Virgil felt the pathos of the defeated, saw Dido's rejection not from Rome's point of view but from Dido's.
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Quinn
In Carthage Aeneas does not have to be seen as a Mark Antony figure. Julius Caesar also had an affair with Cleopatra - unlike Antony, and more like Aeneas, he ended the affair and returned to Rome.
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Gildenhard
Efforts to read the Aeneid historically should not get in the way of contemporary relevance. Issues raised by Dido episode - sexual ethics, use and abuse of power, imperialism, personal choice etc continue to matter.
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Syed
Virgil uses Trojans, Latins and 'other' foreign cultures (Carthaginians and Greeks) to enable Roman reader to work out what is really 'Roman' about them.
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Syed pt 2
Women in particular, eg Lavinia and Dido, come to symbolise their nations geographically. Lavinia as the 'proper' Latin woman can be contrasted to the foreign, 'wilder and chaotic' Dido.
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Card 2
Front
In Carthage Aeneas does not have to be seen as a Mark Antony figure. Julius Caesar also had an affair with Cleopatra - unlike Antony, and more like Aeneas, he ended the affair and returned to Rome.
Back
Quinn
Card 3
Front
Efforts to read the Aeneid historically should not get in the way of contemporary relevance. Issues raised by Dido episode - sexual ethics, use and abuse of power, imperialism, personal choice etc continue to matter.
Back
Card 4
Front
Virgil uses Trojans, Latins and 'other' foreign cultures (Carthaginians and Greeks) to enable Roman reader to work out what is really 'Roman' about them.
Back
Card 5
Front
Women in particular, eg Lavinia and Dido, come to symbolise their nations geographically. Lavinia as the 'proper' Latin woman can be contrasted to the foreign, 'wilder and chaotic' Dido.
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