Lecture 20 Flashcards

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Greeks in the Aeneid

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-never portrayed in a good light

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The Sibyl

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  • oracle of Apollo

- priestess of Apollo that gave prophecies in a manmade cave

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Where does Aeneis enter the underworld?

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Lake Ivernas

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Arrangement of Underworld

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  • gives a clear description of the entrance and the different areas
  • sees infants and the falsely executed at the front of the underworld
  • just after are people who have committed suicide
  • next are the people who have died for love and Aeneas sees Dido here
  • Aeneas feels bad
  • Dido is back with her husband
  • next are heroes of the Trojan War
  • runs into Deiphobus-brother Athena disguises herself as to trick Hector to fight Achilles
  • At the end of the war he’s married to Helen
  • this is not a good thing for him because she sneaks Menelaus into their shared room and they kill and mutilate his body
  • Tartarus is next
  • Next is the Blessed Groves
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Tartarus

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  • all the really bad guys

- the hell part of the underworld

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Blessed Groves

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  • heaven part of the underworld
  • warriors, priests, poets
  • Anchises (his father) and future Romans
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The SIbyl on Tartarus

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  • very Roman view of underworld

- very Roman crimes

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Anchises on future Romans

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-core of what VIrgil is trying to say in sending Aeneas to the underworld

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Anchises on Roman philosophy

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  • it’s your job to rule over all those (Greeks) who are better at all those other things
  • you will accomplish this via military conquest
  • you will win the world through war and bring it together-very roman mindset
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People in the underworld

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  • Aeneas children
  • early kings of Rome
  • Ceasar
  • Republican history
  • Augustus with his acts against Cleopatra and Antony
  • connects Augustus to all of Roman history
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Aeneas exits the underworld

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  • the gate of ivory sends false dreams into the world
  • is Virgil saying maybe all this is a false dream? Is he saying all the connections made to Augustus is a lie?
  • Or is he saying be critical of your judgments or maybe a warning to pay attention and not be blinded by this leader. pay attention to what Augustus represents. Signal to readers that although he was forced to write a way about Augustus he didn’t necessarily believe it.
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