“Aeneas is the embodiment of duty and destiny”
Jenkyns (Pietas/Aeneas)
“Aeneas, embodies a tension between pietas and furor,”
Lyne (Piesta/Furor)
“Aeneas is selfless and only acts for others,”
Kalpagian (Aeneas)
“Virgil’s poem ends with an act of savagery by Aeneas,”
Williams (furor)
“Most of the plot is generated by Juno.”
Gransden (gods)
“Fate is inevitable over human desire”
Jenkyns (fate)
“Aeneas is a fugitive of fate,”
Kernes (fate)
“Virgil is making a broader comment about problematic heroism that finds validation in the claiming of Spoils”
Chomse (heroism)
“The Aeneid was designed to justify Augustus’ questionable regime,”
Laird (political)
“It is a great mistake to think that Aeneas is modelled on Augustus”
Williams (political)
“Virgil takes great effort to side-line women.”
Morgan (women)
“All the powerful women in the Aeneid die, except for Lavinia who doesn’t speak!”
Hall (women)
“Virgil shows the tragedy of war and it’s young victims is doomed to be repeated”
Chomse (war)
“Virgil does not take away the heroism of the deceased young men,”
Harrison (war)
“Virgil hated war,”
Jones (war)
“Aeneas lacks any internal desire to fulfil his destiny”
Williams (Aeneas)
