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I.387-417

I.387-417. Venus comforts Aeneas and gives him instructions (I.387-401). “Quisquis es, haud, credo, invisus caelestibus auras vitales carpis, Tyriam qui adveneris urbem; perge modo atque hinc te reginae ad limina perfer. (I.387-389) She continues to pretend that she does not know him

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I.387-417

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  1. I.387-417

  2. Venus comforts Aeneas and gives him instructions (I.387-401) “Quisquis es, haud, credo, invisus caelestibus auras vitales carpis, Tyriam qui adveneris urbem; perge modo atque hinc te reginae ad limina perfer. (I.387-389) • She continues to pretend that she does not know him • She informs him that, as far as she knows, he is not hated by the gods • She assures him that he is still alive and well • She orders him to move forward into the future • I.387 – litotes – haud invisus • She continues to be deceitful – she knows perfectly well who he is • I.389 – two imperatives – perge, perfer – get moving, go forward! • Venus is urging Aeneas to take charge of his life and future

  3. Namque tibi reduces socios classemque relatam Nuntio et in tutum versis Aquilonibus actam, ni frustra augurium vani docuere parentes.(I.390-392) Venus tells Aeneas that his companions and the fleet are safe I.392 – chiasmus – reduces socios classem relatam The companions and fleet are linked together I.391 – hyberbaton – actam / classem Reflects the extreme distance the fleet was scattered over the ocean I.392 – Venus’ claim that she’s still just a mortal… Venus comforts Aeneas and gives him instructions (I.387-401)

  4. Aspice bis senos laetantes agmine cycnos, aetheria quos lapsa plaga Iovis ales aperto turbabat caelo; nunc terras ordine longo aut capere aut captas iam despectare videntur: (I.393-396) 12 swans represent the 12 lost Trojans skips (1 sank…) Eagle is associated with Jupiter/swans are Venus The eagle disrupts the swans’ formation, but does them no harm I.394 – interlocked word order – aetheria lapsa plaga ales I.395 – swans – some are already settled on the ground, others are still in the air, but are headed to earth I.396 – anaphora – aut…aut Venus comforts Aeneas and gives him instructions (I.387-401)

  5. ut reduces illi ludunt stridentibus alis et coetu cinxere polum cantusque dedere, haud aliter puppesque tuae pubesque tuorum aut portum tenet aut pleno subit ostia velo. (I.397-400) Interpretation of the Simile: The ships that “hold the port” are equivalent to the swans on the ground; the ships that “sail into the harbor under full sail” are equivalent to the swans still in the air who are heading to ground I.399 – litotes – haud aliter – these 2 words join with ut in I.397 to connect the swans to the ships Venus comforts Aeneas and gives him instructions (I.387-401)

  6. Dixit et avertens rosea cervice refulsit, ambrosiaeque comae divinum vertice odorem spiravere; pedes vestis defluxit ad imos, et vera incessu patuit dea. Ille ubi matrem agnovit tali fugientem est voce secutus: (I.402-406) Portrait of a goddess – rosy neck, glowing, divine-smelling hair, dress flowing, stride like a goddess I.404 – hyperbaton – pedes…imos – the bottom of her feet is a long way down (& apart in the line) I.405 – hiatus – dea. ille – the goddess and her son are next to each other, but in reality are far apart Venus disappears... (I.402-417)

  7. “Quid natum totiens, crudelis tu quoque, falsis ludis imaginibus? Cur dextrae iungere dextram non datur ac veras audire et redde voces?” (I.407-409) Aeneas questions his mother: First question – “ludis” recalls the way Pygmalion played with Dido’s emotions; “falsis imaginibus” also recalls the situation with Dido and Pygmalion who deceived his sister with false information Second question – to be joined to her is seen in: I.408 – dextrae iungere dextram – join is in between the 2 right hands I.409 – veras audire reddere voces – replicates the process of alternating between listening and speaking that people do when having a conversation Venus disappears... (I.402-417)

  8. Talibus incusat gressumque ad moenia tendit. At Venus obscure gradients aëre saepsit, et multo nebulae circum dea fudit amictu, cernere ne quis eos, neu quis contingere posset molirive moram aut veniendi poscere causas. (I.410-414) Venus (finally) acts like a mother now and protects her son (& Achates) I.411 – hyperbaton – obscuro gradientis aere The cloud surrounds the men I.414 – interlocked word order – moliri moram poscere causas Venus disappears... (I.402-417)

  9. Ipsa Paphum sublimis abit sedesque revisit laeta suas, ubi templum illi, centumque Sabaeo ture calent area sertisque recentibus halant. (I.415-417) Venus returns to Paphos She is finally “laeta” – no longer sad because she has accomplished her goal of reassuring and protecting her son and of getting him to move forward I.415, 417 – alliteration – “s” Venus slips and slides back to her temple Venus disappears... (I.402-417)

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