CLAS 55 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Argonautica, Odysseus, Ascanius
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First 12 lines are original; then after the bard asks the muse for the reason for why aeneas had to undergo his odyssey. Wh(cid:455) is it that just (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g good is(cid:374)"t good e(cid:374)ough to (cid:271)e successful?] A man distinguished by his pietas (respect for the gods, parents, tradition) Epithet for ae(cid:374)eas is pius; pius ae(cid:374)eas; he"s respe(cid:272)tful to the traditio(cid:374)s. Bard gives reasons why juno is mad: she"s (cid:373)ad at jupiter, she hates trojan, really though she wants carthage, her city, to become the greatest city. In her anger she likes burning fire aka angry. Juno goes to get god of wind to scatter the leftover trojans with a bribe with nymph. First see aeneas previously he was just arma (man) and we see him in medias res at his lowest point in life. Li(cid:374)e 200 first si(cid:373)ile i(cid:374) ho(cid:373)er the si(cid:373)iles (cid:449)ere hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s to the (cid:374)atural (cid:449)orld, (cid:271)ut i(cid:374) virgil it"s (cid:271)a(cid:272)k(cid:449)ards where nature is reflected by human activity.
