Aeneid Modern Scholarship
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- Created on: 13-05-23 13:59
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- Aeneid Modern Scholarship
- Aeneid & Augustus
- -Tarrant- Virgil close to Aug- Aug writes to Virgil when he's away from Rome
- Aeneas Characteristics
- -Hardie- Aeneas seems colourless because of the roles forced on him by the plot & circumstances beyond his control
- -Lyne- Aeneas' interactions with others are minimal- Virgil neglects his relationships w/ others
- Aeneid as poetry
- -Muir- Uses Homer as inspiration & needs to connect Homer's unfamiliar & heroic past to modern & urban leader
- Portrayal of Other Nations
- -Gildenhard- How Dido & the Carthaginians are portrayed affect contemporary Roman issues e.g imperialism
- -Syed- Virgil uses the different nations e.g Trojans, Latins, Carthaginians for the Roman reader to work out what is really 'Roman'
- Gender & Sexuality
- -Oliensis- gender follows stereotype- feminine unruly passion, masculinity- reasoned & controlled- women who portray this stereotype & submit to masculine plot do well e.g. Creusa (family), Lavinia
- -Reilly- Some women simultaneously a threat to Roman traditional gender roles & portray Roman values e.g. Dido, powerful but also patriot and brave
- Heroism
- -Aeneas is a puppet lacking human emotion
- -Ross- Heroes need to be flawed otherwise not satisfying
- Family Values
- -Rogerson- Ascanius is used throughout to represent the future
- Portrayal of War
- -Semple- War needs to be presented somewhat positively due to Roman Empire- Aug empire building but Virgil deeply affected by civil war
- -Adler- Aeneas' war brings an end to the constant wars between the italians
- Aeneid & Augustus
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