CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Iarbas, Punic Wars, Aeneid
5 Jan 2017
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Ju(cid:374)o(cid:859)s ha(cid:374)d i(cid:374) the (cid:373)arriage of dido a(cid:374)d ae(cid:374)eas. An ill-o(cid:373)e(cid:374)ed (cid:858)weddi(cid:374)g(cid:859: the bad weather is a bad sign. It was a private ceremony which is not appropriate. She breaks her oath of chastity after the death of her husband: engaged in a se(cid:454)uall(cid:455) relatio(cid:374)ship with a (cid:373)a(cid:374) that is(cid:374)(cid:859)t her hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)d. They are not actually married: nothi(cid:374)g offi(cid:272)ial at the (cid:858)weddi(cid:374)g(cid:859, juno as enemy of rome, dido as cleopatra. Homeric allusion: the hero dallying with a woman. The end of dido= the end of carthage. Iarbas, a suitor, is threatening: hears the rumor of aeneas and dido and thinks that aeneas has taken over. Aeneas quickly obeys the orders of the gods. Dido loses control, confronts aeneas: blames him for the loss of his reputation with his neighbours. Aeneas replies without consolation: has no regret for leaving her, says that they were never officially proposed marriage to her.
