CLA232H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Odysseus, Final Crisis, Divine Council
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Close of 1st half of aeneid; permanent arrival in italy, concentration in small area. Augustus hanging over - foreshadowing to things augustus will do. Aeneas promises to erect temple to apollo - palatine; apollonian festival days - secular. Games; shrine for sibyl - sibylline books back to palatine. Aeneas = more assured and determined; wants to move forward - snatchy. Birth of another achilles (turnus) - transition to iliadic half - aeneas will not be achilles of. 2nd half - interplay with homeric heroism (obsolete - must be defeated) - turnus = manifestation of homeric epic. Golden bough - no record before vergil; symbol of divine approbation. Aeneas snatches golden bough greedily grabs bough as it delays. Fields of mourning: those who died because of love - meeting one"s ex. in the underworld (mirrors odysseus" encounters with women in the underworld)
