CLA160H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Trifunctional Hypothesis, Rex Nemorensis, Fereydun
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Virgil"s golden bough is compared to that of grove of nemi. Happens at midpoint of epic, which is v. dark. He needs to complete katabasis in order to receive enlightenment from dad. To do so he needs to get the golden bough and sacrifice misensus in a massive pyre. The bough is compared to mistltoe because its life-force does not wither. It is used to tame charon, so life masters death. Time virgil is writing in and comparison to augustus. Old troy is gone, just like old rome. Renewal and destruction - fundamentally an epic of rebirth and renewal. All adversaries at allegories for rex nemorensis, who needs to be swept aside to bring about a rebirth, and for the enemies of augustus, who need to be swept aside for a new political awakening. All are killed as a sacrifice, so both aeneas and augustus are doign the duty of priest. Frazer"s 3 theories and how it ties in.
