Key Terms
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When they escape, Odysseus shouts his real name back at the island.
Result
Dooms his men, extends his own exile.
Georgics
Similar approach, even less direct 3. The Aeneid: greatest achievement; still working on it at death
Third century BCE
Struggle for control of the Mediterranean.
Contestants
Rome (Italy) vs. Carthage (North Africa, modern Tunisia).
WHY THIS MATTERS FOR THE AENEID
Dido is the founder of Carthage. Aeneas is destined to found Rome.
Poets of the Augustan age
Horace, Ovid (exiled), Virgil.
Juno
Queen of the gods, goddess of marriage. Represents the irrational and illogical.
Jove/Jupiter
All-powerful, husband of Juno, often lets Juno have her way but ultimately upholds fate.
Venus
Goddess of love, mother of Aeneas. Patron goddess of Rome.
Definition
Philosophical doctrine that calls on human beings to fulfill their duties facing adversity without showing human passion
Fate
Dido is destined to found Carthage. Aeneas is destined to found Rome.
Helenus
Son of Priam (Trojan king). Andromache: widow of Hektor.
Built a replica of Troy in their wanderings
Same gates, same towers, same river (but a small stream, not the great river).
Aeneas then notices a despondent spirit
Marcellus, Augustus' nephew. Despite his gifts and Rome's promise for him, Marcellus is destined to die young.