CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Deiphobus, Ekphrasis, Cocytus
21 Nov 2016
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Bracketed by the gates of the temple of apollo at cumae and the gates of sleep. Sets aeneas firmly in the history of rome. A more complex process of arriving in the underworld, and a more developed underworld than in the odyssey. Sets the action of aeneas in a temporal context which looks ahead to the entire history of the roman state. It is with the meeting with anchises that we see the nature of the underworld and the greatness of the roman"s future history. Marked by aeneas" immediate departure to consult with sibyl (instructions given to him in book 3: told as soon as he lands in italy, he must seek out sibyl. In the aeneid, purpose = to praise augustus. Narrative is suspended of the pictures of the doors of apollo"s temples (ekphrasis) We see the past, present and future of rome united in the world of the dead.
