CLAS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Aeneid, Odysseus
17 Jul 2016
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Fate and aeneus"s epic world: fate is an impersonal force to which all persons (humans and gods) in the story must submit. Juno is mad and she is not reasonable. Juno has a plan for aeneus only if the fates consent. Just wander by a. b. a: compare to the odyssey 10. 196. Jupiter"s promise is a reading of a story already written-not by him. Just like odysseus is crafty and penelope was wise aeneus is pious. Fate and dido"s justice: distributes honors in a just way. She thinks reality is one way when it is actually not. Fate and venus"s power: venus has a son cupid (the greek equivalent to eros, venus tricks dido to fall in love with aeneas (using cupid) a. i. Cupid is more powerful than his mother venus, and also more powerful than jupiter"s thunderbolts: cupid conquers persons and things. A choice and a sense of stable goodness.
