CLST 101 Lecture Notes - Rhea Silvia, Ascanius, Alba Longa

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 101
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Myth of foundation different from greek world: founder violent, 1st inhabitants exiled from native lads, 1t women raped and kidnapped. Romans felt a need to have a greek background in order to have a slightly more noble past. Herakles= hercules, worshiped at the great alter (ara maxima) Need for a greek hero in order to connect them to ancient greece but still to romulus and remus. Aeneas, trojan who fought at troy: more then 400 year between fall of troy and beginning of rome, escaped from troy with his son and by carrying his father on his back. Therefore considered pious because he saved his weak father: there are many sources of the aeneas saga. Aeneas fights with the native people ( aborigines) after he is betrothed to lavinia, a local princess, daughter of the king latinus, previously betrothed to a local prince. Leaves ascanius (his son), now call julus as his successor.