Thursday, April 7, 2016
The Aeneid: Book 6
In this portion of Aeneas' story we open seeing Aeneas receiving instructions from the Sybil, prophetess of Apollo, after he and his men land on the shores of Italy. Once the orders of the Sybil had been followed, Aeneas is led down to the underworld by the Sybil in order to see his father. He is taken on a trip through the underworld and meets up with several of his former comrades, and eventually his father who tells him his future, and shows him his future descendants. Aeneas then leaves the underworld to complete his destiny.
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How do you see "chronology" functioning in Book 6? How is Virgil able to narrate both what has gone before and what is to come? What narrative techniques and plot structures does he employ?
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