Prof. Ruth M. McAdams ruthmmcadams@gmail.com 14 November 2016 Aeneid, Book 2 By Virgil Prof. Ruth M. McAdams ruthmmcadams@gmail.com 14 November 2016

Overview of Lecture 1. From Greece to Rome 2. Perspective 3. Trauma and the Refugee as Hero 4. The Gods 5. The Trojan Horse

Part 1. From Greece to Rome

There is No Virgilian Question

Patronage

translatio imperii

Part 2. Perspective

Our Greek Friends Our Trojan Friends ACHILLES Hector ODYSSEUS/Ulysses Agamemnon Patroclus Nestor Calchas (the seer) Hector Priam & Hecuba Andromache Paris

Our Greek Friends Our Trojan Friends ACHILLES Hector ODYSSEUS/Ulysses Agamemnon Patroclus Nestor Calchas (the seer) Pyrrhus Hector Priam & Hecuba Andromache Paris AENEAS LAOCOON Coroebus &Cassandra

First-person narration Part 2. Perspective First-person narration vs. omniscient narration

Broken by war and rebuffed by the Fates For so many years, the Greek warlords Built a horse, aided by the divine art Of Pallas [Athena], a horse the size of a mountain, Weaving its ribs out of beams of fir. They pretended it was a votive offering For their safe return home. So the story went. But deep within the Horse’s cavernous dark They concealed an elite band, all their best Stuffing its huge womb with men at arms. (Aeneid 2.17-26.)

Part 3. Trauma and the Refugee as Hero

My Queen, you are asking me to relive Unspeakable sorrow, to recall how the Greeks Pulled down Troy, that tragic realm With all its riches. I saw those horrors myself And played no small part in them. What Myrmidon Or Dolopian, what brutal soldier of Ulysses Could tell such a tale and refrain from tears? And now dewy night is rushing from the sky, And the setting stars make sleep seem sweet. But if you are so passionate to learn Of our misfortunes, to hear a brief account Of Troy’s last struggle—although my mind Shudders to remember and recoils in pain, I will begin. (2.3-16).

‘For this heinous crime,’ [Priam] cried, ‘this outrage, May the gods in heaven—if there is in heaven Any spirit that cares for what is just and good— May the gods treat you as you deserve For making me watch my own son’s murder And defiling with death a father’s face. Not so was Achilles, whom you falsely claim To be your father, in the face of Priam his foe, But honored a suppliant’s rights and trust, And allowed the bloodless corpse of Hector Burial, and sent me back to my own realm.’” (2.624-634)

Part 4. Who are the gods? Greek = Roman Zeus = Jupiter Hera = Juno Pallas Athena = Minerva Poseidon = Neptune Aphrodite = Venus

Part 5. The Trojan Horse

Part 5. The Trojan Horse