CLA204 IMAGES AND PASSAGES

Euripedes: Author of the Bacchae. He wrote about themes of anti-war, moral relativism, and abnormal psychology.

The homie Dionysus, he a real one fr

Persian and Athenian Warriors duking it out

Cadmussy and the Dragon

Death of Actaeon

Death of Pentheus

Dionysus' androgynous qualities

Tiresias doesn't like snake sex

Orestes and the Erinyes/The Furies

From the Eumenides. Apollo tells the Furies to get lost. New young Gods changing the violent behaviour of the old decrepit senile Gods

Purification of Orestes in Delphi. He sits next to the Omphalos rock (believed to be the centre of the world by the Greeks) holding a sword, Apollo purifies him with the blood from a suckling pig, and holds a laurel in his other hand. Pretty metal.

The furies being overdramatic about Orestes killing his mama

Clytmnestra being a girlboss. She kills Agamemnon by throwing a net over that mfer while he is bathing, then stabs him. We love a strong independant queen. Interesting thing to note about her is that often in the play Clytmnestra is depicted to be masculine, and rejecting of her femininity and female role. This gender duality could maybe be useful to talk about also in relation to Dionysus' own androgyny.

A Hypcritai's mask. Part of mimesis, and is used to immerse the actor in the character's personality in appearance.

From the Homeric Ode to Aphrodite. Prophesizes Aeneas being the cool dude that he is by founding the Roman Empire, what amazing foreshadowing the plot is crazy

The starter of the Aenead, explains how Juno (aka Hera) is the divine cause behind Aeneas' suffering. One of Aeneas' most notable traits is him being "pius" (having pietas). To the Romans, piety was not just religious piety, but also a duty to the Gods, the state, and your family. The exemplary Roman Hero was driven by duty to his family, state, and future lineage. This is in counteraspect to the Homeric heroes (for example Achilles) who were led by personal ambitions, becoming the best and strongest in battle, and collecting personal glory.

Parallels to the Odyssey (long journey, getting lost on the way back home), Aeneas showing what a great leader he is by showing his pius once more! It is his duty to moralize his people.

Aeneid.Venus is sad that Jove/Jupiter lets Juno toy with the Trojans however she likes, Jove comforts her by telling her the prophecy he sees of Romulus founding Rome and Augustus re-founding it.

Aenead. Possible some blatant Augustus propoganda. Talks about Augusts' birth, his conquest in Egypt, and the Conquest of Greece.

Penates and Lares; bronze roman figures of dieties that protect the home and whatever. In the Aeneid, Aeneas is seemingly the first to start this tradition.

Aeneas carrying papa Anchises on his back as they flee burning Troy. Showcases Aeneas' pietas, duty and respect to his father.

Augustus, the one who comissioned the Aeneid, which is largely a propoganda fanfiction of sorts for him. The Julii (family of Augustus and Ceaser) claimed to be descendants of Venus, through Aeneas.

The Aeneid. The prophetess Sybil draws connections between the occurrences at Troy to the coming future battle in Latium. The Trojan War Archive is being utilized here. AN Archive is a body of artefacts such as characters, setting and plot points that can be later re-used in other writings. Virgil treats the Trojan War as an archive by often re-using plot points, and also placing the setting immediately after the Trojan War, and the foundation of Rome as a consequence.

Aenied, spoken by Anchises, the father of Aeneas. (These names wtf lol)... Augustus (the current real life emperor) is glorified by Anchises, and Anchises displays the genealogical continuity of their bloodline.

Possible warning from Virgil to Augustus

Some scholars believe that Virgil is using this line to tell Augustus that his dream of the glory of the RomanRace is a "False" dream. Virgil writes the Aeneid to glorify Augustus, but also hints multiple times at his flaws, and his actions of which Virgil does not agree with

Some more stuff that parallels the Iliad (Hepheastus/Vulcan making armoury for the hero), and Virgil also uses Ekphrasis (the use of detailed description of a visual work of art as a literary device). The images shown are also depictions of the coming glory of Rome.