Aeneid

Question 1

Aeneas character

Answer 1

Aeneas’ character is largely the result of the roles forced on him by the plot of the Aeneid: Hardie

Question 2

history affect on book

Answer 2

‘Efforts to read the Aeneid historically should not get in the way of - indeed -, should enhance the text’s contemporary relevance. - gildenhard

Question 3

fate and piety

Answer 3

‘Aeneas’ general concern to facilitate fate is the cornerstone of his pietas! - mackie

Question 4

cities

Answer 4

‘He’s a man with a purpose, and the purpose to which he is directed is city’
Jenkyns

Question 5

views of Aeneas character

Answer 5

stuffed shirt
too duteous, too pious.
Aeneas has the burden of destiny imposed on him
Jenkyns

Question 6

Augustus and aeneas

Answer 6

Aeneas & Augustus “map onto one another” - Braund

Question 7

Virgil violence

Answer 7

Virgil was not a pea-shooting pacifist - Harrison

Question 8

roman middle

Answer 8

Books 6-8 = “Roman middle” - Braund

Question 9

anti or pro augustus book 6

Answer 9

Can’t read Bk 6 as a straigtfoward celebreation of Empire - marshall

Question 10

Dido

Answer 10

No one to blame for the Dido affair - Jenkyns

Question 11

bk10 in moral

Answer 11

Aeneas is ‘morally terrifying’ in Book 10 - morgan

Question 12

family

Answer 12

Ideal Virgilian Family - griffin

Question 13

turnus death

Answer 13

Killing Turnus is the “height of pietas and the depths of impietas” at the same time - Morgan

Question 14

Juno

Answer 14

soap opera b*tch - Harrison

Question 15

women

Answer 15

have a licence to perform in this epic for as long as they operate like men
Llewellyn morgan

Question 16

Praise for Augustus

Answer 16

Virgil doesn’t quite go as far as saying that Augustus is a god, but he comes pretty close.
Hardie

Question 17

view of Augustus from virg

Answer 17

Exaggerated Praise
Llewellyn morgan