Aeneas Heroic
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- Created on: 15-06-18 10:15
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- Aeneas (heroic)
- Pietas
- care for his people
- wants peace
- wants to battle T 1 on 1 to spare his people's lives
- rally spirits / men rally to him for leadership
- comradeship - 'loved his men, mourn to himslef'
- shoots 7 stags & shares out wine B1
- keeps boats hidden
- weeps for the loss of Palinurus
- values of Roman hero possessed by A making him heroic
- epithet 'known for my devotion' & 'dutiful'
- 'a man famous for his piety'
- pietas towards family
- fights in Latium for son - doesn't want war
- leaves Carthage unwillingly as duty to father & son
- love for Creusa - risks his life to look for her
- 'I bowed down & took up my burden'
- visits An in underworld
- 'I shall take [Anchises] on my shoulders'
- respect for gods
- immediately follows Mercury's orders & leaves C.
- sacrifice to the gods of the underworld
- follows Sibyl's orders & prays to Apollo
- promises to build a temple to Ap & Di and est. oracle there
- orders father to take the Penates because he has not washed his hands from the fighting
- 'I am fresh from all the fighting & killing & it is not right to hold them till I have washed in a running stream'
- when he realises eating tables prophecy has come true he pours libations to Jupiter & An
- sacrifices sow to Juno (B8) tries to appease her?
- care for his people
- Battle
- diplomacy
- diplomacy towards Ev.
- recognises importance of guest friendship & family ties
- sends 100 men with olive branches to Latinus
- successfully makes alliances with Etruscans & Arcadians
- sticks to the treaty & does not fight - only looks for Turnus
- sees P's baldric & kills T in duty to Ev.
- diplomacy towards Ev.
- battle prowess
- excels in battle
- catalogue of kills
- killing Men. elevates A as a warrior
- compared to dog-star (B10) as Achilles was
- epic hero & brave warrior
- divine armour from Venus & Vulcan
- excels in battle
- regret / remorse
- carries out Mez's dying wishes
- buries fallen men & weeps
- regrets killing Lausus
- made him think of his own father
- homeric in B2 when overcome by furor
- 'suddenly it seemed a noble thing to die in arms'
- diplomacy
- Pallas
- role model to Pallas - 'let him...admire you from his early years'
- A educates P on stars & his sufferings
- furor as a result of his grief for P - avenge him as its his duty to Evander
- P is a priority for A - weeps
- is about to show T mercy before he sees P's baldric & is filled with furor
- Other
- Women
- Venus heals his wounds
- recognises his mother (B1) & receives help from her
- golden bough
- Dido background
- pities Dido, weeps, tries to comfort her & feels guilty (B4)
- leaves Dido to follow his duty but does love her & wants to console her & 'take her pain away'
- weeps when he sees Creusa's ghost. tries to embrace her x3
- oak tree simile (pietas & Dido)
- allows Latins to keep their culture & customs
- 'I shall not order Italians to obey Trojans, nor do I seek royal power for myself'
- hated by Juno - elevates heroic prestige
- elegant when addressing Dido
- acts as bard; skill with words - Homeric
- Women
- Pietas
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