Virgil's Aeneid: Lines 402-429 Notes Flashcards
What ways can Venus be recognised?
‘rosea cervice’, ‘odorem’, ‘vestis defluxit’ and ‘incessu’
What is ambrosia?
Perfume/ food of the gods
How are gods often recognised?
By their fragrance, especially when trying to disguise themselves
Where is there a hiatus?
‘Dea. Ille’ unusual break
What is the effect of the hiatus?
Indicates Aeneas’ astonishment
What else emphasises Aeneas’ astonishment?
Emphatic positioning of ‘matrem’
What can we infer from ‘totiens’?
Aeneas is clearly used to this sort of treatment by his mother
What can we say about the handshake Aeneas wants?
Handshakes were of greater significance than in today’s society. Offering a right hand showed warmth and high esteem
The aspect of distancing is…
Unhomeric
Which part of this story is a homeric imitation?
In Odyssey book 7, Odysseus is surrounded in a mist by Athena when he sets off for the city
What does the mist allow?
Aeneas to be protected and for him to gain advantage and survey the city in peace
What is tmesis?
Describing a verb which is separated from its prefix
Where is tmesis present?
‘Circum… fudit’
Tmesis is…
Homeric
What does Sabean refer to?
Incense coming from Sheba (south west Arabia)
What places does Aeneas see being constructed in Carthage? What is the pattern?
Holy senate; law making establishments; homes; defensive structures; harbour and theatre. These are the requirements for a ‘civilised’ nation
Why does Virgil only mention the essentials when describing Carthage being built?
Romans were the great engineers not Carthaginians
Why is there a series of infinitives?
Dependent on the idea desire is inherent on ‘instant’
What is the epithet given of the Roman senate?
Sanctum
What is the effect of the anaphora of ‘hic’?
Continue sense of buzzing work going on everywhere
Why is the description of Carthage anachronistic?
Derived from Virgil’s mind of a city and therefore the Roman style at the time
What evidence is there that Virgil made an anachronistic description of Carthage?
The theatres had a tall, pillared stage backdrop like Roman ones
Where is synecdoche present?
‘Ad moenia’ to mean ‘to the city’
When Aeneas says ‘you too are cruel’ who was already cruel?
Fate and the world- other gods
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
Where is the second piece of synecdoche?
‘Sedesque’ for ‘home’
What is Paphos?
The traditional home of Venus in Cyprus
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
What is significant about ‘ascendebat’?
Unusual verb positioning
Where else is there anaphora?
‘Miratur’
There is alliteration of what sounds on lines 421-2?
‘St’ and ‘m’
Where is the polysyndeton on line 422?
‘Strepitumque et’
How does Virgil portray the city of Carthage?
Strong from the start - build the citadel early
Where is a third piece of synecdoche?
‘Tecto’ for ‘house’
Overall, there is anaphora of what?
‘Hic’, ‘alii’ and ‘pars’
What is trade a sign of?
Wealth
What is the double meaning of ‘future stage’?
A theatre or for the world to see
