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Important Women in The Aeneid Important Women in The Iliad

The document discusses important female characters in Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad. Specifically, it compares the roles and characterizations of Helen, Andromache, and Juno between the two epics. It also examines how the roles of Lavinia and Dido in the Aeneid relate to certain characters in Homer's works through their plot roles and characterizations. Finally, it asks how Helen and Andromache in the Iliad and Dido and Camilla in the Aeneid exhibit some masculine traits.

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Important Women in The Aeneid Important Women in The Iliad

The document discusses important female characters in Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad. Specifically, it compares the roles and characterizations of Helen, Andromache, and Juno between the two epics. It also examines how the roles of Lavinia and Dido in the Aeneid relate to certain characters in Homer's works through their plot roles and characterizations. Finally, it asks how Helen and Andromache in the Iliad and Dido and Camilla in the Aeneid exhibit some masculine traits.

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Women in the Aeneid and the Iliad

Important women in the Aeneid

Dido Important women in the Iliad


Lavinia
Amata Helen
Andromache
Creusa
Andromache Hecabe
Thetis
Helen
Camilla Briseis
Chryseis
Juturna
Juno Hera
Venus

1. Which women appear in both epics?

How similar are the Virgilian and Homeric


versions of these characters in terms of:

a. Their role in the plot.

b. Their characterisation.

2. Juno’s role in the Aeneid’s plot also recalls


that of ____________________in the Odyssey,
whilst Venus’ role resembles
___________________in the Odyssey.

3. Lavinia and Dido don’t actually appear in the


Iliad.

But how could they be connected with certain


Homeric characters (from the Odyssey or Iliad)
through:

a. Their role in the plot (Lavinia and Dido).

b. Their characterisation (Dido).


3. In the Iliad, in what way could Helen and Andromache be said to have some masculine traits?

4. In the Aeneid, in what way could Dido and Camilla be said to have some masculine traits?

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