CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Rutuli, Aristeia, Turnus
31 Aug 2016
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**book 6 didn"t advance the plot, but it introduced the proto-roman. Turnus and the rutulians send to diomedes for help. Aeneas, instructed by tiberinus, goes to pallanteum to see evander. Pallanteum celebrates hercules: civilizing hero, creates order from chaos. A central theme, used by juno (zeus), aeneas, and augustus: a real ritual in rome. This places us in the contemporary religious atmosphere of. Access to the mortals. (creates the central theme of peace) Aristeia (excellence on battlefield) leads to death. Pallas= patroclus of this poem: no real relationship, but a strong symbolic connection. Venus asks vulcan for new armour (for aeneas: she is acting as a mother concerned for her son. Estruscans are also at war with rutulians: they are harboring the. Watching the men ride forth= focus on those left behind: peace is at stake for all of these people. Theme of the shield: what"s to come for rome.
