heroism (homeric and roman)

Question 1

aen book 2 admission

Answer 1

“frenzy and anger drove me on” = early aeneas reveals the furor that compelled him to fight during troy’s fall

also echoes homeric kleos as aen is willing to die in battle.

Question 2

aen book 12 furor

Answer 2

“burning with mad passion and terrible in his wrath”
aen’ state in book 12 when killing turnus shows a lapse into furor, complicating his heroic image by blending roman pietas with a homeric rage that leads to a lack of clementia.

Question 3

bravery

Answer 3

book 2
“you are the bravest” aen says to his warriors as encouragement. homeric emphasis on valor while also appealing ot roman ideals of collective duty in battle.

Question 4

“lifted up a pair of scales to decide who would be condemned in the ordeal of battle”

Answer 4

jupiter’s scales in bk 12 directly reference a homeric motif from the iliad (zeus weighing fates) illustrating virgil’s adaptation of epic structure to fit roman themes