HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Alba Longa, Punic Wars, Aeneid
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The future does(cid:374)"t (cid:455)et e(cid:454)ist so the past is (cid:373)ore k(cid:374)o(cid:449)a(cid:271)le. The past is just a mental construct in our minds. Can be formulated in different ways from person to person. Human bias to think that out past is glorious. Virgil is writing a story about refugees that encounter obstacles and succeed in planting the seeds of the great empire. Augustus is descended from this leader of the refugees. Virgil is shifting around what people think is true about their origin. Vergil is creating a prequel to the romulus and remus story. Tries to link rome to some refugees from troy. Islands of the cyclopses, of the harpies, scylla and charybdis. Vergil wants to provide this myth of origins that linking rome and augustus to troy and aeneas. Timeline that people already accept is of romulus and remus. Romulus and remus are presented as descendents of aeneas" son.