Virgil's Aeneid: Lines 402-429 Notes Flashcards

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What ways can Venus be recognised?

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‘rosea cervice’, ‘odorem’, ‘vestis defluxit’ and ‘incessu’

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2
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What is ambrosia?

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Perfume/ food of the gods

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3
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How are gods often recognised?

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By their fragrance, especially when trying to disguise themselves

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Where is there a hiatus?

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‘Dea. Ille’ unusual break

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What is the effect of the hiatus?

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Indicates Aeneas’ astonishment

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6
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What else emphasises Aeneas’ astonishment?

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Emphatic positioning of ‘matrem’

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7
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What can we infer from ‘totiens’?

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Aeneas is clearly used to this sort of treatment by his mother

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8
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What can we say about the handshake Aeneas wants?

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Handshakes were of greater significance than in today’s society. Offering a right hand showed warmth and high esteem

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9
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The aspect of distancing is…

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Unhomeric

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10
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Which part of this story is a homeric imitation?

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In Odyssey book 7, Odysseus is surrounded in a mist by Athena when he sets off for the city

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What does the mist allow?

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Aeneas to be protected and for him to gain advantage and survey the city in peace

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12
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What is tmesis?

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Describing a verb which is separated from its prefix

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13
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Where is tmesis present?

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‘Circum… fudit’

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14
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Tmesis is…

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Homeric

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15
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What does Sabean refer to?

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Incense coming from Sheba (south west Arabia)

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16
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What places does Aeneas see being constructed in Carthage? What is the pattern?

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Holy senate; law making establishments; homes; defensive structures; harbour and theatre. These are the requirements for a ‘civilised’ nation

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Why does Virgil only mention the essentials when describing Carthage being built?

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Romans were the great engineers not Carthaginians

18
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Why is there a series of infinitives?

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Dependent on the idea desire is inherent on ‘instant’

19
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What is the epithet given of the Roman senate?

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What is the effect of the anaphora of ‘hic’?

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Continue sense of buzzing work going on everywhere

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Why is the description of Carthage anachronistic?

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Derived from Virgil’s mind of a city and therefore the Roman style at the time

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What evidence is there that Virgil made an anachronistic description of Carthage?

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The theatres had a tall, pillared stage backdrop like Roman ones

23
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Where is synecdoche present?

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‘Ad moenia’ to mean ‘to the city’

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When Aeneas says ‘you too are cruel’ who was already cruel?

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Fate and the world- other gods

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Why does Virgil use 4 different words for 'or'?
Adds diversity to what Venus is doing - trying to justify why she is doing this- interfering
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Where is the second piece of synecdoche?
'Sedesque' for 'home'
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What is Paphos?
The traditional home of Venus in Cyprus
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What is suggested from Venus walking off?
She doesn't understand Aeneas is annoyed with her. More interested in offerings than her son's pleas. Makes Aeneas' success more admirable as immortal do not help- Augustus is capable of looking after himself
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What is significant about 'ascendebat'?
Unusual verb positioning
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Where else is there anaphora?
'Miratur'
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There is alliteration of what sounds on lines 421-2?
'St' and 'm'
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Where is the polysyndeton on line 422?
'Strepitumque et'
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How does Virgil portray the city of Carthage?
Strong from the start - build the citadel early
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Where is a third piece of synecdoche?
'Tecto' for 'house'
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Overall, there is anaphora of what?
'Hic', 'alii' and 'pars'
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What is trade a sign of?
Wealth
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What is the double meaning of 'future stage'?
A theatre or for the world to see