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what is the significance of “I sing of arms and of the man“ in the first paragraph (and being the first line)

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It clearly emulates Homeric reference with his Song
“Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns“ – the odyssey
“Sing, Goddess of the anger of peleus’ son, Achilles” – the Iliad

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What is the significance of “tell me Muse” in the first paragraph of book one

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Virgil invokes the Muse, much later, with questions, compare to homers immediate invocation,
he calls upon muses at significant points of the poem
in Homer he invoked the muse in a way to make it seem they are telling the story Virgil does it in a way where he is more of a direct role, he created the story.

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Who is the first person mentioned in the poem and why is it significant?

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juno is first person introduced
Maybe she is the most important, or the driving force behind the poem

Shows the strength of aeneas as he has to overcome the anger of Juno

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name three epithets for Aeneas

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“Dutiful Aeneas“
“Trojan Aeneas”
“Father Aeneas”

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how does aeneas introduce himself in book one?

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“I am Aeneas, known for my devotion”

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what was Ascanius’ role in book one?

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Iulus (romanised version of his name to reference to Julii clan)
Cupid is sent in the form of ascanius and warms didos heart to Aeneas

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what foreshadowing do we get with Dido in book one?

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She is said to be drinking in love with no restraint or moderation
We get the epithet “doomed Dido”

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what quote shows Juno’s loathing for Aeneas’ people in book 1

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“Her loathing for the whole stock of Dardanus“

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What is the significance of the Homeric simile used in book one?

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Neptune is shown calming the crowd
Chaos, being calmed by a powerful leader, someone respected who serves their people, and is a Bringer of peace likens to Augustus
Divi Filius

usually humans/gods are related to nature here it is nature related to humans

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why is Jupiters prophecy in book one significant?

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The word fate is connected to the Latin word “speak” since the prophecy has been said, or pronounced by gods it is fate

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in Jupiters prophecy (book one) what does he say Aeneas will do?

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  • wage war against Italy, and crush its tribes
  • iulus will rain for 30 years and create Alba longs (Where Romulus and Remus came from)
  • birth of the twins in the she Wolf
  • Juno’s anger will fade she’ll like the Romans
  • Julius Caesar’s life was prophesied
  • The closing of the gate
  • Great places will be conquered by Rome, e.g. Argos
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give two quotes that create Pathos for Aeneas in book two

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“No man could speak of such things and not weep”
“My mind recoiled in anguish when you asked”
“I shutter to remember”
“Sorrowed” “mourned” “horror” (semantic field of grief)

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give two examples of snake, imagery and deception in book two

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  • Snakes come from Tenedos where the Greeks are
  • sinon echoes, Latin word for coils (sinus) comparing him to
  • “Terror slithered into Trojan hearts”
  • Snakes, escape to the citadel in the shrine of Minerva
  • Horses, symbolic identity mirrors the snakes e.g. it slithered along
  • blood fire and snake imagery, combine to bring out the horror of Troy’s destruction
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How is Pallas Athena presented in book two

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  • vicious, she sent serpents to kill Laocoon and his sons
  • “Heartless Pallas”
  • Shelter, serpents “under circle of her shield”
  • “With the aid of the divine scale of Pallas Athene, they built a horse, the size of a mountain”
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what is the significance of Cassandra in book two

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  • an example of cruelty of gods
  • she rejected the advances of Apollo. As a result, he gave her the gift of prophecy, but no one was ever going to believe her word.
  • She knew the downfall of Troy, but no one would listen
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What quote shows the gods abandoning the mortals that trust them?

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“All the gods, on whom this empire had once depended, have left their shrines and their alters”

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what are the gods seen doing in book two

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Neptune is tearing up walls
juno is calling in Greek ships
athena, penetrating walls (helped make horse)
Jupiter, giving Greeks strength

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how does Venus help the Trojans in book two

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protects Aeneas
Prevents murder of Helen/tall is aeneas to return to his family
“ it is the gods, the cruelty of the gods”
Shows Aeneas the cruelty of the gods

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what does Jupiter do in book two

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send signs to Anchises to ensure he goes with Aeneas
It gives the Greeks strength

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what are two examples of omens/fate in book 3

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  • Apollo tells Aeneas to go to the land of his ancestors
  • Plague strikes as they settle in the wrong place, forcing them to move again
  • ## Harpes place a curse on Aeneas (they won’t reach Italy until hunger forces them to eat their tables)
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what quote shows the importance of father-son relationships at the end of book 3 (death of Anchises)

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“I lost my father Anchises, who had been my support in every difficulty and disaster“

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what is the importance of father-son relationship in the Aeneid

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  • an example to Roman audience
  • Makes Aeneas pious
  • Create a character arc starts with a mentor and now has to lead him self
  • shows Aeneas’ emotion creates, and has a character with feelings, allows audience to empathise with him
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what quotes is used to express didos love in book 4

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“suffering from loves deadly wound”
“being consumed by its hidden fire”
“pierced her heart”
“love gave her body no peace or rest”

semantic field of violent/deadly/impending doom

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how is the simile of deer affective in book 4

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impersonal , gives aeneas no part in the love, presented as a curse
dido presented as prey (doe not a stag) clear powerdynamic

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how is dido presented via her horse in book 4

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horse is dressed in “purple and gold” shows her richness that she can afford to dress up her horse

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what quotes present dido as the rich queen of carthage

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“a sidonian cloak with an embroidered hem”
“quiver was of gold”
“gold was the clasp that gathered up her hair”
“purple tunic fastened with a golden brooch”

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what quote shows dido as respected and powerful in book 4

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“a great entourage thronging around her”

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why would dido being presented as rich and powerful be a red flag to romans

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she’s too powerful as a women it’s wrong so clearly won’t last - hints at her downfall

MA indulged too much in non roman customs - draws a parallel between cleopatra and dido and the fall of antony

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why is the homeric simile of aeneas compared to apollo significant

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simile talks about apollo meeting his mother - accentuates familial duty and links him to apollo (therefore is likening him to augustus)

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what is the significance of Dido being compared to a bacchant

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To a Roman audience, Bacchus is band. It compares to Anthony and bacchanalia, where people are drunk hair down run around in a frenzy, chaotic, state, crazed.

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what is significant about didos speech after being compared to a bacchant

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she has many questions
Chaotic, jumping from point a point shows her State of mind
Lots of direct address, talking to the audience (as the Romans are rooting for Aeneas it really puts them in his shoes)

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what happens in didos you traitor speech?

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She is manic and lovesick, cursing the gods

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What happens in Dido’s speech when she’s deceiving Anna

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it is a moment of calm to deceive Anna, she’s compose, despite her State of mind
Lots of rhetorical questions, questioning, Aeneas, he’s not there

She never calls Aeneas by name, only traitor and enemy

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what is significant about the start of Dido’s speech the plea to Jupiter

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As the Sun comes up, she sees Trojan fleets leaving implying she’s been watching fleets until light enough to see

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name five significant things that happen in the plea to Jupiter

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  • many rhetorical questions shows her anger/disbelief
  • Moments of clarity between rage shows her complexity of mental state
  • Lays blame on everyone
  • Curses, the Trojans
  • Praise that his descendants in her people never be (two Roman audience, the last, as Rome, defeated, Carthage)
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give the two literary device is used in didos plea to Jupiter

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Apostrophe – Direct address of God or ancestor
Illeism - 3rd person referral to herself

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What is significant about Dido’s last words?

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speaks with clarity
nothing left to say it is a short speech
Refers to anneas once “Trojan, that knows no pity”
Semantic field of nature/natural destruction
Only speech without rhetorical questions

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what is the significance of Juno sending Isis down to free Dido?

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Prosepinia hadn’t taken a lot of her hair showing she wasn’t meant to die yet

Emphasises Dido’s speech to Jupiter :
This better have been something Dustin by feats unavoidable, but in death, we see it was avoidable, and was only the coincidence of the storm

Gives Juno merciful attributes cares about those who worship her, which makes it reasonable for Romans later to worship her

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give us a quote about Aeneas and his kingdom in destiny and explain how it parallels Mark Antony and Cleopatra

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“Have you entirely forgotten your own kingdom in your own destiny“
Historical parallel to Mark, Antony and Cleopatra. It highlights in Mrs prioritising Rome, leaving the love interest et cetera shows what mark Anthony should’ve done

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Give seven reasons from anneas speech to Dido as to why he is leaving

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  • Apollo commanded him
  • The great land of Italy is his love and homeland
  • Anchises is troubled
  • Ascanius is being cheated of his kingdom
  • it is what the fates have decreed
  • Jupiter himself commanded, he leave
  • “It is not by my own, will that I search for Italy” (last line)
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give for attributes of Aeneas’s character in the book 5

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– Pious – obeys Jupiter/Anchises
– Leader – pulled his mentor, sure and address system (leader with council echoes Roman ideals)
– Human – has struggled, and
– Father – epithet “father Aeneas”

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Give three points about father-son relationships in book 5

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– Cyclical – Ascarnuis is protecting Aeneas honour while Aeneas is protecting his fathers honour via funeral games
– Shows leadership qualities like his father
– Worships his father “my divine father”

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what is the role of women in book 5

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– Women set fire to ships victims to Juno’s wrath, weak willed
– Women don’t listen to advice contrast Aeneas, listening to advice
Nia is told to leave week behind, and he leaves women in mothers – power in balance in heather treated

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What is the role of men/teens in brooke five

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– Mentioned as immature and young to emphasise Aeneas is power/leadership skills
– We see the youth of them to make their deaths later on more tragic

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give six examples of divine intervention in book 5

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– Omen of arrow catching fire
– Jupiter protecting
– Jupiter, sends anchises to move Aeneas
– Neptune, calming of the sea (Venus begged him)
– Neptune saving Aeneas at Troy
– Snake at symbol of Apollo after Aeneas speaks

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what is the significance of the funeral games?

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– Celebration of life in between tragedy of Dido, and visit to underworld
– Get to know the characters before they die to add tragedy
– Allows men to practice for war
– Draws parallels to Augustus‘s funeral games for Caesar
– Drawers parallels to the Iliad (Achilles anger verse, Aeneas peace)

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where do we see emotion in the daedalus relief (book 6)

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through the direct address of his son - emphasises that both him and Aeneas lost immediate family
compares aeneas’ father who passed from old age to a life taken unfairly - shows aeneas is not at peace with his fathers death

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what quote from the sybils appearance in book 6 shows hyperbole

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“hundred broad shafts a hundred mouths from which streamed as many voices”

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what technique is used to mirror the chaos of the moment when the sybil appears in book 6

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a list, quickly and effectively describes her while creating a fast paced description that mirrors the chaos of the moment

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what quote parallels the battle of latium to that of troy in book 6

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“a second achilles is already born in latium”
although the trojans have become the greeks, settling in a land that isn’t there’s trying to take a city
is aeneas actually the second achilles? certainly see lots of wrath similar to achilles from him in this upcoming battle

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what is the significance of aeneas going to the underworld

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places him on the same level as hercules with his 7 “labours” aswell as odysseus and orpheus

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what foreshadowing do we get from the sybil in book 6

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she said getting in to the underworld is the easy part then goes on to explain how difficult it is to enter

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why did virgil add the list of monsters when aeneas first enters the underworld in book 6

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a list of monsters faced by great hero’s highlights aeneas’ heroism and puts him on a pedistal with these great hero’s

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what can we note about aeneas and didos interaction in the underworld

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stoicism is encouraged in rome so the fact aeneas can’t hide all his emotions and some slip out would suggest he is feeling a lot yet still is moving forward towards his fate - pious

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who is deiphobus and what did aeneas do for him

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some guy in the underworld from troy
aeneas gave him a proper burial even without his body

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who does aeneas see in tartarus

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people who have wronged the gods
people who commited adultry (lex iulia)
people who started civil wars
slaves who revolted (like in sparta)

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what does elysium reflect

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the golden age

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58
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what happens during anchises and aeneas reunion

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he tries to hug his dad but his arms go right through him SOB
super emotional (link to stoicism- explain)
aeneas becomes the son and not the leader for a moment

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give two examples of divine intervention in book 9

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  • juno sends iris to encourage turnus to attack in aeneas’ absence
  • cybeles blessing of the trojan ships (significance of trojans journey)
60
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what does turnus being compared to a river in book 9 show

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his power and significance
not a italian river even tho he was here first
cant control a river - unstoppable force

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what is the significance of turnus being compared to animals (e.g. lone wolf)

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less civilised , foreshadowing his defeat

lone - him against trojans not latin vs trojans (less pious)

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what rivers is turnus compared to in book 9

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ganges and nile
even tho he’s lived next to tiber his whole life - shows he is foreign

63
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where do we see turnus’ furur in book 9

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“like a wolf” -animalistic, less civilised/controlled
“beside himself with anger he storms and rages” - likens to achilles (makes him great and powerful so his defeat is more impressive)

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what does the quote “when the ships have done their duty when in due course they reach the end of their voyaging” show

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the ships were apart of the fate of aeneas, built for the purpose of delivering him to rome and nothing else

65
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what does ascanius’ quote “my whole life hangs upon the return of my father” show

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shows his youth - reliant on his father

66
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what does the quote “i shall look for no glory that is not shared with you” from book 9 show

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ascanius has roman style leadership
inspiring but measured

67
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what does the quote “bearing beyond his years a man’s load of cares” ahow (book 9)

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ascanius is a leader , stepping up to his fathers role
a warrior headed into style to fight with and for his people

68
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what does the quote “ascanius first shot i war the swift arrow” show (book 9)

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he’s grown up and is no longer a kid who sends animals running ans misses his shot

69
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what does ascanius do before going into battle in book 9

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prays to jupiter

70
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what is apollos prophecy in book 9 (links to augustus)

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“you are born of the gods and will live to be the father of gods”

71
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give 4 reasons why nisus and euyalus were defeated

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-falling to their furur
-lack of experience
-young (acts as anti-war propaganda)
-youth associated with peace - peace being killed

72
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what is the scene with nisus and euryalus like?

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violent and graphic, full of furur

73
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what quote shows nisus’ furur through animal imagery

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“nisus was like a lion driven mad with hunger and revening through pens full of sheep, dumb with fear while he growls from jaws dripping with blood”

74
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what is the purpose of seeing euryalus’ mom hearing about his death?

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emotive, “their strength was broken” seeing her mourn her loss

75
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how does euryalus’ mom react to his death?

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goes into the middle of battle and cries out to her dead so “crazed with grief” she asks to be killed by the war “throw all your spears at me!”

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what does the quote “raging and storming and creating havoc” from book 9 show us about turnus

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its quite homeric likening him to achilles (turnus’ rage is mentioned alot)

77
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which god is mentioned amongst turnus in book 9 an what does it show

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mars- rutilians are a formidable enemy. gives battle more significance as the gods are involved (similar to at troy)

78
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what is significant about the death of caieta at the start of book 7

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she is aeneas’ nurse, signifies a turning point. losing final link to his youth and to earlier books

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what does the quote “sea shone in shimmering ways” show (book 7)

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book 1 neptune angers sea against trojans but now they are in their fated land nature is on their side

80
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what is significant about the first viewing of the tiber

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super vivid - full of life
shown as great and abundant
creates a sense of hope

81
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what is significant about virgils interjection in book 7

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“this is the greater work i now set in motion”
emphasising whats to come
his epic is nothing compared to the future greatness of rome

82
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what are the three prophecies we see in book 7 signifying lavinia will marry aeneas not turnus

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-bees land on a laurel tree
-lavinias hair catches fire
-oracle of faunus prophecies she will marry a foreigner

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what is interesting about the fulfilment of the eating tables cure

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when it is fulfilled it is described as a prophecy from anchises not a curse from harpes

84
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what are the 7 similarities between latins and carthaginians

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-boys excerising (civilised)
-trojans recieved hospitably
-impressive buildings
-have a senate (people with laws)
-asked about trojans journey
-aeneas absent in original meeting
-seen preforming religious rights

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what is junos epithet

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fierce juno

86
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what is allectos epithet

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alecto bringer of grief

87
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what shows the terrifying nature of alecto

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her sisters (the other furies) that live in tartarus loathed her

88
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what does snake imagery often result in

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death

89
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why is it significant that amata was described as being possessed by bacchus

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shows her maddness, he was banned during augustan rome so it is othering, also links to MA

90
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what three things does alecto do in book 7

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-maddens amata via snake
-persuades turnus to fight with a ‘burning torch’
-makes ascanius kill the special stag

91
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why is it significant that the gates of temple janus were closed

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gives cultural and historical significance to augustus closing the gates

92
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how does the catalogue of the latins accentuate youth

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the youth are ready for battle, makes it more forboding as theyre gonna die

93
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how does the catalogue of the latins accentuate pietas

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the moral message that mezentius who scorns the gods later loses his son

94
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how does the catalogue of the latins accentuate furor

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all descriptions focused on their individual glory
e.g aventius- son of hercules and messapus-son of neptune)
this is more homeric

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how does the catalogue of the latins accentuate gender roles through camilla

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shes still seen as a women, description of her is about her looks not her achievments (her beauty and chastity, she isnt married)
she brings to mind amazonians

96
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what homeric technique is used when aeneas arrives in ‘rome’

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aetiology - someone else is giving him a tour of the landmarks rather than the narrator just telling us what aeneas is seeing

97
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what 5 sights would a roman audience know in book 8

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-argiletum
-tarpeian rock:famous cliff on capotilline hill
-janiculum:hill in rome
-forum:business centre
-ship-place:(carinae)fashionable suburbs

98
Q

what diety does aeneas meet in book 8

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personification of tiber

99
Q

why is it significant aeneas talks to tiber

A

the land itself is welcoming him
shows importance of rome- its river is literally a god

100
Q

what does the tiber tell aeneas to do

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to fight for his home
to ally with the arcadians
to make offering to juno and overcome her anger

101
Q

how is pallenteum described in book 8

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(cite of futer rome)
surprised by weapans
shows its not used to war it is a place of peace
rome is naturally a city of peace

102
Q

what is the significance of pellenteum (the land itself) being surprised by weapons

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not used to war - this is a place of peace (future site of rome so rome is naturally peaceful)

103
Q

give 3 reasons how evander and aeneas became friends

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-aeneas held out an olive branch
-he mentions evander by name before being introduced
-evander was friends with anchises

104
Q

what ring composition do we get in book 8

A

cacus and hercules
- their stroy gives significance to a major site in rome
- gives background to the religious rites we see
- shows that the peace we see is still able to be had despite past war/violence

105
Q

what is the moral of the cacus and hercules anecdote

A

hurcules is blinded by rage (furor) and cant do what he needs to do
- shows roman ideal of stoicism over furor

106
Q

how does venus get vulcan to make armour for aeneas

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uses her beauty to manipulate him

107
Q

why does vulcan obey venus to make aeneas armour

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“bound to her by eternal love” he says she doesnt have to manipulate him - he loves her enough if she just asked he would do anything for her

108
Q

what is the significance of aeneas’ armour/shield being forged by vulcan

A

-shows gods are on his side
-credibility as an epic hero
-second achilles (who has hephaestus made armour)

109
Q

what does evander describing how horrible mezentius allow to happen later

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it absolves aeneas of wrongdoing when he kills lausus (his son)

110
Q

what is the symbolism of aeneas’ sheild

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-the future of rome is carried on his shoulders , the war depends on him
-parallels him with anchises on his shoulder , both show his piety
-the future of rome protects him (literal plot armor)

111
Q

name 3 things on aeneas’ sheild

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  • augustus and agrippa in actium
  • foudning myth of rome (romulus and remus)
  • republic officer who single handedly defended rome from invasion on a bridge
  • raoe of sabine women (founding myth)
  • augustus triple triumph (dalmatia, actium, alexandrua)
  • augustus triumph over MA in actium
112
Q

what happens as aeneas returns in book 10

A

nymphs dance around him showing his divine favour

113
Q

how does aeneas inspire and bring a new wave of hope and energy to his people

A

“raised a shout to heaven, fresh hope renewing their anger”

114
Q

who does pallas call upon before battle

A

hercules

115
Q

what does aeneas do likening him to patroclus

A

glints his armor as he heads to battle like patroclus flashes achilles armor - hes fulfilling his duty unlike achilles

116
Q

what does aeneas do in battle that could be a potential dig at augustus

A

hes out front and presented as an honourable hero fighting with his men
- debate over whether augustus ever really faught in any of the battles he claims to have faught

117
Q

what is significant about the description of aeneas’ killing

A

quick, clinical and less graphic - doesnt want to show a hero creating graphic horrible scenes

118
Q

what does the simile of the winds imply in book 10

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-natural uncontrollable forces
-controlled by the gods, need gods to sway the even tides
-nature - battle is written into fate

119
Q

what happens at pallas’ death

A

turnus takes spoils and gloats
- hercules weeps

120
Q

what is the first thing aeneas does after finding out pallas died

A

-captures 4 warriars to sacrifice on pallas’ pyre - pious is first nature even in his furur

121
Q

how is aeneas described in his reaction to pallas’ death

A
  • rage and mentions of his ‘fury’
  • “aeneas was like aegaean who they say had a hundred arms a hundred hands with fire flaming from his fifty breasts and mouths and fifty was the number of swords he drew against the lightning of jupiiter”
122
Q

why does jupiter allow juno to protect turnus

A

he sees that venus has been protecting aeneas
- he says hiding turnus wont effect the battle

123
Q

how is mezentius described in battle

A

like a boar caught in a net everyone stands back to throw spears and shout - too afraid to go near

124
Q

how is pathos created for mezentius and lausus

A
  • see mezentius’ love for his son and his horse
  • aeneas’ rage breaks and he himself feels pity for the boy he killed
    -virgil goes into M’s grief (the only enemy gried we see)
125
Q

what is significant about the divine intervention in the battle

A

equal gods on both sides - doesnt undermine aeneas’ power or skill
- adds significance to the battle

126
Q

what is the significance of aeneas saying “is this how we return from war? are these the triumphs expected of us” 11.53

A
  • burdened by the deaths happening under him/by him
  • how can there be triumph when theyve lost so much
  • no sense of accomplishment (anti war propaganda?)
127
Q

what quote described pallas’ death as a flower

A

there he lay like a flower cut by the thubnail of a young girl a soft violent or drooping lily still with its sheen and its shape though mother earth no longer feeds it”

-young and full of life
-the ease at which he was killed
-death was recent there is still a look of life

128
Q

what quote likens lavinia to helen and possibly cleopatra (women who ‘caused’ wars)

A

with her went the maiden lavinia, the cause of all this suffering, her lovely eyes down cast

129
Q

what interjection from diana warns of camillas fate

A

she has put on our armour and it will avail her to nothing

130
Q

what could camillas death be a symbol for

A

-victim of fate
-sacrifice
-virgils personal condemnation of war
-a women with power = unnatural so taking her out of the equation

131
Q

what quote shows camilla as a formidable warrior fighting even in retreat

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whenever she was f o r c e d to retreat she turned her bow and aimed her arrows while still in fight

132
Q

how did camilla die

A

killed by arrun, surrounded by her people so had her guard down, hit from behind

133
Q

what does diana’s sentinal do after camillas death

A

vows it will not be forgotten,
-shoots arrun with an arrow and leaves him groaning all alone to die

134
Q

how does evanders lamentation evoke pathos

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-his wish that he could take his sons place
-(contemp audience) augustus lost his grandsons on battlefield - many others probs lost family too

135
Q

what is interesting about camillas link to diana

A

diana is a significant god for the trojans - shows camilla is not a natural enemy of the trojans but an unjust death

136
Q

how is aeneas described in book 12 linking to cosmic imagery and his divine heritage

A

with his divine armour blazing and his shield like a star

137
Q

how is turnus described in book 12 that combines 2 enemies of aeneas’

A

like a lion in the fields around carthage

138
Q

what is interesting about the quote from book 12 “reassured his allies and comforted iulus”

A

-aeneas’ dutiful and a good leader
-switches ascanius’ name to the roman version presenting him as an ideal roman leader now

139
Q

what does aeneas praying to juno in the final book do

A

-shows his piety
-reassures juno he will worship her
-explains why rome is very pro juno despite her role in their history

140
Q

how does turnus die

A

-gods weaken him with fear, aeneas spears his leg, aeneas debates mercy but sees the armour of pallas around turnus’ waist and ends his life in rage claiming it is justice for pallas

141
Q

what is aeneas killing turnus similar to

A

augustus killing the conspirators
-both deaths for justice over someone they loved

142
Q

what quote in the last scene shows aeneas and turnus as equally savage

A

just as two enemy bulls

143
Q

what does this quote show: “a hunting dog that happens to trap a stag in the bend of a river”

A

-aeneas = the hunting dog which has a master, the gods? controlled by fate?

144
Q

what shows turnus is more pious than aeneas in the last scene

A

turnus prays to faunus and mother earth asking for aid by keeping aeneas’ spear trapped in atree
-argues his devotion and the fact that aeneas cut down the sacred tree to make room for war

145
Q

what is the dilema at the end for aeneas

A

-either doesnt kill turnus and doesnt avenge pallas/keep his friendship with evander
-or gives into his furur and kills turnus making him not the perfect pious hero hes meant to be

146
Q

What is interesting about Carthage compared to bees

A

In Elysian the men (the best of the best) are described “like bees in a meadow on a clear summer day”

classics - aeneid (4 decks)

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