virgil and aeneas
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Virgil and Aeneas. The Greatest Roman Author and Hero. Virgil. Publius Vergilius Maro Born:Oct. 15, 70 B.C. Died: Sept. 21, 19 B.C. Born in Mantua, northern Italy Studied philosophy in Rome. Early Works. Bucolics - “on care of cattle” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Virgil and Aeneas
The Greatest Roman Author and Hero
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Virgil
• • Publius Vergilius Maro
• Born:Oct. 15, 70 B.C. • Died: Sept. 21, 19
B.C. • Born in Mantua,
northern Italy• Studied philosophy in
Rome.
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Early Works
• Bucolics
- “on care of cattle”
- tells of revolutionary change in Rome during Republic
• Georgics
- about farming and rural life
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Augustus
• First Roman emperor• Wanted to unite Rome
with an epic that displayed national pride.
• Believed he was descendant of Aeneas, who is also the son of the goddess, Venus.
• Commissioned Virgil to write the great Roman epic.
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Writing of the Aeneid
• Took 10 years to write
• 12 books
• First 6 books: modeled after Odyssey (journey)
• Last 6 books: modeled after Iliad (war epic)
• Tells the story of Aeneas from the end of the Trojan War to his founding of the Roman race in Italy.
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Trojan War (Judgment of Paris)
• Judgment of Paris• At wedding of Peleus and Thetis• Dischord throws apple “For the Fairest”• 3 goddesses: Venus, Minerva, and Juno fight for
it.• Paris (Trojan) picks Venus and receives Helen,
most beautiful woman (Greek)• She was married to king Menelaus (Greek)• Greeks want her back, Troy refuses; war ensues.
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Judgment of Paris
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City of Troy
• “impenetrable walls”
• King Priam
• Sons are Hector, strongest Trojan warrior and Paris
• Aeneas is leader of Dardanians, sect of Trojans.
• Greeks try to breach walls for 10 years with no success.
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Trojan Horse
• Devised by Odysseus, Greek warrior (Odyssey)
• Trojans thought it was gift for their deity
• Laocoön (Trojan) believes horse is a trick. He is killed by serpents.
• Trojans take the horse inside the city.
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Synopsis of Trojan War Using Legos
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Escape from Troy
• Aeneas escapes with his men, his father, and son.
• Wife, Creusa, does not make it.
• Escape while Troy is burning.
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Barocci’s Aeneas
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Wanderings of Aeneas
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Aeneas in Italy
• After many years of wandering to different places, Aeneas finds Latium in Italy and battles with people there.
• He is victorious and becomes father of Roman race.
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Back to Virgil
• Virgil spent 10 years writing Aeneid and died with it being incompleted.
• Asks slaves to burn only manuscript.
• They do not and it survives to this day.
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A Look at the Aeneid
• Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab orisItaliam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venitlitora, multum ille et terris iactatus et altovi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, 5inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
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Conclusions
• Aeneid was written as the national epic for Rome by Virgil for Augustus.
• The story involves Aeneas after the Trojan War between the Trojans and the Greeks.
• Aeneas and his men left the city of Troy and ended in Latium in Italy.
• The Aeneid is the most famous and probably most important work of Latin poetry.