Aeneid Terms revision

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• A collective noun for the gods and goddesses, so called from their use as plot devices or mechanisms. E.g. Virgil starts the Aeneid with Juno’s stirring up a storm against the Trojan fleet. (6, 9)
• A lengthy comparison employing like or as and a chief source of poetic imagery in epic. E.g. Aeneas compared to an oak-tree buffeted by Alpine winds in book 4. (8, 6)
• A rhetorical term for a speech addressed to a person, idea or thing often placed at the start of a poem or essay, which also acts as a pause or digression. (10)
• A series of achievements as listed by Augustus on his mausoleum. (3, 6)
• a series of actions linked by a probable or necessary chain of cause and effect, as in the main plot of the Aeneid whereby Aeneas through long arduous travels and fighting establishes a new Troy in Italy. (5, 2, 6)
• A story that interrupts the main narrative to describe an earlier event. E.g. Aeneas telling Dido of the Fall of Troy in book 2 and Evander telling Aeneas of his martial deeds. (9)
• An episode which delays or decelerates the main plot. E.g. Evander’s tale of Hercules and Cacus in book 8 and the exploits of Nisus and Euryalus in book 9 (11)
• Gravity, seriousness, austerity and sternness, two abstract nouns often used to describe Aeneas’ determined serious nature. (9)
• Idea from Graeco-Roman mythology that there were a series of ages (golden, si, br, heroic and then iron) during which mankind developed. Golden age was seen as a period of peace and prosperity. Virgil was suggesting Augustus would bring back TGA. (3, 6, 3)
• When the audience knows more than the characters, occasioning many ironies. E.g. in book 6 the Roman audience would know all the summi viri (leading men) in the pageant of future heroes being pointed out to Aeneas by his father. (8, 5)