Virgil's Aeneid: Lines 335-359 Notes Flashcards
Does Venus agree to help Aeneas having been satisfied by his words?
Yes
Does Venus reveal her identity?
No
What sort of dye was purple dye?
A famous but expensive one
What was purple a symbol of? Why?
Power and status in Rome because it is a famous and expensive dye
How did they make purple dye?
Crushed and treated shellfish
Why would purple be likely to feature in a Carthaginian habitat?
Shellfish was often found off the coast of Tyre (Dido’s homeland)
Who is Agenor?
An ancestor of Dido from Tyre
How does Venus comfort Aeneas that Carthage is not warlike?
Compares to their neighbours
How is her introduction to Dido’s story well calculated?
She mentions many aspects of Dido’s life that are similar to Aeneas’
What is the effect of the well calculated introduction to Dido’s story?
Catch Aeneas’ attention
Which aspects of Dido’s life are common with Aeneas’?
Dido is an exile, was wronged after many adventures, has founded a new city
In line 345, there is ellipsis of what? How many times is it repeated?
‘Her’ is repeated twice
Who is Sychaeus?
Dido’s first husband
What accentuates the number of crimes Pygmalion has done?
Polysyndeton
How is Dido’s suffering magnified?
With then audience’s knowledge she will fall in love and be abandoned a second time by Aeneas
Which word is emphatically placed on line 349?
‘Impius’
Where is there a contrast on line 349?
‘Impius’ followed by ‘ante aras’ - Pygmalion is not dutiful while Sychaeus is being dutiful to the Gods
Which word is emphatically positioned on line 352?
Amantem
What is the last mention of Pygmalion’s evilness?
He hides Sychaeus’ body and does not bury him
What did Romans believe about the unburied?
They could not enter the underworld so wandered as ghosts haunting and disturbing the living
Where is the irony in this passage?
Altars are meant to protect a man but could not when faced with Pygmalion’s pure evilness
What is theoxeny?
When a goddess disguises as a stranger and is described as a stranger
What is xenia behaviour?
Guest friendship - she is being a stranger
Who had purple on their togas?
Politicians have a band of purple around their togas
What two animals make up purple dye?
Shellfish and beetles
Where is Carthage?
Tunisia
Where is Troy?
Just below Bulgaria
Where is Tyre?
Lebanon
What does ‘windings’ mean?
To and fro
What typically happens in epic poetry?
Strangers meet, one has suffered and one tells a story
‘Summa’ could also mean…
Highlights
What helped to mark out someone’s status?
How much land you had
What is the effect of the ellipsis?
For scansion, ‘her’ shows she is unimportant in the transaction, starts a more dramatic section
What is significant about ‘medius’?
Actually divides the line in the middle
Who is Pygmalion the opposite of?
Aeneas who is pious
What sort of lexis is present with Pygmalion? Why?
Negative to show how evil he is
There is polyptoton of which word?
Amore
Why us Sychaeus at the altar?
It is their wedding day
What does ‘lusit’ actually mean? Does this add to the evilness?
‘To play with’ so yes it does
How is Pygmalion the opposite of what Romans esteem to be?
Romans esteem to be careful with their money
Why did Dido and Pygmalion divide?
Because of rage
Which words should go together but do not? Why?
‘Aegram’ and ‘amantem’ relates to love and sickness at the end of each line
Is the section about Pygmalion ambiguous?
Yes
Do ghosts look like their normal human selves?
No- they look possessed
What did people think when a ghost appeared to them?
They are seeing the actual person although they are just dreaming
