Virgil felt as if the second Iliadic half was greater than the first
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Boyle
Bipartite structure: 1-6 Odyssean, 7-12 Iliadic
Tripartite structure: 1-4 tragedy of love, 5-8 destiny of Rome, 9-12 tragedy of war
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Boyle pt 2
Aeneas' bloodletting in Book 12 present the ancestor of the Julian family not as the Imperial figure of a new Roman world but a prime embodiment of the values and behaviour of the old heroic world (bloodlust, senseless pursuit of fame). Aeneas a reincarna
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Williams
Virgil has not tried to create another Achilles and failed but instead a different kind of hero. Human experience and problems of Aeneas are emphasised - most of the time we admire him but under the pressure of his own human nature he sometimes alienates
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Quinn
Virgil wanted audience to be aware of Homeric echoes but give them a new dimension. Aeneid reminds us of Homeric situations but reveals themselves as different, with their own unique voice and ideas.
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Quinn pt 2
Virgil's gods are less present but keeps divine machinery. Anthropomorphic, intervene in the narrative and work with fate, propaganda, less incidental, arbitrary reference. Human action dominated by divine machinery.
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Sowerby
Homer and Virgil both focus on a single period of time and single story - unity of action
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Sowerby pt 2
We are invited to see Aeneas as an Achilles figure. Relationship between Turnus-Pallas-Aeneas replicates Hector-Patroclus-Achilles.
Most epic similes in Virgil have their origin in Homer.
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Sowerby pt 3
Turnus is a more traditional, Homeric type hero than Aeneas. Aeneas is motivated by piety and is reluctantly heroic, whereas Turnus is a selfish, glory seeking hero as seen in Homer. He is a foil to Aeneas representing an older individual heroism.
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Sowerby pt 4
Some see Aeneid as a weak and artificial imitation of Homer. Some see a creative reinvention of mature values of civilisation (pietas and triumph over madness and chaos in furor).
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Sowerby pt 5
However this triumph is an illusion - Aeneid exists in a twilight world replete with insubstantial encounters. The promise of fulfilment is never realised. Note of anger at the end represents the triumph of Juno and all she embodies. Aeneas is not gloriou
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Gransden
Aeneid is Odyssean: in medias res, flashbacks, battles where hero establishes himself at home
But value lies in transformation of Homer, themes and values modified by later sensibility of Roman poet.
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Gransden pt 2
Book 6 is transition from Odyssean to Iliadic, transition from wanderer to dux, from exile and despair to mission.
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Gransden pt 3
Aeneas' absence in Books 8-9 mirrors Achilles - this similarity is used to point out their differences. Whereas Achilles is absent due to his selfish pride, Aeneas is absent out of duty and tries to return quickly (transformation of old Homeric code into
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Gransden pt 4
Both Virgil and Homer sympathise with losing sides. Fall of Troy viewed sadly by Homer, Vigil sympathises towards both sides losing young men.
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Pattie
Virgil's depictions of violent death are presented as to seem unacceptable.
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Pattie pt 2
Homeric events are recalled in Aeneid but mood and tone of writing is different.
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Pattie pt 3
Purpose of gods in Aeneid is to mirror Homer and depict scenes of fancy and imagination to vary realistic passages of man's activity.
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Pattie pt 4
Homer is the better storyteller in sheer speed and excitement.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Bipartite structure: 1-6 Odyssean, 7-12 Iliadic
Tripartite structure: 1-4 tragedy of love, 5-8 destiny of Rome, 9-12 tragedy of war
Back
Boyle
Card 3
Front
Aeneas' bloodletting in Book 12 present the ancestor of the Julian family not as the Imperial figure of a new Roman world but a prime embodiment of the values and behaviour of the old heroic world (bloodlust, senseless pursuit of fame). Aeneas a reincarna
Back
Card 4
Front
Virgil has not tried to create another Achilles and failed but instead a different kind of hero. Human experience and problems of Aeneas are emphasised - most of the time we admire him but under the pressure of his own human nature he sometimes alienates
Back
Card 5
Front
Virgil wanted audience to be aware of Homeric echoes but give them a new dimension. Aeneid reminds us of Homeric situations but reveals themselves as different, with their own unique voice and ideas.
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