CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Latinus, Numitor, Aristeia
6 Dec 2017
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Week 12 aeneid for the good of the state. Roman myths are more blunt, sinister, give up yourself and family members. Roman myth making is very moralizing, often a point to be made. Greek myth is about stories of how we related to the gods, our environment. Roman myth is more about the good and wrong of it, always looking back at ancestors for guidance. Artistic context: homer rome just not have a great poetic tradition or. Makes clear that trojans will become the romans. Historical context: height of roman power historical, they learn from the greeks vergil first one to set out to write an epic poem, looking back to homer. Mythic context: romulus and aeneas two competing traditions of where they come from, romulus and remus vs. aeneas, vergil finds a way to combine them. Romans are promised an empire without end. 500 bce: statuettes - old story, vergil did not make it up.
