The Aeneid - Blog # 2

Please respond to the following prompts in complete sentences.  Use quotes when stipulated.

1.  What do you reckon, should one love only once?  If your spouse / partner dies should you remarry or find a new one?  What are arguments for and against?  Who does Dido speak to for advice?

2.  Paraphrase the extended simile dealing with Cupid and hunting.  Use a quote as support.

3.  What were the ill effects of Dido's affections for Aeneas?  Is this true?  Does love overpower people and make them not do important things?  If so, is it as important as society says it is?

4.  We learn of two gods we hear in common, everyday English.  Who are they and what do they represent?

5.  Is this the typical, boy meets girl, boy love girl & girl loves boy, boy leaves girl story?  Cliche or romantic?  Use a quote as support.

6.  Agree or disagree. Aeneas sacrifices his personal life for his future country.

7.  Paraphrase the extended simile of the Trojans and ants.

8.  Describe Dido's funeral pyre.  Use a quote as support.

9.  What future does Dido envisage for the future of Rome?

Due: Wednesday, 11.21 (before class)

Blog # 1 - The Aeneid

Please respond to the following prompts in complete sentences.  Use quotes when stipulated.

1.  What is the context of Chapter 2?  What is happening?  Where is it happening?

2.  Why is the following quote so loaded?  What is its tone?  "Being unable to conquer Troy through the skills of war in nine years of fighting, the Greek leaders decide to follow Minerva's instruction and build a horse of mountainous bulk from the wood of the fir tree" (123).

3.  Where is Tenedos located?

4.  Who is Sinon?  Paraphrase his story as to why he was left behind.

5.  How was Minerva insulted?  Use a quote as support.  (Must be incorporated).

6.  Why do the Greeks allegedly sail for Mycenae?  Use a quote as support.  (Must be incorporated).

7.  What was Laocoon's sin?  Use a quote as support.  (Must be incorporated).

8.  How does Apollo's gift to Cassandra speak to the fate of Troy?

9.  Bottom line, did the Greeks win an honorable victory?  Why or why not?

10.  How is King Priam depicted in this selection.  Use a quote as support.

Due: Tuesday, 11.13 - before class