ENGB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Dactylic Hexameter, Aeneid, National Epic
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Roman poet; patronized by maecenas, close advisor of the emperor augustus. Said to have been commissioned to write the aenied by the emperor augustus. But they did(cid:374)"t listen to his will (lucky for us) Like the odyssey, ae(cid:374)eas"s (cid:396)e(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ts his jou(cid:396)(cid:374)ey a(cid:374)d o(cid:396)deals, just as odysseus had done. Trojan horse (2. 325-345: heightened sense of tragedy as the trojans themselves had allowed the horse in; they took down their own walls believing that they had won and that the huge horse was just a gift. Greeks had treated him: used (cid:862)a(cid:374) e(cid:374)e(cid:373)y of (cid:373)y e(cid:374)e(cid:373)y is (cid:373)y f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d(cid:863) logi(cid:272) He is committing sacrilege: he was dragged shuddering and slipping in the blood of his dead son. Hele(cid:374)"s plight (cid:894)(cid:1006). (cid:1011)(cid:1010)(cid:1006)-776: highlights hele(cid:374)"s p(cid:396)e(cid:272)a(cid:396)ious positio(cid:374, hated by everyone! Hated by the trojans as she had brought about this attack, hated by greeks because they hate trojans and she has been a trojan wife for.
