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Last week we reached book five of Virgil’s Aeneid. This week we cover Book six and explore the underworld. We also start reading ‘Ovid’. This is the last week of lectures on the coursera course from The University of Pennsylvania. I have separated the lectures on the Aeneid and Ovid. These are my course notes as usual. The options are rational are those of Peter Struck, the most excellent lecturer. In Book VI, we see one of the most well-known parts of Virgil’s Aeneid, the trip to the underworld. We saw a similar scene in the Odyssey before but Virgil’s is quite different. AENEAS AND THE CUMAEAN SIBYL ENTERING THE INFERNAL REGIONS (CREDIT : METMUSEUM.ORG/) Firstly Virgil’s underworld has a different function Homer’s. When Homer talks about Odysseus’ trip to the underworld he goes there to find what he did wrong and how he might right the wrong that is causing him all this suffering. He tries to find Tiresias for this information. Odysseus’ underworld is a giant holding cell where dead

Virgil and the underworld. << E-Learning Home About Translation E-Learning My MOOC blog Search Search Twitter Home >> Greek and Roman Mythology >> Virgil and the underworld. Virgil and the underworld. Aeneas in the Underworld (credit ; museumwales.ac.uk) Last week we reached book five of Virgil&#8217;s Aeneid. This week we cover Book six and explore the underworld. We also start reading &#8216;Ovid&#8217;. This is the last week of lectures on the coursera course from The University of Pennsylvania. I have separated the lectures on the Aeneid and Ovid. These are my course notes as usual. The op

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