Aeneid scholarship - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

This is a 23 page document, featuring in depth notes of each of the 12 Books of Virgil's Aeneid, under the World of Hero course, of OCR's Classical Civilisation (A Level). The mini quotes featured, uses D. West's English translation goes in depth with Roman cultural contexts too- in terms of Augustan Propaganda. The document also features an array of relevant scholarship quotes needed for themes featured in the Aeneid(e.g supernatural, pietas, heroism, role of women etc). I have also made...

My revision notes contain nearly 200 pages of all of the information required to achieve an A* in the World of the Hero component of your OCR A-level Classical Civilisation exam. The optional epic choices included are the Iliad by Homer and the Aeneid by Virgil. My notes include a link to accompanying flashcards, as well as notes based on the textbook, quotes from each of the epics, explanations of the references to historical figures in the Aeneid, book summaries and modern scholarship for b...

Richard Jenkins correct answers Says Virgil wasn't a misogynist in fact the opposite = through Dido's 'deeply sympathetic portrayal' Virgil wanted to 'enlarge Dido's tragedy to focus upon the woman's point of view' R D Williams on Aeneas as leader correct answers 'not aiming to achieve personal satisfaction by surpassing others in excellence, but to use his qualities in order to achieve their success' 'must not judge Aeneas adversely because we think he ought to be like Achille...

Gransden [on Homeric gods' characterisation] correct answers sheer frivolity and irresponsibility Camps correct answers it is indeed clear that Aeneas is intended at times to evoke Octavian Pillinger [women's role] correct answers nothing but plot devices within the epic Oliensis [difference between the motivations of women and men] correct answers women tend towards origins, men are orientated towards ends Gransden [on how the gods' intervention works] correct answers the gods wo...

All the modern/secondary scholarship needed for Virgil's Aeneid. It is organised by theme and character

Summaries of the plot of Virgil's Aeneid alongside memorable quotes to include in OCR exams

Donation of Constantine - ANSWER-Gave the political power and religious power back to the pope. Was not legitimate. Caused tension with greek orthodox church. Legitimized the holy roman empire basically making it the equivalent of the greek orthodox empire. Carolingian Empire - ANSWER-Founded by Charlemagne. 800 BC. There is a way that is the holy roman empire but its not called that. Ottonian Empire - ANSWER-Successor state of the Carolingian Empire. Ruled by King Otto and his son. It is ...

Summaries of what happens in each book of the Iliad with select quotes to show off your knowledge in exams

This document provides scholars for every theme and all major characters in the Aeneid - as laid out by the OCR exam board. It breaks each theme down and gives around 3-5 scholars for each theme, in order to remember easily. It gives both the direct quote for the scholar and a general summary of their 'point' including examples of where this is found in the text. Some examples are not included, as this is a good exercise to go through in order to more easily memorise the quotes. As well as thi...