The Aeneid ~ Final Discussion
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The Aeneid ~ Final Discussion
Now that you've finished the entire book, what do you think of it as a whole? Are you glad you read it?
The final part of the book deals with the war in Italy. A lot of people in the book died during the war. I think the saddest deaths were of the deaths of Nisus and his love Euryalus. What do you think?
What do you think of the use of single combat in the book? I like how it ends with a single combat showdown between Turnus and Aeneas?
Do you think it was honorable of Aeneas to kill Turnus while Turnus begged for mercy? I can sympathize with his anger, but I do not think it is good leadership to act out of vengeance. What do you think of the ending of the Aeneas?
Are there any passages that you especially like? Do you have any questions to pose to the other readers?
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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In sheets of blood, and the whole woodland bellows. " The 2 are evenly matched- yet opposites- but A. has the favor of the gods...
"Just so Trojan Aeneas and the hero
Son of Daunus, battering shield on shield,
Fought with a din that filled the air of heaven" A. had always gone along with fate where T. fought it, and now the struggle for leadership is over- Also Juno has been appeased being promised that LAtin will be spoken in the city.
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To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!
-Emily Dickinson
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But I don't think it was right of Aeneas to kill Turnus. A leader should rule with mercy and justice, not anger or revenge.
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