Aeneid - modern scholarship Flashcards
(26 cards)
Kenneth Quinn (Augustus)
what Augustus wanted from the Aeneid was “an epic poem with himself as the hero”
R.D Williams (intention)
“there can be no doubt… a major intention of the Aeneid was to glorify Virgil’s own country”
Fox (Aeneas)
“always either insipid or odious”
Harrison (Dido)
“is highly sympathetic to modern readers”
Rutherford (Turnus)
“is hopeless due to the manipulation of the gods”
Gransden (Juno)
“Most of the plot of The Aeneid is driven by Juno”
Williams (Aeneas’ fate)
“Dido and Turnus are trampled on by the fate of Aeneas and Rome”
Evans (literature)
“All Roman literature is political”
Grandsen (Aeneas)
“[Aeneas is] no more than a puppet without a character of his own”
what Augustus wanted from the Aeneid was “an epic poem with himself as the hero”
Kenneth Quinn (Augustus)
“there can be no doubt… a major intention of the Aeneid was to glorify Virgil’s own country”
R.D Williams (intention)
“always either insipid or odious”
Fox (Aeneas)
“is highly sympathetic to modern readers”
Harrison (Dido)
“is hopeless due to the manipulation of the gods”
Rutherford (Turnus)
“Most of the plot of The Aeneid is driven by Juno”
Gransden (Juno)
“Dido and Turnus are trampled on by the fate of Aeneas and Rome”
Williams (Aeneas’ fate)
“All Roman literature is political”
Evans (literature)
“[Aeneas is] no more than a puppet without a character of his own”
Grandsen (Aeneas)
Morgan on Aeneas’ sacrifices
“an absolutely terrifying thing for a Roman reader, to see their founding father commit human sacrifice.”
“an absolutely terrifying thing for a Roman reader, to see their founding father commit human sacrifice.”
Morgan on Aeneas’ sacrifices
Pillinger on women
“Women in the Aeneid don’t fit well into Aeneas’ mission.”
“Women in the Aeneid don’t fit well into Aeneas’ mission.”
Pillinger on women
Semple on war
“Virgil in truth hated war”
“Virgil in truth hated war”
Semple on war
