All 6 entries tagged Aeneas

shut face of thunder

He has seen the shut face of thunder, […] from this life and the other (7.LX.iii).

Like Aeneas, Achille has emerged wiser from the Underworld, and after painful reconciliation with his dead ancestors, he has returned home. Cf.'scarves of the sybil' (7.60.i).

Amanda Hopkins : 09 Jul 2007 15:42 |  Tags: Achille Aeneas Aeneid Characters Epic Tradition Identity & Naming Journey To The Underworld Shut Face Of Thunder |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

vanishing race

the phantom of a vanishing race/of heroes (7.LX.ii).

Once again, Achille is comparable to Aeneas, presiding over the obliteration of the Trojans.

Amanda Hopkins : 09 Jul 2007 15:36 |  Tags: Achille Aeneas Aeneid Characters Epic Tradition Trojan War Vanishing Race |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

not Rome but home

like another Aeneas,/founding not Rome but home (7.LX.i).

Compare Aeneas' flight from Troy and journey in Aeneid 1. Aeneas flees with a symbol of the past (Anchises), the future (Ascanius) and his culture (figurines of the gods). Likewise, Achille attempts to flee with his own culture (his fishing boat), and a strong symbol of his past (Philoctete, and his freshly healed wound).

Amanda Hopkins : 09 Jul 2007 14:07 |  Tags: Achille Aeneas Aeneid Characters Dispossession Epic Tradition Fishing Identity & Naming Not Rome But Home Philoctete Poetics |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

both had disappeared

Then he returned […] Both had disappeared (3.XVII.ii).

A situation that echoes Aeneid 2:959-71, although, unlike Aeneas, Achille has no responsibility for the child and dog.

Amanda Hopkins : 06 Jul 2007 13:52 |  Tags: Achille Aeneas Aeneid Both Had Disappeared Characters Epic Tradition |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Aeneas

Amanda Hopkins : 06 Jul 2007 11:54 |  Tags: Aeneas Characters |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

endless river

The endless river (3.XXV.i).

This river is redolent of Acheron, the Underworld river which Aeneas must cross in order to speak to his dead father in Aeneid 6.

Amanda Hopkins : 06 Jul 2007 11:47 |  Tags: Aeneas Aeneid Characters Endless River Epic Tradition Journey To The Underworld Water |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem