Classical Studies 3800F Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Troy Book, Turnus, Punic Wars
4 Dec 2017
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Her mother amata and her fianc turnus are infected by rage (thanks juno) and a war begins. Purpose: picks up a loose end in the iliad and takes it up for a political purpose. Pull back at once, whenever you"re thrown against [achilles], / or go down to the. House of death against the will of fate. ---- iliad 20. 392 396: retroactively adds rome to the greek canon, after rome took over greek status became a mark of culture, praises (?) Kemeid"s aeneid summary: part one, fire, fall of troy and escape, part two, water, the wandering, resort and hotel, part three, earth, fellow countryman and his wife. Helen: they save a greek, the storm. Then, a splash of blood across a canvas. Everything stops. (65-6: takes six books of the aeneid down to nothing. Allecto: is this all that"s left of you. Is this all is this what i crossed land and sea for (66)
