ENGB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Anchises, Aeneid, Ascanius
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Lecture 21: the aeneid: books 3 and 4. Gods present but not perceivable by human beings (2. 1048-1049) Aeneas" (cid:523)increasing(cid:524) isolation: loss of creusa, loss of father (3. 915-927) the aeneid, the gods are revealed, venus reveals presence of gods during the sack of troy (2. 817-836) Persistent link of anchises to troy / the past (2. 860-862) Telling aeneas to get over her and find a new wife. The gods hands are hidden in the iliad and the odyssey, but in. She takes away the (cid:498)veil(cid:499) over aeneas" eyes: creusa, (cid:498)this could never come to pass without / the gods" decree(cid:499) Juno"s role in aeneas and dido"s (cid:498)marriage(cid:499) (cid:523)4. 119-171) Nearly impersonal voice of creusa"s ghost (cid:523)(cid:884). (cid:883)(cid:882)(cid:886)(cid:888)-1064) Aeneas"s own acknowledgement that he (cid:498)should cherish first the town of troy(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:886). (cid:886)(cid:888)(cid:882)-471) Venus seems preoccupied only with aeneas"s destiny as (cid:498)all his paternal love and care are for ascanius(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:883). (cid:890)(cid:891)(cid:890)-904)
