Aeneid 6, 7
Aeneid 6
The descent into the underworld is marked by progressions. There are levels, it seems, where souls must pay a price for their sins. The encounter with Dido is interesting, she still scorns him, even in death. I suppose the curses she put on him may still stand? The encounters with dead heroes were also interesting and helped to link this back to the Iliad. It was funny when the Greeks started to freak out with what happened. It was also funny that Caesar has suddenly been added to the god list. A great sense of tying nationalism to religion.
Aeneid 7
Once again, things are going alright when the gods begin to interfere again, just as Aeneus is about to marry into a kingdom. Why does this happen? The gods spur a man on to jealousy for the king's daughter that is being promised to Aeneas. What is this really about if there were no gods here? It seems that a country to trying to keep their own national identity and cultures. However, since our hero (who represents Rome) is taking over, obviously he is in the right and the other people are only acting that way because gods are meddling with them. This almost seems banal on the part of Virgil; it borders on propaganda.
The descent into the underworld is marked by progressions. There are levels, it seems, where souls must pay a price for their sins. The encounter with Dido is interesting, she still scorns him, even in death. I suppose the curses she put on him may still stand? The encounters with dead heroes were also interesting and helped to link this back to the Iliad. It was funny when the Greeks started to freak out with what happened. It was also funny that Caesar has suddenly been added to the god list. A great sense of tying nationalism to religion.
Aeneid 7
Once again, things are going alright when the gods begin to interfere again, just as Aeneus is about to marry into a kingdom. Why does this happen? The gods spur a man on to jealousy for the king's daughter that is being promised to Aeneas. What is this really about if there were no gods here? It seems that a country to trying to keep their own national identity and cultures. However, since our hero (who represents Rome) is taking over, obviously he is in the right and the other people are only acting that way because gods are meddling with them. This almost seems banal on the part of Virgil; it borders on propaganda.
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