furor and pietas in the aeniad
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- example of aeneas showing duty for others can be seen almost immediately in book 1 when he arrives in carthage and is concerned for his followers.He climes a crag and looks desperately for his fleet.
- there is no ship in sight so he turns his attention to his current followers making sure they have food
- piety is not just a religious matter but also loyalty, gratitude, dutifulness and love
- clash between furor and pietas
- pietas can overcome furor book 1 line 148- virgil uses imagery from political life to describe a natural phenomenon , a storm is like political discord.
- there is a likening to Augustus as he is able to take charge but concered with the greater good
- Aeneid, furor and pietas
- 'pious aeneas'
- example of aeneas showing duty for others can be seen almost immediately in book 1 when he arrives in carthage and is concerned for his followers.He climes a crag and looks desperately for his fleet.
- there is no ship in sight so he turns his attention to his current followers making sure they have food
- piety is not just a religious matter but also loyalty, gratitude, dutifulness and love
- when he leaves troy in book two he demostrates pietas. He carries his elderly father anchises on his back , he tries to ensure his servants a safe route and also duty towards the gods , he will not touch sacred objects until he has washed his hands
- ' i am fresh from all the fighting and killing and it is not right for me to touch them'
- example of aeneas showing duty for others can be seen almost immediately in book 1 when he arrives in carthage and is concerned for his followers.He climes a crag and looks desperately for his fleet.
- a conflicted hero
- book 2 there is a moment of furor when he spots helen 'i longed in my anger to avenge my country'. He would have killed helen if it were not for the intervention of his mother
- helen was also sitting by the alter so him killing her would have been an example of hubris
- 'pious aeneas'
- pietas can overcome furor book 1 line 148- virgil uses imagery from political life to describe a natural phenomenon , a storm is like political discord.
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