CLCV 2008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Carthago Delenda Est, Third Punic War, Second Punic War

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 2008
• Professor: Elizabeth Klaassen

Document Summary

Homer 8th c: primary/heroic epic, oral tradition, listening audience. Vergil 1st c: secondary/literary epic, written culture. The aeneid is both homeric and historical epic. Choerilus of samos, persica: historical panegyric of alexander the great. Theme of hostility between carthage and rome. Prophecies that look forward to historical events. Aetiology > the explanation of a cause or origin. Regal period > kings, form romulus on. Book 1 > jupiter to venus in olympus. Book 6 > anchises to aeneas in the underworld. Venus > aeneas > julus/ascanius julis caesar > augustus. Coins of julius caesar: venus genetrix, aeneas ad anchises. Temple of venus genetrix in the forum julium. Intertextuality > the aeneid imitates the iliad and odyssey. Typology of characters > aeneas is like achilles and odysseus. Pietas > goodness, piety, loyalty, or devotion; duty towards parents, country, gods: aeneas (10, 253, 545) Furor > anger, passion, rage, or frenzy: dido, battle, juno.