Scholarship Aeneid Flashcards
Who said “Frenzy is the most destructive force in the Aeneid?”
Cowan
Who said order and reason are shown as masculine traits while chaos and passion are seen to be feminine?
Cowan
What school of thought would think that Aeneas’ misinterpretation of the artwork of Troy implies the Romans should think more closely about Augustan propaganda?
Harvard
Who compares Dido to Calypso in the Odyssey?
Braund
Who says we lose sight of Rome and destiny in Book 4?
Williams
Who says the structure of Book 4 is like a Greek tragedy with Virgil acting as a chorus and passing judgement?
Gransden
Who thinks Virgil isn’t passing judgement on Dido in Book 4 and the guilt comment is from Dido’s view?
Harrison
Who says Dido’s curse shows how Jupiter slants the truth?
O’Gorman
Who says Dido subverts the typical role of a woman?
Giusti
Who says Dido is everything foreign and threatening to the Romans?
Horsfall
Who says that Virgil has a public voice of celebration and a private voice of lament?
Parry
What does Gransden say are the 3 climactic points in the 1st half of the Aeneid?
The fall of Troy, the death of Dido, the Journey to the Underworld
Who says Book 6 is the pivoting point of the epic?
Gransden
Who says Aeneas speaking to Anchises in Book 6 strengthens him?
Williams
Who says Virgil’s underworld is a “moral underworld”?
Braund
Who says the Parade of Heroes is Roman history in the future tense?
Orden
Who might see the exit through the gate of false dreams as Virgil’s doubts that the new regime will survive?
Members of the Harvard school
Who says that the similarities between Juno’s account and the events in the cave in Book 4 remind us that Dido and Aeneas are just puppets?
Morgan
Who says fratricide is hardwired into Rome?
Beard
Who said there is no negative or positive portrayal of Augustus in the Aeneid?
Pandey
Who said the shield tries to reframe the civil war?
Marshall
Who said the violent scenes in Book 9 are the literary equivalent to gladiator shows?
Harrison
Who said the premature death of young characters reflects Augustus’ life and Marcellus’ tragic death?
Harrison
Who said Turnus’ mistake in Book 9 is because he’s not Roman enough?
Braund
Who said Aeneas is a model for the emperor Augustus and a template for what a good Roman is expected to be?
Cowan
Who said that Virgil is forever confusing the tone of the poem by introducing allusions to other genres?
Cowan
Who said the theme of taking other people’s armour and paying the price for it recurs throughout the Aeneid?
Cowan
Who says Euryalus’ death suggest the needless and tragic destruction of a thing of beauty by a mindless, impersonal force?
Cowan
Who said for a Roman audience Homeric heroism was an anachronism?
DiCesare
Who said the main point of the Nisus and Euryalus episode is the failure of strategy?
DiCesare
Who said Euryalus’ claim that honour is worth the price of life makes his death more tragic?
Rabel
Who said Virgil presents Priam’s death and the fall of Troy as necessary for Rome to exist, and likewise Pompey’s death and the Civil Wars were necessary for Augustus’ Golden Age?
Morgan
Who said Virgil is constantly encouraging his readers to draw parallels between Aeneas’ times and their own times?
Morgan
Who says the council of the gods in Book 10 is used to renew our interest as we doubt everything we assume about the narrative to come, and it also provides moral doubt?
Morgan
Who said Pallas is a tragic figure because he’s an exemplary young man with great potential?
Morgan
Who said Turnus is presented as a great leader and warrior in Book 10?
Morgan
Who said Virgil makes huge efforts to keep Turnus as a sympathetic character in Book 10?
Morgan
Who said Mezentius is presented as human in the end of Book 10 and proves to be an embodiment of fatherly pietas?
Morgan
Who said in Book 10 Aeneas is described in ways very similar to Achilles?
Morgan
Who said Aeneas is the embodiment of authority?
Morgan
Who says the parallel between Aeneas and Achilles is concerning because Achilles is an immoral figure?
Morgan
Who said Aeneas’ human sacrifice is morally hard for Romans to cope with?
Morgan
Who says in the first half of the Aeneid Aeneas can be uncertain and mislead?
Jenkyns
Who said the Aeneid suggests Aeneas’ faults are feeling too much?
Jenkyns
Who said the purpose of the human sacrifice is to keep the story non-linear?
Jenkyns
Who said the narrative of the funeral in Book 11 stresses the losses inflicted on both sides by the war?
Vandiver
Who said Aeneas’ actions in Book 11 suggest the war has been concluded and Virgil is whetting our appetite for the conclusion?
Morgan
Who says Camilla’s killer is nondescript and this makes her death less glorious?
Morgan
Who said Drances is a parallel with Cicero and in turn Turnus turns into a MA figure?
Morgan
Who said the Latin city is one of chaotic politics that don’t achieve practical action?
Morgan
Who said in Book 11 there is a stark contrast between speech and action?
Morgan
Who said Camila is an inversion of normally expected female roles?
Vandiver
Who said the mark of a good Roman leader is to put his personal goals and feelings second to the greater good of the community?
Harrison
Who said Book 5 sees Aeneas growing as a leader?
Braund
Who said a big theme of Book 5 is pietas?
Braund
Who says Ascanius never reaches his potential in the Aeneid?
Liney
Who said Ascanius can be seen as a symbol of youth and the future or as an agent of chaos?
Liney
Who said Ascanius represents a breakdown of communication between the generations?
Liney
Who said epic poetry should be all male all war all the time?
Hinds
Who said the Aeneid is a story of rage and loss?
Putnam
