CLAS 430 Lecture Notes - Latinus, Turnus, Aeneid
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Classics 210: greek & roman classics in english. Aeneas goes to the underworld and learns everybody"s stories and what happened to them in the afterlife. Trojans very curious about aeneas why he came, etc. Glimpse into tartarus (the darkest part of the underworld for heroically awful people) Goes to elysium (where heroes of ancient days are) and meets his father. Sea of forgetfulness (forget their old existence, reincarnated into new beings) Aeneas wonders why anyone would leave the underworld. His father shows him the future romans. Picnic between aeneas, lavinia, & king latinus. King latinus offers to let lavinia (his daughter) marry aneas. Juno attempts to delay creation of rome (add more pain and suffering) Fight breaks outween between trojans and italians. Aeneid mapping out territory, eager to get to work and build a future. He marks out his military camp, very organized. Juno sees what he is doing (imposing roman infrastructure) angry about it.
