CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: National Epic, Latin Literature, Praxiteles
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Trajan: parts of the roman army preparing for the campaign, reflecting real roman events, but the big statue is the god of the river, here anthropomorphised for real and he is looking on while they do their preparations. In greek myth, you have conversations with gods that happen in the distant past: this suggests that the gods are on the sides of the romans. Some key concepts of romanitas: greeks had to steal statue of athena so that troy could fall and in the coin is in aeneas is holding the statue, that the roman myth says that. Octavian: the nephew of julius ceaser but by adoption will become the son of julius ceaser. Julius ceaser: they decided he was a god and worshipped him as a god, he was deified (apotheosis) of be considered a god after death. In the span that will make vergil an augustan poet. Rome: coming from further east to italy.
