CLAS 1000 Lecture 16: October 20 - The foundation of Rome

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Lecture 16 october 20, 2014 foundation of rome. In the work of virgil, more and more of how the romans came to be is being confirmed nowadays. He, during the time of augusta 16 jan 27 bc 19 august ad wrote the story of how. Augusta was divine, by explaining the linkage to julius caesar, to aphrodite. Sometime around 1184 bc the city of troy was besieged by a combined greek army. Before odysseus came up with the wooden horse, and troy was raided by the greek army. Neoptolemus, achilles" son who drags old priam out of the temple and slaughtered him without thought. Paris is also killed in the fall of troy, as well as priam"s sons and daughters did not fare much better. Many of them were massacred, but cassandra (she was cursed; who had a prophetic view to the future, but nobody would ever listen to her).