CLA201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Anchises, Odysseus, Potestas
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Latin authors are heavily influenced by greek texts. Adaptation of greek and etruscan myth: roman views, historical events and individuals, concern with the state roman ideals what rome ought to be. Like much of roman culture, roman myth is eclectic. Aeneas is not a roman invention, he is a character from greek myth. Ambiguous, open ended greek myths become teleological. Subjugation of the world under roman gods and law. Pax romane a new state of peace, new golden age. Focus on the city and its history. Tie myths whenever possible to real names, dates, places and events. Precisely located in time and explained as realistically as possible. Didactic function to teach roman values how to be a good roman in this new political order. The name o is used to denote the first roman emperor, augustus, in the period between his testamentary adoption by caesar in 44bce and his assuming the epithet augustus in.
