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Religions 15: Virgil’s Aeneid , 8.337-361, 608-731

Religions 15: Virgil’s Aeneid , 8.337-361, 608-731. Virgil. Publius Vergilius Maro (ca. 70-19 BCE) Other works: Eclogues (pastoral poetry) and Georgica/Georgics (didactic poem about farming) Aeneid : epic meant to imitate and emulate Homer ( intertexuality )

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Religions 15: Virgil’s Aeneid , 8.337-361, 608-731

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  1. Religions 15: Virgil’sAeneid,8.337-361, 608-731

  2. Virgil • PubliusVergiliusMaro (ca. 70-19 BCE) • Other works: Eclogues (pastoral poetry) and Georgica/Georgics (didactic poem about farming) • Aeneid: epic meant to imitate and emulate Homer (intertexuality) • Books 1-6: wanderings (cf. Odyssey) • Books 7-12: fighting for home in Italy (cf. Iliad) • Juno fights against Aeneas (cf. Poseidon in Od.) and is helped by Venus (cf. Athena in Od.), his mother (Venus + Anchises = Aeneas, direct line to Romulus and Rhemus)

  3. Contents • 1st half: Begins in medias res with shipwreck of Aeneas in Africa; after Dido and Aeneas, A. lands in Italy, sees Sibyl and goes to Underworld (future of Rome) • 2nd half: fight between Aeneas and Turnus (Latins); in book 8 he visits Evander (Arcadian king), who lives on the future site of Rome and becomes the ally of the Trojans against the Latins; there Aeneas sees prediction of future when he receives shield from his mother

  4. Themes Strong political overtones: • Connection of Troy to Rome • Underlining of Roman values (pietas): Aeneas chooses for collective rather than individual motivations (love) and brings penatesto Italy • Explanation of Punic wars • Influence of contemporary Augustan propaganda (written in first decade of Augustus’ reign)

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