Virgil Scholarship

Question 1

What does Jenkyns say about Virgil’s expression of diversity?

Answer 1

‘Virgil’s diversity in the Aeneid is an expression of his own interest in the divertis of the world’

Question 2

What does Williams say about War comparing Homer and Virgil?

Answer 2

Williams ‘in Homer wae is seen as an inevitable condition of man, in Virgil it is an evil which will soon pass in the march of civilisation’

Question 3

What does Morgan say about Virgils use of the cousin of the gods in book 10?

Answer 3

Morgan ‘the inconclusive council of the gods in book 10 reignites interest in epic as suspense is built by a lack of conclusion questions aeneas success’

this can be argued against as aeneas fate is depicted throughout the epic (scroll of fate, parade of heroes, sibyl

Question 4

What does Rutherford say in terms of Turnus’ destiny?

Answer 4

RUTHERFORD ‘Turnus is an old style Homeric hero who must die in order to give way to the new style Proto- roman hero Aeneas’

Question 5

What does Thomas say the purpose of book 8 is?

Answer 5

Thomas ‘The function of book 8 is to suspend the impending war - a rhetorical device’

Question 6

What does RD Williams say about Virgils sympathy for the defeated?

Answer 6

RD WILLIAMS ‘Virgil’s sympathy for the defeated conflicts with the triumphs of Rome’s achievement’