The Aeneid Flashcards
What schools of thought are there and what are their different beliefs? Also give a possible scholar for each.
European school of thought thinks it is a piece of Pro-Augustan praise/propaganda e.g. Kennedy
Harvard school of thought suggests the tale criticises Augustus e.g. Tarrant
What does Williams believe was necessary in Aeneas’ characterisation?
“a prototype of the Roman character”
Why does Hardie suggest Aeneas’ character seems to be lacking?
“colourless quality of Aeneas’ character [is] the result of the roles forced on him by the plot”
What does Sowerby think the Aeneid is about?
“the sacrifice of the individual to the fates [for the] foundation of Rome”
What does Sowerby suggest about Dido’s suicide?
“powerful feminine protest against piety and the grand patriarchal design”
What does West suggest about Turnus’ Furor?
“overturned [rationality] by patriotic passion and rankling sexual jealousy”
How does Gransden think Juno’s beliefs structure the poem?
“Her idee fixe, her obsessional hatred of Troy, provides motivation for the whole poem”
What does Sowerby think controls Aeneas?
“instrument of divine will”
What does Sowerby say about family?
“the relationship between father and son is the closest bond in the poem”
What does Gransden say Aeneas and Dido have?
“pseudo-marriage”
What does Glover say about the purpose of the poem?
“Homer’s whole nature was on the side of peace”
What is said about the Rutulians by Gransden?
“motley crew, semi-barbarous, semi-mythical”
What does Duckworth suggest about war in the Aeneid?
“far from glorious” and books 7-12 reveal the “folly of war”
What does Syed say about women?
“symbolise their nations geographically” e.g. dido is wild as a foreigner…
