CLAS 1000 Lecture 3: Rome Week 3.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: Andrew Walsh

Document Summary

Rome chapters 7 and 9: early latin literature is a continuation of late greek literature, livius andronicus 230 bc: greek by birth, brought to rome as a slave translated. Greek plays into latin (beginning of latin literature ) first translation was of the. Alcmene, zeus disappears in the night, that same night the real amphitryo comes home and sleeps with his wife, alcmene becomes double pregnant gives birth to 2 sons, Greek intellectuals and this is why early roman literature is closely adopted from ancient. Greeks and poke fun at them through literature (no serious devotion to greek ways) 1st century bc (golden age) shows a new intellectual intensity and ambition to emulate. Aeneas made his way to italy and founded rome the aeneid was virgil"s aim at providing a roman answer to both homeric epics (iliad and odyssey) in one epic books 1-6 resemble odyssey, books 7-12 resemble iliad .