Another point - by being both Aeneas's mother and an important tutelary
goddess, she can combine the functions of Thetis in the Iliad and Athena
in the Odyssey, opening up lots of possibilities for Homeric
parallels/tensions.
Caroline Butler
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I am researching the topic "To what extent is Aeneas responsible for the
predicament in which he finds himself?" with especial reference to Book 8 of
the Aeneid.
I am of the opinion that at no point in Book 8 does Aeneas choose his own
course of action, and is therefore entirely subject to the
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From: "ddavis-henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:18:55 -0500
I have always thought that the manipulating, duplicitous character of Venus
was Vergil's indirect way of villifying the Julio-Claudians: Venus who is
the ancestress of the Julian cl
