CLST 103 Lecture 19: CLST 103 W8L3
21 Jan 2016
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The work is also justifying augustus" families right to be the most important people in roman state reminding us that it was. Augustus" ancestor who founded roman people and thus makes sense for augustus" to lead the state and for his family to lead it after him. Sets scene for story, introduces aeneas and juno"s grudge against him, and gives us a sense of hardships that he has had to go through by starting off with a storm at sea. Vergil uses manipulation of words and meter to have an impact like you are there. Once finally in a safe harbour, also feel calm of harbour through poetry. Aeneas coming into harbour in carthage and early days and able to see the city first being built. Also introduced to aeneas qualities as leader: pg. 222: example of his leadership ability, trying to give them a pep talk.
