CLAS 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lavinium, Aeneid, Scheria

• School: McGill University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLAS 208
• Professor: Martin Sirois

Document Summary

>aeneas" descendants will first rule italy and then the known world. >aeneid predicts the events that lead up to augustus" own rise to power and the story of rome to its greatest heights under his rule. >prophecy establishes augusts as a descendant of aeneas but also as the culmination of thousands of years of expansion and rule. > augustus" deliberate and successful attempt to shift the focus of roman literature to the unflagging support of augusts" imperial propaganda. Note: can"t always trust ancient history: doubt the sources. >just because a famous author wrote it and said it"s true doesn"t mean it actually is. >augustus wanted the story to be commissioned yet we don"t really know why. Develop myth of aeneas and have him share the foundation of rome (wit rom and rem) Foundation of rome = 753 bce settled in 1c bce by atticus and varro. Gap many generations of alban kings between aeneas and numitor (romulus" father)