Eulogy for a Wife Culture of the West Discussion
I don’t know how to handle this History question and need guidance.
1-What larger political events serve as a backdrop to Laudatio Turiae ‘Eulogy for a Wife: In Praise of Turia’ (source 5.4)? How do the put the Laudatio Turiae into historical context?
2-Livy, ‘Battle of Cannae’ (source 5.1) reports that when the news of the defeat at Cannae reached Rome, ‘never before … had there been such excitement or panic within its walls.’ Which members of Roman society were singled out for punishment as a result of the defeat?
3-How is ‘Virgil, The Aeneid‘ (source 5.3) grafting Roman history onto the story of the Trojan War and why?
4-How does the Laudatio Turiae ‘Eulogy for a Wife: In Praise of Turia’ (source 5.4) offer insight into gender and family roes in Roman society? What virtues does Turia’s husband extol the most?
5-Why and how are the opening lines of the Iliad invoked by ‘Virgil, The Aeneid‘ (source 5.3)?