CLASSIC 30 Lecture 24: Lecture 24 Towards the Foundation of Rome
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Towards the foundation of rome: aeneas as forgetter. Forgets to look behind, lost his wife gives up on personal attachment for duty: ascanius. Begins flashback narrative son of aeneas and creusa also called ilus (from ilium) rules in italy ancestor of julius caesar. Will change name to iulius (-> julius caesar) Aeneas and his men at sea 7 years, washed up at carthage. Venus disguises cupid as ascanius and has him prick dido with arrow. Aeneas sees new city of carthage being built, with depiction of trojan war on temple walls. Neoptolemus(achilles" son) dragging priam through the blood of his son to the altar, and kills him there. Aeneas escape with father, son, household god without creusa. Series of false settlings - attempts to recreate troy. Trojan polydorus killed here by greedy thracian king. Apollo"s oracle: go to original home of the trojan people. Household gods" revelation: dardanus came from italy (hesperia) (notion of returning home)