CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Acerbas, George Bernard Shaw, Aeneid
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Publius vergilius maro: 70-19 bce, ancient biography: born in manua in northern italy c, wealthy family, reasonable to assume from his poetry that he was very affected by the fact. Hints for reading: use fitzgerald translation, names b. i. I sing of warfare and a man at war d. ii. Arms = fighting of the trojan war; story of homer"s iliad d. iii. Man = wanderings of the hero odysseus; story of homer"s odyssey. Homer: ca 750 bce, singer of tales, greek epic poet c, odyssey: man/man at war; wanderings of odysseus. Prologue of aeneid: the opening includes almost all of the prominent themes in the aeneid: importance of destiny, suffering, destiny of rome/italy, power/anger of gods who are still punishing the trojans and aeneas, outcome: gods come to italy. Gods in virgil: like homeric gods, they play a very active role, virgilian gods b. i.
