Hamilton
- Guy de la Bédoyère
Who wrote
“ Aeneas and Dido are not only the hero and the heroine… they are lovers too, the women the greater…. she is ‘pierced by love’s creul shaft, feeding the wound with her life-blood”
Edith Hamilton
Who wrote
“The Aeneid, like all classical heroic myth, is a man’s world in which mortal women appear but by contrast are more readily discarded” (goes on to say) “Creusa is entirely disposible”
Guy de la Bédoyère
Who wrote
“If there ever was a Roman Stepford Wife, then Lavinia was her”
Guy de la Bédoyère
Who wrote
“Lavinia says nothing in the Aeneid”
Guy de la Bédoyère
Who wrote
“depicting females as destabilising and dangerous forces which Aeneas had to deal with and stand up to”
Guy de la Bédoyère
Who wrote
“[women are] fickle and ever-changing”
Virgil- Bk 4
how did Edith Hamilton interpret the role of women in the Aeneid
” Aeneas and Dido are not only the hero and the heroine… they are lovers too, the women the greater…. she is ‘pierced by love’s creul shaft, feeding the wound with her life-blood”
how did Guy de la Bédoyère interpret the role of women in the Aeneid
- “The Aeneid, like all classical heroic myth, is a man’s world in which mortal women appear but by contrast are more readily discarded” (goes on to say) “Creusa is entirely disposible”
- “If there ever was a Roman Stepford Wife, then Lavinia was her”
- “Lavinia says nothing in the Aeneid”
- “depicting females as destabilising and dangerous forces which Aeneas had to deal with and stand up to”
How does Virgil (in Kline’s translation) describe women in the Aeneid
“Fickle and ever-changing”
