It is hard to miss the over-complimentary nature of this particular section. Whilst detailing future Roman heroes, Anchises spends particular time talking of Augustus, saying “Here is the man whose coming you so often hear prophesied, here he is, Augustus Caesar, son of a god, the man who will bring back the golden years of the fields of Latium…” So, can we draw links between theĮpic and the reign of Augustus? And how favourable are they?Ī clear note of propaganda, a reminder of the official purpose of the epic, can be found in Book Six, when Aeneas accompanies the Sibyl down to the underworld to meet with Anchises. Bearing in mind that it was commissionedīy Augustus, you can expect it to be quite favourable towards him. This is anĪnalysis of the Aeneid and the extent to which it can be taken as aĬommentary on Augustus’ reign. Questioning Virgil´s work, as much as I enjoy doing that. Personally, Iįind it to be mostly a re-interpretation of Homer’s works, without People wanting to study the Romans and their literature. To the poet Virgil, and is widely considered as a valuable source to Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia, by Angelica Kauffman, 1788 / Hermitage Museum, Wikimedia CommonsĪn analysis of the Aeneid and the extent to which it can be taken as a commentary on Augustus’ reign.
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