Achilles, yet in the Iliad we
get a v. humane reconciliation. Message: civilization (in sense of impe
rium) and humanity (in sense of humaneness) are not coextensive?
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point.
Remember also that monetary reward was not the only incentive/pressure to
promote Augustan values.
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But does that make Aeneas the good guy? I don't think Vergil's so unequivocal.
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Also,
how can Aeneas be a symbol of
This was a joke that had already been made in Aristophanes' Frogs with
reference to Heracles crossing the Styx on Charon's boat.
More humour in Vergil invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi (Bk 6)
reference to Catullus' Lock of Berenice invitus, regina, tuo de cervice
cessi, a singularly
I've also been struck by this passage but never been able to come to a
suitable explanation. Looking at the passage again, the language reminds me
of Georgics IV labor...et inextricabilis error (quite a curious phrasing)
magnum reginae sed enim miseratus amorem; Daedalus in the labyrinth is a
