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Transcript of The Story of Troy & The Sources of the Aeneid Background Information p. 18-26.
The Story of Troy
& The Sources of the Aeneid
Background Informationp. 18-26
#12) Theme and Purpose
• Theme: arma virumque cano• Glorification of Rome *
• Purpose: show the history was part of a divine plan• Founding of Rome - Empire
“No other literary work, with the exception of the Bible, has perhaps had such an influence
on so many generations of writers and thinkers.”
#13) Troy
• Location: Asia Minor• Today: Turkey
• Founder: King Ilus
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#14) Laomedon as King
• Goal: Build defense walls• Help of Apollo and Poseidon
• Error: Refused to pay promised reward to the gods
• Sea Monster to whom his daughter must be sacrificed
#15) Hesione and Hercules
• Rescue: Hercules destroyed the monster
• Hercules killed Laomedon and all of his sons except Priam and destroyed Troy
• Third King: PRIAM
#16) Priam’s family
• Daughters: Creusa, Cassandra, Polyxena
• Sons: Hector, Deiphobus, Helenus, Polites, Troilus, Paris
#17) Aeneas and Troy
• Creusa + Aeneas• Creusa is DAUGHTER of Priam• Son - in - law
• Venus and Anchises• Homeric Hymn
#18) Discovering Troy
• 1st excavator: Dr. Henry Schlieman• 19th Century
• 1937: Carl Blegen• Professor at UC
#20) Causes of Trojan War
• Start: Romance • Paris and Helen• Greeks v. Trojans
• End: Trick • Horse• Greeks defeat the Trojans
#21) Aeneas
• Aeneas represents an ANCESTOR OF AUGUSTUS and a model of PIETAS• Idealized leader• Ruler• Father (people, family)
Sources of the Aeneid
p. 23-26
#22) Homer
• Iliad:• Content:
• Odyssey:• Content:
#23 & #24 & #25) Sources
• Vergil used other Greek sources than Homer:• Agronautica• Naerius• Ennius
• Dido and Aeneas = Jason and Medea
• Some Roman sources used:• Naerius • Ennius
#26 & #27) Similarities and
DifferencesCOMMON WITH VERGIL
AND HOMER• Long speeches• Muse invocation• Flashback• Verse• 12 books• Divine intervention
• Extended similies
DIFFERENT BETWEEN VERGIL
AND HOMER• Prophecy• Concept of a hero
• Roman spirit