Vergil's Aeneid and the Roman Self: Subject and Nation in Literary DiscourseNow in Paper! As the most widely read Roman poem in antiquity, the Aeneid was indelibly burned into the memories of generations of Roman school children. In this book, author Yasmin Syed analyzes the formative influence the poem exerted on its broad audience of educated Romans. Syed analyzes Roman pedagogy and reading practices as well as ancient beliefs about the powerful influence of poetry. Her study considers these cultural components together with the aspects of identity that define the Aeneid’s characters. By doing so, Syed shows how Vergil’s ancient audiences saw themselves—their experiences, goals, and values—reflected in the poem and guided by it. In particular, Syed’s treatment of gender and ethnicity brings to light the key role of Vergil’s poem in the formation of Romanness. |
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... proem in the previous chapter has shown that Juno's hatred of the Tro- jans is peculiarly female , resulting from her jealousy of Jupiter's Trojan paramours and the slight to her beauty at the judgment of Paris . Her ha- tred , then ...
... proem suggests , is to recount the foundation of a nation . In the proem , the narrator draws attention to this purpose when he comments that Juno's hatred of Troy is the cause for the troubles Aeneas had in founding Romana gens ( Aen ...
... proem's claim . The people of Latium are called Latini through- out books 7 to 12 , not only by the narrator , but also by mortal and immortal characters alike , among them King Latinus himself , Amata , Tur- nus , and Aeneas.1 Indeed ...
Contents
The Aeneid and Roman Identity | 11 |
Poetry Power and the Emotions | 33 |
The Gaze | 53 |
Copyright | |
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